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DAY Of DISAPPOINTMENTS Havre de Grace Racing Furnishes Many Surprises and Upsets Dottie Vandiver Is Beaten Tick ¬ lish Wins Most Pretentious Race of the Day HAVRE DE QUACK Mil April 24 While the Aberdeen Stakes was the feature of the card at Havre de Grace the real race of the day was the fifth a threequarters of a mile contest for threeyearolds in which some good horses went to the post A H Morris Ticklish and David Gideons Star Kealm were the ones most fancied and they were about equal choices Ticklish was tins winner and ridden by jockey J P Kyan he won with case while Crystal Ford beat Duchess Lace a narrow margin for second place Star Realm liiul no excuses for lie was off well had no mis liaps but just was not equal to the task when it vame to real racing Ticklish went to the front arty oj ened a gap on his opponents and hugging the rail in the deepest part of the track came on to win as he pleased Star Kealm quit utterly and Crystal Ford took second place from Diichess Lace The Aberdeen Stakes furnished a decided sur ¬ prise as well as a big upset in the victory of Ral Parrs Paul Jones and the failure of Peter Combs The hitter was heavily supported and flattered his backers by leading by a big gap to the final eighth where he quit suddenly while Paul Jones saving much ground on the turns and finishing fast gamely outstayed Kallipolis in a terrific closing drive driveBackers Backers of favorites had little to rejoice over the days results as Monomoy was the only first choice to vin The opening dash fell to Krynhildl The daughter of The Curragh finding the going to her liking and winning like a good one Melos the twelveyear old son of Bannockburn scored in the steeplechase with Early Light and Rhomb following him home Dottie Vandiver was another favorite to disap ¬ point her backers the Ross filly tiring in the heavy going after setting an extremely fast pace con ¬ sidering the condition of the track She had nothing left when Onico challenged and lost by a half length lengthThe The Ross stable continued on its winning way when Monomoy easily beat his opinments in the sixth race and incidentally was the only favorite to score Two scoreTwo of the Harry Payne Whitney racers old Borrow and the threeyearold Vindex arrived at Havre de Grace this morning from his Brookdale Farm in New Jersey Jockey Willie Knapp came over with the pair and will have the mount when over either of these racers go to the post Vindex is one of the Whitney candidates for the Kentucky Derby and is the one that will most likely carry the Whitney colors in the famous race He has trained particularly well for the event and will probably go to the post on Saturday in the special race that the Havre de Grace management is pro ¬ viding for Kentucky Derby eligibles James Rowe Is expected at Havre de Grace tomorrow tomorrowPURSES PURSES TO BE EAISED EAISEDA A notice was posted in the secretarys office that beginning Friday April 25 no purse less than 1000 would be milled to any of the races and that the Kelair Handicap the Cecil Handicap and the Oak inton Handicap would have 1250 added to each The liberality of the management elicited much praise among the horsemen horsemenA A report circulated about Cincinnati that the horseman Gene Lutz had died has been responsible for a number of queries here asking particulars regarding the truth of the rumor Lntz is here in better health than he has enjoyed in some years and is racing a string of horses which include among others Miss Sterling and Lady Ward WardJockey Jockey Tommy Nolan earned a suspension of three days for rough riding yesterday yesterdayJockey Jockey Carswell who had the mount on Auction ¬ eer in none tlie worse for the roughing he received while ridimr that horse Auctioneer was crowded against the inside fence and it was feared at first that tlie boys leg had been broken but it developed tluit his limb was only bruised a bit bitA A number tit owners are awaiting definite word from an official source in Canada before shipping to Toronto Alniiit ten carloads are ready to leave leaveThe The announcement that racing would be resumed ill Canada some time in May has been responsible for a raise in tlie value of horseflesh and as a re Milt there hat Iweii much activity among the ranks of the halter men Yesterday a number of claims were lodged and several hr cs clianucd hands J K Dunn boosted Louise V to 2000 and se ¬ cured her at that figure after she had won tlie fifth race and J W Bean took Suhahdar out of the Kame race for 2435 Sam Louis claimed Frank Shannon for S1K13 and the owners of Ballad and Widow Bedotte retained them at good advances pricesAll over their entered prices All persons interested in racing are requested by the Thoroughbred Horse Association to meet to ¬ morrow night iu Havre de Grace
