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. i SPECTACULAR FINISH One Hour and Princess Tina Stage Spirited Duel. ♦ Schwartz Filly Outstays Audley Farm Color-Bearer By a Nose — Pink Lily Wins. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 19.— A great stretch duel was staged in the running of todays feature race at Havre de Grace this afternoon when A. C. Schwartz One Hour and the Audley Farms Princess Tina fought it out head and head all through the home stretch, and as they flashed pas. the judges they appeared to be perfectly aligned. It was one of those finishes that leaves the winner in doubt until the official placing was displayed. One Hour was first home by the smallest of margins, and Walter M. Jeffords Cassandra was third, beaten a length and a half for second place. There were six starters, H. G. Bedwells Fair Anita being withdrawn. One Hour and Skylight both had a large following, and the former went as the favorite. She wa ; ridden by Clarence Kummer, who is staging a comeback. Kummer recently joined the stable that Max Hirsch h training and it was his first mount in Maryland this spring. Kummer showed all of his old-time skill. Alert at the post, he got away in second place and was quickly joined by Princess Tina. The latter had a slight advantage and the pair raced like a team down the br.ck stretch. Princess Tina was on the inside and Kummer had a snug hold on One I our. Rounding the turn into the home stretch One Hour took the lead, and it looked as if she would win by a comfortable margin. Fields was as busy as a bee on Princess Tina, and the latter, making another game effort, began gaining. Fifty yards from the wire it looked as if she had One Hour beaten, but the latter hung on gamely in the final drive and just lasted long enough. It was a great race in which be fillies displayed rare courage. It was the first effort of the year, and the race they ran demonstrated the skill of their trainers, both being fit horses. LARGE FIELDS. Large fields went to the post in the first three races and stirring contests were in order. Weather conditions were ideal, and the largest crowd of the meeting made the trip from Baltimore and Philadelphia to witness the sport. Many notables in the turf world were among the throng that packed the club house balconies. George D. Wideners St. James filly Calm proved best of the band of two-year-olds that went to the post in the first race, a dash of four and one-half furlongs, for which she was made favorite. Calm had the inside post position and when the start came was away in front and she retained the lead throughout, winning by two lengths from, William Garths Wrap. The latter, the runner-up from the start, made a determined effort inside the last eighth, where she made a bold challenge and Moon, on Calm, was forced to shake her up a bit. Calm responded with splendid courage and in the last sixteenth drew away again. E. K. Brysons Donna Light was third, l eaten off by five lengths for the place, and then came Oncora another length and a half away. Henado, green at the barrier, refused to join Iter opponents when the start came and was left. WELL MATCHED BAND. They were a well-matched band that went to the post in the second race. There were fifteen starters and the field was a cumbersome one. Pheasant and Talladega were the ones most fancied and they were keen factors in the running. E. K. Bryson furnished the winner in Colonel Seth, a horse that was made the medium of a heavy play in his public effort which proved a disappointing one. In todays effort Colonel Seth came from a long way back, working his way up on the extreme outside of his opponents. Morris was hard at work on him all the last quarter and Colonel Seth, responding courageously, managed to get up in the last few strides to beat F. W. Barlows Pheasant by a neck. E. B. McLeans Owena followed another head back and then came Talladega, beaten a length for third place. The leaders bunched up at the eighth poet, and from there to the finishing mark there was much jostling and crowding, in which Talladega and Afton suffered most. J. P. Jones three-year-old Meridian filly Inlaid was an easy winner of the third race, when site came from behind in the stretch to beat Fraulein by a length. In the early running Deposition and Honi Soit raced like a team and set the pace to the head of the stretch. Both tired at this stage and when the real test came they quit. Jim Banola, from the Blue Ribbon Stable, was third, beaten off five lengths, while Honi Soit, the favorite, was fourth, five lengths farther back. Going to the post Finisterre got the better of jockey Chalmers and rushed through the field in a wild attempt to run away. He was caught by the outsider Happy Contiuued on sixth page. . i f t ■ | ■ J ■ 1 ] t ; 1 I , I 1 i . ! SPECTACULAR FINISH Continued from first page.; Gordon. When the barrier was sprung Fin-isterre bolted to the outside fence and, straddling the rail, unseated Chalmers, who slid off unharmed. Mrs. K. Smart yesterday acquired by private purchase from W. Garth the three-year-old Rooney. In the first race S. W. Richards claimed Acme from Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords for ,600. In the second race M. Eckman took Pheasant for SI, 500, and in the third race L.. M. Goldberg claimed Honi Soit for ,500. Birch was taken out of the same race by P. Pellettieri for 82.500. The Foxcatcher Farm Stables Pink I.ily scored a run-away victory in the Everglades Purse, a dash of a mile and seventy yards, for three-year-olds. Walter J. Salmons Black Friar looked to be in rather a soft spot and was eagerly supported at the favorites price. When the start came Black Friar began slowly and in the run to the turn was last of his field. Straightened out on the back stretch, he moved up stoutly on the outside and at the half-mile post was on almost even terms wit i the pacemaker. Craig-myle had something in reserve, however, and when released from restraint Pink Lily again drew away, increasing her advantage all through the home stretch, until she had a six lengths lead over Black Friar at the t . end. Frank Hayes Memoria was third. t . beaten a length for second place, and then followed H. P. Whitneys John Peel five lengths farther back.
