Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20
HAVRE De GRACE
READY FOR BUGLE
Nineteen Juveniles Carded to
Go in $4,000 Eastern
Shore Handicap
BIG FIELDS FOR OPENING

Edward Burke, general manager ot
the Havrc dc Grace racing. has offered
a fine card for the opening Of the fall
meeting there today. In fact. the track
is likely TO become choked II there Is
not some energetic scratching. for in
the seven races more than 200 horses
are carded TO start.
The big feature, the Eastern Shore
Handicap for two-year- olds, with
$40 900 added. has nineteen final
entries, Of which Martingale, winner OF
the United States Hotel Handicap at
Saratoga, carries top weight Of 120
pounds.
Harry Payne Whitneys Chickvale
comes next In point Of impost with ia.
Picketer is another good one from
the II. +. Whitney barn. w. !. Sal
mon has the good colt Mark Twain in
the feature. The Sam Ross entry in
cludes Toucana and My Own. W. NJ
Jcffors- -Sunnyland entry includes Cap
tain Costigan and Prince Regent. Heel
taps, running we'll in Canada Gierrc.
Mary Blanche. Sun Fey. Vigil, Bucado.
Bluemont. Daniel. Comixa and Arendal
mako up the field. The rnce almost Is
as open as was the Futurity.
Other Features
The Eastern Shore is not the only
feature today. The Fall Inaugural!
brings TO the post high class field OF
sprinters. including Knot. TippitT
Witchet-an Old Maryland favorite---
Wlcliinder. which likes this track. and
Mercury. Dream OF Allah. Champlain.
Comic Song. Crocus. Dexterous, Pllly
Ann. May Blossom and others.
| The first race Is for two-year- r-old
maidens. with such stables ms II. +.
Whitney. Greentree. W. s. Kilmcr and
Z. F. Whitney's represented Tho
OF horses running in Maryland is n
guarantee OF a highly successful
meeting.
The Havre de Grace meeting will run
ten days. It will be characterized by n
distribution Of S125 900 among the par
ticipatng horsemen Beside the East
ern Shore, two other $4,000 handi
caps will he renewcd-the Potomac, one
mile and a sixteenth for two year olds,
next Saturday. and the Havrp de Grace,
| one mile and n furlong. for three year.
! ODDS and over. n week from Saturday.
The Potomac has attracted every
three. year old class that has shown
notably Morvich. Pillory. Snob Cd
! w
Bunting. Little Chief Rockminster
Sweep BY, Kai Sang. Starjester. II
bids fair TO bring into competition Z
better lot Of horses than has anv three.
year-Old special run so far this sea :
son.
Between S7OO. 900 and $3.50. 900 will
be the portion Of the horsemen who
will race in Maryland between this and
the end of November. when The South
ern Maryland Agricultural Association
will wind MP the season of majo sport
East and Wcst. at Prince George.
! Park. Bowie.
tion will add $500 900 at Laurel Parl
Jockey Club little more than 5000. .OnC
ut Pimlico in eleven days. and tn,
Southern Maryland Agricultural an,
! Breeders Association another St2J.
600 at Bowie in another eleven days.
600 Horses Stabbed
Some GOO thoroughbreds Of variou
ages and degrees Of usefulness have as
sembled at Havre de Grace. This col
ony will be periodically augmented from
New York through October, Pimlic,
and Bowie in November will not hav
any competition anywhere. The seasol
Of Kentucky fall racing will end al nj
earlier date this year than formerly
and none of the winter tracks vii
throw omen its gates before Thanks
giving. Pimlico and Bowie racing vii
attract lot Of horses that are nov
racing in Kentucky
Since the IIavre dc Grace srrin,
meeting the new clubhouse has bee,
finished. At cost Of about $50 90,
General Manager burke has erected {
building Of Colonial design that il
strongly suggestive Of the mansion q
Mount Vernon. The now building !
160 feet long, ther" are private boSe
for members. beautiful rooms for rotI
men and women and fine restaurant