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HAVRE DZ GRACE STAKES FILL WELL. English Horses Among Those Ncrr.ir.ated — Dates for r Point-tc-Point Races — New York Gocsip. New Y rk. March .. — Entries for the slakes. just closed, for the Havre de Grace spring meeting I ar.- satisfying to the association officials, both in regard to i la s and numbers. Main of the more . fashionable stables will be represented ami some . imported bones will make their initial appearance " . in this country. C. K. 0. Billings lias entered several two-year obi and O. W. Loft will also be represented. Mr. Loft is a newcomer on the turf. Another important ; entry is thai of Arriet, brought to this country by j Irving II. Wheacrofi. Many of the owners have n inated for the two-year-old stakes only. Societal;.- Behberger intimates that every effort will . be made to till the hue; distance races and that, if [ the opportunity offers, there will be some selling races arranged in which the winner can be claimed j instead of s ild, as is customary. "The greater [. varietj of races we have, the greater the interest." • says he W. F. Biggs, who looks arter affairs at Pimlico, was here today. He had little to siv in regard j to the political situation in Maryland, but is hopeful for the best. In ansver to a question con renting races in which the winners of selling races could I e claimed, he aid that races of that character would be tried al the spring meeting and. if good holds resulted, tin." would he continued. There was to have been a meeting of the Jockey Club today, but a quorum could not be gathered. The rules committee, which is working on a revision, will report at the next meeting. Fntries tor the Empire City Stakes will close . tomorrow, Friday. Victor Schamnherg. the secretary, says ihc nominations are highly satisfactory so far. The inliehl at Belmont Dark will bo open as usual to the public free . f charge on Saturdays and holidays. There will also be ladies days on May 29, June .", and 12, August 28 and September 5. Tie M-heduIe for point-to-point races has been made out The first will be April S over the estate . of irazier Harris near Philadelphia. On April 10 • the White Marsh Valley Hunt Club race will be run at Chestnut Hill. This will be followed by the ; Green Spring Valley even, on April Lit. This is J known in Baltimore circles as the Grand National. Another famous point-to-point race is the Maryland ; Handicap, which will be run later in the year at Glyndi a. Mil. Jockey M. Tigbe, who rode here in steeplechase races last year, has enlisted in the Inglish army. Little Mike Daly will train Blankenburg and other steeplechasers belonging to Archibald Rarklie this 1 year. Lewis Garth will have charge of the steeplo-cha-er.- - Bxton and Bonny Laddh . owned by Edward 1 R. McLean. Flank W. Sargeant. Jr.. has sold the jumper Big ; Sandy to B. Mortimer. Jr. He will be trained by John Hastings. John May berry will train all the horses to be raced on the flat belonging to M. L. and A. C. Schwartz. II. S. Iage. amati ur rider, has purchased a farm , in Virginia.
