Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-17
LACK OF SPECIAL TRAINS
FELT At AAVRE De GRACE
Big Crowd Has Difficulty IN Get
ting to the Maryland
Race Track.

Havrc dc Grace Race Track, Md.
April IL Sport under difficulty. That ;
the wav nearly 5000 lovers of the thor
oughbreds who attended yesterday the
opening of tho Today meeting OF the Har-
ford Agricultural Breeders Association at
Havre de Grace saw it, Everything was
ideal but the train service. and that was
terrible, but the untoward conditions
brought about by the war caused thus,
and the sufferers, like the boys III the
trenches, must take things as they nnd
them and smile There were no specials
out of either Baltimore, Wilmington or
Philadelphia, and those going down on
the regular trains, which carried extra
coaches, were compelled to beat the
crosstics from either Havrc de Grace or
Odenton To the track, a mile and hall
away. Devotccs of racing are bears ior
punishment, but. after today's hardshlps,
many declared never again
In a finish of the most spectacular
order NJ Shea chestnut Rocksand horse,
Tea Caddv. vigorously handled by Jotn-
nv McTaggart, flashed home a winner ny
a nose in the 81 800 Hartford Handicap,
which was over the tivc-and-a-half Jour
nev, and the main attraction OF the m
augural program. In second position
only neck in front OF J. T. sweeney )
Hailbkcr. which was third, came Phil
lipic a 4-vcar-old bay colt owned by
Clifford A. Cochran and ridden by kum-
mcr. The field in the feature was ma
terially reduced by scratches, but at
tractcd great attention because there was
in competition the redoubtablc Jack Hare,
.Ir. and High Cost. two candidates for
the $4,000 Prcakness High Cost was
out along with Philippe setting daz-
zling early pace soon after the break came.
The former on the turn began drop
ping back, hut the latter. paving the
handsome price of 500. 10 for the place,
kept on. and was only beaten bv the mar
rowest of margins bv Tea Caddy, which,
in fine shape. came with grand rush
on the outside. With all due respects 70
all the starters, Jack Hare, .Ir.. the Ia
vorite should have won. lie finished out
of the money only because Of a mlScr-
able ride bv Nolesworth The Applegate
star was running over his field on the
lower turn when taken into a pocket,
was moving UP again with grand rush
rs they entered the stretch, and was kept
from being factor at the finish only
because he was swung in behind the
leaders and was unable 10 find an opening
To +. D. Weir went the first purse OF
the meeting He grabbed il with the
reliable old sprinter, king Worth, which,
with Molcsworth UP, set the pace almost
from the break in an affair for 3-year-
olds and upward at FIVE furlongs ". O.
CappS Murphy was in close pursuit All
the way and moved UP with q determined
challenge in the stretch. but was outlasted
by head Scarpia II closed rapidly to
be third.
The first start Of II, T, WhItncys Blue
Laddic, bav gelding by Cyglad was an
auspicious one With frankie Robinson
to do the guiding. this one grabbed r.
quimau in the middle Of the stretch and
won gong away. with Collnella third,
The winner was warm choice IN the
machines, all the clockcrs having been
next to his shitv works
Clarence Buxton, IN hlS primo one Of
the best rIdcrs on the turf. put over a
winner for W. G. Clancy, for whom he
now trains. when Master McGrath, rid
den by Lykc. took the Liberty Bond
purse the third number, Of five and 4
half furlongs, in drive with Truc-As-
Steel and Miss kruter. The winner was
an outsider, paving Sl7. After this event,
Hon :. A Williams representative n
Hartford county. made an appeal IN he-
half Of the Third Liberty Loan drive. and
his efforts met with nbcral response.