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MAN 0 WAR THE INVINCIBLE Champion Gives Thirty Pounds and a Decisive Beating to Wildair in Potomac Handicap at Havre de Grace. nAVRE DE GRACE, Md., September 18. Man o War cannot be beaten. That is the only opinion left after watching the champion shoulder 138 pounds and win the Potomac Handicap here this afternoon. The son of Fair Play made all the pace and eased . up, defeating Wildair in the fast time of -1:4443, reducing the track record by one-fifth of a second. Man o Wars margin of victory over the Whitney colt today was a length and a half. Ral Parrs Blazes was fifteen lengths behind Wildair and finished two lengths in advance of his stable-mate, Paul Jones, the Kentucky Derby winner. The largest crowd in the history of the Havre de Grace race course assembled to pay tribute to Mr. Riddles champion. Program sales indicate the crowd was one of the largest ever brought together in Maryland to witness horse racing. Long before the first race the grounds were filled apparently to capacity. Still a steady stream of humanity poured through the gates, eager to see the great colt perform. While the great crowd came to see Man o War it was not lukewarm in its praise of the spirited racing in tlie other contests of the afternoon. In both tlie third- and fourth races the results were in doubt until the final strides, Naptha-Iius scoring by a head in the third and Mildred by a similar margin in the fourth. W. A. Buck claimed War Smoke from Ral Parr for ,550. E. K. Bryson bought Tingling from.T. Clyde for ,700. J. H. Loucheims two-year-old Tenite, which was operated on recently for a wind affection, is. reported as doing well at J. S. Barbees farm in Kentucky. Frankie Kelioe came over from Laurel today and accepted three mounts. Jockey Coltiletti returned from Belmont Park to ride Wildair in the Potomac Handicap. O. E. -Bepper of the Asbury stable vishereen vorintuABgaintcE urottrfioirs"Iof?orrer icrirg. S. A. Clopton has. disposed of Leviathan to Matt Smart, who will school liim through the field. A. Swenke claimed Fizer from W. Stockton for ,700. C. Houpre is training the Swenke horses, among others, and is ;exnected to have a strong stable for campaigning at New Orleans next winter.
