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DOUBLE FOR A. G. VANDERBILT Red Pepper Completes Days Havre Triumphs in Modesty Purse. Bay Son of Pompey Rules at Short Odds and Wins Second Straight Workman Stars. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 29. Stamping himself as a three-year-old above average class, Red Pepper, bay son of Pompey and Oroya, racing for Alfred G. Vander-bilt, turned in his second successive score and made possible a double victory for the young master of Sagamore Farm when he defeated four other starters of his age to account for the Modesty Purse, an allowance affair at six furlongs that was the best offering at Havre de Grace today. Listed fourth on the program and ruling in the speculation at short odds, Red Pepper dominated all of the running to land over the line leading home Ral Parrs Hypocrite, and it marked the second riding success of jockey R. Workman, who drove Star Struck to victory in the third race and narrowly missed a third for the young sportsman when Company Halt was beaten a nose in the decision of the second race. In the Modesty only five starters met after Upstream and Billmar were withdrawn and it found Sir Bevidere, from the H. R. Bain barn, third, while Jolly Tar and Carnage completed the small but best field of the day. CARRIES TOP WEIGHT. In the feature Red Pepper was top weight under 122 pounds and he lost no time getting to the front after, a good start. Racing along smoothly in front and handling his weight in good style, the Pompey colt was never asked for his best speed as he finished the distance one length to the good. In the early racing Sir Bevidere led the pursuit of the Vanderbilt three-year-old and although he made things unpleasant by racing at the colts heels ,for five furlongs, Workman was not flustered as he nursed his mount. With Sir Bevidere through, Hypocrite, racing in third place, attempted to down the Vanderbilt sprinter through the late stages, but the Parr colt was unequal to the task as he drew away three lengths before the tiring Sir Bevidere. The time was 1:12. With a warm sun breaking through darkened clouds during the middle of the afternoon, a crowd of good size witnessed some exciting sport here today. With the exception of the second race, which engaged a dozen starters, light fields were the rule. SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. Showing sharp improvement over his last engagement, that took place here early in the meeting, Virginia Boy brom the C. R. Fleischmann stable upset calculations when he registered his first success of his career to turn back a lowly band of middle distance performers in the first race. This was a test of one mile and seventy yards and it found the unsexed son of Ladkin coming from next to last position in the running to score over E. K. JBrysons . Turkish Brand, with the disappointing Town Car, from the F. J. Vollmer barn, landing third. The second offering attracted a cheap band of maiden sprinters to vie for honors over the three-quarters distance, and in a thrilling finish Snap Wrack, a despised outsider, emerged victorious when he dominated the running to score at the direct expense of the two choices, A. G. Vanderbilts Company Halt and Shadow Farms Lady Elgin. At the close of the contest that drew a dozen starters, the trio came to the finish inches apart and, before the result was made known, the camera was called into play as the deciding I factor. Snap Wrack was making his first appearance in racing silks and, with little known of his quality, only a few scattered supporters took down the 3.90 mutuel return. Star Struck, from the A. G. Vanderbilt stable, became a two-ply winner at the meeting and atoned in a measure for the defeat of Company Halt in the preceding race, when j the youngster turned back five others of her age in the. third race for which she ruled. Opposed by five members of the male sex, the fleet daughter of Morvich, under smooth handling by jockey Raymond Workman, led every step of the four and one-half furlongs journey "to score in a drive over A. B. Hangers Satin Marvel, with Hardy Jim third for W. M. Elder. T. Driscoll will be in charge of the Belair Stud and Wheatley Stable horses at Havre de Grace during the illness of George Tap pen, who is confined to his quarters with a heavy cold.
