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HORSES REACH HAVRE DE GRACE Two Hundred Already Quartered at Maryland Track for Meeting Soon to Open Havre de Grace Mrt April 9 The race track of the Harford County Agriculture and Breeders Asso ¬ ciation was the scene of much activity when a spe ¬ cial train from Charleston with seventylive horses on Iward steamed into town in anticipation of the opening of the spring racing season on April IS In two Pullmans came owners trainers jockeys and other race horse followers With the runners al ready stabled at the track and the new arrivals there are more than 200 horses here now Some 100 more daysIncluded are due to arrive within a few days Included in the arrivals were horses belonging to II G Bedwell W T Anderson J la Holland W P liurch Thomas F Sheedy and G P Kustls Those who had come in previously from Juarez Mex included P Ilyams W B Mizell W B Car ¬ son and B Martin MartinUobert Uobert B Tucker who has charge of the stabling announced today that he could probably find room for about 1000 thoroughbreds by uslug all avail ¬ able stalls in Havre de Grace and vicinity At the track there are quarters for only fiOO fiOOThe The racing officials are busy weeding out all horses except those which will likely start Superintendent of the track Tucker announced that there will be no racing through the field during this meeting as the steeplechase course will not be ready An effort will be made to have this course in condition for use at the fall meeting meetingThe The betting ring is iKsing enclosed so as to pro ¬ tect the layers and their patrons in time of storm A board walk is being laid from the old Port road to the race track railroad depot a distance of a quarter of a mile mileAmong Among the new rules adopted by the association this year Is one requiring that all employes be Mary landers As a result the Pinkerton force will not be in charge Captain Pumphrey formerly head of the Baltimore Detective Department will be iu charge of policing the grounds and all minor posi ¬ tions as far as possible will be tilled by Harford County people peopleThe The racing officials will include Presiding Judge C II Pettingill Associate Judge H IT Homan Starter James Milton Paddock aiid Patrol Judge W H Scharet Handicapper W S Voshurgh Bacing Secretary Fred Uohborger Steward to rep ¬ resent Jockey Club E C Smith Superintendent of Grounds Edward Burke Superintendent of track Boiicrt K Tucker OUicial Timer W II Barret to Tbfe niastuttractiYjev feature on the card for the opening day will be the Harford County Handicap 1500 added for threeyearolds and upward live and a half furlongs furlongsIleservatlons Ileservatlons of stalls have been made for August Belmont H P Whitney Beverwyck Stable B F Carman G P Eustis IT C Ilallenbeck Bobert Davies II G Bedwell T jr Ximmer Frederick Johnson Mrs L A Livingston T Monahan Captain K B Cassatt Oneck Stable James Fitzsimmoiis P K P Randolph A L Aste Ital Parr F J Pons P Sherman Quincy Stable J O Talbott Amos Tiirney B T Wilson J S Tyree and many others
