Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-19
Is RACE HORSES DIE
IN $4,000 BLAZE
At HAvR[ De GRACE
Fourteen Are Burned to Death
as Stables Are Leveled
by Flames.
OTHER, CRAZED BY FIRE,
IS HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
Harry Payne Whitney's String Is
Rescued, but Stalls Are
Destroyed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. April 19.--
Fifteen race horses perished in the fire
which swept the Havre de Grace track
last night. a check-up revealed today.
The track took on the general ap-
pearance of rodeo as owners. trainers
and jockeys of the horses which were
saved rounded up their animals.
The fire was said to have been caused
by an exploding oil stove. 1t destroyed
two stables and cottage, valued at
between $4,000 and $4,000. No esti-
mate could be placed on value Of the
horses lost, but conservative figures
range from $4,000 to $4,000. The
most valuable animal destroyed was
Shasta Klan, owned by c. e. Applegate.
Murphy Loses Five.
The stable of Jerry Murphy was
hardest hit, five horses In his string
being destroyed. William H. Deham
and H.. C. Cox lost three horses each,
while Joseph D. Keith lost two.
Adriane G., owned by Keith, broke
from her stall and, crazed by the flames.
sped down the road. where she collided
with an automobile, breaking q leg. A
bullet dispatched her life.
James L. Ross, track superintendent,
said he had IA guards patrolling the
property last night. and did not be-
lieve the fire was of incendiary origin.
While jockeys and stable employees
were searching the ashes this morning
for jewelry and personal belongings
they had left in the stables, the ruins
again burst into flames. The blaze was
easily extinguished.
A favorable wind was said today to
have been responsible for saving other
stables and possibly the entire track.
The fire broke out in stable No. Al.
where Shasta Khan was housed, and
spread rapidly. The smoke was noticed
by track watchman, who summoned
the track force. Fire apparatus was
summoned from six neighboring towns,
Employees attempted to rescue the
horses from stable No. ~, but the blaze
spread so rapidly that they had to aban-
don the attempt.
whitney Horses Saved.
Sparks dropped on No. 46 stable,
housing the racing string of Harry p.
Whitney, New York sportsman. Frank
H. Kopel and William Mandum, aided
by Jockeys Harry Schiliick, sonny
Workman, Edward Denham and Alfred
Robertson, who had just returned from
Baltimore, released the horses.
Taken from the stables, the horses
were turned loose in the Enclosure
They included Fly Across, Cady Hill
Skido, Dress Ship, Snoose, Moonstruck
The Nut, Swatter, Murky Cloud. Coots
Kim, Squabble, Flimsy and On the Air
Flames jumped to q small cottage
occupied by stable employees OF Woods
Garth, but which was untenanted last
night.
AS track employees, town residents
and firemen mobilized to fight the
blaze, State Patrolman Charles B.
Krimm, who was riding motor cycle
with State Patrolman Raymond Hol-
land, struck an automobile and Sus-
was uninjured. Harry Meyers Of Havre
de Grace, who, police said. was driving
the automobile. was summoned for fall
ure to give right Of way.
Stable boys saved Watch the Time,
Runolathe and Heartache OF H. @.
Cox,s string. Runolathe was lightly
scorched.
Employees of Mrs. D. l.. Keefer saved
Blandris, Corral Boss, Best Spade, The
Diver and Sligo Branch by throwing
blankets over their heads and leading
them from the stables. Sligo Branch
was severely burned in fire at the
Aurora, Ill, track last year.
Earl Green, rubber, brought The
Major, Indian Guide and Meridian East,
owned by Victor Gallo, to safety.
A considerable amount of feed, sad
dies and other gear was lost in the de-
stroyed buildings. Mr.. Whitney's loss
in tack and feed was estimated at
$1,000.
McNslly Slightly Burned.
James McNally of Richmond Hills
N. Y, who had borrowed $500 to place
on his only horse, Lass o. Gowrie, was
sleeping beside the animal when the
fire broke out. Clad only in his under
clothing, he made futile attempt to
save the horse, but was forced to fee
He was slightly burned.
Lass O'Gowrie, Parchesi and Adriane
c., that died in the fire, were carded tC
race today.
The is horses that persisted were:
Adriane G.. and Scipio. owned BY
Joseph d. Keith.
Parchesi. Arno and Hijo, owned b,
H. G. Cox.
Inlaid, Goulash and Ell Canoe, ownec
by william n. Denham.
Shasta Klan, owned by G. Z. Apple.
Lass o'oowrie, owned by James Nc.
Nally.
Lady Joan, New Guinea, MY Chun,
Windfaii and Edwin b., owned by Jerr,
Murphy.