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HUBBUB IS DISQUALIFIED -♦ Penalized for Swerving All Over Track in the Closing Race. ♦ King Baggot Gut Down and Is Destroyed — Close and Interesting Racing. ♦ — ■ Havre de Grace. Mil.. April 19. — Racing of the kind that appeals to real lovers of the thoroughbred sport featured the fourth day of tin- Havre de Grace meeting. Notwithstanding the absence of any special attraction, the syort was of the highest class and the finishes in a majority of the races were of the thrilling sensational order. The running of the fifth race resulted in a fatality. King Baggot. the favorite, being jumped on and cut down so tartly soon after the start, that he had to be destroyed. Scarpia II. was returned the winner, but only after a bard and bitter struggle with Dervish, which had set the pace from the start. The first disqualification of the meeting came as the result of Hubbub swerving out all through the homestretch in the closing nice of the afternoon. Firing Line furnished a surprise in this race, when he scored at long odds. Judge Wiugficld. the favor ite. getting second place as a result of the disqualification of Hubbub, which finished second. K. F. Carmans speedy Cnde filly Anntie came hack today and repeated her winning performance scored at Bowie when she made the initial start of her career. While her success this afternoon MM clean-cut. she had to Is- ridden out to hold Coli-nella safe in the homestretch. It was a close thing in the second race. Josef lna Zaratc. the public choice, led throughout, but tired when hard pressed by June Bug in the Inst eighth. June Bug came through fast on the iuside and was Hearing the yvinner with every stride. The Quincy Stables -olors yvcre seen in front :n the third when Compadre. displaying a high order of speinl. led home a band of fast sprint-rs. of which Cobalt and Churchill were most fancied. Ral Parrs Star Shoot colt Coral scored his second victory of the meeting, when he proved best in the race for three-year-olds at three-quarters of a mile. Coral followed Sam Pickett closely and. after Missing him in the stretch. was ridden out to win drawing away. Blazonry, the favorit". from the H. I*. Whitney stable, finished a fast third. The sale of Liberty Bonds at Havre de Grace is progressing in a satisfactory manner. On Tuesday 3 000 were disposed of and on Wednesday ,200 and on Thursday 3,100. T. Frances acquired at private sale of Arhi" Zimnicr yesterday, the two-year-old filly. Onico. She was turned over to J. Arthur, who will handle her for her new owner. TO SELL 0. A. COCHRAN HORSES. Willie Midgley announced that he would dis|* s«-of all the horses he brought here for Mr. Cochran. Thev will be sold by auction some time during Hie Pimlico meeting. Midgley left eight at Belmont Par!i and they. too. will probably be disposed of some time during the season. "Mr. Cochran, like other breeders, is forced to keep selling his older horses to make room for the young ones. I will have fifteen or twenty yearlings to take up alKiut midsummer and consequently must sell what I now have to make room for them." Gene Lut3 announced that he would tak" tlie apprentice Kriekson to New York next — W. KrtcU-son has improved in a remarkable manner and Lnts has turned down several offers for the lad. He has no desire of disposing of his contract and may secure a few useful horses himself later on. The several mares that he raced last year have M bred to his stallion Messenger Boy at his farm m Louisiana. Carbide bled in his race the other day. or he would probably have won. He was going •veil o:i the stretch turn, where he had True as Steel beaten, when Kriekson was forced to pull up. Charles T. Waltering, a well-known turf follower of Louisville. Ky.. met with a painful accident last night, when he was struck by an automobile while crossing the street at the depot in Havre de Grace. He suffered an ugly looking scalp wound and one of his ears was almost torn from his head. He was removed to the Havre de Grace hospital, where he will be confined for a few days. J. K. Thoruby. the young western trainer, who has the lirouiising two-year-old filly Fannie Mehan here, is "much purturhed over a mishap yvhieh slie suffered yesterday morning and which prevented his starting her in a nice he has picked our on todays program. While being worked through the stretch bv jockey J. Byrne. Fannie Mehan grabbed herself and cut her quarter. While the injury is not of a serious nature, still the filly is on- ot oo much promise to take a chance on sending her to the post until the wound is thoroughly healed. Jockev Troxler announced that he would probably ride free lance the entire year. "I was tied up M year and lost many an opportunity of riding a win-*ier through it and I feel as though I will do better without any strings attached to me." said the rid-r vesterday.
