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DOUBLE FOR MAX HIRSCH a Saddles Two Winners at Havre de Grace Monday Afternoon. ♦ Kentucky II. and Pillotta His Successful Standard Hearers in the Albermarle and Admiration Purses. a HAVRE DE GRACE. Md.. April 25.— Max Hirsch saddled a pair of winners at Havre de Grace this afternoon when Kentucky II. won the Albermarle Purse and Pillotta came back in the following race to win the Admiration Purse. The former was a dash of three-quarters for three-year-olds and the imported Royal Canopy colt Kentucky IL, which races for A. C. Schwartz, scored his first victory in this country, when he galloped home an easy winner. He was a heavily backed favorite, made all of his own pace and had a three lengths margin over Lassa at the finish. The latter was half a length in front of Golden Volt, which got up in the final strides to beat Harry Payne Whitneys entry. Blue Darter, a head for third money. Kentucky II. is a Preakness and Derby-candidate. Pillotta had to be ridden out to win his race by a length from Edward Giay. He broke fast and was a forward contender the entire distance. On the back stretch he was taken back off the pace and in the stretch run squeezed through next to the inside rail and. finishing fast under a drive, passed the tiring Edward Gray in the last fifty yards. At the finish Pillotta was drawing away. Edward Gray beat Patricia J. by a scant length for the place. Pillotta and Kentucky II. were ridden by J. Chalmers, who is under contract to Max Hirsch for this year. A dozen two-year-olds went to the pest in the first and the Garth pair. Knight and Bogan, always had the call over the others. Like a team all the way. Knight always held his stablemate companion safe and at the finish still had his head in front. Royal Pennant was third, beaten a length and a half. Gift Hawk was fourth, another length away. The latter was fancied by his stable and ran a nice race. Slow to begin, he gradually improved his position and at the finish was gaining with good courage. The Whitney colt Royal Pennant met with no mishaps. He was in front the first sixteenth, but could not keep up. The two-year-olds in this out inn- d on twentieth page. DOUBLE FOR MAX HIRSCH Continued from first page stable have been shown to be an ordinary lot. The sinew straining finish came with the running of the second race, a dash of three-quarters for the cheaper grade of platers, when Lady Glassen staggered home a nose in front of Nimrod. It was a mighty tight fit between these two and the finish was in doubt until the official placing was displayed. Nimrod was on the outside and going the strongest and to those in the grandstand it looked as if he had got up in time. Candymaker was third, beaten a head for the place and then came Harry Carroll, another length away. Emery rode a patient race on North Breeze in the third race. In the early stages he did not hurry him any and as the field straightened out on the back stretch he was last, but running well. When called on he moved up on the extreme outside and, gradually wearing the leaders down, easily disposed of the tiring pacemaker in the stretch run, to win at the end in clever fashion by a length. A good thing was cut loose in the sixth in Cockney and he won for his backers in handsome fashion. Ridden by G. Mangan and outrun from the start. Cockney followed the leaders until making the turn out of the back stretch, where he moved up stoutly and carried Canister along at a rapid pace until straightened out in the home stretch, where he took the lead and, at me finisa, was going away with a lead of a length and a half. Canister was four lengths in front of Dancing Fool, which got up in time to beat j Golden Rule a head for third place.
