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BRADLEY STRING FOR HAVRE Black Helen Heads List of Owner of Idle Hour Farm. Mrs. Hannah Dempsey Also to Campaign Her Stable at Famous Maryland Track Track Heady. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 2. Edward Riley Bradley, Americas fifth largest money winning owner last year with 2,-615; whose string includes Black Helen, winner of the recent Florida Derby, is sending more than a dozen horses here for the twelve days racing of the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association, beginning Monday, April 15. William Hurley, who has done a masterful job in bringing Black Helen back to winning form after a throat operation last fall, will handle the Bradley representatives at this course. Another popular owner-trainer combination slated to strive for purses here is Mrs. Hannah Dempsey, of New York, wife of ex-worlds heavyweight fistic champion, Jack Dempsey. This petite sportswomans horses are handled by A. G. "Bob" Robertson, of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Dempeseys thoroughbreds were trained at Miami, Fla., and will be ready when trainer Robertson sends them post-ward, which he says will be early in the approaching meeting. R. Emmet Potts, a resident of the Monumental City is already on the grounds with the Bomar Stables horses. This outfit, which hails from Detroit, houses among others, Billy Bee, candidate for the forthcoming renewal of the Kentucky Derby. Billy Bee will first show his speed in the ,500 added Chesapeake, to be run April 20.. If his effort in that three-year-old test is satisfactory to his stable connections, he will be shipped West to participate in the battle for Derby laurels. General manager Edward Burke has opened his offices here. He no sooner landed from New York than he was joined by his hustling assistant H. A. M. Frank. The latter is pari-mutuel manager at Laurel, but yearly aids general manager Burke clear up the thousand and one other details essential to the opening of any race meeting. Horsemen who have been granted stalls can ship in at once. The track is in fine condition, according to trainer George Conway and Pres Burch, who have been working the Glen Riddle Farm and Walter M. Jeffords horses, respectively, over it for the past two weeks.
