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[ I J ; _ . f » i r - UNUSUAL INCIDENTS « Occur During Days Racing at Havre de Grace Course. • Clyde Phillips Saddles First Winner Since Severing Connection With Greentree Stable. « HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.. April 17.— Clyde Phillips saddled his first winner since severing his connections with the Greentree Stable when he sent Peter Peter to the post in the Bay View Purse at Havre de Grace this afternoon. Peter Peter, ridden by Pascuma, was a heavily placed favorite. Outrun in the early stages, he followed the leaders until rounding the far turn, where he moved up on the outside in resolute fashion and, assuming an easy lead at the head of the stretch, led Crossco by a lengtn at the finish. In the early stages Edisto went to the front and set the pace. With Bucky Harris in close pursuit, the Seagram racer held command for five-eighths, but tired badly and at the finish was last. Crossco, closing a big gap, finished in resolute fashion and in the last strides was going much the best of the starters. Comet was third, beaten two lengths for second place. Despite unpleasant weather, another large crowd turned out this afternoon. Good sport was in order and the day was crowded with incidents out of the ordinary. In the morning jockey Bourassa fell while galloping a horse and was killed ; then in the second race Scotch and Soda, a 3 to 4 favorite, bled badly and was beaten off, and in the fourth race Bristol, just as he came out of the paddock, bolted across the track straddling the inside fence and unseated his rider. He then ran away eight miles, and before he was caught the race was run. BRAMABIAU SCORES. Bramabiau. winner of the second race, paid the largest dividend of any on the Maryland circuit this spring. Holders of mutuel tickets received a return of 3.80. The opening race, a dash of four and one-half furlongs, for juveniles, resulted in a hard fought contest for which Virado, coupled in the wagering with Caravan as the Nevada Stock Farm entry, won brackets when he came from behind the fast pace set by his stable companion and disposed of the latter in the stretch run and, under vigorous riding by L. Jenner, just managed to hold on long enough to get the main portion of the purse from the fast finishing Islam, which raced for E. B. McLean, while Caravan retained the minor end of the spoils from Glacial, one of the pair that performed for W. J. Salmon. In this a walk up start was effected and the field began in good alignment, with the exception of Dr. Freeland. Caravan was first to show out of the eleven starters, with Little E. and Bossie forcing the pace. The latter two suffered from crowding and were shuffled back, while the ultimate winner, racing on the outside, moved to the front inside the last eighth to hold on tenaciously to earn the award. The Ascot Stable furnished an upset when Bramabiau, overlooked in the wagering in the second affair, a dash of three-quarters, that brought forth a field of fifteen maiden three-year-olds, was returned the winner in easy fashion to score a victory by a margin of four lengths over Sun Roman and Stage Struck, which derided the second and third portions of the spoils. In this Scotch and Soda, considered one of the most unlucky racers sporting colors, again added to his fame when he bled profusedly after leading his field for the first half mile and apparently racing well in reserw, when the blood made its appearance, causing P. Walls, his rider, to pull him up. Scotch and Soda went to the post an odds-on choice and his failure was one that caused the players of form a severe setback. OUTSIBER IX FROST. Another outsider earned brackets when Blaze accounted for the three-quarters sprint that was offered third on the program, when he was able to overtake the leaders in the final eighth, and at the end was just a half length before the public choice, Euclid, with Whizzing Cloud taking the third share of the purse. The latter, from the start, showed the way by a small margin, but when the test came in the final stages he shortened strides rapidiy. first giving way to the win- ner, while Euclid moved into second position inside the final sixteenth. Bristol, one of the fancied ones in this race, got the better of his rider, J. Josiah, when the field was parading from the pad- dock to the track and after straddling the fence tossed his rider and ran away eight miles before he was finally caught. During the running Bristol was galloping through the infield and was in motion for several minutes after the race had been decided. Jefferson Livingstons Burning Glass, three-year-old son of Assagni — Dancing Son, turned in an impressive effort to earn a purse in the mile and seventy yards race that was Continued on sixth page. UNUSUAL INCIDENTS Continued from first page. styled the Glen Ca" s Purse when he reached the end of the trip showing the way to Arc-turus, which raced for G. D. Widener, and Congress, which sporteC the silks of W. J. Salmon. In the field with the winner were some older horses, but they found the speed of the three-year-olds too strenuous to cope with. This was the fifth race on the card and a field of six answered, with Harry Payne Whitneys Afterlgow the one to receive the bulk of support. He, however, was unable to perform to his last winning race and had to be content with fourth money. Vellas, from an inner berth, went out to set the pace, with Burning Glass following at his throat latch and Afterglow leading the others. As the field entered the back stretch Vellas called it a day, and Burning Glass readily took the lead, holding his position to the end while under a drive, to score by a length, while Arcturus had a like advantage over Congress, which displaced the tiring Whitney colorbearer in the final sixteenth. Lucie Ann was an easy winner of the sixth race. She came back after a disappointing performance at Bowie to beat the others in a gallop this afternoon. When the start came Lucie Ann was slow to begin and in the early stages followed along with the rear division. It was not until after going five-eighths that she found her foot and, when she began moving up on the far turn, went to the leaders with a rush, assuming command in the final eighth to win going away by four lengths. Fire Fairy, the tiring pacemaker, was second, two lengths in front of Trojis. The latter was taken wide, making a very wide turn entering the home stretch. i:ioise, the favorite, began flat-footed and was never a factor at any stage of the trip.
