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DEXTEROUS FOR HARFORD Billy Oliver Will Have Another Try for Maryland Prize Horses of L A Price Are All Well Advanced Advancedat at the Lakewood Training Ground Groundof of the Cieniul Scot NEW YORK N T March 21 W L Billy Oliver is going to make another bid this year at Havre de Grace for the Harford Handicap the opening feature of that meeting It will again te his fast geld ¬ ing Dexterous that he Vll depend upon and the son of Peter Pan will surely be ready for the running runningLast Last year in the same race Dexterous led his opponents in this race until well irto the stretch and he finisherl a good third to such giants as Exterminator and Billy Kelly It is not probably that either jf these will le in the Harford field this spring and Billy has a firm conviction that Dexterous can take the measure of Lucky Hour on3 that will probably be the most fashionable starter starterDexterous Dexterous has wintered exceedingly well at Olivers Lakewood place and the wonder of it is that other trainers have not long since discovered the rare advantage ot spending the cold months in the pine woods with their horses All through the winter Oliver has had his horses out in th open and he has some ideal galloping ground light at hand Then he has a nearby speedway that offers every advantage for the sharpen ¬ ing up of sped in the horse that is ready for such a test testBut But Dexterous is onlr one in the string that the genial Scot is making ready for the races The other one of his own is Lock wocd a fouryearold son of Friar Rock and Aunt Mamie by Uncle But his hopes as far as his own silks are concerned are pretty well wrapped up in Dexterous DexterousThe The L A Price string which Oliver will campaign is composed of four horses and each one of them is just about ready for fast gallops These arc the threeyearolds Sancho Pansy and Primus and the twoyear olds Pervicux and Piquant PiquantPervicux Pervicux is the star of the string that will bear the Price silks and unless Oliver is all wrong in his estimate this fellow will take his place among the good ones He has done all that has been asked of him like a real gentleman and he is a colt of ex ¬ cellent size and conformation The fact that his manners are perfect does not mean so much for that applies to all of the horses in Olivers care and they relied the dis ¬ position of the Scot himself Dexterous when he came to the Oliver stable was mush of a rowdy but now he is as sweet tempered as a turtle dove Oliver blames it on the climate rather than on his own even temper and he insists that a winter at Lakowood would make an angel of Satan himself And at the same time it injects a pep into man and beast that can ¬ not be duplicated duplicatedThe The present plan is to ship to Havre de Grace for that meeting and after finishing up the Maryland circuit the horses will be brought to New York for the season seasonThis This is the stable Oliver will campaign IllOPEUTY OF L A PJIICE PJIICESancho Sancho Pansy b g 3 by Sweep Nancy Pansy by Mcntcne McntcnePrimus Primus ch g 3 by Celt I ady Godiva by Han ¬ over overPervieux Pervieux h c 2 by McOc rtliii by Insoldsby InsoldsbyPltliiniit Pltliiniit b 2 by The Manager Winifred A by Sir Dixon DixonPHOLKIITY PHOLKIITY OF W L OLIVKK OLIVKKDexterous Dexterous Iroomstick byIroomstick b K 4 by Peter Pan Adroit by Kockwood b c 4 by Fiiar Kock Aunt Mauiic Mauiict t tncle tncleThe The stable jockey is Lew Jenkins and he has spent the winter at Lakewood aiding in the preparation of the horses He is a rider of some experience has light hands and an excellent seat lie will be able to do 105 pounds at the openiag of the season and should Le a valuable part of the Oliver
