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ABERDEEN TO ST MAURICE Carries Pelican Stable Colors to Victory in Juvenile Feature Billy McLaughlin Runs Fast to toBeat Beat Kirklevington Close CloseFinishes Finishes Delight Crowd HAVRE DE GRACE Mil April 27 The Pelican Stable owned by W H Rowc of Sbrcveport la furnished in St Maurice the winner of the ninth running of the Aberdeen Stakes the 5000 added twoyearold feature that was offered as the stel lar attraction of todays program at the Ilarford County track trackSt St Maurice was lightly considered in a betting way the public showing a preference for Ogarito and Good Times However the son of Zeus was at Ms best today and taking the lead witb the rise of the bairier held command from start to finish although hard pressed by Good Times at the end The latter was going fastest of all but too late to catch the winner which clipped a fifth of a second from the track record for the distance distanceE E F Whitneys Second Thoughts was an added starter and ran well for a firsttime starter finishing third outstaying the favorite Ogaritc which tired after a half mile of strenuous racing witli the winner winnerThe The Redstone Stable furnished another winner this afternoon when Billy McLaughlin defeated Kirklevington The winners victory was clean cut and not of the fluky order He was in clos quarters next to the inner rail in the early stages i and in the stretch run came from behind and finished like a real good colt lie caught KirR levingtqn in the last eighth and at the finish was going away awayA A crowd of generous proportions was present and enjoyed some of the most exciting racing seen in Maryland this spring with hairraising finishes the outstanding feature of the afternoons sport sportJ J E Griffith introduced to Maryland racegoers n good looking threeyearold colt in Citizen which made an auspicious turf debut when he won the opening race in convincing style Citizen is a son of Voter Spumante by Polymclus and was bred in France by John Sanford For some reason unex ¬ plained he did not race last year but if his per ¬ formance of today is any criterion he may develop into a high class racer such as one would expect on the strength of his breeding He rushed to the front after rounding the far turn and displaying a high order of speed easily held his opponents safe for the remainder of the race raceAnother Another winner came from the stable of J E Griffith when Griffwood accounted for the Candi ¬ date Steeplechase That good juniper found no serious opposition particularly after three of the more prominent candidates had met with mishaps Bellringcr fell at the second fence and Kercnsky tumbled over him while James A Sheridan and Peccant went down at the ninth jump jumpBLANKET BLANKET TINISH IN THIRD RACE RACEOne One of the best finishes of the meeting occurred in the third race in which the proverbial blanket would have covered the first four horses as they raced past the judges The specators were on their feet cheering loudly when Brisk Lancelot Trusty and The Belgian II came rushing through the stretch almost abreast and only the judges could separate them at the finish Brisk was awarded first place and the others placed in the order named above The winner race was a sensational per ¬ formance as he was away almost last and forced to close a big gap to overtake the leaders However he accomplished the seemingly impossible task and earned the decision in the final strides Lance ¬ lot led from the start but tired right near the end Trusty ran well but also tired with victory in reach reachThe The running of the sixth race was marked by another thrilling finish and the upset of the hot favorite Star Realm The latter was only beaten by the smallest of margins and would have surely won had he not swerved out in the stretch The winner was Chasseur the Englishbred horse racing forwardly throughout and gamely holding on to a slight advantage when hard pressed by the favorite Until was third right on the heels of the first two twoJack Jack Campbell distributed condition blanks for the stakes to be run at Blue Bonnets These races close May 9 and one of the conditions in all is that starters are to be named through the entry box the day before the race the usual closing time timeSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey Nate Henderson has applied for his license He will ride Fair Mac in his races at Plmlico and at the conclusion of that meeting will go to Canada to ride the jumpers that Admiral Grayson will send to Toronto Several owners who have not raced in Canada heretofore have sig ¬ nified their intention of racing on the Canadian tracks this year Among them aro P J Fox a division of the Pelican Stable and U S Henderson It is possible that Henry McDaniel may take the division of the stable that he is training for Commander Ross to Toronto The latter left for Canada last night and on his return will decide definitely just where this division of the stable will be raced racedThe The filly Second Thought the property of E F Whitney was shipped this morning by van from Pimlico to Havre de Grace to fill her engagement in the Aberdeen Stakes StakesJames James Filzsimmons is expected to arrive at Pirn lico tomorrow with a division of the Quincy Stable horses horsesJack Jack McCormaek left for Louisville with the C CF F Clark horses which include the good threeyear old filly Nancy Lee Dunboyne was left over in Maryland to fill his engagements at Havre de Grace and Plmlico PlmlicoThe The schooling list at Havre de Grace is now made up of the following horses Ross R Tout dOr Wat Boniface Lads Love Paddy Dear Stiletto Ailllro Goldinc Toadstool General St Quentin Sandy Hill Favour Hackamoro and Armistice ArmisticeGrey Grey Lag will be shipped from the Rancocas Farm at Jobstown N J to Churchill Downs on Sunday next where he will get his final prepara ¬ tion for the Kentucky Derby DerbyW W P Burch shipped nine of the Samuel lloss racers from Bcuning to Pimlico Reports brought over by the horsemen are that the track at Pim ¬ lico is faster and in better condition than ever everE E J Crawford will ship his stable from here to Aqueduct on Monday MondayCitizen Citizen II was claimed by J A Coburn for 2100 and High Value by O A Applegate for 1850 1850Madeline Madeline Lillian lK caine cast in her stall and was excused from starting in the fifth race by the stewards stewardsTrusty Trusty was reclaimed by C R Daly for 1710 1710Sam Sam Louis claimed Lady Emuiuliuo after she won the concluding race lor l72i
