The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
HAVRE D'GRACE.
TO OPEN TODAY.
Event VIII Be
Feature. Of Classy Pro-
gfam; Stars Present.

Havre de Grace, Sept. s.-The reg
ular fall racing season on the mile
tracks in Maryland will open to-
morrow at Hayre de Grace. The sea
son will last until December in this
State. The track has been put In
excellent condition. For the past
three days. the stables have been
filling up, many of them coming direct
from Saratoga.
The steeplechase tomorrow is the
real drawing card, and with Race
brook. Ottp Floto and Eagle Thistle.
all first-class timber toppers, and
Else on the list excellent sport may
be looked for Great Dolly and Little
Cottage in the event race, both OF
which have won many a dollar for
Maryland racing fans, are bound to
make the favorites take on extra
spurts TO beat them.
Situated about midway between
Wilmington and Baltimore on the
main lines OF the Baltimore and Ohio
and Pennsylvania railroads and
reached by the famous State
roads which have made Mary
land popular with automobilists the
world over, Havre de Grace is one Of
the most accessible towns In the
United States. Ard II Is one OF the
most attractive. The race track oc-
cupies a promontory that Juts out into
placid Chesapeake Bay and the land
scape is a variation OF land and
water. At this season, the country
is green and beautiful and the cli-
mate always good.
Among the horsemen whose run
ners will be ready for the colors at
Havre de Grace are Cornelius Gari-
son, proprietor of the Calumet sta
BILE; Alfred Hennen Morris, Robert
]. Walden, Commander J. K. l.
Ross. of Montreal; John Lumsden, OF
ottawa; Captain Raj Parr, J.. S. A,
Richard F. Carman. J. S. fyree, of
Washington; Samuel Ross. Of Wash
ington; c. E. Clement, of the Green
Spring Valley; wilfrid Viau, Of
Montreal; J. o. Talbot. G. K. Bryson,
Frank Weir. Frank Farrell J. z.
Griffith. Joseph Marone, J. S. Owen
by, ]. Gasser. J. NJ. Black. E. T. Zol-
licoffer, Edward T. Cebrian, Of Cali
fornia; Walter NJ. Jeffords, Mrs.
Walter N. Jeffords and Samuel d.
Riddle. all of Philadelphia; Godfrey
Preece. John Farrell, Jr., Richard
T. Wilson, Edward Trotter. stephen
Judge, William Martin. Howard Oots.
| Robert Smith. ]. W. Dayton, Harry
Rites. Richard Pending. George P.
Sherman, James Kelly, John Thorn
by. ]. s Ward. J. W. Parrish, James
F. johnson, George Smith. Peter
Sheridan, ]. H. Mccormack, Jsffer-
son Livingston, Archibald Zimmer
! A. D. Althouse, etc.
One of the most famous horses
/ grooming for Havre de Grace rae
! ing is Billy Kelly. the juvenile hero
OF the recent Saratoga meeting
! Billy Kelly is one of the greatest
! two-year-ol that has been seen
/ on an American track in years, and
| he IS in the stable OF Commander
Ross with Cudgel. Canso, Fore
! ground, Cadillac, wigstone. Mono
| moy and other fleet racers that
| made names for themselves at Sara
! FIRST RACE-Twoyear-olds claiming; FIVE
and half furlonss. Frank Shannon, III; syI
vano Qmpl, Ill; Dettle MSudie Ill: FSiry
! Prince. Ill; Joan Of Arc, los; agnes Cook
, los; Tommy Wasc. Ill; Poultney. III; oldbAl
| Bender. Ill; AUctioneer. los; sunninsdale. los
| 'Wswoka lS.
SECOND RACES steeplechase: selling; four.
tie Horn. ls5; Eagle Thistle. LIS; -'NewhaVen,
Isl; Otto F1oto. l8; Rxcebroke. l55: Lemar.
souin Imp). 14: '.Sescoast II. l3l.
I ALLOWANCE claimed for rider.
THIRD RACE-Tne Autumn Junior Purse;
twoyear-olds: six furlongs Frank. lls; Ma
honey. ia; Eaquimau, Ill; Lillian Shaw, l06;
Green Mint. lis; st. Quentin, Ill; Amba.sa,
dor II tmp). l05; Clean Gone. IOl.
FOURTH RACE-The Yankee Doodle Purse
three-year-olds and up; six furlongs Ahsu-
oerk. leo; Prinoe Of Coumo, ll6; Icarius, ls;
kenEias l0S; Hamilton A. 100: Nary Maud
! Gmp), 81: A Thrift, 100: King Neptune. los
| Highland Lad, l0s; Tom BoIo UmpD, 100
Foresronnd nmp.l, 100. A Sweeney entry.
FIFTH RACE-The Harre De Grace Handi-
cap; three-yeaxplds and up; one mile and