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Here and There on the Turf Interesting Havre de Grace Features. Stake Races of Blue Bonnets Meeting. Racing in the Ohio Field. The few days elapsed of the Havre de Grace meeting have been replete with interesting revelations. For one thing the good form of the Kilmer horses. Exterminator did not win the Harford Handicap, but acquitted himself nobly and showed himself fit and ready for victory over a longer distance. Moreover, he clipped 1500 from the moderate sum by which Man o War excells him as a money winner. tallys Alley in her one essay showed that no three year-old is vested with a greater right to favoritism for the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby. She was a grand creature last year and has evidently gone on in the right way through her winter retirement About as striking is the good form of such of the Garth Cosden horses as have been sent to the post. It accentuates curiosity as to what the stable stars Martingale and Dunlin ■ — will be able to show presently and holds out assurance that they will be ready to race to their best. The racing of the two-year-olds has been pleasantly attractive, but no real star has appeared. It is not to be expected that the luminaries of that age will begin to make their appearance until later on when the rich stake races of the year arrive for decision. Still, some of the youngsters have shown a gratifying measure of speed. What we are seeing now at Havre de Grace is but a prelude to the greater glories of the nearby Pimlico meeting, than which there is no greater or more important meeting in the firs half of the eastern turf campaign. Entry blanks for the stake races of tin Montreal Jockey Club at the Blue Bonnets course have been distributed among the horse men. Entries will close May 14. The meeting is to be conducted from June 7 to June 14 and there are four stake races in this list. These are the Kindergarten Stakes for two-year olds, with ,500 added; Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap, with ,000 added, at a mile and an eighth; Connaught Cup Handicap, with ,500 added, at a mile and a quarter, and Prince of Wales Steeplechase Handicap, wilh ,500 added. This is an interesting list of races, when il is remembered that not so long ago there was doubt whether or not there would be racing over the track The Ontario Jockey Club had promised right along that Woodbine Park would not close its -gates and the stake blanks for that meeting from May 19 to May 20 have been issued. These stakes, which always attract good horses from the United States, will close May 2. It was a true misfortune which befel the J. S. Cosden stable when the two year -eld half brother to Good Times was killed at Pimlico. This colt was a son of Wrack and Bounty, while Good Times is a son of Theo. Cook and Bounty. He was well thought of by William Garth and had been credited with some fast moves. An idea of his estimated value was furnished in the fact that he was insured for 5,000. The Cosden stable can afford to lose a horse in the big band for there are many to take the place of this unfortunate colt. The big advantage that comes with the careful schooling of two year-olds was illus trated in the running of the Harford Junior Purse Tuesday. This was a half mile dash ami the three placed horses June Flower, Idle Thoughts and Bamra — were the only ones in the held of twelve that started that had been educated by racing. With the opening of the Akron mepting there is further widening of the turf horizon and it is the meeting that begins the 1923 racing in Ohio. This state has come into thoroughbred racing in earnest of late. With the establishment of various tracks there comes connect in dates. This spring there will he sev-ral days of conflict between Akron and the Capital City Jockey Club meeting at Colum-bug. Doubtless, there are horses enough and patronage enough to ably take care of both I meetings, but it would seem that a date ar- , rangement that would bring no conflicting meetings in the same state would be more profitable for both ami more popular with the horsemen. Maple Heights is to follow right on the heels of Columbus and it was J probably for this reason that there came the Akron and Columbus conflict. As far as horses are concerned, there should be little trouble in finding sufficient for both meetings. As the j racing season advances horses that have been finding employment in Maryland are moving off to these smaller tracks. The better ones are coming out of retirement and the new racing year is settling into its stride, with the i various horses finding their most profitable I fields of endeavor.
