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WOODLANDS STAKE VICTORY Wins the Aberdeen Stakes in a Close Finish Mainmast Defeats Valor Havre Havrede de Grace Favorites Still Prove ProveMisplaced Misplaced Choices HAVRE DE GRACE Md April 2G The card which was offered for decision this afternoon was one that catered to the higher grade racers here and furnished spirited and thrilling racing The form backers who have had a dismal failure at this meeting in locating winners again received the worst of the daily battle with the machines and the majority of the winners were of the long priced variety varietyCharles Charles J Craigmile an outsider in the speculation was the winner of the first race of the afternoon a sprint of threequar ¬ ters of a mile from Wraith and Turnabout There was a long delay at the post and when the field was dispatched Balustrade after an absence of two years from the races was the one to show in front He was quickly joined by the winner when entering the stretch Balustrade stumbled and Lang sent his mount to the front Wraith fin ¬ ished resolutely and had but a short margin over Turnabout The latter finished with a rush Panaman flattered by taking a good lead in the stretch but failed to keep it itRal Ral Parrs Esquimau accounted for the Liverpool Handicap a steeplechase over the short course in a spirited finish with Free State and Infidel II The winner was the popular choice in the machines and was rid ¬ den with confidence The race was marred by three falls which fortunately did not re ¬ sult seriously although By Heck limped off the field in apparent poor condition conditionShoal Shoal was the one to make the pace for the first turn of the field when Crawford took Esquimau back He was followed clos ¬ est by Esquimau and Infidel II After en ¬ tering the final turn Esquimau raced into the lead and held Free State safe at the finish The latter raced wide through the final turn of the field but finished with a rush and wore Infidel II down downA A Cuban campaigner Ultimata was the winner of the third race of the afternoon a scramble of five and a half furlongs from Miss Emma G and Fannie Bean The win ¬ ner had a quick start away from the post which really decided the result Ultimata set a fast pace throughout and drew away into a long lead while the remainder of the field were endeavoring to untangle from a poor start Miss Emma G closed a big gap and had the distance been a trifle greater would probably have earned the brackets The winner was neglected in the machines The favorite Long Island had little chance at the start Harry Payne Whitneys Woodland a daughter of Whisk Broom II was returned the winner of the Aberdeen Stakes in a spectacular and driving finish with True Flier and Tall Timber while Wrangle fin ¬ ished a good fourth The race one of the annual spring stake races and at four and a half furlongs was riddled by scratches due to the severe coughing epidemic which has swept over these parts and kept the best of the twoyearolds in their stalls Many of the backers who had looked forward to a battle between Enchantment and Cartoon ¬ ist were doomed to disappointment when both developed ailments Rork from the J l Holland stable Better Luck from the Orleans Stable and H C Fishers second bow Keenan were the other absentees The start found Tall Timber and Woodland be ¬ ginning heads apart while the others were away slowly The pair raced in this manner for the entire distance while True Flier was in behind Adventuress In the final eighth True Flier the Whitney castoff that now races for Sam Harris closed up with a rush and Avas going fastest of all at the end while Woodland just managed to earn the verdict by the shortest of margins Tall Timber tired a trifle in the final drive but had a short margin over the fastcoming Wrangle WrangleEdward Edward F Whitneys Mainmast came back from his successful sprint of earlier in the week and took a band of longer distance performers into camp in the running of the Annesley Purse at a mile and seventy yards with Valor second and Sedgefield third The winner led briefly and was then taken under restraint when Valor raced to the front Mainmast came around the leader on the stretch turn and crowded Valor a trifle in the final sixteenth but won drawing clear Sedgefield was a bangup third Our Flag was away well but failed to hold his advan ¬ tage and pulled up lame Continued on eihth pase WOODLANDS STAKE VICTORY VICTORYContinued Continued from first page Attorney Muir with a change in the weights accounted for the sixth race from Waukeag and Lazy Lou The latter pair ran coupled as an entry The winner came from behind in the stretch and passing Waukeag won eased up The latter made the pace but tired badly when the winner challenged Attorney Muir was second choice in the speculation which favored the entry entryStaunch Staunch racing back to his previous good showing was the winner of the closing race of the day in a drive with Copyright with Amaze third The winner raced in close pursuit of Copyright and outfinished the lat ¬ ter in the final drive driveThe The winner was accorded confident support by the favorite backers and the victory was a popular one oneW W J Kane a mutuel employe at the dif ¬ ferent Maryland tracks died at his home in Baltimore recently from Brights disease The late Mr Kane had a wide circle of friends to whom his demise was a blow blowJockey Jockey J Wallace after the opening week of Pimlico will leave for Maple Heights Cleveland in charge of K Flynn FlynnTrainer Trainer William Shields reported this morning that the J L Holland horses have been stricken with fever and coughing coughingEdward Edward B McLean has presented to United States government the threeyear old Friar Dixon by Friar Rock to assist in the improvement of the breed of miscellane ¬ ous stock stockJ J W Healy at private terms has sold to F Kelley the twoyearolds Elmer Dyer and Miss Ruth L Both are destined for racing over the smaller tracks tracksJohn John Hastings was an arrival from New York in quest of steeplechase material but returned to New York disappointed disappointedL L C Merrymans African Rose was or ¬ dered withdrawn by the stewards for being improperly schooled at the barrier barrierJockey Jockey Albert Johnson who will pilot Mor vich in the running of the Kentucky Derby accompanied by Eugene Wayland and Otto Terrell will depart for Kentucky three days previous to the running of the race raceLouis Louis Blank a wellknown veterinarian and former owner of Lord Badge was a vis ¬ itor from New York today todayThe The few horses that J W Bean and B Harding will ship to New York will be in charge of trainer Kimball Patterson while the main division of the stable will be shipped to Woodbine Park at Toronto in charge of trainer Mike Kelly KellyJ J R Skinker claimed Charles J Craigmile following the running of the first race for 1900 1900E E Loh has purchased from Admiral Gray son the maiden Star Jester and he will run in his new owners interest tomorrow tomorrowR R A Smith announced today that Rhine ¬ stone by Pebbles Elyria by Voter would be raffled off for the benefit of the widow of the late J H McDonald McDonaldClaims Claims were filed in the last race for Staunch by J S Hays at 1615 and for Copyright by E Denham at 1550
