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FAMOUS KEENE COLORS • Carried to Victory by Topboot at Havre de Grace. ♦ Gumdrop, Cooncan, Gymkhana Successful After Interesting and Spirited Finishes. ♦ . HAVKi; ! !•: GRACE, Md.. April 21— The famous white and blue spots of the Keeties. seldom seen in action these days, were carried to victory this afternoon at Havre de Grace when Topboot won the Bay view Purse. ■ dash of a mile and a sixteenth, the principal attraction of todays program. Top-boot came back after his disappointing race ■ few days back and made his opponents look cheap. He was ridden by J. Chalmers. beat his rivals away from the barrier and. after opening up an easy lead in the run to the first turn, was rated in front the remainder of the way. At the finish Topboot led J. Kred A. by four lengths. The latter wis the runner-up all the way. A break in the weather finally came and it resulted in a big increase in attendance. The mild springlike afterno m made the sport enjoyable. It was something like Havre de Grace racing and now that spring has really come, it means that higher class horses will be seen in action. GOI.IIEN PKNNANT Sill KFJ.F.I BACK. Fourteen two-year-old maidens made up the field in the opening race, a dash of four and a half furlongs, for which the Harry Iayiie Whitney pair. Golden Fennant and Satyr, were favorites. The race furnished a stirring contest, the winner turning up in Gumdrop. a son of Chide, from that good mare. Bayberry Candle. Gumdrop races foi Kal Parr and is trained by 10. Trueman. He was ridden by W. Harvey. Gumdrop is a good fast beginner, and when the barrier was sprung was quick to get going. Before they had gone an eighth he was out in front with a two lengths lead If Bine hart was second and OKcefe third. Golden lcimant. after beginning well, was shuffled back and his chances looked hopeless. The first two had a commanding lead entering the home stretch but. when straightened out for the final dash. Golden Iennant began wearing down the pacemakers. He responded with splendid speed, and at the finish was running over the first two. Gumdrop. under a hard drive, managed to keep in front and beat Lena Itinehart by a lnegth. The latter just lasted long enough to stall off Golden IVnnants challenge. McDofMMsgh was fourth. keen struggle came with the running of the seeond race, when the first five battled it out all through the home stretch, and at the finish were heads and necks •part. Cuoncan was the winner, and in a way he was lucky. Maihen kept him free from interference, although he went a bit wide at the turns to do so. The speedy McCrimmon. as usual, mad • the pace. He was ridden by 1, .lories, a colored rider, and the word was passed around that if he did not tun out he would win. Jones kept him in all right, hut ICeCrhnmon was not good enough. In the stretch run Cooncan came from behind on the outside and finished gamely, getting up in the final strides to beat Sister Sue by a ■seek. Then came Yami. Meridian Hill and Cave Woman, all heads apart. Meridian Hili was going the fastest at the end. At the turn out of the back stretch. Munden got In trouble and he snatched Meridian Hill up- losing four or Dee lengths by the interference : but for this she would have won in easy fashion. Galatia went to her knees when the stait came and was pulled up. SCO It FN BV NOSF. Another driving finish came with the third race and ■gain the borse that finished fourth was best. This time it was Mango, ridden by Murineiii. Mango, after beginning slowly, .line throagh on the inside in the stretch run. and at the end ran right on top of the leaders, Marinelll was forced to take up. and the finish found Mungo under a stout pull. Tlie winner wa Gymkhana, which just did manaKe to get up in time t beat the pacemaker. Laddie Buck, by a nose. Lady Classen was third, another head away. The Canadian racer. Tamarind, showed a lot of speed, radon with the waders into the home stretch When In- tired, Bricksoa eased him up. St John made tin rivals he met in the fourth race look cheap .Mm. den -,,t him s;oiii quickly, and in the ran to the fust turn outran his opponents, and on the hack stretch drew awaj into a long lead. He then took hold of St. John and rated him under slight restraint to the eighth post, where he shook him up a bit. and at the end he led RBxheauer bj three lengths. The latter was fifteen lengths in front of QroeO Btaaea The field was rather ewmbersoase, and Plain Healer was very fractions at the harrier, being responsible in the main for the MX n, mutts delay at the post. Mward Orgy made a runaway of the sixth rflce He led throughout and in the early Mages raped ■• a rwiiiii ending lead. Hi iln- stn l-h run. he tired badly and in a driving finish managed to last long enOOgh to heat Kanduit by half a length The latter was a head in front of Pasdesto. I »r. OMars was fourth. As usual he left the post walking and dropped out of it in the first quarter.-
