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SANDE THE BRIGHT STAR AT HAVRE Popular Young Jockey Rides Four Winners War Machine Captures Main Race Havre do Grace Md September 23 Large fields went to tlie post in a majority of the races at Havre de Grace tins afternoon The races were run over a track that was surprisingly good consider ¬ ing the recent heavy rainfall The attendance was large for a Monday but those who made the Journey were well repaid for the racing proved interesting and the finishes in several of the con ¬ tests were so close and hard fought that the spectators were unable to tell the winner until the official placing had been announced announcedFrank Frank Weir provided the winner of tlie Havre de Grace Consolation Handicap the principal attraction jf the day in his recent purchase War Machine The threeyearold was the decided choice with the public and repaid the confidence placed in him by scoring in easy fashion from Highland Lad ifter the latter had showed the way to the stretch War Machines backers were given a scare when he was bumped about in the early miming but Rodri ¬ guez soon straightened him out and the Uncle olt ran a splendid race raceSpectacular Spectacular finishes in the first two races of the ifternopn aroused the enthusiasm of the sjxictators to a high pitch especially so in the opening dash vhen Sweeplet and Triomphant hooked up in a sen ational stretch duel the former triumphing in the last strides because Sarnie outrode Stalker The itoss filly was the public choice and consequently tier victory was exceedingly popular Had Stalker been able to keep Triumphant from making a wide turn when entering this homestretch the result might have been different differentAlmost Almost as interesting was the finish in the second E T Zollieoffers Pinard at better than 30 to 1 in the mutnels winning from the favorite Esquimau ifter a stubbornly contested struggle from the barriers rise until the winning line was passed Pinard led all the way with Esquimau hanging on nis flanks and never yielding an inch It was anybodys race turning for home but the Zolli coffer youngster was not to be denied and the favorite placeThe had to be content with second place The outstanding feature of todays sport was the jrilliant riding of jockey Sande Tlie Ross rider rode four winners and was in a great measure re ¬ sponsible for the success of his mounts all but one coring through thestrong f inislse of this crack Jockey Sandes first success was on Sweeplet in the opener then came his win with Sybil in the third and he wound up the afternoon by piloting Tootsie and Lytle in the sixth and seventh races respectively respectivelyDOUBLE DOUBLE FOR E T ZOLLICOFFER ZOLLICOFFERE E T Zollicoffer bad a good day his Pinard scoring ill the second race while King John made it a double by winning the fifth Highland Lad from the same stable finished second to War Machine in the main race of the afternoon and Christie another Zollicoffer representative almost accounted for the mile and a quarter race in which Tootsie got the decision by a neck neckNews News reached here this morning of the death of H Meis owner of Vocabulary who died in a New York hospital on Saturday last as a result of an attack of heart failure failureJoseph Joseph McLennan who will fill the position of racing secretary at Laurel visited that course yes ¬ terday He reports that there are already 100 horses on the grounds which includes the stables of Edward Beale McLean Willis Sharpe Kilmer A K Gilpin and John Lumsdeii LumsdeiiAlan Alan Bulcroft arrived at Laurel from Montreal with six horses this morning and included in the lot was J Whytes Kings Plate winner Javato JavatoThe The stable of Joseph E Seagram is expected in from Toronto some day this week There will be a dozen in his string stringMany Many improvements have been made to the Laurel plant and the track has been raised three feet feetHen Hen Hampson was claimed by W V Casey on Saturday for 000 The claim was in retaliation for Sam Louis taking the plater Grayson from Casey a few days back backThe The twoyearolds Auctioneer and Houdlni in the Brighton Stable will be disposed by auction in the paddock at Havre de Grace on Wednesday WednesdayM M Daly shipped three of the horses he brought here from New York to the Jeffords farm in Mary ¬ land and William Garth sent the jumners Dorcas and Sun King to his farm at Charlottesville Va VaSun Sun King has been retired from the turf for good Garth having given up the idea of ever getting him to the races again againThe The WaldenMorris establishment will be shipped from here to Laurel tomorrow
