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NONESUCH WINS NARROWLY TAKES THE ABERDEEN STAKES IN A HEAD FINISH WITH BONDAGE. Ambrose Outruns Flittergold and Skeer Face — Over a Hundred Jumping Horses Gathered at Pimlico Already — Track Gossip. Baltimore. Md.. April 24. — The Aberdeen Stakes, a four and a half furlongs dash for two-year-olds, was offered this afternoon as the carded feature at Havre de Grace, and resulted in a stirring finish in which J. E. McGraths Nonesuch stuck it out to win from Bondage by a short head,, with Dunga Din a similar short distance behind the first two. A well-matched field went to the post for the event, with J. S. Tyrees untried Sea Gull an added sturter. most fancied by the talent. His performance was a disappointment, however. The Alierdeen Stakes had its fourth running to date and its condensed history is now: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1913 Enver Bey 109 R. Troxler. ,450 :55 1914 Jesse Jr KM J. McCahey. 1.210 :55 1915 George Smith ..10S.T. Butwell.. 1.110 :53% 1910 Nonesuch 108 T. Prington 1.135 :54% A handicap for three-year-olds and over at one mile and seventy yards attracted the best field of the day. The winner turned up from an unexpected quarter, when Ambrose led all the way and scored in game fashion over Flittergold and Skeer Face. A large crowd braved a chill wind that swept over the course and the visitors were well rewarded by spirited racing. Jockey W. McDermott was suspended for the remainder of the meeting by the stewards for rough riding on Valerie West. Pimlico will have a bigger colony of jumpers this spring than ever before in the history of the Maryland Jockey Club. The following is a list of the stables that will be represented and most of them are already on the grounds: Joseph E. Wid-ener, 11: J. Howard Lewis, 1: Edward B. McLean, who will race under the name of the Belmont Plantation. Inc., 6: J. M. Black, 1; Joseph E. Davis. 5; H. G. Bedwell. 2; E. F. Whitney. 1; H. W. Sage. 10; F. Ambrose Clark. 6; G. R. Tompkins, 8; William Garth, 12: James McLaughlin. 1: G. B. Fenwick. 5: Harry Rites. 1; W. F. Presgrave, 2; W. G. Wilson, 2; W. Smith, 2; J. W. Dayton, 3: M. Daly. 5: Thomas Hitchcock, 8; Glen Riddle Farm. 11: William M. Carter, 9; Richard T. Wilson. 1; C P. Sherman, 5; J. Murphy, 1; and Mat Smart. 7. James Fitzsimmons arrived at Havre de Grace today with jockey Joe McCahey. He shipped 32 horses to Maryland from New York and most of them were sent direct to Pimlico. Frederick Johnson will send nine horses to Pimlico. Besides Top o th Morning and Joker, a King James three-year-eld, the stable is made up exclusively of imported two-year-olds. W. P. Burch has moved from Benning to Pimlico with seven horses which, with the exception of Cor-sican and Celto Belle, are two-year-olds the most promising being Ultimatum, a son of ITtimus. Besides the jumper Syosset James McLaughlin, Sr., has Celandria and Watercress II., two likely three-year-olds, in his Pimlico string. Henry Waterson will race in the name of the Mirasol Stable this season. Max Hirsch will reach Pimlico tomorrow with his string and those he is training for Congressman W. G. Loft. He has Murphy entered for the Preakness and Julieon for the Pimlico Nursery. Another in the string is Fairweather, which will race for Hirsch himself. R. W. Walden lias nineteen horses at Pimlico. They are the property of A. H. Morris, Jospeh E. Davis. A. D. Parr, H. W. Maxwell and Hertx-rt L. Pratt. Seventeen of the horses are two-year-olds and four of them are imported. The two older horses are Jane Straith and "Plumose. Among the two-year-olds is one belonging to A. D. Parr by the fast sprinter Halifax, which raced so well for the late Alexander Shields. This one is the first Halifax foal to come to the races. Doctor McCully. while here Saturday, fired Pierrot for E. K. Bryson. Sam Louis has sold the three-year-old So Eze to G. II. Wilkins. a Baltimore sportsman, and Ahar.t to C. R. Fleischmann. He has purchased Haudfull from K. K. Karrick. Thomas J. Healey and Louis Feustel are due at Pimlico tomorrow. Feustel will bring He Will, while Healey will have fourteen that he will race for Richard T. Wilson. Nine of these are two-year-olds. Four of these are by Mr. Wilsons stallion Olambala and four by Star Shoot. The horses of Thomas Hitchcock will arrive at Pimlico tomorrow. The stable is the largest raced by Mr. Hitchcock for many years. Six are two-year-olds that were brought over from France. They are Brother Jonathan, Meadow Grass. Bay Shore. Moonlight. Driver and Leicester. The jumpers in the string are Kintore, Bryndown. Alley. Brentwood, Hustler, Sorrento, Kchtoh and Welsh King. Paul Fox and Gene Finnegan. with his jumper Aherfeldy. were arrivals today. Aberfeldy came with fifteen of the Fitzsimmons horses that will finish out the Havre de Grace meeting before going over to limlico. The horsemen at Havre de Grace are becoming interested in the protective association that was formed in Kentucky this spring and a strong branch has been organized here. As the name would suggest, it is for the betterment of conditions for horsemen and they hope to become strong enough to demand better purses than are offered at many of the race tracks, as well as bringing about other reforms in the sport.
