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i c I s I c s c i 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 I 1 ! GOOD RACING AT HAVRE Coupled With Fine Weather Brings Out Large Attendance. Westover By a Nose in Thrilling Finish Sun Lady Easily Itoyce Rools, Heavily Backed, Falls Lame. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Sept. 25. Sammy Smith came near making it a double for Willis Sharpe Kilmer at Havre de Grace this afternoon. He saddled Sun Hope and Sun Lady. The former was beaten by the shortest possible margin by Westover, which got up in the final strides to win by a nose. In the third race Sun Lady smothered her opponents and made practically a runaway of the race. Ideal racing conditions prevailed and another large crowd turned out to witness the sport. The fields were well matched and exciting finishes came with the running of several of the races. Havre de Grace is enjoying one of the best fall meetings ever held at this course, and if the club is lucky enough to have pleasant weather the remaining ten days a new record will have been established in point of attendance. Philadelphians are entirely good sports and are sending over large numDers of raco-goers these pleasant afternoons. There was no particular feature this aftern-noon except possibly the steeplechase and this could hardly be classed as a feature as the jumpers were not of a high calibre. On Saturday, however, the club will programe tho Potomac Handicap, which carries an added value of 0;000. This is a dash of a milo and a sixteenth for three-year-olds and over, and promises a high-class race. A stirring finish came with the running of the first race, a dash of five and a half furlongs for two-year-olds. The winner was Westover, which came from behind the pacemaker in the stretch and in a thrilling finish cot up in the final strides to win by a nose. Sun Hope outran her opponents from the start but was under pressure the entire way. She took tho short route, saving ground at the turns, but weakened at the end. Byng was an easy winner in the steeplechase. Fennessey rode a patient race and was content to rate in behind the leaders until going to the twelfth jump, where he moved up stoutly and at the last jump he was in front going away. At the finish he led Vicaire by five lengths. The latter appeared a certain winner after Gold Foyle came to grief at the ninth jump but at the twelfth he made a bad landing and went to his knees. This appeared to take all the run out of him and the finish found him tiring. Continued on sixteenth page. t j ! . 1 . . I i i 1 c s : ; 5 3 x f t GOOD RACING AT HAVRE Continued from first page. . . Smith saddled his first winner for W. S. Kilmer when he sent Sun Lady to the post in the third race. He started several others of the Kilmer horses at the meeting and all of them finished in the money. In todays race Sun Lady rushed to the front after they had gone a quarter and rounding the far turn she drew away into a long lead, which she maintained without effort to the end, where she led Beau Nash by three lengths. The latter outstayed the tiring Muskallonge, which was used up in the early stages, forcing the pace. Belle Wood just managed to stagger home a nose in front of Old Broadway in the fourth race. The winner was fortunate in begin-. ning well and escaping some interference which came soon after the start when Breuning, on Old Broadway, was forced to take up. The latter was in difficulty all the way and entering the home stretch was carried very wide. When he finally got clear he closed with great speed and at the finish was going two strides to the winners one. A heavy plunge developed on Royce Rools in the fifth race, but the old campaigner fell lame during the running and was eased up after racing prominently to the top of the stretch. The winner turned" up in Master Hand, which smothered his opponents for speed, leading from the rise of the barrier and beating Soggarth Aroon by half a dozen lengths. The latter was as far in front of Carlton, which in turn lasted long enough to finish a neck in front of Royal Duck. Doctor Jim was an easy winner in the Sixth, in which Cordelier was a well-backed favor-Liebgold waited with him until straightened out in the backstretch before making his move. When called on the latter went around the others with a rush and, easily passing them all in the stretch run, won by a couple of lengths. Cordelier was hustled from the start into a long lead and tired when the real test came.
