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1 ; 1 OWNERS IN AN UPRISING DEMAND INCREASE OF HAVRE DE GRACE PURSES OR WILL NOT RACE. Phil Ungar Wins the Newark Selling Stakes with Ease — Squceler Captures Another Race— Track Slow from Rain. Baltimore. Md., April 25. — A drizzling rain which began early this morning and continued throughout the day changed the track at Havre de Grace to a sloppy condition and accounted for the scratches which reduced the big card. The Newark Selling Stakes was offered as the feature race, it being a ,000 guaranteed affair at one mile and seventy yards for three-year-olds and over. Phil Ungar, from the stable of E. T. Zollicoffer. and a pronounced favorite with the talent, had little difficulty in winning by a wide margin over Illuminator and Brave Cunarder. Of the nine overnight entries, only four started. The brief history of the Newark Selling Stakes, which was run for the fourth time today, is as follows : Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1913 D. Macdonald..7 117 J. Wilson. ..$ 675 1:48 1914 Royal Meteor. ..6 111 J. Butwell.. 675 l:44f, 1915 Amalfi 7 112 J. McCahey. 675 1:44% 1916 Phil Ungar 3 101 T. Parton.. 675 1:47 A race that resulted in a much better contest was a handicap at a sprinting distance in which Edward McBrides good gelding Squeeler was returned winner in a hard drive with the fast gaining Slumber II. This marked Squeelers second victory of the meeting. Despite the change in weather conditions, a good-sized crowd journeyed over from the neighboring cities to witness the sport. Form followers had a good line on the mud running merits of the different starters and well-backed horses were in the main successful. Cross-country enthusiasts were catered to by a race over the two mile course and it resulted in the best contest of the sort since the opening. Bamboo being returned the winner over Idle Michael. All of the starters successfully covered the course. It is just possible that the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association will not be able to complete its present race meeting at Havre de Grace. Some of the horsemen have threatened a strike if the purses are not raised and general manager Edward Burke has declared that he will not raise the purses. Now it remains to be seen whether the horsemen involved are strong enough or not to control the situation and induce owners generally to refuse to make entries. The position taken by Mr. Burke was. that on the request of the horsemen, the purses were raised to 00 before the meeting opened and then he says another raise to 1916.shH was demanded on fifteen minutes notice. He refused to make this advance when it was first demanded, for the reason that he had had no opportunity to confer with the other interested stockholders in the association. When a second call was made on him after the running of the fourth race today, he informed the committee representing the horsemen, that there would be no change in the nurses for the remainder of the meeting. When asked if he was of the opinion that the horsemen would be able to break up the meeting by refusing to enter their horses for the races, he said it was entirely possible, but that he had lived up to every contract and he would not meet any further demands. The horsemen have organized into a union for the bettering of conditions so far as they are concerned and are beginning to make themselves felt. There was a meeting this morning, after whicli a committee called on general manager Edward Burke of the local club, with a request that the purses be raised to 00. William Garth was the spokesman for the committee and he said it was the desire of the horsemen to work in harmony with the association, but that the price of feed, as well as the other expenses incurred in the handling of a racing stable, are so much heavier than ever before, that there must be a raise of the purse money to make the snort profitable. As a reflection of the ideas of the horsemen, it is noteworthy that for the racing tomorrow there are only thirty -four horses named in the six races that are offered. The horsemen will hold another meeting tomorrow morning and it is threatened that if the demands of the union are not met by the association the few horses that have been entered will lie withdrawn leaving the association without a program. Some of the horsemen were for scratching todav, but this was overruled on the plea that it would not be fair to the public, but is is doubtful if entries will lie made in sufficient numbers to continue the meeting, unless the association makes a radical change in its purse money policy. The committee handling the affairs of the horsemen is composed of William Garth, Emil Herz. James Arthur. H. G. Bedwell. Richard F. Carman and E. W. McBride. Witli few exceptions, the horsemen here are members of the association that has iHcn formed. There will be a meeting held in Baltimore within a few days, when the names will be sent to Kentucky, so that the eastern association may be affiliated with the organization that has been formed in that state. Eugene Lutz, who has jockey Dodd here, received news today of the death of his mother in Philadelphia. W. T. Anderson said today that Renard had been so badly injured by a kick received from Sea Beach in the last race yesterday that she will not be seen at the races for several weeks. An artery was severed by the kick, but fortunately there is 1 no evidence of an injury to the joint. She was kicked on the inside of the hock. . A. McL. Earlocker. racing secretary of the Sara- ! toga Association and the Westchester Racing Asso-ciation. came over to Havre de irate today on a , business trip to consult with Fred Rehberger. Mr. 1 Earlockers mother is seriously ill in Philadelphia ■ and he left tonight to visit her.
