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| i ; l i • • t ; . . , , , || j , • SINGLE FOOT BEATEN Overall Defeats J. E. Griffith Star in Fleetwood Handicap. » The Roll Call Surprises by Winning Pacific Purse — Scobies Riding Is Disappointment. • HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 23.— J. E. Griffiths Single Foot qualified handsomely for his engagement in the Preakness and Kentucky Derby this afternoon in the one mile and seventy yards Fleetwood Handicap. He was beaten by H. P. Whitneys Overall, but it was only by reason of poor riding on the part of Scobie who had the mount and he was great in defeat when the ride is taken into account Overall ran a surprisingly good race to win but he was ridden with a skill that would have made victory easy for the Griffith colt. If Scobie continues to ride the son of Wrack and Virginia L. he is due for many more defeats. It was a great day of racing but it was marred by the exhibition of Scobie which brought defeat to such a good colt. Earlier in the day. Canter, a half brother to Single Foot, had won in spite of Scobie, but the weight and the ride proved too much for the three-year-old. Little time was lost at the barrier in the Fleetwood and when it was released Single Foot had a slight advantage and Scobie at once dashed away with him at a sprinting clip. Devonshire was particularly unfortunate at the start and he was slow to be under way which left him lengths back of the flying leaders through the early stages. SCOBIES POOR JUDGMENT. Without giving Single Foot a chance to take a long breath Scobie rushed right along with him and McAtee was just close enough with Overall to keep Scobie busy. Then McAtee, after he realized the pace was suicidal, took Overall back but that made no difference to Scobie. He went right along with the top weight and swung into the stretch still showing the way by a big margin. Then from the eighth post McAtee made his move and bringing Overall up again with a rush there was no chance for the much abused Single Foot to take a breathing spell. At the end McAtee outrode Scobie to bring Overall home the winner and going away. The Whitney colt was in receipt of 13 pounds from Single Foot and the difference in riders made it really much more. Scobie sent his mount the first three-quarters in 1 :12% and he ran his last mile in 1 :39. That is why Single Foot ran a remarkable race and qualified for the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby. That he was second instead of first was the fault of Scobie, not the fault of the colt. By Hisself raced into third place and Devonshire after his misfortune at the start beat the J. S. Cosden starter. C. C. Smithsons Polynesia, which has been failing over the sprinting distances, found the mile and seventy yards of the sixth race to her liking and she made a show of her opponents when she romped home the winner over Quotation with Oathleen Ni Houlihan saving third from Gipsy Flyer. There was little to the race for Polynesia was much the best and she drew away into a long lead and was only cantering to win under restraint. Under a good ride by L. McAtee Mrs. A. Swenkes Vulnad was winner of the mile and an eighth for platers which was the third offering. G., W. Foremans Pete the Scribe raced to the place and third fell to El Jesmar which outlasted Sam Louis Muskeg. VULNAD WINS EASILY. From a good start Kirkcaldy and Muskeg went into the lead while Pete the Scribe and North Breeze followed closely lapped. ! In the back stretch Pete the Scribe shook ■ off North Breeze, and there Vulnad moved into a position back of the Foreman plater, | with Kirkcaldy and Muskeg still showing the way. On the turn out of the back stretch McAtee moved past the leaders with ; Vulnad and turning for home he was show-i ing the way. Pete the Scribe had more left | than the others and he finished strongly un- der Harveys urging but Vulnad had enough left to make his victory certain. El Jesmar beat the tiring Muskeg and North Breeze outstayed Kirkcaldy while Just, the only other starter, ran a dull race. Mrs. J. Bauers The Roll Call was in a running mood in the three-quarter mile Pa- cific Purse and he romped home in front of j some fast horses in the excellent time of 1:12%. It was Showy that took second place and Lord Baltimore II. beat Frigate for third, with Bluemont finishing last. There was little to the race when The I Roll Call, away well, was rushed into a long lead by Harvey. Once clear of the others he ran under a slight restraint and there was no time that the result was in I doubt. Through the last eighth, to avoid [any possible mistake, Harvey roused the old fellow and he was still well clear of the others at the finish. All through the run- ning the others were in fairly close order Continued on twelfth page. SINGLE FOOT BEATEN Continued from first page. and, at the end. Showy proved to have more left than the others, but Lord Baltimore II. was doing his best to save third. Prince of Bourbon from the Xalapa Farm was winner of the opening five and a half furlongs dash for maiden three-year-olds, but he had his work cut out to beat home Joseph E. Davis Storm King. Sam Ross I,ady Ambassador was a distant third beating First Mate for that part of the purse. There was a considerable delay at the post for which Black Climber from the Seagram Stable was chiefly to blame but the start was a good one. Maiben was particularly alert with Storm King and he jumped him away from the barrier with a rush that carried him into a long early lead. Prince of Bourbon left in rather close quarters but he worked his way clear and going after the leader it soon developed into a two horse race. As Prince of Bourbon drew alongside Storm King on the outside Maiben shook up the Davis colt and he held the son of Prince Palatine. The pair of them were lengths before the others and an excellent contest was furnished in the run through the stretch. As Prince of Bourbon caught Storm King he hung slightly and Schuttinger had to resort to the whip to drive him by. In the meantime Storm King swerved over slightly into deep going and Prince of Bourbon was going away at the end. It was a first class lot that paraded in this race, and besides the first two First Mate which Yaced for the Glen Riddle Farm Stable is sure to make good before long. Canter, the half-brother to Single Foot, that races for J. E. Griffith, gave evidence of real quality when he was an easy winner of the four p.nd a half furlongs of the second race. R. W. Carters Muffet, a filly that was seasoned at Miami, took the place, while-Silken Mane, from the Flamingo Stable, was third over Woods Garths Cobra. From a good start it was Muffet that dashed away into a good lead, and Canter was not able to come clear of the others until he had raced a sixteenth. There he shook off the field, but Soobie had to rouse him sharply with the whip before he settled down into a real racing stride. When going smoothly he quickly moved up on the filly, and in the stretch Scobie took hold of him again and had him home winner well in hand. Muffet ran an excellent race to keep the place secure, and when it was considered that the race was run in :53%, it was a decidedly impressive performance. Canter shouldered 118 pounds and was giving away from six to nine pounds to each other starter.
