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LONG DISTANCE RACES AT HAVRE Three of Yesterdays Contests at a Mile and a Quarter Prove Interesting Havre de Grace Mil September 26 Three of the races on todays program at Havre de Grace were at a mile and a quarter All three of them fur ¬ nished good contests and in two of them the winners wens under hard drives Pandean beat Dalrose a head in one while G M Miller was staggering to beat Sky Pilot out a short length in his race Darkey won the other at that distance distanceDark Dark heavy clouds hung over the course nil the afternoon The track was in good condition and the card was made up of a series of wellbalanced fields fieldsFrank Frank Weir whose Iiorsos have been racing promi ¬ nently at this meeting furnished the winner of the aptmug dash his Frenchbred filly Ambassador III easily beating Fairy Prince and Dainty Lady The favorite of the race Belurio lost whatever chance lie may have had by a slow start startCapt Capt Ral Parrs colors were first past the win ¬ ning line in the second Rice which was at one mile and a quarter The old campaigner Pandean was his standard bearer and right well he performed although one of the despised outsiders in the cal ¬ culations of the talent Pandean assumed an easy lead when entering the homestretch but tired in the filial eighth and was fortunate to get the decision as Dalrose the favorite finished like a flash after meeting with all the had luck of the race He would have won in another stride strideAnother Another blow to the backers of favorites came in the third Rice when Darkey took Jose de Vales and Buck Nail into camp in easy style Darkey led all the way and was never seriously menaced menacedThe The Terminal Handicap was expected to furnish the best contest of the day with a fast field of sprinters engaged It resulted in the downfall of George Starr which despite his heavy impost was thought able to concede the weight and beat those opposed to him Charlie Leydeeker was the one tc take stylePleasant his measure and lie did it in convincing style Pleasant Dreams defeat in the sixth race was a stunner to the talent The Ross representative quit badly after an early display of speed Waukeag was the winner with King Jolin second and Katie Canal third thirdIndian Indian Chant led all the way in the last race without any serious opposition 0JFitz Geraldreturned from AjiontOIiX this morning where he went to act as judge of the thoroughbred stallion class given in connection with a horse show at that place Eight thorough ¬ bred stallions were shown and the ribbon was awarded to the Star Shoot stallion Eyebrow Offi ¬ cials of the War Department and Agricultural De ¬ partment WashingtonBelle made the trip from Washington Belle Roberts winner of the second race yester ¬ day was boosted 005 over her entered price by Sam Xiouis She was retained by her owner F D Weir WeirR R F Carmans racer Startling was tnkcn down witli an attack of fever tills morning and was ex ¬ cused from starting iu the Terminal Handicap
