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QUALIFIES FOR STAKES Dauber Impressses Eastern Fans in Havre de Grace Victory. DuPont Kacer Comes From Behind to Win Hampton Roads Purse Blind Eagle Second. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 19. Sporting the silks of William DuPont, Jr.s, Foxcatcher Farms, and making his first start as a three-year-old on eastern soil, Dauber, second to Maxwell Howards Stagehand in the rich Santa Anita Derby on the West Coast, qualified for the leading three-year-old stakes this season and the Kentucky Derby, when he defeated three other aspirants for the Kentucky classic, and one other of his age in the Hampton Roads, an allowance race, sixth on the card that was the principal offering at Havre de Grace today. Carrying .113 pounds, and handled by his regular rider, Maurice Peters, the well-built son of Pennant Ship o War, scored convincingly, when he came from far back of his four opponents to take the measure of Mrs. E. Denemarks Blind Eagle. Third went to Bunny Baby, the lone filly in the race, who gave Wise Fox a stiff argument in the Louisiana Derby, while Crepe, a five-ply winner this year in formidable company, easily led home Chaps, the only other starter and a Derby candidate. W " GAINS SUPPORTERS. The victory of Dauber was his first at the age of three, and the effort gained him many supporters for the May 7 race at Churchill Downs, when he reached the finish of the mile and seventy yards winner by tw.o lengths. He ran the distance, over the rough track, in 1:45, and the manner in which he ran down his opposition gives belief that he will find the longer route in the Derby more to his liking. Dauber ruled at odds-on for the Hampton Roads, and his score was exceedingly popular. The Derby hopes of Bomar Stables Bill-mar went up into thin air when he proved a dismal failure in the fifth offering and was beaten by three other members of his age, with Red Pepper scoring for A. G. Vander-bilt. Leading every step of the journey as jockey Raymond Workman guided the flashy Vanderbilt colt over the rough racing surface, Red Pepper reached the end to beat W. F. Hitts Spring Meadow by five lengths while Fair Company was a length better than the Bomar colt as he took third. SEA SHELL REPEATS. Two-year-olds were engaged in the initial offering at four and one-half furlongs under claiming conditions and it gave Sea Shell, from the Millsdale Stable, her second consecutive score when she triumphed in a hard drive. Ridden by jockey E. Smith to dominate all of the running, the daughter of Jean Valjean drew out to lead Walli and Polly Fair in the early stages, then withstood a hard drive in the last eighth to beat Barker, from the Shandon Farm, by a neck. Third went to Tin Devil, of the T. J. Hill barn, and he was a length and one-half back of the two leaders as he closed in from a rear position. Eleven mediocre sprinters met in the third, a sprint at six furlongs, and it gave Be Jabbers, from the H. L. Straus barn, her racing diploma when she scored in convincing fashion. It was her first start of the . season and she ruled at liberal odds and there was little to the contest when she flashed into the lead to spread-eagle her field. Ridden by jockey V. Villalobo, to open four lengths on her nearest opponent in the early stages, the H. L. Straus miss reached the end of the journey six lengths in advance of Town Car, one of the better fancied starters, while Calamega, at good odds, was five lengths away to take third. Another upset occurred in the fourth when Night Intruder came through the winner to defeat nine other three-year-olds. Racing for Mose Lowenstein, who obtained the plater via the claiming route in his last appearance, the ebony-coated son of Sickle captured honors in a drive over Mrs. J. B. Bonds No Ending, with Petit Jean taking third as the better-fancied Cogie led the others. Emmet Potts reported that Grand Girl dropped a filly foal by Boatswain at Holly Beach Farm, near Annapolis, Md. Grand Girl will be bred back to Kantar.
