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FENMOUSE BEATS SQUEELER COMES FROM LAST PLACE AND TAKES THE PENN SELLING STAKES BY A NOSE. Lobelia Vindicates Her Western Form — Skcer Face Wins with AH Ease — A. J. Joyner to Train for George D. Widener — Gossip of the Track. Baltimore. Md.. April 17. — Fenmouse. racing in the colors of G. A. Muller. accounted for the Penn Selling Stakes, which was otTered as the feature race at Havre de Irate this afternoon. The race was productive of a sensational finish, in which the winner came from last place to win by a nose from Squeeler in the last stride. The struggle throughout was a stirring one and the winner was a well -backed favorite. The record of the running of the Penn Selling Stakes is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1913 Azyiade 4 111 P. Musgve.$ 675 1:07% 1914 Garl 3 97 J. McTagrt 675 1 :09% 1915 Squeeler 4 108 J. McTagrt 675 1:06% 1916 Fenmouse 4 111 R. Bull ... 675 1:07 % A shower which fell shortly before the running of the owning race had little effect on the going, which remained good. A good-sized Monday crowd journeyed to the course and the visitors were well rewarded. Well-matched fields faced the starter and stirring finishes ruled. Speculation was brisk during the day and results were formful. well -supported horses being returned as the winners. IiObelia. a recent arrival from the western country, won the two-year-old dash in a rattling finish with Aimee T. Skeer Face had little trouble in scoring over his opposition in the fifth race. A. G. Blakeley announced this afternoon that he had secured the services of jockey A. Schuttinger for the remainder of the Maryland season. A. J. Joyner has tieen retained by George D. Widener, Jr.. the Philadelphia traction magnate, as trainer to handle a big string of horses which he is bringing back from France. There are twenty-five horses in the band, including several jumpers of promise. Ben Davis arrived from New York today and will remain for the rest of the Havre de Grace meeting. Complete conditions for the overnight races to be run at Belmont Park during the coming meeting of the Westchester Racing Association, were sent to Havre de Grace today by Secretary A. McL. Earlocker and posted on Secretary Rehbergers notice board. Inder a new regulation that went into effect today, all scratches at Havre de Grace must be made by 8:30 a. m. on the day of the race. J. Parsons and J. Fondeberg will go to Tijuana for the meeting under way there. Parsons passed through Baltimore today and he will join Mr. Fondeberg at New Orleans. R. Stagman of Cincinnati, was on hand to see his Dr. Leggo filly Lobelia win the second race. He will remain for the rest of the meeting. Ed Bond, which raced for W. L. Oliver in the five-eighths dash for three-year-olds, is the stable dependence for the Kentucky Derby and. for a considerable time. Oliver has been pointing him for that rich fixture. He proclaims the son of Mint and lobelia to be one of the best horses he ever trained. G. W. Shott, who came here from Hot Springs, rei« rted there were some manipulators there who were guilty of putting sponges in horses noses. He discovered one in Sir L. Joes nose and Clubs was treated in the same fashion. H. O. Comstocks good two-year-old Kalitan. Which was seriously sick at Bowie, lias recovered and will be back in training liefore long. Jack Laxton was an arrival from Toronto this morning and will remain for the rest of the meeting. J. W. Hedrick was again in the limelight. He was responsible for the bidding on Lobelia and Tamerlane and secured the letter on his bid of SI. 000. Lobelia was advanced 00 and Tamerlane 00. Jockey K. Koffelman. who was making his maiden effort on Tze I.si in the third race, immediately got into difficulties with the officials. In rounding the far turn he cut off the favorite. Good Counsel, crowding the latter against the fence and ruining whatever chance he might have had. The foul was so palpable that Koffelman was suspended for the rest of the meeting.
