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GRAND SLAM NARROWLY Runs Another Fine Race to Score by a Head in Havre Feature. Scores in Spectacular Finish to Beat Finance With High Hedge Third Ghostflyer Disqualified. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 20. Coming back with a performance that was equal to his good showing in the Harford Handicap here on Saturday, Grand Slam, elderly sprinter of the Bomar Stable, was winner of the Pheasant Handicap, six furlongs event, fourth on the card, which was the best offering of an ordinary program at Havre de Grace today. Receiving eleven pounds from the six-year-old Finance, which carried top weight of 122 pounds, the chestnut five-year-old son of Chance Play Jeanne Bowdre, which proved a dismal failure as a four-year-old, captured honors in a spectacular finish when he drove up in the last strides after trailing his opponents to score by a head over the Mrs. E. Denemark gelding. This was a sprint at six furlongs, and at the end High Hedge was three parts of a length back of the fighting pair, to Continued on twenty-third page. GRAND SLAM NARROWLY Continued from first page. land third, while Winning Chance took the measure of the only other starter, Tempestuous, after Savage Beauty was a late scratch. SMALL FIELD. The small field in the principal event wa at the gate for a short period before the start was obtained and all were away in good order, with High -Hedge, from his inside position, stepping out briskly to set the early pace as Fina,nca followed in pursuit These two soon opened, up several lengths on Winning Chance and the others as they were supplying a swift early pace as they sped down the far side of the track. High Hedge, a fast fellow, was holding a daylight Jead over the Denemark sprinter and he was, saving valuable ground as he sped along smoothly. With a half mile back of them, Grand Slam had overhauled Tempestuous on the turn to reach fourth place, and, as the two leaders became engaged in the front stretch, drove up readily to be almost abreast a furlong from home. In the drive that followed Finance succeeded in running down High Hedge between the sixteenth marker and the finish, but Grand Slam was traveling along rapidly and came up on the outside to get up in the last few strides. The time was 1:12. PERFECT WEATHER. Perfect racing weather .prevailed for the sport here today and a large crowd accepted the sport that was mostly governed by the claiming variety. The disqualification of Ghostflyer in the third race, which was the first of the Maryland season, created considerable excitement. The talent began the day auspiciously when they backed Jolly Duchess into strong favoritism in the initial offering of the day, and the daughter of Bubbling Over Her Grace lived up to expectations by turning in a front-running victory. Meeting eight other maiden three-year-olds over the six furlongs distance, Jolly Duchess earned her racing diploma in easy fashion when jockey M. ! Peters drove her to the finish five lengths I before W. L. Branns Dare Bunny, a first-1 time starter. Third went to B. G. Howells I Vedalia and Miss Selection before the others. All of the starters were foaled in Maryland. ! Leaving the starting gate in good fashion ! and showing a good brand of speed enabled Happy Vote, from the W. F. Hitt barn, to make her first start of the season a winning one, when she defeated eleven other three-year-olds in the decision of the second race. This was another test of six furlongs, with the Happy Argo filly scoring in a thrilling finish to beat Day Is Done by. a short margin, as Hiblaze captured third. PORTER ON WINNER. Jockey E. Porter was astride the winner for his first success at the meeting. The first disqualification of the Maryland season took place at the close of the third race, a test of four and one-half furlongs for the better grade two-year-olds, when the Brandywine Stables Ghostflyer was set back after he won by a half length. The colt, ridden by jockey Joe Wagner, was the choice for the race, and the nullification of his triumph was for crowding Good Odds midway of the home stretch when he drove up from behind to move to the front in the final eighth. With the revised placing, Good Odds was awarded the major share of the spoils. 4.
