The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
CANADIANS TO
BEAT PIMLICO
Viau, Lumsden and Ross
Have Many Nominations
in Stake Events.

Havre de Grace. March s.-wn-
frid Niau. OF Montreal. and John
Lumsden. of Ottawa, who are win
tering strong strings of thorough
breds at Bennings track. and J. X.
l. Ross, of Montreal. whose stable
of American and British bred thor
oughbreds is at YarrOw Brae farm,
near Laurel, are among the heaV-
lest of the nominators in the stakes
to be decided at Havre de Grace in
the course OF the coming spring
meeting. OF the Hartford Agricultural
and Breeders Association. The Havre
de Grace meeting will run through
the last fortnight OF April.
Mr.. Ross has named his $50. 900
Broomstick 4-year-oId CudEel and
the imported 3-year-olds Hillhamp-
ton. Wigstone. Bonnie Dance and
Corn Exchange for the Havre de
Grace stakes for horses of mature
age. Mr.. Niau has made similar
for his 4-year oIds
WesJy Hogan. winner last fall Of the
Bowie Cup at PimlicO. and Omar
khayyam, winer OF the Kentucky
Derby and Lawrence Realization
stakes Of 1917. Mr.. LumSden has
put in nomination his strapping 4
year-old Bachelors Bliss and his g.
year olds X of X and Mancha.
Obviously il is the intention Of
the trainers of these horses to race
their 3-year oIds at Havre dc Grace
with a view Of fitting them for the
$4,000 Preakness and their older
horses for the $1,000 Pimlico Spring
Handicap. which will be decided at
PImliCo in May. In addition TO the
horses mentioned. Mr.. Ross has
named Uncle Bryn. FitzwiIIiam,
Damrosch. Priscilla Mullens. VaIais.
Manokin. Foreground. Canso and
Althea for other of the Havre de
Grace stakes.
PapP Among Entries.
Still another significant Havre de
Grace nomination is George W.
Lofts Papp. winner of last seasons
Futuriiy. He has been named for
the Hartford. Philadelphia. Susque-
hanna and Wilmington stakes. Papp
is wintcrIng at Belmont Park un-
der the "ye Of Max Hirsch, and is
said to he the biggest colt at this
LonG Island track.
BY neminC him for the Hartford
Association races Mr.. Loft indi-
Gates that it is his intention to have
the Peter Ounce colt readied up
for the Preakness and other i'm
portant Eastern Ihree-year-old
specials.
Prominent among the ninety-one
hOrsemen who have made nomina-
tions for the Havre de Grace races
are Samuel D. Riddle and his SON
in-law and daughter, Walter NJ.
Jehords and Mrs. Walter NJ. JEFF
fords. and Joseph l. Murphy, a son
OF the late Michael Murphy, Of
one of the founders
of the Havre de Grace track.
Mr.. Riddles nominations are his
fleet four-year-old mare Yankee
Witch and the three -year-olds,
Reveller Sd. Ed Plaudit and Gener-
Gus. Mr.. Jeffords has named his
three-year-old Red Sox and sMrs.
JoffOrds has nominated her three
ycar-olds DR.. Johnson and CIsquer.
The nominations OF Mr.. Murphy
stable are -year-olds. young
Sters he bought as yearlinEs last
summer.
Other Nominators.
Other well known nominators are
Richard T. Wilson, jr.. Harry Payne
Lewis S. Thompson, Ed
ward G. Soule. Samuel Ross and ]. S.
Tyree, OF Washington; James F.
johnson, Capt. William J. Press, Of
Toronto; r. H. McCarter Potter,
James W. McClelland. Edward Nc
Bride, c. E. Clement, Philip T. Chinn,
Emil Herr. J. E. Griffith, Frederick
II sman. William Garth, Lewis
Garth. Cornelius Fellows, Louis Feu.
stel, F. R. Doctor, Thomas Clyde, Gif-
ford A. Cochran, P. A. Clark, the
Calumet Stable. James Arthur, Col
W. f. Applegate, II. c. Applegate and
Richard F. Carman.
Harry Payne Whitney will be rep
resented in the races for 3-year-olds
and over by Tumbler and BeIlringer.
His 3-year-old aspirants are the maid
ems Johren, Speedster and Cobalt and
the winner Bonnie Broom. Mr.. Whit
ney thinks highly of Johren, which
worked brilliantly last season, but did
not race.
Lewis S. Thompson. proprietor of
BroOkdale farm, the domicile Of the
Whitney stud, has named his 2-year-
old half-brOther of Leochares and
Bromo for, the 2-year-oId specials.
This youngester is a son Of whisk
Broom and he could run like the wind
last fall.
Mr.. Wilson's Preakness candidate,
Whippoorwill, full brother Of Camp
fire, is in the Wilmington stakes
straightforward, Priam, woodthrush
stakes for older horses.