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ADAMS EXPRESS AGAIN A WINNER H C Hallenbecks Good Racer Carries 127 Pounds to Victory at Havre do Grace Havre do Grace Md September 7 A big Satur ¬ day crowd turned out for the racing here today Tho hot and sultry weather finally was broken by a shower which fell during the running of the sixth race Adams Express easily took the measure of those opposed to him in the feature of todays racing which was a handicap at one mile and sev ¬ enty yards The HaUenleck horse after allowing Spring Board to set the early pace Hashed into the load while rounding the far turn where Shil ¬ ling called on him Handling his big impost as if ho did not mind it lie won in a canter The race was robbed of some of its interest by the scratching of Amalfi and Guy Fisher which were looked upon as formidable contenders The time while not as fast as races have been run here represented a milly fast race the lirst mile being run in 1 Genesta was in a soft spot in the days opener and after going into the lead at once was only cantering at the end She was as good as 4 to 5 at one stage of the betting which quotation was forced down to 1 to 2 by post time After Thrifty was scratched in the second lloyal Meteor was quoted at G to 5 and fully justified the confidence reposed in him by winning in handy fashion after leading1 throughout throughoutThe The third race attracted a considerable bit of speculation Pa ton Nimbus and Colonel Ashmeade all Uing backed After being carried wide on the first turn Paton moved up into a contending position and ran away from his opponents in tho stretch to win by four lengths lengthsThe The longest race carded at the meeting was tho fifth El Bart led for the entire mile and three Kixteenths winning by a comfortable margin Azo finished fast and was second Little Jupiter trained by William Garth after closely following the pacemaker in the sixth race moved up fast after turning for home and got up to win by two lengths over George Stoll and Fatty Grub A driving rain foll during tho running of the race raceThree Three favorites finished first during the afternoon the other three races being won by well backed horses horsesThe The number of books reached the high water mark today thirty one layers being in line Among the new ones wore C B Walters H Block anclE J Ityan ItyanPatrick Patrick Canoil of Philadelphia is making one of the biggest books in the ring and is reported as being a good winner on the meeting meetingIT IT D Brown was again a visitor this afternoon and states that the stakes for the coming Laurel meeting filled exceptionally well the entries averag ¬ ing fifty to each event The number of Iwoks at the meeting will be limited to forty at each cutin cutinH H P Whitney has secured first call on the services of jockey Hopkins for the remainder of the meeting This makes three boys on whom Mr Whitney has first call the others being Butwell and Ambrose who came in for suspension on the Canadian cir ¬ cuit cuitJ J M Shilling brother of jockey C H Shilling and owner of several horses quartered here was taken seriously ill during the afternoon afternoonTwo Two weeks of racing have been completed at the Havre de Grace track and the patronage has ex ¬ ceeded expectations The track is gradually becom ¬ ing hard It eventually will be a fast course courseThe The trouble with the programs here has been caused through the lack of sufficient good horses to make up a respectable card Where conditions call for tho best horses there are so few entries that the races are confined to two or three horses Itaces for cheap horses overllow with entries entriesIt It is said that Dave Gideon lias turned down an offer of 2000 for the twoyearold Flaniinarion FlaniinarionSome Some fast moves were recorded this morning over the Havre de Grace course These were among the best bestBattery Battery Fiveeighths in 101 101Cadeau Cadeau Threequarters in 118 118Chilton Chilton Song Half mile in 47 47Chopin Chopin Half mile in 51 51Clothes Clothes Brush Fiveeighths in 104 104Continental Continental Fiveeighths in 105 105Coy Coy Fiveeighths in 102 102Discovery Discovery Fiveeighths in 104 104Dissenter Dissenter Mile in 140 140Donald Donald Macdonald Threequarters in 111 111Exton Exton Threequarters in 118 118Federal Federal Fiveeighths in 105 Gilbert Mile in 140 140Hedge Hedge Threequarters in 114 114Henpeck Henpeck Threequarters in 110 110Henry Henry Hutchison Fiveeighths in 102 102Hilarious Hilarious Half mile in 50 50Hughie Hughie Quinn Mile in 144 144Kate Kate K Threeeighths in 38 38Kormak Kormak Threequarters in 110 110Marjorie Marjorie A Seveneighths in 128 128Now Now River Threeeighths in 35 Nadzu One and onequarter miles in 218 O Em Threeeighths in 37 Olambala Mile in 145 Palanquin Fiveeighths in 100 Pardncr Half mile in 40 Penobscot Mile in 140 Princess Cog Threeeighths in 38 Progressive Fiveeighths in 102 Sebago Threequarters in 114 Spohn Half mile in 40 Supervisor Mile in 143 Tho Manager Mile in 145 The Squirc Fiveeighths in 104 Tripler Fiveeighths in 102 Van Deren Threeeighths in 38 Wood Dove Seveneighths in 132