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- FINALE AT HAVRE DE GRACE Benjam Outruns Fast Juveniles in ,500 Aberdeen Stakes. Track Deep and Holding Favorites Disap-- point Public in Great Majority of Days Races. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 27. Making his first appearance in silks since his victory in the Bowie Kindergarten Stakes at Prince George Park, Benjam, sporting the silks of the Bomar Stable, stamped himself one of the best colts shown in Maryland when he duplicated that victory to account for the twenty-fifth running of the Aberdeen Stakes, at four and one-half furlongs, for two-year-olds, which served as the closing feature of the Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association at Havre de Grace today. Opposed by seven seasoned youngsters and the best that could be recruited for the prize of ,500 added, the son of Jean Valjean Irene Mc added ,275 to the coffers of Bohn and Markey, joint owners of the Bomar Stable, when he scored in a brisk drive to land the major share of the purse by a length and one-quarter from Grim Reaper, which sported the silks of John Hay Whitney. TEDEMA THIRD. Third went to Tedema, which performed for W. H. Lipscomb, and Indian Lodge, one of a pair that raced for A. G. Vanderbilt, led the disappointing favorite Catalysis, and the three others, which consisted of Jack Be Nimble, Pernie and Radio Charm. Decided over a track that was deep and holding from rain that fell for over twenty hours, Benjam found the track suitable. The winners time for the distance was :5i, considered a good performance over a track that was several seconds below normal. Benjam ruled at long odds despite his good record, and his score climaxed a day of many surprises, choices falling by the wayside in practically every event on the card. Continued on twenty-second page. FINALE AT HAVRE DE GRACE Continued from first page. Eight nondescript platers, middle-distance performers of the older class, met in the mile and one-sixteenth race that introduced the sport for the afternoon, and it saw the veteran Acautaw, from the H. D. Cox stable, emerge victorious to triumph in a drive. Grainger, from the H. R. Bain establishment, landed in second place, beaten one length by the winner, while Zinnia, a rank outsider in the wagering, was third, just a head away but well in advance of Happy Flag. ACAUTAW WINS. Acautaw, ridden by the dusky C. Griggs, made his" presence felt almost immediately when he chased along in second place behind Justa Play, which was sent out by R. Eccard to set the pace. Following in attendance of the R. L. Hanna mare until the turn out of the back stretch, the seven-year-old son of Trojan supplanted the pacemaker after a brief struggle, then, taken out into the firmer footing when straightened into the front lane, held to his position tenaciously and prevailed at rather liberal odds. Another cheap band of sprinters were brought into action for the second race and it brought about another upset in calculations, when Addis Ababa showed his best speed after two previous outings to score in a drive. In this, the field was composed of ten starters, one of the largest fields of the afternoon to go postward, and It saw the favored Skyride in second position at the close of the contest, with Darling Pat third over the seven others. Form students suffered another reverse, one of the many that have taken place here, when Moon Harvest, from the A. C. Rose stable, claimed out of his last start, made every post a winning one to score an easy success in the third race also over six furlongs. Ridden by J. OMalley for that riders second success, he having accounted for the previous race on Addis Ababa, the A. C. Rose gelding swept across the line three lengths before Steel Worker, while third went to Ipso Facto in the field of ten three-year-olds. HONEY CLOUD CONSISTENT. E. K. Brysons consistent sprinter Honey Cloud kept his Maryland record unstained when he picked up 122 pounds to run his winning streak to three by turning in a front-running and popular victory in the three-quarters fifth event and the co-feature of the day. Meeting five other shifty sprinters, the son of High Cloud, in a thrilling finish, earned a nose decision over A. C. Comptons Clingendaal after leading from the ring of the bell, and his triumph, in a measure, was due to the fine handling that he received from jockey Harry Richards, who rode an exceptionally strong finish to keep his mount going long enough for the reward. In the battle that carried Clingendaal to close proximity of the winner, a gap of five lengths separated him from Alexandrine, which easily took third from Mary Keen.
