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SEVENTH FOR GOLDEY F. Unbeaten Juvenile Filly Adds Aberdeen Stakes to Triumphs. Outfinishes Manatella by Neck After Furious Drive Stake Heads Havres Closing Program. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md April 28. Goldey F., sensational juvenile filly, which races for Mrs. W. A. Bridges, kept her unbeaten record unstained and earned her most important victory of her racing career to chalk up her seventh consecutive triumphs in as many starts when she accounted for the twenty-fourth running of the Aberdeen Stakes, a test of four and a half furlongs that topped the closing program of the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association meeting of fourteen days. Opposed by five other youngsters, the best that could be mustered against the swift running daughter of Tall Timber and Na-haranna, the Bridges miss was game to the core to add ,650 to her earnings. She reached the end of the abbreviated distance, after leading for the duration of the journey, a neck before the Foxcatcher Farms Manatella, after a furious drive. Third was accounted for by Irrepressible, one of a pair that carried the silks of Alfred G. Vander-bilt, while Gay Balko, also of the same establishment, easily took the measure of Sun Mica and Broad Ripple, the only others under the silks. The achievement of Goldey F. stamped her as one of the best of her sex shown in Maryland, and her earnings were boosted to ,475 when she ran the distance in :54 flat under a masterly ride by H. Richards. In the Aberdeen Stakes, two and one-half minutes elapsed before a good start was obtained and, as usual, Goldey F. was particularly alert to step into the leading position and Richards made good use of her speed to have, her clear midway on the turn. Of the others, Manatella was pressing the unbeaten filly closely, while Gay Balko was lapped with the Foxcatcher miss to head Broad Ripple and the tohers which were unable to match the speed of the leaders. Goldey F. was racing close to the inside as she displayed a high order of speed, and Richards was giving his mount a chance at every opportunity to gain her best stride, but was unable to get more than a length away from Manatella and Gay Balko. Reaching the stretch, Manatella made a bold effort to overtake the Bridges filly and, for an instant, appeared capable of going to the front. Straightening out for the closing furlong, Richards applied the whip to the flanks of Goldey F. and she continued with excellent speed to drive past the last line having her early margin cut down at every stride but Continued on twenty -second page. SEVENTH FOR GOLDEY F. Continued from first page. gamely holding a slight lead. Irrepressible, closing a big gap in the last quarter mile, was four lengths back of the fighting pair as she took third, while Gay Balko easily led the two others. Continued warm weather attracted a large gathering to the Susquehanna course for the closing day of the spring meeting and spectacular racing was witnessed. Favorites performed more formidably, with the triumphs of Goldey F. and Ampersand particularly popular with the assemblage. Photo finishes were awaited in the second and fifth races before the winners were known, adding to the enthusiasm of the crowd. One of the big upsets of the meeting occurred with the decision of the opening race, when Scout On drew major honors in a thrilling finish. Ridden by W. Obert and coming from behind to snatch victory in the last couple of strides, the winner achieved his success over Old Ironsides, with third being garnered by Black Scout. Scout On made his presence felt early in the running when he went along in third position to follow at the heels of Black Scout and Old Ironsides. Obert had the Overcash gelding on the outside of the leading pair and he was full of run as he drove abreast of the two a furlong from the finish. Responding gamely in the last eighth, Scout On waged a stirring battle, and it was right at the end that he succeeded in getting to the front. Old Ironsides, holding on desperately and barely losing the decision, was out a length and one-half before Black Scout. The others, led by Careless Knight, were closely grouped at the close. Another thrilling finish came with the decision of the second race. Sunned emerged victorious in a finish that was so close that the camera was called into play. In Front was the one to land second place honors, with third falling to War Saint. F. Faust had the mount on Sunned, and in the early stages his mount chased along in the second division, while War Saint, accompanied by In Front, led the field down the far side of the course. These two dominated the race until reaching the home stretch, where the field closed in and it brought the ultimate winner into a contending position for the closing furlong. Coming along fast on the outside, Sunned surged on gamely and it was in the last couple of strides that he was rewarded. War Saint was beaten a nose for second place and he was clear of Semaphore, which raced in the thick of contention throughout. Eight three-year-old fillies met in the third 1 event of the afternoon, and it gave Amper- sand, from the Brandywine Stable, an opportunity to score her second success of the meeting when she turned in a front-running triumph, beating Mrs. W. M. Jeffords Sweet as Sugar, Bomar Stables Blue Alice and the five other misses at the end of six furlongs. Favored in the speculation, Ampersand sprinted into a long lead in the early stages of the race and dominated the running .throughout to sweep past the last line winner by two lengths. Sweet as Sugar, after being placed on the outside for the start, gave the winner most contention all through the final stages of the test and she was safely entrenched in second position, beating Blue Alice three lengths for that share of the spoils. The Bomar miss had little difficulty landing the short end of the purse, finishing four lengths in advance of Eastward. The winner was handled by R. Mer-ritt and covered the three-quarters distance in 1:13, with her supporters being paid off at the rate of 4 to 5. Older platers furnished the contention for the first of the long-distance races of the afternoon, which was the fifth, and for the second time during the day the camera eye was brought into use to give the official placing at the close of the mile and seventy yards. The result was another surprise, when H. Kerrs veteran seven-year-old gelding Hoops was confirmed as winner after the judges examined the plate. His score came at the expense of Mrs. L. J. Schaefers Chirac, they being separated by a nose as they crossed the line leading H. Neusteters Masked Gal by a length, with Gay Edward fourth.
