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AUSPICIOUS OPENING ffip Top Purse Feature of Havre de Grace Inaugural. Royal First and Stand By Second Ned 0. Finishes Third in First Appearance. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 14. Gun Hoyal, a star of the winter racing of the Miami Jockey Club, was the bright and particular star of the opening of the Havre ;de Grace meeting this afternoon when he was winner of the Tip Top Purse, which took the place of the Harford Handicap, with which it has been the custom to open the meeting. It was another Miami performer that was jeecond when Frank Brays Stand By beat JO. "V. Foremans Kentucky Derby candidate, Ked O., for that part of the purse. The opening of the meeting was an auspi-cious one with the attraction of the Harford Handicap and, while there was a constant threat of rain and occasional showers,, la big crowd graced the occasion. Philadelphia ;and New York were both well represented with the customary big crowd journeying ;over from Baltimore and Washington.. It was racing that brought horses that had been idle through the winter and Gerard and Flimsy, two winners, were appearing for khe first time this year. It was also the first time Ned O. has been shown since last fall ."and the son of Campfire ran an impressive race to be third in the feature. SIX STARTERS. Only six started in the Tip Top Purse and. .under the weight arrangement. Gun Royal seemed to have considerably the best of it and his defeat would have been the big sur-I prise of the day. From a good start Young I Kitty and Black Diamond were the ones to force the pace, but Gun Royal was close after .them and "Workman had the son of Wrack under slight restraint in the run through the jlmck stretch. Stand By was following Gun Royal and Ned O. as usual was rather a distant last. Black Diamond was first of the leaders to tire and when he began to shorten strides, Workman shook up Gun Royal and soon had him alongside Young Kitty. The Seagram mare did not last long and Gun Royal drew away readily. Then it was ;that Stand By made his move and a furlong out Workman swung his whip once to make j.the victory certain. Gun Royal came away -cheerfully and was past the line winner by a Uength and a half. Stand By was second by a. like distance, while Ned O., closing a big gap, beat Young Kitty by a head for third, .with Black Diamond and Expedite following in the order named. . Of the fourteen maiden juveniles that started in the opening dash, just seven had ;leen to the races, but it was known that several of those making their debut had .worked and schooled exceedingly well, so that Pennate, a son of Pennant and Pageant, that raced for H. P. Whitney, his breeder, shared public favoritism with Admiral Cary T. Graysons Up, which had shown quality in a race at the .Bowie meeting. The result proved the educational value of actual racing for Up was the winner probably by reason of his superior knowledge of racing over Pennate. The Whitney colt was decidedly green, but finished well enough to itake second place and suggested his reversing the .order when he lias a few more lessons. Up began fast and was the one to set the pace and Principio went along after him, while Pennate was well back and unable to get into a smooth racing stride. Coltiletti :saved ground with Up all the way and hustling- him along, drew away easily at trie head of the stretch to be winner by five lengths. GERARD SCORES. George D. Wideners Gerard, making his lirst appearance since last May, at Belmont JPark, was winner of the second offering of the day. He easily took the measure of Mrs. .W. J. Potters Genuine, which had the advantage of seasoning at Bowie, and Virado, another winter campaigner, took third by inches from G. W. Foremans Equation, another that .was under silks for the first time since last fall. Genuine raced away into a good lead at the rise of the barrier. Gerard was in second place and when he took that position Eaby was content to rate along within striking distance. It was not until turning into the stretch that Genuine tired and, as he did, ISaby shook up Gerard to have him go to the front and be home the winner by two and a :half lengths. Genuine was four lengths before the others. A real battle developed for third place when Virado and Equation fought it out. Algol quit badly in the final furlong and was bearing out when he crossed the line in fifth place. Battling On, a son of Oceanic, : that raced for S. D. Riddle, showed a flash jot speedi-but it was only a flash and he was Continued on sixteenth inge. AUSPICIOUS OPENING Continued from first page. through long before the stretch was reached. The others cut scant figure in the running. Flimsy brought the first H. P. Whitney victory when she led home the three-year-bids that were brought together in the five and a half furlongs of the third race. She won by a narrow margin over E. K. Bry-sons Jimmy Moran, which in turn only beat the Loma Stables Chlo Boy by a matter of inches, with Betty Beau a distant fourth. . This was a lucky victory for Flimsy. As the race was run Chlo Boy was pounds the best and with anything like equal luck he would have beeh the winner. Bejshak pulled the son of Dunboyne up at the start and he was last away. He rushed him up with the others in the short run down the back stretch and at the turn for home swung to the inside, where he had scant racing room. The colt raced purely on his own courage under such riding and was gaining on the first two at the end. Jimmy Moran and Maetsro were the ones to set the pace, but Flimsy was not far. back and Betty Beau was showing becoming speed, while Chlo Boy was under a handicap by his sluggish start. When Bejshak attempted to take the inside course with Chlo Boy in the stretch Morris went over slightly with Jimmy Moran to close the opening and brought Flimsy up on the outside of the Bryson colt. It was in this fashion that the first three crossed the line, with Flimsy winner by a neck and Jimmy Moran only beating the abused Chlo Boy by a nose for second place. The fifth race, over one mile and a sixteenth, for platers, was one of the most disgraceful exhibitions seen in many, a day. It went to Mrs. O. Chaneys Mole Hill, with Charles Graffagninis Arcturus second and William Makers Fairy Maiden beating Miss Blanche Watsons Nostaw for third. The exhibition was disgraceful in the riding of Cimerak on Fairy Maiden, and there did not seem to be any stage of the race when he made an effort to win. In the stretch, when . Fairy Maiden could readily have run past the leaders, Cimerak deliberately took her in behind them and finally when the race virtually was over permitted her to run and she gained on the others when too late. Arcturus was permitted to set the pace and Mole Hill raced along after him with Fairy Maiden close at hand, and closer than is usual for her. This order was maintained to the stretch and Cimerak made his move that effectually blocked his mount. It was a daring bit of riding and will be strange if it does not result in an investigation. With Fairy Maiden effectually blocked, it was not much of a trick for Mole Hill to beat home Arcturus and the Maher mare finished at the heels of the old gelding. Cimerak will not last long if he is guilty of another such ride, if indeed the Havre de Grace stewards do not take some action on this performance. Starboard Light was claimed by C. Bunte out of the second race from Mrs, Walter M. Jeffords for ,500.
