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WONDERFULLY SUCCESSFUL EASTERN RACING Forecast by Splendid Showing at Bowie and Now at Havre dc Grace — Big Fields Prevail. By J. R. Jeffory. Baltimore. Md., April 10.— The Havre de Grace meeting has been inaugurated in a way that leaves no room for doubt as to its success in every detail, ami the conditions that have been prevailing since the opening go to confirm tie- idea conceived at Howie that eastern racing is in for a wonderfully successful season. Bath at Bowie and Havre dc Grace new records for attendance have 1 ii made this spring. Volumes of speculation have been the order, while public interest and enthusiasm in the racing itself appear unbound •!. It seems as if almost ever;, person of prominence in eastern racing appeared at Havre de Grace for the opening, in addition to many followers of the sport from more distant localities. [| was indeed a notable racing gathering to which the Harford Agriculture and Breeders Association played host. The quality of the trt- de Grace racing to date has been quite satisfactory. The fici.lv hive been larger than at Bowie, as expected, ami contention has been keen. The three tupweights divided the lienor: in the Harford Handicap, the first stake of the season. Sand Marsh, the winner, was -cut to the poet by |, i. Mill, r for his first effort of the si»assa in superb form and nude a show of his op JXUlellts. Band Marsh is a fine-looking horse and wis well fancied for the race by many, who wen- informed of his fitness, as it is well known that he races best when fresh. Leocharea, than which there is no more popular bane in the couiit;y. might have given him an nrgum. nt but for lie failure el jockey Ilaynes to get him auay from the post .•idvantn-Sjeosjsly. Trainer John Cowers, who has made such a remarkable showing with Lcocharea since be par-chased hi. n fr W. 1. hit at lie Schorr sale at Saratoga last nammi r, aiade no secret of the horses readiness to show his best font, and It was en the strength of this knowledge that he enjoyed the honors of favoritism. UaiTJ Pajrae Whitn-ys Pen nant. the top-weight of the race, ssade a fail-show iug under his 132 pounds and may be expected to improve when m It lie races alter his long respite. Reformers Not in Favor of Taxing Tracks. There are simis that lie preachers and professional refoim. is may not tike iin.il. to the suggeston of the stale authorities that the time has arrived when the race tracks of Maryland should contribute their Iit to tile re veil III s of the Male, h, view of the urgency of the war demands apoa the public treas-Uf.v . Delegate-, to the ..111111:11 col: ferenee of th. Methodists of the state have gel t record as rigorously apposed to the idea aid have appointed a cominil t e to wait . u Governs* i larringtou to lie-sent their views in illation to the matter. The resolution-; adopted deplored the idea of the stat entering into such a partnership nt Hie fixation of the tracks would entaii in their opinion. Prcsidiag Steward C. .!. Fit/. Gerald, who is rapidly making ;: r. putat ion foe himself as an effi it-tit official, summoned 1 1! riders together befon the opening race of the Havre de Grace meeting and gave them a heart -to heart talk as to what was expected of them. This is a practice that .ludge iitz Gerald foUoWS at the opening or all meetings over which be presides, and with good results. On such occasions he particularly im press, i on the Jockeys the necessity for clean i id im; at all times and warns them that if rough or questionable tactics arc resorted t , drasth punishment may be expected. Peter Chrtsteasea, widely known en the turf as "Little Pfete," was at Havre de Grace on the op. u in-, day. ITnder the old regime of beokmaking en tin- New York track; he accumulated a fortune, only to lose it later on, and he- now operates in a most modest way. For a Ion; time his spc. ialt.v was the backing of snort priced horses. T. W. Chicago OBrien, who ; -. perhaps, the most successful exponent of this form of spent flag to be found in America, and who now has a prom bring band of Ivv ,v. ar olds in training, is also here. II.- will rampabja his stable over the New York tracks at the close of the .Maryland awr tings "i l Havre de Grace track is a bit deeper than usual this spring, which ; ants foe he compura tively ..|.,w time so far recorded. Former jockej Willie Dugun, who spent th. winter at New Orleans, is among the regulars at Havre de Grace. lie will give hi- attention to New York lacing a I the close of the Maryland season. A. .los.ph of San r.ane-s.o. for whom Al rarrell i training Clarimonde ami Revivor, is here ;.. cajoj a iiit oi i -i racing. Edward Oehrinn, another Californian, for whom Parrel] is handling a prom bring band .f two rear olds by Von Trump, is expected : cm-- east after the string reaches the Long Island tracks. The horses in ParreUs can mad- tie |oi!;; dip from Tijuana in good condition, with the exception of Clarimonde. Bhe will need a little time to recover fram the experience.
