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: i | i j I I I ; I I I . I ! I j STAR IN THE EMBRYO Prince of Bourbon Makes Impressive Showing at Havre. ♦ Proves Too Fast for Sunny Man and Other Preakness and Derby Candidates. » HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 27.— It looks like the Xalapa Stable has a useful sort of racer in the Prince Palatine colt Prince of Bourbon. This fellow, which won a maiden race here on Thursday last, came back with a good performance this afternoon in the Carolina Purse, a dash of three-quarters. There were several Preakness and Derby eligibles in the field, among them the Willis Sharpe Kilmer crack Sunny Man. Prince of Bourbon teat the latter in hollow fashion, leading Sunny Man by two lengths and a half at the finish. It was a good betting race and the flattering reports circulated about Sunny Man did not frighten the Xalapa Farm people and they wagered heavily on their candidate, sending him to the post almost an equal favorite with Sunny Man. When it came to the running the latter was smothered for speed. Laddie Buck and Goldpiece drew away from their rivals in the early stages and set a fast pace, with Schuttinger trailing the pair a couple of lengths back. Prince of Bourbon was under restraint until rounding the far turn, where he moved up with a rush on the outside and, passing the leaders as though they were tied, drew away into a long lead entering the home stretch. He held command of the situation all the last eighth. Straightened out in the home stretch, Wallace sent Sunny Man up and the latter responded in game fashion. He could never get to the leader, however, which won handily at the end. The WThitney colt Courageous finished like a whirlwind, coming from behind with a rush and nailing Silver Rock in the final strides beat him by a head for the short end of the purse. Laddie Buck and Goldpiece dropped out of the picture after they went a half mile and both were staggering at the finish. The three-quarters were run in 1:12%. BIO AND FRACTIOUS FIELD. There was some delay in the second race and when they were finally sent away Fields rushed Mabel K. to the front and in the early stages she raced into a long lead. In the stretch run she tired some but had enough left to beat St. Quentin by a couple of lengths. The field was a big one and there were several fractious ones among the bunch with the winner as bad as any of them. St. Quentin, which came from a long ways back in the early stages, made a desperate attempt in the stretch run. but Mabel K. had too long a lead. The real contest was for third money. Poppye, Poor Sport and At-lantida fighting it out all the last eighth and it was only in the last few strides that Pop-I pye got up to take the short end of the purse. The third race was for maiden two-year- old fillies and furnished a surprise when "Charlcie beat Hants by a length in a driv-I ing finish. The latter had worked well and was the one fancied by the public. She was a bit green and very slow to get going. Cozy was the one to make the pace, taking the lead soon after the start and raced Ima Way off her feet. At the top of the stretch Cozy shook off Ima Way and Wallace made his effort on Charlcie at this point and he sent the latter up with a good burst of speed. In the final eighth Cozy tired and dropped out of contention. Hants, which had been running very green the first quarter, began closing in the stretch run, but despite 11c-Atees efforts she was unable to get to the leader, which beat her by a length. Fanoc unseated Maiben directly after the start. She was caught in a jam when Edith Cavell came, across to the inside. STEEPLECHASE TO DOUBLE TIP. Double Tip came back with another good race this afternoon. 1. McClcskey had the mount and he rode him in an intelligent manner. The first turn of the field Double Tip was taken under stout restraint and his rider nursed him along and delayed making hLj bid until going to the tenth jump. The result was that Double Tip had plenty in reserve when the leaders began tiring. Going to the eleventh jump Double Tip assumed a commanding lead and at the finish was again taken under restraint, beating Herriard by five lengths. The latter was coupled with Tassel and he beat his stable companion by a scant length. Tassel showed a lot of speed the first time around, racing into a long lead and fenced in a faultless fashion. Isis, a good jumper, was poorly handled. The first mistake that Rosen made was when the start came. He was either unprepared or pulled up. At all events he was standing still when the others left on their journey. He then rushed Isis up to the pacemakers and at the turns went wide and finally lost one of his stirrups at the fifth fence. McAtee, alive at the barrier, beat the others Continued on sixteenth pace. STAR IN THE EMBRYO Continued from first pnge. away from the post with St. Valentine when the start came in the fifth and, in the run to the first turn, drew away into a commanding lead. He then took his mount in hand and for the remainder of the way St Valentine raced under restraint At the end he had a four lengths margin over Flying Cloud, which just managed to get up in time to beat Ponjola by a head. Heir-at-Law had a rough passage. Going to the post he was kicked by Malapert and in the running was repeatedly blocked. At the first turn Thompson all but fell off when Heir-at-Law stumbled and went to his knees. Soggarth Aroon showed that his winning race the other day was no fluke when he came back and scored another victory, in the sixth, a dash of a mile and a sixteenth. He was ridden by Accardy, followed the pacemaker. Try Again, for a half mile, then went to the front with a rush and in the final drive, although tiring, had enough left to win by half a length. Try Again showed keen speed in the early stages, and assumed an early lead rounding the first turn. At the top of the stretch he came again after the winner passed him and when it came to a finish little Hebert was not equal to the occasion and his mount was beaten in a race that he might have won with a stronger and more vigorous rider in the saddle. White Marsh was third.
