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VANDER POOL REMAINS UNBEATEN SIX STRAIGHT WINS Son of Campfire Adds Aberdeen Stakes to List of Conquests. Up and Equipoise Finish Second and Third, Respectively Michigan Boy in Limelight. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.. April 23. Van-der Pool remains undefeated. He made it six in a row when he won the 0,000 added Aberdeen stakes at Havre de Grace this afternoon. Racing head and head with Up for a half mile, Vander Pool proved the gamer of the pair when roused up and, in the final furlong, began drawing away, to win by a length. The Aberdeen brought : together the best field of youngsters that has gone to the post in Maryland this spring. Siskin, which came from Agua Caliente with a great reputation, was among the number. There were ten starters, Glidelia and Sum- mer Day being withdrawn. They were rather a fractious band at the bairier and when the start came Snow White and Up were off in front. Up quickly passed Snow White and, in the first sixteenth, Kel-say was with him racing with him head and . head. St. Agnes was third, five lengths away. Up was down on the inside next the rail and saving ground at the turns. Siskin, slow to begin, had moved up making the turn for home, where he showed in third place half a length in front of Equipoise. All four were driving and in the last fifty yards Up tired. Equipoise, finishing with splendid courage, outlasted Siskin to beat him by a . length and a half for third place. SISKIX MUCH ADMIRED. The youngsters attracted much attention in their paddock parade and Siskin was greatly admired, as were Vander Pool and Up. The pace was very fast, the fractional time being :23 ; :46 ; :53. The winner equalled the track record for the distance made by Mother Goose, Single Foot, Fiddlesticks and Rock Man. The net value of the stake to the winner was 2,250. Michigan Boy, the Louisiana Derby winner, . which has been running in the mud at New Orleans tracks all winter, was one of the five starters that went to the post in the Chesapeake Trial Purse. It was the first ; opportunity thai Maryland racegoers had to see the colt in action and he made a good impression when he galloped home an easy winner a length and a half in front of Crazy Coot. Skirl, Ned O. and Battleship followed heads and necks apart. In the early running Workman sent Crazy Coot to the front and made the .pace: Robert- son dropped back with Skirl and rated along in third place. Michigan Boy was racing in second position. Rounding the far turn Skirl moved up and, coming into the home stretch, . led by a small margin. Le Blanc was still . sitting still on Michigan Boy, but going to . the eighth post he released the latter from restraint and Michigan Boy bounded to the front to draw away at the end. Swinging into the home stretch Stevens made his move with Ned O. and the latter moved up with a rush, only to be blocked by the Whitney pair. Ned O. was down next the rail with no chance of getting through. The result was . that when Stevens took up Ned O. dropped out of it. WORKMAXS TOLLOWIXG LARGE. "Play Workman" is the slogan down here, ; and everyone that follows it is cashing. The Whitney rider rode his second successive ; winner of the afternoon when he landed Nae .Breeks a winner in the second race. Nae Breeks got up in the final strides to beat Paddock by a scant half langth. The field ; was a big and cumbersome one and, in the early stages there was a lot of jostling and crowding, in which Shasta Pebble was one of the sufferers. Paddock was quickest of the band to get , into his stride and, before they had gone a J furlong he was out in front with a lead of three lengths. Leblanc let him race right L . along. Nae Breeks was along in the middle I of the bunch and Workman was working on him. Rounding the far turn the latter began to move up and, in the stretch run, wore down Paddock to outgame him in the final drive. Charley J. S. was third, beaten a length for second place, and another nose away finished Shasta Pebble. Fairy Maiden showed a smart performance -. in the third race when she beat her opponent -; in a canter. There was a shift inriders this . 3 afternoon, and A. Robertson was substituted 1 in placeof Cimerak, who was in the saddle : on her previous start. In todays race . 1 Robertson nursed Fairy Maiden along for Continued on thirteenth page. SIX STRAIGHT WINS Continued from first page. five furlongs and when he made his move the mare responded with a rusli and, entering the home stretch, took an easy lead to win in hand at the end by three lengths. It was a hot battle for second place between Searington and Ormonbird and, in a driving finish, Searington was up in the closing strides to get second place by a scant half length. Arcturus and Mole Hill, which beat Fairy Maiden the last time they met, were unplaced. The first race, a maiden dash, under claiming conditions, at four and a half furlongs, attracted a field of fifteen to the post. Some of: them were a bit fractious at the barrier, Sedgie especially so. When starter Milton finally released the barrier those on the inside were away well, but the outside half were off in a tangle, with some of them as good as left. Noisy Miss began fast and in the run to the far turn drew away into a lead of a couple of lengths. Sedgie, Broad A., and Modern Maiden followed in a close bunch. In the stretch came a shift in the positions and in the final drive Broad A. took command and in a driving finish beat Sedgie. by a head. Noisy Miss was a tiring third, beaten a length for second place, and then followed A rev. The latter fnished strong in the middle of the track. The Fives, after a very slow beginning, closed a big gap. This -gelding is from that good mare Nancy Langhorne and it looks like a safe prediction that he will not be a maiden very long. Slickaway, winner of Tuesdays seventh race, pulled up lame. Scott Harlan is sending Armageddon along with the idea of starting him in the Chesapeake on Saturday. Thomas Murphy, trainer for the Greeen-tree establishment, signed jockey S. Hebert to do the light riding for the stable. Hebert is ready to leave for New York in the H. Wingfield, owner of the Nevada Stock Farm, made the trip from Reno, New, to witness Siskin run in the Aberdeen stakes this afternoon. Jockey Pony McAfee, accompanied trainer Murphy from New York to ride the Green-tree Stables Surf Board in the Aberdeen. . s :
