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SEEK HAVRE DE GRACE PURSES Trainers Fitzsimmons, McDaniel and Whyte Eye Aberdeen Stakes. Snark, Scabiscuit and Tenfel Will Represent Wheatley Stable in 0,000 Added Chesapeake Stakes. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 2. "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, who handles the horses of the Belair Stud and Wheatley Stable, among others; Uncle Henry McDaniel, who looks after the Starmount Stable horses, and Jack Whyte, who preps Willis Sharpe Kilmers band, are the latest to apply to the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association for stalls during its fourteen-day meeting beginning Monday, April 13. Fitzsimmons will seek the ,500 Aberdeen Stakes with the Wheatley Stables Crop; the 0,000 Chesapeake with the same stables Snark, Seabiscuit and Teufel; while he is pointing the Belair Studs Cicaress for the 7,500 Philadelphia Handicap. Trainer Whyte is pointing for the Aberdeen with Sun Chaucer and Teddy Beau a pair of colts which are said to have been working briskly at owner Kilmers farm in Virginia. I The Aberdeen will also be sought by trainer McDaniel, who thinks mighty highly 6f the Starmount Stables Dark Sun. Stalls are filling rapidly. Among the better known stables already on hand are those Of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords, Glen Riddle Farm, Mrs. C. S. Bromley, George D. Widener and the Branncastle Farm. General manager Edward Burke is busy 5 accepting reservations for clubhouse and private boxes. He is planning to cater to an opening day crowd of 20,000. Race specials will be run from various eastern cities by both the Pennsylvania and B. and O. railroads, powever, the majority of turfites will come via motor, as the roads are excellent and there is free parking space for 10,000 automobiles on track property. Racing secretary Charles L. McLennan is Busy making up the weights for the ,000 Harford Handicap, to be run opening day. He expects to attract a top-notch band of sprinters. Seven races will be offered daily. The "Daily Double" will be held in connection with each days first and third races. All finishes will be photographed with Charles M. Waites "electrical eye," which was adopted last month by the Maryland Racing Commission. Waite is due Friday from Florida with his machine, and will give a public demonstration before the meeting opens. Coming upon the heels of the Bowie meeting, form players will have a much better line on the thoroughbreds, thus the "iron men" should get a strenuous play. The four stakesto be run here attracted 187 nominations, and if the track is good on stake days, visitors are going to witness the most exciting sport since this course was opened a quarter century ago.
