The Washington herald., 1922-04-27
BEATS TRUE FLYER
land TALL TIMBER
i'm BLANKET FINISH
Players Receive Setback
In 5th When Our Flag
Is Badly Beaten.
BY HAWTHORNE.

HAvRE DE GRACE, Md. April
2s.-In one of the most thrilling
finishes yet staged during the pres
ent Havre de Grace meeting, Harry
Payne whitney's .scintillating 3
year-old. Woodland. this afternoon
won the Aberdeen Stakes, an event
at s furlongs fashioned for juve-
niles. AS the winner. runner-up
and show horses passed the judges.
paSoda the p-overbial blanket
could have covered. the three.
L Overnight nominations included
Bud Fishers Cartoonist and Kee-
nan, the Orleans stables Better
Luck. ]. L. Hollands Rork and an
oE from the. Whitney establish
me8@. Embellishments When post
time came, considerable interest
was lost in the event through the
faeA.that Ca-toonist. Keenan,. Better
LSa&. Rork and Enchantment were
nliAang. the blue pencil having
benn freely used.
With these withdrawn. but three
of -the original nominations were
left to fight out the issue However,
True Flyer, Adventures. Daniel
and Setting Sun were added az the
last minute and the race TOOK on
added interest: although Wood
nd was considered as good as In
bng before the field went - the
bst.
The Whitney youngster was ac-
erded confident support in the ma
ithes by the players and reward
her hackers by accounting for
the afternoons feature in a most
|in'Eresive style. At the rise o. the
VIE bbinE Tall Timber was the first
. show on top. closely pursued by
II Ce Flyer and Woodland.
At the turn into the strerch PEN
man went to the whip. and the
Whitney entry responded with Il
burst of speed that could not be
denied. AS the fi-st three passed
the fnal turlonE pole the race was
as pretty a spectacle as the most
efaeting couIi desire.
Ts1s Flyer had worked her way
fairy burning ZIP the track through
the stretch. but the advantase
Woodland had earned in the early
stages was entirely too m Ich for
the Havana sensation to oy2rcome.
Wins BY n Nose.
: kx the leaders flashed under the
wiEs. Woodland had earned the de-
isfon by a mere nose. while True
l.
ftopt Of Tall Timber. Tall Timber
alter setting fast early pace
Hired in the final drive.
The players received quite a set
rbkek in the NTH. styled the An
lnestey Purse. when willis Sharp
Siiner's Our Flag, not only suf-
red defeat. but failed to- get-into
be picture. At no time was the
Hilmer entry ever a formidable
bntender. Edward +. Whitney's
ktainmast dominating the running
ht all stages and winning as his
ider chose.
First time starters seem to have
he scall at the ''Graw." Esquimau.
'ohe7 Of Raj PARIS aged jumpers,
SCORED in the fencing number with
comparative ease, although ]. w.
Healy's Free State made a most
uclcTiulhSu OAu III hhC AooA olA-
teenth.
OF the eleven to- accept the is
sue. three failed to negotiate the
entire route. Grenadier' went down
at the eleventh jump. BY Heck at
Ithe twelfth; while Butcher Boy an
seated his rider at the very first
takSoff. .
Ralustrade had been banded
haut as the real good thing in
L&Eppening number. but a misstep
aStbe top of the stretch eliminated
HI Sr entirely from the final reck-
oBtsg. As the field rounded the
f&Sturn. Balustrade was seen to
stan, BILE and was. sharply pulled up.
cfNtles J.=Craign1ile was the first
TO sSatch the Judges eyes. with
uraith and Turnabout finishing
~ the order named.
n ]. W. Pangle's Ultimate won her
fifst brackets Of the season when
she romped home ahead of the
Ylarge field which went to the post
for the third heat. Miss Emma c.
was the one to place while Ber-
nard Harding's Fannie Bean took
down the small end of the purse.
Attorney Muir and Staunch were
returned winners in the sixth and
closing events. respectively. Neither
one experienced much trouble in
landing the verdict