The Washington herald., 1922-04-18
II TAKES
FIRST CHASE OF
MARYLAND i SEASON
Prelude Nearly Captures
TOggery Purse From
Second Thoughts.
BY HAWTHORNE.


{1d.-Racing at Havre de Grace this
fternoon offered very little from
"a spectacula: point OF view. Thrills
twere conspicuous by their absence.
Vthe majority of the events resulting
In nothing other tnan hollow vic
tories for the winners. In only one
\ number was there anything that re-
y sembled a contest, that coming In
the third when Ultra Gold. earned
her thi-d consecutive brackets of
the present Maryland season in de-
feating Sidereal by the narrow mar
Kin of a nose.
What had been programmed as
the feature and one in which IL had
been anticipated real competition
would result. turned out to be a
| most disappointing affair. styled
the Edgewood purse. an event at
one paie and seventy ys-ds for A.
year-plds and upward II had at
tractsd such well-known cam
paigners as Fairway. Jeg, Halu,
1im. T0m cTassart. Our FLAG and Mer-
For1the FIRST .half-mile the event
reallysstook on the hue of a contest
but after the hatf-mlle post had
been passed 1t ,becsme apparent that
the aBai- was fast developing into
\ a wax over for willis sharpe Kill
mer's Our Flag.
Our Flag Easy Winner.
OtrsFlag and Jeg had gone to the
post, Carrying the bulk of the specu-
lation, with the Kilmer entry n
spEht favo-ite in the machines.
Arthur johnson. pilot o. the incom-
parable Man o. War. had the mount
Kon oar Flag. johnson. after assum-
ing the lead on the backstretcn.
took his mount up and allowed the
aged Tom McTagsart to cut out the
pace
Rounding the far turn Johnson
4 shook the Kilmer colt up and he
responded In surprising manner.
AS they Strengthened out in the
stretch run Our Flag picked up the
leaders and won under restraint by
full six lengths. McTaggart
gamely held on and placed over Jeg
by aZneck. The former pulled up
very lame after returning to the
unsaddlinE ring.
In the Toggery purse. the players
narrnwly averted an upset when tht
Lexington stables Prelude. in a be-
lated rush. almost caught the win
ner. Second Thoughts. in the last
eighkh The E. F. Whitney silk bear
er had been made an odds-on-ch oice
and f1attered her supporters by as
suming command soon after the
breaA and staying there throughout.
although an over-confdent ride by
Rowan came within an ace of
throwing victory away.
AsEthe field entered the stretch
Secoad Thoughts apparently had her
| feldisafe, but Robinson, astrlds
Prelude. had sent his mount through
on the inner rail and had IL not been
for the big advantage Second
Thoazhts enjoyed at the sixteenth
pole e=would have overhauled the
leader.
The talent reckoned without True
Flier@ Juvenile which has been
burHfng up the track at Oriental
Park throughout the winter. and had
concentrated their play upon Dan
lei and Woodland. with the Whit
ney entry the most favored, In the
opening number.
Marinelli sent the Cuban sensation
around on the outside with a rush
and SITTER once assuming command,
with1food the repeated. challenges
from Daniel and Woccbapd.
Chase to InfideI II.
The nrst jumping affair of the
seasea was staget in the second,
and=resulted in a victory for T. o.
Moore's Infidel II.Ieorge w. Fore
mans Fair Mac te all intents and
purposes looked inner as the field
went to the thirteenth fence. but
1nffdel after being carried wide, re-
sponded In a courageous manner
and disposed OF tie Foreman color
| n 10
Feiner was the onfy one OF the field
TO spill. he going down at the first
jump.
The sunnyland stables Ultra
/ ieldearned his third consecutive
set of brackets during the Mary
, land season when in the third he
defeated Max HHch's Sidereal by a
nosefn a gruef ,ng drive through
the stretch. w,r Note. of whom
much had been. expected. failed to
fget into the pBture.
Another fav'rite was forced to
bowSo defeat in the sixth when
J. r. Hayes Poyal Duck shook of
Amaze. the ps .emaker. at the half
mile pole aB won under restraint
Aidafght Su on whom the bulk Of
he play h I been made. was un-
BILE to ov Ttake the flying leader
The lar est field OF the day pa
add in the closing number and
esuasedE in big upset when
sosestet running in the field. came
hroatEH on the rail in the last fur
\ng sfd took the measure of Iron
D. a short margin Two dol
kets on the winner paid
Bolster. the favorite, was
at any time in the conten-