Evening journal., 1922-09-18
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ON WEDNESDAY
Havre de Grace Will Have
the Honor of Ushering in
the Sport
EASTERN SHORE
THE FIRST STAKE

Fall racing in Maryland will begin
at Havre de Grace wednesday with
the renewal OF 2-year-old special
OF $4,000 added money value that
promises TO bring 10 the post a
group OF a dozen or more OF the
fastest colts and fillies OF a season
that has been unusually prolific in
the development OF frst-class juve-
nile stuff. The race in question Is
the Eastern Shore. six furlongs. The
Eastern Shore is as old as Havre
de Grace racing. Renewals OF Il
have been won by Hourless. Billy
Kelly, Constancy, Careful and Nor
vich.
With Goshawk. a $4,000 buy at
Saratoga OF clifford A. Cochran and
the winner OF renewals OF the Great
American and Saratoga Special
stakes; Martingale. winner of the
United States Hotel stakes and AL
bany handicap; Cherry Pie winner
of the Keene Memorial stakes and
Nursery handicap; Caveat Emptor,
winner OF the Eastview; Cyclops. a
Maryland black whirlwind that
won the Saratoga Sales stakes IN
augural; Zev. winner OF the Grand
Union Hotel stakes and Albany
handicap; Cartoonist, winner OF the
Adirondack handicap: Bud Lerner
winner OF the Youthful and Whirl-
wind; Mckee, winner of the Juve-
nile; Arendal. the diminutive hero
OF Canadian 2-year-old racing, and
Enchantment, winner of the $25,0OO
Kentucky Jockey Club stakes. COM
peting the Eastern ShaEe will be
worthy OF the best traditions OF
Havre de Grace sport and come close
to being an affair OF the country's
juvenile talent.
And these colts are apt to start
along with Toucana, Kippy, Wilder
ness. Flagstaff, Picketer. Pittston,
Bluemont, Daniel. Valador and sew
eral others that have not been fort
unate enough 10 win stakes.
The Havre de Grace meeting of
the Hartford Agricultural and Breed
ers' Association will run 10 days. Il
VIII be characterized by a distribu-
ton OF Sl25,000 among the partici-
pating horsemen. Beside the Eastern
Shore. two other $4,000 handlcaps
Will be renewed-the Potomac, mile
and sixteenth for 2-year-olds.
next Saturday, and the Havre de
Grace. a mile and a furlong for g.
year-olds and up. a week from Sat-
urday. The Potomac has attracted
every s-year-old class that has
shown, notably, Pillory. sDob 2d,
Ray Jay. Hephaistos. Whiskaway,
Bunting. Little Chief. Rockminster.
Sweep BY. Kai Sang and starjes-
ter. II bids fair TO bring into COM
petition a better lot Of horses than
has any S-year-old special run so
far this season.
Between 100000 and s750.O0O
will be the portion OF the horsemen
who will race In Maryland between
this and the end OF November when
the Southern Maryland Agricultural
Association will wind up the season
of major sport, east and west, at
Prince Georges Park, Bowie. The
Maryland State Fair. Inc. will add
$500. 900 at Laurel Park in 90 days
the Maryland Jockey Club a little
more than 100000 at Pimlico in
IL days and the Southern Maryland
and Breeders Associa-
tion another $125,OOO at Bowie in
another IL days.
Since the Havre de Grace spring |
meeting the Hartford Agricultural |
and Breeders Associations new
has been finished At a
cost of about s150,O00 Manager Ed
ward Burke has erected a building |
OF Colonial design that Is strongly |
Of the mansion at Mount |
Vernon. The new building Is 160 |
feet long. There are private boxes
for members. beautiful rooms for |
both men and women and a fine res
The verandas are so con-
structed that they command a per-
feet view OF all parts of the Havre
ie Grace course at all times.