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SENSATIONAL FINISH Valador, Spot Cash and Donaghee Separated By Inches. Finish in Order Named in Havre de Grace Handicap, Closing-Day Stake Attraction. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Oct 4. Thirteen or fourteen thousand sport loving inhabitants of the section surrounding Havre de Grace race track chose racing in preference to Worlds Series baseball at Washington, and were rewarded with good racing. Not the last of thrills marked the end of the Havre de Grace Handicap of 0,000 added, feature of the tenth and closing program. Valador, Spot Cash and Donaghee finished in the order named, separated by the smallest of margins. The race was at a mile and an eighth. Donaghee had speed from the start and raced along in front while saving ground on the rail. Spot Cash, the public choice and the high weight also saved ground. Valador was on the outside of Spot Cash and running easily a neck in front of him. At no part of the race did any except these three enter seriously into the competition for the 8,475 coming to the winner. After turning into the stretch Donaghee began to tire slightly and Scobie, on Spot Cash, chose a course outside for his drive. Valador went to the outside of the favorite, and raced with him stride for stride. There was some bumping in the stretch, but no complaint of foul was made. The race was run in the good time of 1:51. L. Lang, in the silks of the Nevada Stock Farm and astride Betty Maloney, was in front throughout in the first race today. It was a five and a half furlong dash. San-drae finished second, Old Broadway was third. Major Finley was closest to the early pace but tired in the stretch and San-drae came from fifth position for the second slice of the purse. Old Broadway also closed fast J. Wallace rode well astride a good horse in Continued on sixteenth page. SENSATIONAL FINISH Continued from first page. the second and his mount, Floating On, broke a track record, running the mile in 1:38. This reduced by two-fifths of a second the mark set by Star Master as a six-year-old and equalled by Wild Air as a four-year-old. Wallace saved ground all the way with the filly and saved plenty for the final drive. Rounding the turn it appeared that Floating On was beaten, but Wallace was only giving her a breathing spell and in the stretch he again called and she came away to win. Erica won his second race in succession by scoring in todays third race. The field numbered eight competing at a mile and seventy yards. Liebgold donned the silks of B. Chapman to ride the son of Vulcain. The youngster nursed Erica close to the pace of Baby Grand into back stretch, moved forward at the half, came around him on the turn and won by five lengths. Baby Grand held on for second money a length and a half in front of Gray Gables. Dream Maker won a lucky race in the fourth. It was only because his rider got through next to the inside rail that enabled him to finish a length in front of Time Exposure. The saving of ground was marked by bad luck of some of the others. Time Exposure, which finished second, was knocked back shortly after the start and was going well at the end. Wellfinder saved third money. Preston Burch will leave Tuesday for Kentucky to take My Own to Latonia for his engagement in the Third International Special.
