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CAMERA-EYE FINISHES Mark Day of Thrilling Sport at Picturesque Havre de Grace. - Billy Bee Secures Decision Over Trumpery and Golden Mac in Featured Sudbrook Purse. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 16 In a day of thrilling finishes in which the camera eye was called into use in no less than three of the first four events on the program, Billy Bee, sporting the silks of the Bomar Stable of Messrs. Bohn and Markey, was winner of the best offering at Havre de Grace today when he scored in the feature, the Sudbrook Purse, a test of six furlongs, which attracted eight swift sprinters. The Sudbrook was listed as the fourth, and it found Trumpery, from the C. V. Whitney stable, testing the merits of the Bomar gelding, they reaching the last line of the three-quarters sprint heads apart, while Gallant Mac, on the outside and racing for A. G. Vanderbilt, was lapped alongside and beaten but a nose as he took third over Dancing Doll, Brown Twig, Black Gift, Royal Wager and Good flavor. Black Gift and Dancing Doll caused a delay of six minutes before a suitable alignment was obtained by starter J. F. Milton, andthe ring of the bell found the eight starters away in good style, with Dancing Doll first to leave the starting point. The A. W. Abbot miss, always noted for her quickness, was not possessed of enough speed, however, and before a sixteenth of a mile had given way to Trumpery, which, with Royal Wager, went out to lead the way. Billy Bee was in chase of the leading pair down the far side of the course, while Dancing Doll held to fourth place. Black Gift and Gallant Mac were suffering from lack of racing room farther back and were unable to get clear until reaching the elbow. Reaching the turn Trumpery soon had Royal Wager beaten, but before he could move clear Dancing Doll and Billy Bee had begun their final run and both were lapped with the Whitney sprinter a furlong from home. In a desperate drive Billy Bee, coming determinedly, was up in the last couple of strides to snatch the camera eye decision, while Trumpery barely lasted to receive a nose verdict over Gallant Mac, which charged up with a mighty rush in the last quarter mile and probably would have taken down major honors in a few more strides. With a return to colder weather the crowd attending the fourth program at the Susquehanna course showed a sharp decline, but the entertainment, despite the ordinary quality of the card, brought exciting results, with the winners in several instances in doubt until the judges scanned the camera eye film. Favorites were bowled over in the first four races, while a strong wind kept the various winners from chalking up fast time. Plater distance performers entered for the minimum claiming price of ,200 were engaged in the initial offering of the day, a test over the mile and one-sixteenth journey, and it developed into a thrilling contest, with the winner in doubt until the photo finish camera was used as the guide" for the placing. In this four of the nine starters under silks were closely grouped at the end, and winning honors fell to Medina Farm Stables Bender First, with Apathy earning the place honors over Infilee, who led Light Brook and the five others. Leyland waited until near the home stretch before engaging the closely-locked leaders. Coming up fast at the turn for home, Bender First surged into a short lead in the finals furlong, then holding on with excellent courage approaching the finish, barely lasted long enough to receive the verdict. Apathy, fighting desperately, managed to draw away a length before Infilee, which in turn had but half a length to spare over the fast-finishing Light Brook, who was one of the better fancied starters. Eleven cheap plater sprinters measured strides in the second and once again the placing was held up until the judges viewed the film of the camera eye before announcing their decision. Winning honors fell to J. Bishops Helen Bab, making her first start of the season, when she got up right at the end to gain a nose verdict over E. K. Brysons Boocord, with Shepherd Boy, which carried the bulk of support, third. Chiliad, another well-backed starter, drove home in the wake of the fighting leaders to head the seven others that met. Boocord, waging a spirited issue with Shepherd Boy, lasted to gain the runner-up position by the same margin enjoyed by the winner, while Shepherd Boy had to be content with third money, beating Chiliad half a length for that share of the prize. The winner was ridden by M. Peters, and her backers received better than 32 to 1.
