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HAVRE DE GRACE RACING ATTRACTIVE. Bijr Crowd Sees Runes Win the Royal Blue Handicap. Defeating The Finn. Havre de Grace, Mil.. September 22.— Henry Wat- oison supplied the winner of the feature event of the afternoon when Itunes took high-class opponents into camp in the Itoyal Blue Handicap at a mile and Revest yard-. of the original seven carded, two were scratched, namely. Lady Ter sa and Sarat. ga. The race wa- vrth tl.OM to tne owner of Runes. The failure of the Hallenbeck pair. The Finn ami Iron Duke, at short odds, was a hard blow to the talent. The field waa dispatched to a good start and Distant Shore was Hie first to slew in motion. He was closely followed by ltttues. with the rest closely hunched a length or two back. Coing to the second turn ltuues moved up and took a abort bail, which he gradually increased to the finish. Distant Shore was the one to race into second place, while Inclc Biyn took third. Iron Duke moved up at the head of the stretch, but Boon quit. The l-inn was at no time prominent in the running of the race. The six races offered by the management was productive .t good and wlndesoin ■ snort during the afternoon. Large anil woll-balanced fields faced the starter. The weather, which during the pa-t two da.s ha- been on the order of late fall, had little or no effect on the attendance, which was i x optionally big for mid-week. Jockey I". Lowder was suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the stewards yesterday afternoon for Cutting acres- in front of the others while astride Maryland Girl. Phil Me-grave purchased All Smiles from J. W. Hedriek this morning. Maagrave w" !!i ■■ several horses before the opening of the Laurel meeting. The stable that J. . Tallvott is racing here will be weeded ip before the close of the Maryland season and be divided between New Orleaaa and j Havana. Walter . Parmer of the Windsor Jockey Club was among todays visitors and will remain for a few day-. Steeplechase Jockey Tuckey was an arrival from New York this morning and will resale riding • bortly. Word was received today that the yearlings that Howard Oots purchased in England this month will be shipped to New York October 2.".. The horses in the stable of H. J. Bedwell thai weie taken down with tever while en route here from Montreal are showing rapid improvement and will be seen under colors shortly. According to trainer shannni. George Smith came our of his race ye-teiilay in ttrat-cjafia condition. He is certain that the horse waa a trillc short of .u»k. It ha- been decided to geld The Masquerader in the hope of improving his racing. After the running of the fifth race it was Uncovered that Verm .n t had been badly cut down. It. F. Carman has bought from Llmer Trueman the mare Veneta Strome. a daughter of Ben Strome and Veneta. She will lie mated with Meridian in the spring.
