The Washington herald., 1922-09-26
SEA SCOT SCORES
1NSTEEPLECHASE
ATHAVREDE GRACE
Servitor Cops Honors in
Fifth Event Ahead Of
Ten Buttons.
By FRANK HARTIG.

A large crowd attended the fifth
day of racing at Havre de Grace
the feature race being the steeple-
chase handicap for three-year-ol olds
and upward. purse 1000. which was
won by A. c. Bostwick's Sea Scot,
secondary choice 1t was a fair day
for talent players.
LIE Marsouin. owned by w. Stock
ton, the Virginia horseman. was the
Ffavorite and ran a good race, but
Sea Scot, running under a slight
restraint. almost from the start. with
LIE Marsouin a close second.
A. Sims, who was riding Sea Scot
had his hands full trying to get him
to take off cleanly at the jumps. the
gelding showing an inclination to
swerve out. At the half mile Sea
Scot was running to form and took
the lead which he never lost
Little Hope Wins.
LIE Marsouin challenged Sea Scot
coming in at the home stretch and
was on equal terms at the last
jump but could not quite make It,
Thirteen horses entered in /the
first race with Little Hope. the "a
vorite. After getting off to a bad
start Little Hope. who started ninth
from the break, ran the leader down
and finished strong at the home
stretch to win by a neck from the
fast going Panasain; Eulalia had
trouble starting and it took all rider
Rose could do to hold him from
going through the fence.
In the third race Camoufiage. who
was the favorite. ha deverything his
own way, winning with ease. Fleer
for a minute gave Camoufiage a
close rub. but he could not hold UP.
War Mask snatches First.
In the fourth race Hello Pardner
took the lead: with War Mask sec
Ond. Hello Pardner led all the way
till the home stretch. when War
Mask and MoCo. who were COM
ing strong. passed Hello Pardner
and finished first and second. re-
spectiveiy.
c. T. Winfrey's Servitor won the
fifth race. with Ten Buttons. who
was picked by many to win. run
nin.; second Plucky was left at
the break and Rider E. Barnes could
not do anything with him and he
finished the race last.
Claiming for 3-year-olds and up
ward; purse. s1,300.2O: Clean Gone.
with Rider L. Morris up. ran
pretty race. starting fifth from
the break. four lengths behind Deck
mate. who took the lead. Clean
Gone moved up with a rush at the
hree-quarter-mile post and dashed
away to a lead of one-half length.
which he kept to the end.
Hickory, who was coming strong
at the home stretch, giving Clean
Gone and Deckmate a hard race,
did not have the punch to pass
them. finishing one-half length be-
hind Deckmate. a
Flynn Is spiued.
Keltoi ran Into the raI1 at the
three-qar post. unseating Rider
Flynn, who was able to get up after
a bad fall.
War Victor. who could not get
started in the early part of the
seventh race, gradually gained on
King George. who led all the way,
and passed him at the last quarter
mile to finish hree-fourths of a
length ahead
Investigator surprised them all
by comm in third after starting
from eighth place from the break,
and paying the highest price for the
day. $3.50.
Attorney Muir. who was backed
heacily. and picked by many to win
had hard hard line getting started
At the break he left in sixth place
dropping back to last. but Rider w
Martin put the whip to him and
soon began to cut down the lead
AT the three-Quarter-mi post h;
was running last and right behint
[ North Wales who was running
fourth and finished in the same way
but finished strong.