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At Havre de Grace One Best Bet — KNOW-ME- GNOME — In the Sixth Race. I , 1 , , | • I The racing scene shifts to Havre de Grace today, where the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association meeting is to hold sway until April 30. The opening days program is featured by the sixteenth running of the Harford Handicap, a three-quarters sprint, carrying a purse of 0,000 added. No less than twenty-seven were named for the race in the overnight entries, but some wholesale scratching will no doubt develop before the running. A field of about fifteen is expected to go to the post. Scapa Flow, the W. M. Jeffords Man o War colt, is assigned top impost of 124 pounds. Others which are close to the top in the weights are Buddy Bauer, Canter, Rock Man and Poly. The latter locks like the most probable winner at the weights. The Chester Purse, to be run as the third, should offer a somewhat definite line on the various Kentucky Derby and Freakness Stakes candidates, for there are many of them to hook up In this number, which serves as the secondary attraction. E. B. McLeans crack Greencck. which was more or less of a sensation as a two-year-old last year, will make his debut of the year in this event. H. P. WIlTim ENTRY— NEVADA STO K FARM STABLE ENTRY-MINOTAUR. The H. P. Whitney colt LEW BLACK, which is coupled with his stablemate CHI-COLA, appears to be the best betting proposition in the opening number. The former put up a good race last time out, just losing the decision by a head. If he elects to race in the same style here, he should be a hard one to beat. CHICOLA had scant chance in his only start, but is said to be a fast one. KULAMAN and BALZAR make up the Nevada Stock Farm Stable entry and KULAMAN seems to l e the best of the two, though the kitter turned in a fair effort in his initial start. MINOTAUR rates best of the others. S U 1 B A R D— I. ASS A— B O O M. Regardless of how SUNSARD finished in his race Saturday, we favor him to land in front in todays second offering. He is to pack considerable weight but, in his present form, this should not prove too much of a handicap for him. LASSA raced well at Bowie, and appears to be second best of this field. He is not far from best form and may make SUNSARD race at his best to beat him. BOOM is to carry 123 pounds, and, but for that, would have to be given more serious consideration. He is good over any distance of ground, but we think he will have his work cut out for him with his heavy im-i post. E. B. MeLEAN ENTRY— BOOKIE-BATEAU. E. B. McLean has a speedy pair to carry his colors in the Chester Purse in TIME • MAKER and GREENOCK, and the horse : that beats this pair will have to be a good one. TIME MAKER was one of the sensations of the New Orleans season, his only-defeat coming in the Louisiana Derby, when he finished third. The sprinting distance is i possibly more to his liking, and, with the I crack GREENOCK as a running mate, he 1 looms as a tough one to beat. GREENOCK ; will be making his first start of the year, but if he displays his best form he will also take ■ plenty of beating. BOOKIE turned in some ■ good races at times at the Crescent City and, with his favorable impost today, should be close up when the finish of this race is s reached. BATEAU has been working well 1 and may give a good account of himself. • : i I 1 ; ■ ■ s 1 POLY— INDIAN" LOVE I ALL-GREAT TIMBER. POLY was entered Saturday and how he fared is not known at this writing, but, with his favorable impost in the Harford Handicap, we believe he may prove a hard horse to beat. He is a sprinter of the first flight and usually is given plenty of weight to pack. Today he gets in with 111 pounds and that should prove a big advantage for him. INDIAN LOVE CALL was a game winner of his last start at Bowie and. if he races in the same manner here, will surely be heard from. GREAT TIMBER should find todays distance much more to his liking than the distance of the Louisiana D- rby, -when he was badly beaten. He showed in his races at New Orleans that he is possessed of good speed and, if he gits away in the first flight today, may have a word to say as to the ultimate result. With but ninety-seven pounds in the saddle, he looks like a good across-the-board play. STROL.LING PLAYER, one of the foreign entries to the Kentucky Derby, will be making his American debut in this race and his racing will be watched by all. He carried high weight and won in England and, if he has become acclimated to our climate, may make the going tough for all concerned here, lor he has been assessed but ltfi pounds by the handicapper. BCAPA FLOW may-need a race or two to fit him for his best. CANTER holds an outside chance. THE FRESHMAN— MALLY JANE-CHAIRMAN. The manner in which THE FRESHMAN has been racing of late is such to indicate that he may prove the winner of Mondays fifth number. He was good enough to finish third in both of his races at Bowie and he needs to improve but a little over either of those efforts to be the one to land in front in this field. MALLY JANE appears to be the main danger, for she is capable of beating this sort of company when in the mood. She raced fairly well at Bowie, landing third money in one start, and if she races to her best form Monday she should make her presence felt. CHAIRMAN rates best of the others for the short end of the coin. KNOW-ME-GNOME— JIST FOLKS— PARCHESIE. KNOW-ME-GNOME rates as the best play on the card in the sixth number, over the mile and an eighth distance. The W. E. Martin gelding has been coming along in great style of late and should be about up to a winning race Monday. The company is not too tough for him and he gets in with a favorable impost. JLST FOLKS was winner of his last start at Bowie and, if he races back to that last effort, should prove the contender. PARCHESIE is best suited to a track other than fast, but may be able to account for third money in this field, regardless of the track conditions. DERONDA— HOI POLLOI— IRVINGTON. Assuming that DERONDA will improve over his last start at Bowie, he looms as the best play in the concluding number of the inaugural days card. He is getting in with light weight and should surely be good enough to beat this band of platers. HOI POLLOI is another getting in with a favor-, able impost and is liable to prove tough eom-I pany. IRVINGTON raced well enough at Tijuana to earn the call over the others for the show end of the purse. SIN RAJAH prefers muddy going.
