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HAVRE DE GRACE IN FULL SWING. Blue Thistle Takes Cecil Selling Stakes and Is Bid Up — Big Crowd Present. Baltimore Md., September 19. — The fall meeting of the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association at Havre ile race was propitiously ushered in this afternoon. Sunimerllke weather favored the lll*IHg» Wl III and lie largest crowd of the year was on hand to witness tin- running of a well-balanced rard of -i races. The feature of tin- afternoon was the renewal of the Cecil Selling Stakes. a dash of a mile and seventy rank, winch was contested bv a smart band and resulted in a inilil surprise when Hlue Thistle, lnun the stable of H. I. Hallcti-becfc, oiitstavcd Lahore in a hard and gruelling si iclch drive to win by a scant neck. Harry Shaw, he popular choice, finished third. The victory was nardlj a nroOtabte one for the stable and it marked a renewal of Helling race activities. Bine Thistle sras entered lo be sold tor *L2M and was carried 10 ,820, at which figure he was retained. .1. I.. Paul, who tinished second, was responsible for the single bid. Jockey Tommy McTaggarr lodged a claim of foul i against the winner of tlie opening dash, in which he finished second on True as Steel. McTaggart claimed that he was closely pressed in the Iniil slxteeatk ■•* a mile. The claim was dismissed by the steward* A big delegation of New Yorkers came down to 1 witness the sport during the afternoon. The list included A. l-.. Hudson, John Banford, Mottle Dor belt. Charlej Qnlnn, George F. Johnson. Jr.. George It. anion. Tom ostigan. V. Linker. Tom IVnce. V. 1" Spurgeou, David liideon and many others. Jockey Charles Koerner was seen in the saddle 1 In the steeplechase race today after a long absence. inn! in which he Onlsned si nd. Koerner was i leading rider some year* back. Thirty layers cut in to handle the wants of the spe. ulai ively inclined and the big operators Included Tom Shaw. Eddie Kvan. E. J. Callahan. Lao Meyer, M. Hani- M. C. Levi-. Qua Blame, K. Slocimi. Fred ok. V. Mr. Al and IFenrj HanlT. s ■!. • Jake Saunders, Horace Paul. V. Beverly. V Kerry Hart. C. B. Wallers. Frank Bain and i La.iny. Jackey Loftns van to have ridden Yankei No I ..ii- In hi- stake engagement today, but fainted n tlic locheys room as a result of severe reducing on the road this morning. S. L. Par-, ins cam ■ over to see Carmen run in the two-year -old dash i »day. Fourteen carloads of horses from Itelni Ml Talk augmented the already big list stabled at Havre • le Grace for over the past week or so. Briar, Path pulled up lame after her race today and it was not noticed until the iillv was taken hark to the -table. Right, of his horse* were down with fever when 11 J. Redwell arrived from Montreal. William Oartb today -old tin jumper Citu Cotton to Moo Kerr.
