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Star Sprinters Named tor ,000 Harford Handicap at Havre de Grace MARYLAND SCENE SHIFTS Bowie Meeting Ends and Harfortf Association Session Begins. Sation Top Weight With 130 Pounds Singing Wood Dangerous Contender for Sprint Honors. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md.. April 11. Maryland racing moves over to the Havre de Grace course of the Harford Association on Monday and the second meeting of the new racing year in this state. At Bowie, the weather, right through its short season, wa3 a serious handicap, but excellent sport was furnished and the racing served to better fit many horses for this second meeting. The Harford Handicap, a six furlongs dash to which ,000 is added, as usual, is the big feature of the opening day and from the nineteen eligibles named through the entry box there will surely come both a large and representative field. At the head of the weights comes Sation, George D. Wideners swift running son of Galetian, under a burden of 130 pounds. This fellow is on hand, after having been trained at the farm and appears to be fit and ready for the question. Then there is John Hay Whitneys Singing Wood, a galloping winner of the Inaugural Handicap at Bowie, with 124 pounds as his impost. The son of Royal Minstrel, with the seasoning that has come at Bowie, may enjoy some advantage over Sation and the prospect of a meeting between the pair gives the Harford much of its importance this year. Then "Bud" Stotler has named four from the A. G. Vanderbilt stable for the running. These are Dreel, Identify, winner of the Toboggan Handicap of last year; Bachelor Dinner and Good Gamble. SABLIN AMONG ENTRIES. Cycle and Nautch will race for the Sage Stable and they are both well suited at the six furlongs distance. Walter OHaras New Deal has had some seasoning by racing and he is in the Harford nicely under 114 pounds, and another that was something of a sensation during the winter season in Florida, that is of the field, is Sablin, that races for Edward F. Seagram. On through the big list of eligibles that have accepted the weights are several that have earned a sprinting reputation and the best traditions of the race should be well maintained. The Harford was first run in 1913 when Springboard was winner for Captain E. B. Cassatt. On through the roster of winners are found the name of many a good one and that remarkable gelding Billy Kelly, was victor in 1919-20 and 21. It was attempted to stretch his score to four in succession, but in 1922 Exterminator, then in his seventh year, ran Billy down in the stretch to be winner under a burden of 132 pounds, equal weight with the Commander Ross gelding, and the greatest weight carried to victory in the running of the fixture. Noah was winner of the Harford both in 1925 and 1926 and there was no other two-time winner. Equipoise was the best horse to win the prize when he whipped Happy Scot and Evening in 1932 and last year the prize went to A. G. Vanderbilfs Dreel, which led Star Porter and Nautch past the line. POST TIME 2:30 P. M. The Harford will be run as the fourth race on an excellent opening day card, which will begin at 2:30 p. m., with a four and a half furlongs dash for maiden juveniles. An even dozen are named and it is assured that before the end of the Havre de Grace season there will be established a better line on the new crop. For a considerable time the horses have been shipping in from the various farms and to not a few of the big racing establishments it will mean the beginning of the 1936 cam- Continued on eighteenth pugel. STAR SPRINTERS NAMED FOR HANDICAP AT HAVRE Continued from first page. paign. It is there that Samuel D. Riddle will show his silks for the first time this year and George Conway has a particularly strong string in his care. The Bomar Stable, which had a degree of success at Bowie, will step out at the course on the banks of the Susquehanna and their Kentucky Derby hope, Grand Slam, will make his first appearance of the year during the meeting. This one is heading for the Chesapeake as his first important engagement leading up to the Derby and he has been doing about all that has been asked of him by trainer Potts. Superintendent Ross has the course in excellent condition despite the unusual rainy weather and with anything like seasonable conditions, it is expected the Harford Association will have one of its most successful meetings.
