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ANOTHER FOR SLIPPERY ELM Scores His Third Straight Victory of the Havre Meeting Roscoe Troxler Bides Winner On OnTwentieth Twentieth Anniversary of ofHis His Start as Jockey Havre de Grace Md September 19 Slippery Elm scored his third straight victory at Havre de Grace when he won the Old Town Handicap to ¬ days feature race He was ridden by L Stalker made all the pace and l eat John I Day by three lengths The nice was run over a lumpy and slow track which was nither deep next to the inside rail railRoscoe Roscoe Troxler celebrated his twentieth anni ¬ versary as a rider by winning the third race with Master Karma Troxlers debut on the turf wax made at tin Fort Erie track in Canada on Infeliece InfelieceThe The opening dash resulted iu the defeat of tin wellbacked favorite Marie Council the winner turning up in Poultney which ontgamed Wewoka after the latter had set the pace from the start startThe The jumping contest proved easy for Gold Bond second and third honors going to Otto Floto and Rhomb respectively respectivelyTrial Trial by Jury found the going to his liking and led throughout by a wide gap in the mile and a quarter nice It was a close thing between Royat and Boxer for second money the former getting the verdict by a nod Grayson and Handful furnished an interesting duel in the sixth nice and the result was in doubt to the final strides when Grayson gradually drew away from his older opponent Incidentally it marked tho second success of tlie day for Lv Stalker the young apprentice wlio hasbeen riding inbril ¬ liant form here hereAnother Another close finish marked the final race of the day Christie getting the l est of a hard fought stretch struggle with Greetings GreetingsNotice Notice was received here today of the effort be ¬ ing made by the Queens County Tockey Hub to bring together in a race at Aqueduct the three great twoyearolds Purchase Eternal and Billy Kelly Tniiner Bedwell was called upon the tele ¬ phone this morning and asked if his employer Commander 4 K L Ross would be willing to enter into a threecorner sweepstakes of 2500 a side and the association to add 2500 10000 SPECIAL RACE AT lAUREL lAURELIncidentally Incidentally Edward Burke acting for the Havre de Grace association expressed his willingness to give a purse of 5000 for a race between Roamer and Billy Kelly Manager M 4 Winn of Laurel is also in the field for a big attraction and it is said that he will offer a 10000 purse in an effort to bring either the three youngsters mentioned to ¬ gether or if not successful in that a race the con ¬ ditions of which will be made to suit Roamer Sun Briar Billy Kelly and the other named two yearolds yearoldsAmong Among the visitors at Havre de Grace is Amos Turney of Paris Ky who owned and meed such good horses as Tillo a Suburban Handicap winner Dr Catlett Maud Gonne Horron and others Turney has retired from racing thoroughbreds and devotes his attention to his 750 acre farm iu niising gniiu cattle hogs etc etclack lack Laxtou a wellknown Canadian follower of the sixirt was an arrival and will remain for the remainder of the meeting meetingW W M Shecdy put in a claim for Goldcrest Boy but was 15 short and the claim was thrown out outWilliam William Garth has five threeyearolds at Kenning which are being schooled through the field He 1m twentyfive horses in all at the Washington course among them six yearlings by Theo Cook which are said to have worked well wellExjockey Exjockey Hal Booker got in from Chicago and will become interested in the stable that his brother 4 M Booker is campaigning here hereOn On the protest of lolni Shields the stewards ruled that Charles Francis is not entitled to the inirse awarded him for the third race on Septem ¬ ber IK tin weight being three pounds short of what was called for by the conditions Sea Gull is awarded the purse Glory Belle second money and Silver Sandals third
