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HAVRE DE GRACE MEETING IS OVER Crystal Ford Gains a Sensational Victory in the Philadelphia Handicap HAAlii Di GICACl Md April SO The close of the meeting here was under pleasant weather con ¬ ditions with a fast track and a big crowd in at ¬ tendance The racing was marked by some sen ¬ sational incidents principal of which was the over ¬ throw of such cracks as Star Master Hilly Kelly and Sir Harton by two more than 100 to I out ¬ sider Crystal Ford in the Philadelphia Handicap It was a stunner for the crowd and was not re ¬ ceived with enthusiasm but it was squarely achieved and nothing was to be said King Thrush ran a gcod and game race in the Princeton Purse a dash of threequarters in which h was asked to concede lumps of weight to his opponents Sande got him iway in front and he set a terrific pace all the way withstanding pressing opposition from King Herod which hung to the Koss colt like a leech King Thrush never gave up and at the end he beat King Herod by a head The threequarters were run in 112 whlcn marked the fastest race at the distance run at the meeting Franklin was claimed by S A Clopton for SVUO SVUOJockey Jockey F Murphy has severed his connection wth W II Fry and signed to do the riding for the Xevada Stable whose horses are looked after by W S Heath HeathJames James Milton will send one of his assistants to Toronto to erect a barrier at the Woodbine track nd school the twoyearolds located at that course courseW W P Frazer is expected here next week to take in a few days racing at Pimlicu PimlicuC C K Moore has arranged to ship his stable from here to Jamaica and at the conclusion of that meeting he may gn ti Toronto AYhile in Xew Aork he will increase his string by the addition of several useful platers platersThe The apprentice Mangan whose contract was pur ¬ chased by C K Moore will leave for Kentucky tomorrow Kay iipcnee wired asking for the riders services during the early Kentucky meetings meetingsJames James Milton who officiates as starter at Pim lico for the first time this spring has arranged to do the starting at the Ontario Jockey Clubs meeting which immediately follows that at Pitn lico It is possible that he may officiate at Some of the other Canadian meetings meetingsGeorge George Ialmer of Xcw Britain Conn one of starter James Miltons assistants and rated as one of the best men in his lino surprised his friends by announcing his marriage to Miss Alice Mitchell of Havre de Grace They were married last night and were busy all morning receiving the congratu ¬ lations of their many friends friendsThe The Desert which was claimed by A X Aail a few days back has been turned over to M Smith who will train him for his new owner ownerK K Itawsou of Hot Springs Ark was an arrival this morning He will remain over for the 1im lico meeting meetingW W Warlike has taken over jockey Kunimers book and will look after that riders engagements at Pimlico PimlicoJudge Judge Cornehlsen left for his home in Xew York tonight Mr Cornehlsen succeeds Judge Pettingil as the presiding judge on The Jockey Clubs track on the Metropolitan circuit circuitSecretary Secretary Joseph McLennan who filled his po ¬ sition at Havre de Grace in such an admirable manner will remain here for a collide of days before going north The racing at Havre de G raise this spring has l een particularly good and the fields large The attendance also exceeded that of any previous spring Itcfore another year rolls around many improvements will have been made to the plant most important of which will be the erection of a large and commodious clubhouse the building of new stalls the remodeling of the steeplechase field and tho beautifying of the entire plant The latter will be looked after by an ex ¬ pert landscape gardener It is the intention of the club to make the Havre de Grace course one of the finest in the country and no expense will be spared by the management to attain this cud All of these improvements will oc done under the supervision of Edward IJurke general manager of th Hiirford Agricultural and Fair Association AssociationThe The string that Commander J K L Ross will ship to Toronto will number twentythree head twelve of which will be Canadian bred twoyear olds Some of the latter are said to have shown up exceedingly well and to ba far almve the average They are splendid looking youngsters and can run fast Fred Schelke will be in charge of the Cana ¬ dian string and jockey AVessler will accompany the stable and do some of tlte riding Mike Lynch who acted as assistant starter for many of the prominent starters has been at the Ross farm at Laurel for two months past schooling the young ¬ sters at the barrier barrierCharles Charles Henry who has acted as assistant secre ¬ tary to Martin Xathanon at Oriental 1ark Cuba last winter will leave for Toronto on Saturday where he will be joined in wedlock to Miss Mar ¬ garet liickley They will spend their honeymoon in Quebec
