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SPEED OF WILDERNESS » Simply Runs Away from Fast and Fit Blazes. * Looms Up Formidably for the Preakness Stakes Now — Dunlin Is Beaten by Eulalia. « HAVRE DE GRACE. Md.. April 24— Another promising candidate for the highest honors coming to the three-year-olds was uncovered at Havre de Grace this afternoon in Richard T. Wilsons Wilderness, handsome chestnut son of Campfire and Genesta. This good colt was an easy winner of the Pacific Handicap, at three-quarters, and he covered the distance in 1:12% to easily beat the two times winner at the meeting, Diazes, with Champlain racing third. In the next race there was a reputation that had a serious setback when J. S. Cos-dens Dunlin was beaten in the Shenandoah Handicap, at a mile and seventy yards, by the filly Eulalia. at a difference of nineteen pounds. The difference could hardly excuse the defeat of a colt so highly thought of for both the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby. There was excuse for Dunlin and it was that he was ridden with bad judgment by Kummer. BIG GATHERING DESPITE WEATHER. There was chill in the air and overcoats were necessary, but the excellent racing that was furnished attracted a big gathering and made one forget any weather discomforts. Richard T. Wilson, breeder and owner of Wilderness, was on hand to see the son of Campfire start, and the excellence of his race made the sprint the feature of the day. Seven went to the post and under the handicap arrangement Wilderness was conceding weight to every starter. While at the post there was some delay, in which Carmandale was kicked. He tried to walk off the injury, but when the start came he left on three legs and was pulled up early by his rider. Rater it was discovered that he had dislocated his stifle. Bell sent Wilderness away fast and Blazes went with him. but the three-year-old held the winner of the Harford Handicap safe and matched him for speed with every stride until when the stretch was reached the old son of Wrack had enough and th? three-year-old came away to win with ridiculous ease. Sunference. the Kilmer starter, raced close after the leaders on the backstretch. but he too was through in the stretch, and there it was that Champlain wore him down to he third. The real disappointment of the race was Hildur. There was no time in its running that he showed any of the speed that was his in his previous races. After the race was over there were many good judges who did not hesitate to proclaim Wilderness the best three-year-old that has been shown in Maryland this spring. This opinion was emphasized when Dunlin met defeat, but this same Wilderness will have to prove himself again Sallys Alley before he can be correctly heralded as the best. The downfall of Dunlin came in the following race and it is just possible that he would have been the winner under better judged riding. Kummer had him in plenty of trouble, but at the end he did not have an excuse for not outfooting the winner through the last eighth. •ITIIiDI PROVES A DISAPPOINTMENT Dunlin raced to the first turn at a sprinting clip, but when the backstretch was reached Kummer took him back and held him under restraint. Ruminist. the Walter J. Salmon starter, though lie ran out on two of the turns, rushed up on the outside and when he made his move Eulalia went with him. Kummer was sitting still on Dunlin and the colt was going so smoothly that it was suggested lie could race past ±he leaders at the first asking. Autumn Bells had shown a flash of speed in the first half, but quit badly. Dunlin was close after Eulalia ami appeared all over the winner until weil inside the last eighth. Then, when the filly did not give way, Kummer called on the colt, hut the son of Pair Play was not there and Eulalia stuck it out to win and Lady Myra was third. Making every allowance for the riding of Kummer the race run by Dunlin was far and away below what nati-rally should have been expected of a colt that has been so prominently mentioned for both the Preakiess Stakes and Kentucky Derby. Willis Sharpe Kiim is homebred Sunny Light, a black daughter of Sun Rriar ami Lovelight II.. proved herself a fast and game filly when she won the opening half mile dash for maiden two-year-olds. Closely tapped on her at the end was Off Color, a well-named chestnut daughter of Jim daff-ney and Shady White, Ducky was a fas-t-going third. Sunny Eight began well enough and Carroll lost little time in rushing her up on the Autside. She quickly raced into a small lead, but was unable to draw away. Continued on twelfth l»age. SPEED OF WILDERNESS m Continued from first page. As she made the pace fast the other two finally tired, but in the meantime Off Color Hosed up with a rush, on the outside, while Ducky was racing on the inside in real race horse fashion. There were two falls in the steeplechase when Jack Try or came down in the second turn of the course, while Mohican came to grief at the last jump. Le Marsouin proved the winner and it was his second victory at the meeting. Second place fell to Cavendish and Reddest finished third. The only other to finish was Air Tan, and he was badly beaten off. There was a close finish in the third race when llaffles. racing for G. E. Phillips, barely beat 1-ady Boss and Mabel K. ran third. In a previous race this same Raffles, racing for .1. L. Holland, was well beaten by all three of these, as well as some others. The start was a good one and Mabel K. cut out most of the running. Before the stretch was reached Lady Boss had Mabel K. beaten and appeared a sure winner until well inside the final eighth. There she began to tire badly and when Fields rushed up with Raffles, she could not withstand his challenge and he won in the last stride. Pennon, winner of the previous race in which Raffles was so well beaten, had rather a rough race, pnd there was no point at which he was in a contending position. Star Realm ran almost to the outside fence in the stretch in the sixth race, but he was good enough with that handicap to beat Duke John, which had set the pace. Billy Barton finished third, while Wrangler was in close quarters most of the way and could have been closer up with better luck. a
