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HAVRESFINEPROGRAM ■ — • — ! Saturday Card at Maryland Track of Exceptional Promise. Dress Parade Wins Kentmere Purse, Chief Offering of Fridays Card. » HAVRE DE GRACE. Md.. April 23— The MMgtMIt feels proud of the program offered its patrons tomorrow. The 0,000 added Philadelphia Handicap has a field of sixteen carded to go to the post while ten of the hest sprinters on the grounds have been named in the Fleetwood Handicap, a dash of five and a half furlongs. Only two of the seven races are claiming affairs and four of the events are over a distance of ground. The giant racer Pucks and Drakes, imported from England 1 " Stanley Woottcn last February, is carded to make his first appearance in this country in the Fleetwood Handicap. This sprinter won three races in Kngland last year. He is being trained by Henry Henry McDanie-I. The 31en Riddle Farm Stable started one of its Ireakness Stakes candidates at Havre de Grace- this afternoon when trainer George Conway sent I ress Parade, a son of the mighty Man o War. to the pnst in the Kent-mere Purse. Dress Parade had been showing some good trials and the players simply tumbled over one another to back him. sending the colt to the post a 9 to 20 favorite. He was ridden by Albert Johnson and won like the real go d colt he undoubtedly is. In the early stages Johnson had him under restraint and it was not until rounding the far turn that he let the colt run. When released from restraint Dress Parade bounded to the front and drew away into a three lengths h-ad without apparent effort. At the finish lie. was again taken in hand and passing the winning mark had a four lengths lead over Centrifugal, which came again and beat the Whitney filly Traffic a neck for the place. TRAINER OMII.IMEMED. Trainer Conway was complimented on the splendid condition in which be sent Dress Parade to the post and. taking this as an indication of what is to come, the Glen Kiddle Farm Stable has a good chance to again top the list of winning owners this sea son . Devonshire. W. J. Salmons candidate *for the Dixie Handicap, made his first appearance of the season in the Albemarle Purse, a dash of one mile and seventy yards. Devonshire showed much speed, going to the front on the. back stretch and racing into an easy lead He apparently had his opponents well beaten until in the final eighth, when lack of condition told and he began to tire. At the end Dust Ip finished with a r ish and. passing the tiring leader in the last sixteenth won going away by a little over a length. When he pulled up Dust Fp was lame and an examination disclosed that he had been jumped on just above the ankle on the off hind leg. The mishap occurred on the back stretch. The Harry Payne Whitney establishment added one more to the list of victories it has scored at this meeting when Pandora won the oiM-ning race. Ridden by McAtee. Pandora led her opponents from the start and had a six lengths margin over the others at the end. Torrence was second, a length and a half in front of Fresco. The latter ran coupled with Pand ira. The four horses back of the first two were heads apart. Flora II . which was fifth, came from last place and finished with a great stretch run. McAtee had the winner under restraint at the finish. She is a rapid starter and is certain! a apt edy miss. " ;OOI THINGS 1 All. Twelve three-year-old maidens went to the post in the second race and as usual in races of this kind there were several supposed good things. They all failed to run to expectation-, and tin winner turned up in Vialite. which beat the others in handy fashion. She led Swinburne by a length and a half and the latter beat Memory Iine by a head, lralit- scored a links victory. Rut-well got him off well and made no mistakes The next two. Swinburne and Memory Fane, left slowly, the latter especially so. Both finished with a ru.-di and with any sort of luck would undoubtedly have beaten the ■winner. Robinson was unprepared when the .start came and during the entire trip Mem ory l.ane was on the outside of the others. She covered more ground than any horse in the race. Hijo and la Porte, which showed early ■peed; cpiit. Smith rode a confident race on bar View He restrained him in the early stage, and rated him behind tin- leaders. Rounding the o •itc. i. ,• l on sixteenth pagv HAVRESFINEPROGRAM Continued from first pa ire far turn, when he made his move, dear Yiew responded with a rush and at the top of the stretch caught and passed Curland. At the end he won going away under slight restraint. Van Patrick was second. He came from far back, finishing fast and easily disposing of the tiring Cuilan.l. Canister made all of the pace in the sixth race and in a whirl wind finish just man- i aged to teat long enough to beat Mary Klleri O. by a head. Dr. O.Mara was third another half length away. The winner drew away into a long lead in the back stretch, but tired badly at the end. Walker kept looking back or she would have won by a longer margin. Dr. OMara closed with a great rush through th» sretch and had the distance been a bit further he would have won. Smith put up a rousing finish on Maxie in the closing dash and just managed to get up in the last stride to beat Futuro by the smallest of margins. The lighweighted Banola started out like a winner going into an easy lead rounding the first turn. She led until rounding the far turn where Futuro caught and passed her, but in the final drive the latter tired. W. J. Owens claimed Canister out of the sixth .-ace for ,000 and in the seventh race James Arthur secured Banola on his claim of .r,00.
