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Havre de Grace Turf Notes , j f ] ■ , ] , , J | I HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 25. i I ! G. W. Foreman purchased of Woods Garth : the two-year-old Cobbler. Carlton was claimed out of the second race Friday by E. F. Whitney for ,500. E. F. Whitney claimed Lucifer out of the ffith race Friday for ,000. The steeplechase field at Pimlico was open for schooling for the first time today and a hord of jumpers were sent over the course. Robert McKeever will ship the seven horses he has in training here to Aqueduct on Monday. Jockey J. Callahan, under contract to the W. L. S. Martin stable, was an arrival at Pimlico. W. E. Burke wishes to notify horsemen that in the event of a shortage of cars he has ten three door steel cars available for those who wish to ship to Toronto. Frank Garrett purchased for It. Marshall, the brood mare Cut Up by Wrack of M. Goodpaster and she goes to the court of the j Star Shoot stallion Hildur at her owners I farm near Pittsburgh. Extra trains were run from both Philadelphia I and Baltimore to bring on the vast throng that made the journey to Havre de j ! Grace to witness the afternoons sport. The crowd was the largest of the meeting. I C. L. Snyder stopped off at Havre de Grace I on his way from the Glen Riddle Farm at ; I Berlin, Md., to Pimlico where he goes to arrange stabling for the big band of Glen Riddle racers that will be shipped to the ! Hilltop track next week . Ampolac was claimed out of the seventh race yesterday by J. N . Nechamkin for ,500. The A. Swenke stable packs its traps and pulls out for the Jamaica track tomorrow. Later on they wil entrain for Chicago for a campaign at the Hawthorne and Au- | I rora tracks this summer. Carl Wiedemann came from Kentucky to witness the running of his good colt My Colonel in the 0,000 Aberdeen Stakes. This j j colt, accompanied by the Dixie candidate j In Memoriam, will b? shipped over to Pimlico I | and after filling their engagements they will i j join the main division of the stable in Ken- i j tucky. Harry Payne Whitney and Payne Whitney i accompanied by a party of eight were at Havre de Grace today to witness the j running of the Aberdeen Stakes. Fiddle- I | sticks, of the Harry Payne Whitney stable, i | and Navigator, of the Greentree Stable, are i carded as starters in this stake. Boxes have; j been reserved for the party. Joseph McLennan today received word from James Fitzsimmons that he would send j i over four horses in the same shipment that ! will bring Master Charlie and Costigan from New York. The Fitzsimmons quartette are ■ the three-year-olds Marconi and Sir Ron-1 aid and the four-year-olds Aga Khan and Flames. The three-year-olds are intended for the Chesapeake while Aga Khan and Flames both of which are pointing for the Dixie Handicap at Pimlico Friday, will be started in the Preliminary Handicap here i Tuesday. 1 i I ! : j I I j ! I I ; I ! | I j j j I | i j i j i j I | i | i j j i ! ■ i 1 Sam Louis today purchased the plater Bork from Sam Most. Jockey Clarence Kummer came over from New York to ride Golden Haze in the Carolina Purse on Monday. A. Bert Walker purchased of Harold Goodwin the two-year-old Chef. The latter will continue to train the horse. Archie Zimmer purchased at the private sale of Thomas Clyde the two-year-old Lan-nie, by Transvaal — Majic. C. L. Mackey has arranged to ship the two-year-old Donnacona filly Lily D. to Akron. The remainder of his stable will be sent to Canada. John H. Boon will leave here Monday for New York. He will be on hand at Belmont Park Tuesday to receive entries for the opening day at Jamaica. Dave Shaw left for Louisville yesterday to look over the horses he has at Churchill Downs. His recent purchase. Double En- tendre, will be shipped to Kentucky by T. Wilson. Four horses were claimed out of the sev- enth race Thursday. J. S. Scheur took In-trepid fcr ,000. C. P. Winfrey took Asa Jewell for ,000, Mrs. A. Swenke claimed her old favorite Royal Duck for ,500 and J. L. Earl claimed Good Night for ,500. A. J. Wells made the trip from Cleveland to witness Harmonius run in the sixth race. Mr. Wells who was the "feed man" on the Cleveland tracks last year, recently disposed of his business and will race a small stable of his own this year. General surprise and regret was expressed among the horsemen at Havre de Grace at the recent action of the Kentucky Racing Commission in failing to reappoint Charles F. Price to the board of stewards. No racing official enjoyed greater respect and admiration than judge Price in his long and honorable connection with the turf. Commander J. K. L. Ross witnessed the first racing of the Maryland season today. He wired general manager Edward Burke that he would be on hand. The Ross horses will not be seen in action in Mary- land this spring. They will be shipped direct from Churchill Downs to Woodbine Park. J. C. Fletcher, a well-known Canadian breeder and sportsman was an arrival from Toronto. He reports that his Kings Plater Fairbanks is training in a satisfactory man-| ner. Fairbanks is favorite in the winter books for the plate, and Mr. Fletcher has al-I ready turned down several flattering offers for her. Mr. Fletcher breeds his own horses at his farm which is located adjacent to To-| ronto. The Joaquin Stable was shipped direct to Jamaica from the Bowie track yesterday. There are still about a dozen horses at this track the property of Frank Hackett and two belonging to Frank Herold. This pair, Miss Vaal and Clutha were taken sick en-route, from Miami to Bowie have been ailing. Herold has made arrangements, to turn the pair out at Frank Frisbees Farm until next fall.
