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HAVRE DE GRACE RACING Good Outlook for First of the Maryland Fail Meetings Prominent Turfmen and Star StarRacers Racers to Engage in Sport Sportat at Harford Course Havre do Orjitc Mil August 1M Upwards of 200 of tln liiiisin l or imm racers of various ages Unit wiU tiUf part in tin coming iiitiimii meeting of She Hirfor l Agricultural and Breeders Associa ¬ tion have already assembled at Havre de Grace picturesque nice track Others are arriving every few days fnnn overcrowded Saratoga and from the Xtv York rourecs Tile most prominent of the horsemen vlio have put in an appearance so far are Robert Walden and Alfred Ilennen Morris Aimer Clopton C K Clement Kdward McRride and G 1C Rryson RrysonII II G Bcdwell with the major part pf the stable of Commander T 1C L Ross of Montreal will arrive some time during the first week of Septem MT if tniiis irliii n conditions permit as will also William Jennings with the Calumet Stable Richard V Cirman with his own horses Frank Farrar with the jumper New Haven and the XolHcoffer hordes he t k over from William Burttschcll at Saratoga the other day John Schorr with the stable of lMvtrd Bealo McLean of Washington Louis Feus lei wiih the stable of Samuel 1 Kiddle of Phila ¬ delphia Michael Daly with the stables of Walter M Jeffords and Mrs Walter M Jeffords of PhilM delphia Andrew G Bhikeley with the stable of W P Orr George M Odon with the Brighton Stable Kdward Trotter lames Arthur John Shields with the stable of J S Tyrco of Washington Albert Simons with part of the stable of Harry Payne Whitney William Garth with the stable of Capt Hal Patrrj PatrrjlrS lrS J Jamas Kilzslmmons with the tjuincy Stable and i half dozen others othersWilfrid Wilfrid Yiau of Montrc the owner of Westy Hogan and Omar Khayyam 1ms planned to race at Itelniout Park through the first week of the fall meeting of the Westchester Racing Association but he expects to move his horses over to the Ilarford associations track in time for the meeting there Mr Viaus recollections of Havre de Grace racing are not unpleasant It was at the picturesque Maryland track that Omar Khayyam got Ids prepa ¬ ration last fall for his highly creditable victory over Hourless in the Lawrcne localization Stakes at Shccpshoad Bay Returning from Itelmont Par in firstclass condition Omar Khayyam won the Havre de Grace Handicap from Flittcrgold Omar Khay yam has been laid up wilh a bail foot the better part of the summer hut he is rounding into condi ¬ tion again and will hi ready for the colors about the tiiae of the Havre de Grace opening Westy Hogan just now tJie most useful performer in the Yiau establishment like Omar Khayyam was in firstclass form here last September lie defeated Bringhurst and Top o th Morning in the Fox Hills Handicap oneof the best races of the meet ¬ ing of 1817 1817CUDGEL CUDGEL AND BILLY KELLY EXPECTED EXPECTEDIt It is probable that Commander lloss will divide his stable l etween Xew York and Maryland this coming fall Ixcause he has so many horses of various grades in winning form But his best will oine here He has planned to race at Havre de Grace Cudgel Foreground Damrosch Valais Canso Wigstone Hilly Kelly Ponuie Dance Cadillac Dramaturge etc Cudgel is to be Commander Ross candidate for I he Fowie Cup a 11000 race at one mile and a half that will e renewed at Pimlico in November His racing here will be part of his preparation for the Bowie Cup Cudgel is in splen ¬ did condition now By picking up 13Ti pounds and viniiing the Grab Itag Haiidcap at Saratoga the other day Billy Kelly demonstrated that he is uliout lhelwst twoyearold in the country He will come to Havre de Grace in splendid condition conditionThe The Bryson Clement Clopton ami McBride stables vere shipped to Havre de Grace immediately after the finish of the Yonkers meeting Mr Walden took his horses the best of which are Quietude Ticklish and Translate to his farm in Carroll County for a two weeks rest before lie brought them this way wayFlittergoid Flittergoid of the Bryson establishment Sky Pilot Mary Maud Charlie Leydecker and a score of other horses which had become stale from con ¬ tinuous racing about New York have freshened notably since their arrival here Situated on a promontory of moderate height overlooking placid Cheasapoake Bay the Havre de Grace track is one of the most pleasant of race courses for rest and recuperation recuperationThe The Ilarford meeting which will begin on the 10th of September to continue to the 1st of Oc ¬ tober will usher in Maryland fall racing The meet ¬ ing here will be followed by one at Iiurol Park which will run through the mouth of October and the later meetings of the Maryland Jockey Club and of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association at Iinilico and Bowie Havre de Grace is situated about midway between Wilmington and Baltimore on the main lines of the Pennsylvania and Balti ¬ more Ohio railroads and it draws its patronage mainly from Philadelphia and Baltimore
