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PENNANT TRIUMPHS AGAIN DEFEATS LE0CHAP.ES IN A THRILLING BATTLE FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA HANDICAP. Enormous Crowd Views the Racing — Wow Wins Through Rohimam:; Superior Riding-— Dorcris Takes the. Steeplechase. Him i|. Brace, Md.. April SB.— The eiio-.-niotis crowd of racegoers, who Journeyed here today from tin- aearhy cities of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, had something really worth while enthusing over a hen they saw Harry Payne Whitneys goad horse Pennant win the Susquehanna Haadicap in a thrilling struggle with w. i tins Leochares. the two had absorbed practically all of the betting atteuttOB of tie- big erOWd, with the Whitney crack ruling first choice. He made good in a way that left no doubt that he has come back to the races as good as he ever was and convinced the critics that he must be reckoned with it! the important races of the year, lie:-inning rathe,- lowly, he was shuffled back on the first turn anil tic- race was nearly half over before Robinson got him into a contending position. When Robinson put him imdei Mialwhmi al on the tar turn, he responded with extraordinary gameneaa and. moving up to l.eo, have - in tin- itretcfa, disposed of him in a fashion that brought the apff latolll to theil feet Tie- rest of the contestants in the race wen- left many lengths behind, while these two giants of the turf were fighting it out. The race was run in time that was only one-fifth of a second behind the track record. Only Robinsons skill as a rider saved Wear, favorite of the opening race, from detent. Wear began slowly, but moved up into forward contention gradually and oiit-tayed Sweet Marguerite in a desperate finish, alter responding to punishment iu game fashion. Best Contested Steeplechase of Meeting. l-re.I Williams give Bm Ilia a gQtedged ride in the ateeptechaae ami that weB-backed jumped succeeded in scoring from Knuraid Isle II.. whicli made most of the pace. This was the beat contested steeplechas- of the s ason. the field mulling cl isel.v bunched throughout, with the exception oi Pnsay Willow, which fell at the ninth jump. The three-qua iters handicap developed the shortest priced winner of the Meeting in He Will, whicli received staunch backing on account of having worked well since his preceding race. John McTaggart rode him ill a supremely confident manner and drew the flanttk so fine that his Imck-i rs were iaoi..entariI.. alarmed, when Adalid caino with a great rush at the end. The fourth race provided the first instance of a counted Btry running in an ordinary selling race. Under the letlstd rules of the Jockey dab, which have eliminated the iottg-staading prohibition agaiasl such a practice. Preston Lynn, which ran third to Favour and Sleepy Bam, was coupled iu the MUtueJ betting with Kills as the Ziininer entry. The new selling race rule has no prohibition against the starting of two horses in the same in-ti real and J. M. Zinun r Bent loth Preston I.ymi and Kills to the pout in the fourth race. The prohibition agaluai a stable starting two in a soiling rail waa one that was framed b.v W. S. Vosburgh iu 1802, to eliminate manipulation of s.Uing race* at Monmouth Park. The rule was one of the Jockey Clubs until the recent revision of the rules in. Which there wire several changes made iu the selling race coudittoun. In this revision no prohibition is mad- aaaiil the starting of two or more horses from a stab!.-. Want Fred Williams to Ride in France. Fr.-d Williams today received a cablegram from J. l . Doha, aoTering him a contract to ride in stn ptechaaea for him in Chant illy from May 7 to July IS. Williams is under contract to ride for Edward It. McLean and had to refuse the French oiler. A lik ■■ oiler was made Viin i lit Powers, but he tOO had to de.litie. Dorcris had only been one turn of the field pre- . i.us tu bia winning effort la the steepteehnae and his perform. nice, when that la taken into consideration, was a remarkable one. "Bub" May arrived today at Pimlieo in charge of a large string of horses. There were fourteen in all. the property of J. c. Brent1 r, Swartz Brothers and some to rae in the colors of the astute Kell- tuckiaa himarlf H . A. Burt Uf hell has purchased on private terms from H. P. Whitney, the two year -old Sincerity, for K. T. Zollicoa". r. In vii w of the overflow of horses in Maryland this spring. Manager Burke of the Havre de irace track has decided io ki-cp Iiis course 4 |h-ii until after the thai of the spring racing season. The shipment of horses from here to the Devonshire Park track at Windsor will begin tomorrow, when a carload of H. C. Bedwells will go forward. On .May 1. the stables of O. Phillips and W. Birnie will be shipped and others that will follow include the strings of C. B. Freeman, J. D. Miskk. P. L. Short. J. J. McCafferty. J. O. Bussey. Iu all there will be upwards of one hundred horses going from here to the Windsor track, according to Dr. F. W. Ashe, who is arranging for the shipments.
