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BILLY KELLY IN MARYLAND Champion TwoYearOld Easily Beats Older Opponents Vanquishes Prince of Como After a Sensationally Fast Race in inr inthe r the Heavy Going Havre do Grace Mil September IS Maryland racegmTs liail their first opportunity this after iiiidii of witnessing the champion twoyearold Billy Kelly in action Commander Ross colt was a starter in the Eclipse Handicap a dash of three iliiarters of a mile for all acts and in which he was asked to concede pKntv of weight to his oppo ¬ nents He was ridden by E Sande and closely fol ¬ lowed by Prince of Como which set a terrific pace for a half mile The time for the half was 40 marvelously fast considering the condition of the track The pace told on Prince of Como entering the stretch and Hilly Kelly easily moved to the front and was only cantering at the end His vic ¬ tory was decidedly popular and Marylanders are fully convinced that Billy Kelly is everything claimed for him aud without doubt the champion of Ills age ageThe The enthusiasm of the crowd was aroused to a high pitch when Thrift from J F Sweeneys stable scored a sensational victory in the second race winning by a nod from Candidate II Thrift was away almost last of the eight starters but under Klcegers energetic riding gained ground with eveiy stride and in a remarkable burst of speed cnnght and passed Candidate II in the final stride of a terrific stretch duel duelThe The opener proved easy for Manoevre the Tallx H twoyearold leading throughout and crossing the winning Jiue five lengths in advance of his nearest opponent fli V jniiKl Rice wa won 111 the same fashion iliarles Francis favored liy the going sprcadcagling his opponents The favorite Silver Sandals fin ¬ ished unplaced unplacedDOUBLE DOUBLE FOE J X I BOSS STABLE STABLEMonomoy Monomoy ridden liy Sande made it a double for the J K L Ross stable by vanquishing Queen of the Sea in an interesting duel in the fiftli race It was nip and luck throughout and the result was in doubt to the final strides Queen of the Sea appeared a trifle short shortTin Tin spectators were given another thrill in the losing dash when Miss Filley and Fairly fought out a stubborn contested stretch struggle with the winner uncertain until the official placing was announced announcedLitrlc Litrlc Horn which ran third in the steeplechase on Tuesday was given away as a twoyearold by Hilly Garth and for some time pulled a wagon around Charlottesville Hilly was of the opinion after the race that had it not lxeii for Little Horn carrying Lc Marsouin out in the first part of the race his horse would have won wonGuy Guy Hedwell trainer for Commander J K L Itoss was watching the aviators doing stunts lie fore the running of the steeplechase They made me win a race once in Cuba said Hedwell I had old Lochiel and the birdmaii sailed so close to the ground that the whirring of the propeller frightened the old horse and he ran away He never would have won but for being scared I guess guessJohn John C Mitchell was an arrival from New York to stay for the remainder of the meeting meetingSun Sun King and Dorcris the steeplechasers that were to have been sold last Saturday were not offered and will be disposed of at private sale saleJockor Jockor Kumnicr was susi ended for three days for crossing and roughing in the fifth race raceMonomoy Monomoy was bid up 405 over his entered price of 1500 by Sam Louis and was bought in
