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MARYLAND TRACK DELUGED MUD RUNNERS FINALLY GET A CHANCE AT HAVRE DE GRACE Sir John Johnson Recently Out of the Stud Wins WinsSix Six Furlongs Handicap in Which Worth Makes Makesa a Disappointing Showing Havre de Grace Md Scpteml er lit Following heavy rain which fell last night and this morning the track here was sloppy today and mud runners were accorded their lirst chance of the meeting However the racing was spirited and formful with wellbacked horses winning the majority of the races Sir John Johnson found the track to his liking in the days feature a handicap at six fur ¬ longs and after going to the front shortly after the start held his field safe at all times winning over Prince Ahmed and Yankee Notions Worth the favorite failed to be a contender at any stage of the running and appears to have trained off offAmos Amos Turneys Glint finally made good in the opening dash in which he defeated Mama Johnson after the latter had opened up a long lead After Glints victory he was bid up from 300 to 801 by J V Hedrick but was protected by his owner ownerAfter After Flying Yankee and Colonel Cook had raced many lengths in front of the others in the third race Colonel took assumed the lead and won easily over Jacquclina which came from a long ways back and finished a fast going second secondThe The fourth appeared to be rather an open affair and all four starters were backed with My Fellow and Pretend going to the post equal favorites Tin finish found Henry Hutchison the winner over My Fellow The latter made a game effort in tin stretch enoughFasces but was not good enough Fasces broke out of the maiden class when he look the fifth in easy fashion after leading tlirough 0111 He was not in danger at any stage of tin1 journey Big Dipper the first choice was never a serious contender contenderT1ie T1ie sixth race resulted in Azo and Bine Thistle in ing backed to the exclusion of practically every ¬ thing else in the race Blue Thistle showed the way to he stretch turn where Azo which had steadily improved his position nutvco up with a rush to eventually win with ease Blue Thistle finished half a dozen lengths in advance of the others othersJohn John Talbott a prominent business man of Heuvir and owner of several wellknown racers was MI arrival today from the west and saw Colonel ook win tiie second race in his colors colorsA A Ma lone anil W B Carson arrived from Van Oliver 15 C Their horses which include G M Miller and Carlton are stabled at Laurel LaurelDave Dave Leary was taken sick todav and Chopin was saddled by Hugh Penny PennyJockey Jockey C Turner was forced to cancel the re iiaiuder of his engagements for the afternoon after he second race because of being blinded by the mud while riding Cliftonian CliftonianJudge Judge Pettingill was taken sick before the races loday and his place was filled by II L Holman K C Smith also acted as judge judgeV V S Vosburgu has departed for Toronto to act as steward and handicapper during the Woodbine meet meetMlg Mlg MlgK K C Smith has been appointed steward to repre ¬ sent he Jockey Club during the Laurel meeting next
