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i SHAND0N FARM SILKS FIRST Burning Star Returns to Winning Form in Maryland. Carries 122 Pounds and Wins Riderwood Purse at Havre in Easy Fashion Workman Stars. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 26. Carrying 122 pounds, and showing the same speed that made him a three-ply stake winner in his three-year-old form, Burning Star, sturdy son of Burning Blaze and Owena, returned to winning condition when he carried the silks of the Shandon Farm, owned by P. A. and R. J. Nash, to a decisive victory in the Riderwood Purse, an allowance affair, at one mile and a sixteenth, which was the best offering at Havre de Grace today. Carrying his high weight as if it were a feather, and skillfully guided by jockey Raymond Workman for that riders second winning score of the afternoon, he having been astride Atavistic in the first race, the four-year-old Shandon Farm colt, a strong choice in the betting, ran the distance in 1:45, and won by the wide margin of seven lengths, as he qualified for the more important Dixie Handicap, which is his next engagement. MAKES COMEBACK. Beaten off badly in the Widener Challenge Cup, in which War Admiral was the hero, Burning Star was making his first start since that outing, and he came back to condition with flying colors as he defeated the older Tempestuous, from the Mrs. T. Stevenson stable. Challephen, winner of the Southern Maryland Handicap at Bowie, over Aneroid, and other stars, took third for W. L. Brann. The others under colors in the field of five, were Gerald and Kenyon C, which were beaten ten and fourteen length,, respectively, as they trailed the trio home. The Riderwood, entirely for older horses, was the fifth event on the tenth program of the meeting at the Harford County track, and only two minutes were spent at the gate before the small field went away in good order. Going to the first turn, Tempestuous and Gerald hooked up in an early duel for the lead, while Challephen held to third place, and Burning Star, last of the party, some ten lengths back of the leaders. Displacing Tempestuous on the far side, Gerald supplied a fast pace for his opponents going to the half mile ground in :47, and to the three-quarters marker in 1:12. This fast pace beat the A. C. Compton performer, and before he swung into the front stretch Burn- i ing Star, swinging around on the outside from last place, had wrested command, then left his rivals to draw away at the ease of his rider. Happy Code, swift-running filly from the W. J. Hirsch barn, chalked up her second local success to become a double winner at the meeting when she turned back six other three-year-old fillies in the Lansdowne Purse, second best offering on the card. This was the third race of the day, with the Hirsch miss a popular victor, as she won by four lengths. Ruling at 17 to 20, the speedy Happy Argo miss took the lead at the ring of the bell and, despite losing several lengths at the stretch turn when she swung very wide, easily coped with the best bids of Millsdale Stables Dog Flower. For the second consecutive day, the talent began the day auspiciously when they centered on the winner of the first race when Atavistic, from the A. G. Vanderbilt stable, made his debut to defeat ten other juveniles. Backed confidently to be knocked down several " points at the close of wagering, the chestnut son of Bright Knight earned his ; diploma in a thrilling finish when he beat Ral Parrs War Moon in a close fit. Third went to Tin Devil and he was just up in time : , to gain a nose decision over Gay Amazon.
