The Washington herald., 1922-04-28
ROSS CANDIDATES
WIN FEATURES AT
HAVRE De GRACE
Hildur and Lion dor Run
One, Two and Boniface
Also Scores.
BY HAWTHORNE.

27.-Representatives from the power
full racing establishment OF Comdr.
J. K. l.. Ross, the Canadian sports
man. accounted for the two out
standing carded features of today's
Havre de Grace offering. In the
Greenwich Handicap. the Ross entry.
Hiidur and Lion dor. ran enc, two.
while the stables distance perform 1
er. Boniface, was returned the win
ner in the Radio Handicap.
The Greenwich. which was a dash
at six furlongs and fashioned for
3-year-olds and upward. in addition
to the Ross pair. brought to the
post Carmandale. Trevelyan. vibrate
and Cromwell. At the rise of the
webbing. Lion dor was the first to
show on top. closely pursued by Car
mandate, with Hildur rated closely
Off the terrific pace
As the field swung into the home
/ stretch. Lion dor was still in the
van. but Hildur had moved up when
Carmandale cracked under the gru-
elling early pace. Lang. astrlde the
son of Star Shoot, took no chances,
but sent Hildur flying after the sta
blemate. Dor weakened in the final
furlong, but at that held Csrman-
dale safe. Hildur crossed the line
two lengths out in front OF the other
half of the entry, while Carma ndale
was four in back OF Lion dor.
WHITNEY ENTRY WITHDRAWN
Practically all Of the opposition
Dc
f, 'iicap wher Olympus. Harry Payne
Whitney's promising youn z, route
rcrformer was scratched out of the
/ event. It was from the whitney
candidate that the crowd had an
icipated the sronges argument for
Ross Boniface.
When II became known that Olym-
pus had declined the Issue. n report
quickly spread that the Whitney col
or-bearer had pulled up lame In
morning workout. Just why Olym-
pus was excused was not determined.
although Trainer Rowe denied that
the son OF Royal Eagle was lame.
| With Olympus out. the players
concentrated their play entirely upon
Boniface. with the result that the
Ross campaigner went to he pos
| just a trifie better than 1 to In
the wagering. Under a stout re-
straint unil he final furlong. Boni-
face then came with a rush that
swept everything before him and he
scored over Bygone Days by a good
half length. Two-dollar mutuels on
the winner returned but $270, the
shortest price paid during the cur
rent Maryland season.
F. Hopkins Dare earned his Sec
ond set of brackets when in the
opening number he disposed OF
rather large. but none too hashry
| field, In rather easy fashion. Lit
tie Chick" Lang, who rode the
| winner, elected to race Justine E.
into submission, when the latter
showed tendency to steal into a
long lead.
Justine set the pace to the ton Of
the stretch where she soon dropped
back into the ruck. completely used
up. Lang did not let up on the
Hopkins entry and kept him run
ming until the line was crossed. He
finished with plenty to spare, while
the one to show.
windigo Fails Backers.
Thomas Clyde was supposed t.
send to the barrier tae real good
thing Of the afternoon In windigo,
and It had been whispered about
that she would make a show OF her
| opposition. The dash, which was
at four furlongs and for 2-year-
old maidens, brought out a rather
| speedy delegation.
Windigo broke exceedingly slow
| an dafter the band once started to
burn up the track she was neevr
abel to improve her position. The
| Greentree stables Solisa tenaciously
! hung onto the fact pace set by Car
men Pantages and when the latter
tired. Solisa grabbed the decision
| by half a length.
Max Hirschs Flying Cloud. max
| ing his first appearance of the sea-
son under silks. experienced very
| little difficulty in winning the third
event, a jog of a mile and seventy
yards. Star Jester led the field over
the greater part of the route. but
was unable to Withstand the chal-
lenge OF the winner in the final
| drive.
The only outsider to score during
| the afternoon was Grace Mayers.
the Moore filly being favored by a
little racing luck in her score.
Prelude of whom So much had
been expected. fiattered by going
on top in the drive through the
backstretch, but tired under the
heart breaking pace being forced
by Edward F. whitney's Caretaker.
Caretaker had been racing on the
rail throughout. and as the turn for
home was reached was in close
quarters.
Rowan found it necessary to take
,p in order to go around Prelude,
| and when he did so the move prob
ably cost the Whitney silk bearer
the race. Caretaker went exceed
ingly wide and came again, but
Grace Mayors had slipped through
on the inner raid and earned the
decision before Eowan could get
his mount settled into her stride.
G. L. Goodacre's Tan Son ac-
counted for the closing number in
! a rather impressive manner, Rated
nff the early pace the washington-
owned Eclding finished with a de-
termination and crossed the line in
the fast time of 200 Is for the
mile and three-sixteenths. The
| time for the heat was just one-fifth
of second slower than the track
record.
Jockey Chick" Lang displayed a
return to his Bowie form by pilot
ing two winners.