Sprite Recovers Speed: H. K. Knapps Good Filly Shows Dazzling Speed At Havre De Grace.; Runs Fastest Five and a Half Furlongs of Meeting in Making a Show of Her Opposition in Handicap--Sam Jackson No Longer a Maiden., Daily Racing Form, 1912-09-17

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SPRITE RECOVERS SPEED H 1C KNAPPS GOOD FILLY SHOWS DAZZLING SPEED AT HAVRE DE GRACE Runs Fastest Fivo and a Half Furlongs of Meeting in Making a Show of Her Opposition in Han ¬ dicap Sam Jackson No Longer a Maiden Havre do Grace Mil September 1C Hiiu which Irll last night rendered the going u bit slow close lo I hi inner rail today but further out towards the middle of the track it was fast Sprite showed that she has relumed to the high class form which she displayed last year when sbe won the live and a half finlongs handicap with a lead of six lengths Sprite raced Axyiade into subjection in the tirst eighth of a mile and then opened a Ionic lead which she maintained to the end The time was 103 i he fastest yet recorded for the distance at thi meeting Sir John Johnson and 1rince Ahmed which finished second and third respectively both ran good races the former hanging on gamely all the way and the Bodwell horse finishing with a rush after having been running close to the inner rail all the way in the kind of going that he does not fancy fancyKobert Kobert Bradley easily won the opening dash lie look the lead early and never was in trouble there after After his victory his owner was forced to stand a runup of 1003 over his entered price of SIWK V II Shields was the bidder bidderThe The second race went to Suffragist which lei throughout and scored easily over Tactics and th fivorite Accord Thirteen scratches were recorded in I he fourth race which left six to go Marjori A was installed favorite and Hie outcome was never in much doubt as she went into the lead right after Hie start and maintained her advantage to the finish iiakhnrst moved up on the far turn but could not gel i Hie eventual winner The second twoyearold race of the day was taken by the favorite Captain Kliiott which moved up to the leaders on the far i urn and after opening a commanding lead wus forced to a hard drive to withstand Honev Bees hallenge hallengeThe The tinal race of the day went to Sam Jackson which was conlidenlly supi orted He was backed from a Jtfgli um JxtiDn of 0 to 1 to J to 5 at post it nit Hughie Qninn finished second Sain Jackson has been a good thing that failed to make gool on several occasions occasionsThe The short price quoted against Sprite was due to tlie fact that filly had worked live furlongs in 100 100Kobert Kobert Pnidley was tin tirst horse to carry the kvlors of Dr 1 S Tyree of Washington to victorv fn many months and the runup was a surprise to horsemen horsemenJockey Jockey Ityrno was suspended for four days by the Mewards for rough riding in the second rce rceJockey Jockey Iutweli was a new acipiisition to the ranks the riders today todayJuilo Juilo a few newcomers arrived from Montreal iimong them being M M Mahonoy 1 C Stnrgis 1 McCrath H L Sliaw Guy SiHncer Jim Shelley 4iwcn Ierry E Thornton II McKenna W Bovcrlv mil W Cahill Thirtyone books operated and WMV kept busy all afternoon afternoonDespite Despite the rains of Sunday evening the going at he Havre de 5 race track this morning was good iliout ten foot from the rail The best moves of the morning were wereHunting Hunting Daylight Threeeighths in G GCaptain Captain Jinks Threeeighths in 30 30Con Con Curran Threequarters in 117 117Continental Continental Fiveeighths in 105 Ilamma Mile in 143 143Ilenpeck Ilenpeck Threeeighths in 30 30Joe Joe Knight Fiveeighths in 101 101Lawton Lawton Wiggins Threequarters in 120 120Longhand Longhand Threeipiartcrs in 120 120Mvles Mvles OConnell Half mile in 30 30New New River Mile in 118 118Obsession Obsession Thrceitturters in 120 120PardniT PardniT Fiveeighths in 103 1031aton 1aton Mile in 145 145Kighteasy Kighteasy Fiveeighths in 102 102Kockrest Kockrest Threequarters in 118 118Smash Smash Threeeighths in 30 30Striker Striker Threequarters in I IS ISTartar Tartar Fiveeighths in 103 103Towtoti Towtoti Field Threequarters in 117 117Yankee Yankee Notions Threequarters in 120 120Yellow Yellow Wyes Mile in 1 4S 4SSome Some fast moves were made over the course Sun liiy morning The feature of the morning was a fast move by T C McDowells colt The Manager which went live furlongs in 100 Others worthy of note were wereAmbrose Ambrose Half mile in 30 30Berkeley Berkeley Fiveeighths in 101 101Beth Beth Stanley Threequarters in 115 115lllue lllue Thistle Mile in 142 142Calisse Calisse Fiveeighths in 101 101Colonel Colonel Ashmeade Mile in 1 Colonel Cook Mile in 1 43 43Cu Cu Iton Seveneighths in 131 131Kton Kton Blue Half mile in I IFlammarion Flammarion Fiveeighths in 103 103Hoirinan Hoirinan Half mile in Luce Fiveeighths in 103 103Last Last Kays Half mile in 4 4Latent Latent Half mile in 4i 4iLynchhiirg Lynchhiirg Seveneighths in 1 Mongolian Fiveeighths in 102 102Mud Mud Sill Mile in 113 113Perthshire Perthshire Threequarters in 118 118Iteyboiirn Iteyboiirn Half mile in 31 31Kingling Kingling Fiveeighths in 103 103Sir Sir Dcnrah Mile in 142 142Sticker Sticker Fiveeighths in 104 104Suffragist Suffragist Half mile in 50 50Surfeit Surfeit Half mile in 4t 4tTarts Tarts Half mile in 30


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