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BEDWELL HAS BIG DAY Sun Egret Takes Harford Handicap With Prize of ,275. Veteran Trainer Also Saddles Ace Call and Hypocrite for Earlier Havre Triumphs. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 15. Uncovering the brand of speed that made him one of the leading sprinters last season when he chalked up thirteen victories, Sun Egret, from the A. C. C. Stable of A. C. Compton, added the ,000 added Harford Handicap to his collection of turf triumphs. He administered a decisive defeat to thirteen leading sprinters by accounting for the twenty-seventh renewal of that valuable spring prize. The race served as the principal offering on the initial program at Havre de Grace today. Carrying 116 pounds for his first victory this season, Sun Egret was the third winner of the afternoon saddled by the veteran conditioner, Harry Guy Bedwell, and it was the second success for the A. C. C. Stable when the four-year-old son of Sun Briar Polly Egret earned ,275. He completed the six furlongs in 1:11 s. Chasing the winner home at the close of the journey, Fighting Fox took the measure of Mrs. A. Pelleteris Old Rosebush, while Battle Jack took the consolation share of the spoils from Wise Prince. Earlier winners saddled by H. G. Bedwell were Ace Call and Hypocrite. BIG FIELD. The twenty-seventh running of the Harford brought out one of the largest fields in recent years, and it attracted a large crowd to assemble on the Susquehanna grounds under cloudy skies. In the Harford the bulky field left the Ccntinued on twenty-sixth page BEDWELL JAS BIG DAY Continued from first page. starting point after a two and one-half minute delay at the gate, and it saw the big field away in good order, with the exception of W. E. Boeings Grim Reaper, which left tardily to trail far back in the early stages. On the head end, Airflame, from the A. G. Vanderbilt stable, was barely showing the way to Bull Whip and Jay Jay, with the others closely grouped and busily engaged to hold one of the leading positions. The lead of Airflame was shortlived, as he was displaced on the turn when Old Rosebush was rushed up by C. Stevenson, and these two led the big field into the home stretch. All of the time that the two leaders were battling, Sun Egret was right up in the fight, and close behind the pacemakers as they made the turn into the front stretch. With the leaders spent in furnishing the pace, the A. C. C. sprinter surged into the lead for the final eighth and sped along smoothly until he finished the distance with a margin of four lengths. In landing second place, Fighting Fox overcame a share of interference to be one length before Old Rosebush, with the latter showing daylight over Battle Jack. Of the others, Wise Prince came from well back to be a fast closing fifth, with Jay Jay right back of him to lead the remainder. Grim Reaper, after trailing his field the better part of the trip, finished in eighth position, but he came back to the scales badly lame, and it may keep him out of action for some time. BEDWELL WINNER. Trainer H. G. Bedwell saddled his second winner of the afternoon when he sent out Ral Parrs Hypocrite to account for the Colonial Handicap, a gallop of one mile and seventy yards, that served as the co-feature. In a driving finish, Hypocrite took the measure of W. E. Boeings Piccolo as they came to the finish separated by a short head. Kenty earned the minor end of the purse in a tight fit with Catomar. There were seven under silks for the handicap and it saw Gerald, a running companion of the winner, finishing in last position after he established the pace for the better part of the trip. In the early running, while Gerald led the way, jockey A. Shelhamer had Hypocrite, under his 122 pounds, right alongside the A. C. C. Stable ! rnlnrhp.arfir. rind hfi waitfid until well around the last turn before making his bid. Moving into the lead at the stretch turn, Hypocrite soon gained a clear margin, but through the last eighth, Piccolo uncovered a bold rush and it took every bit of his courage to stick it out for his second Maryland victory. The Alvin Untermyer stable had the signal honor of earning the principal share of the purse in the- introductory offering, a dash of four and a half furlongs for maiden two-year-olds. Jockey E. DeCamillas drove Cockerel to a hard-earned success over eleven other baby racers. Driving up from fourth position to take command on. the stretch turn when Rosetown, the early leader, bore out, Cockerel stuck to his task willingly under a rousing ride and reached the finish one length before the G. D. Wide-ner filly. Third was taken by Starmount Stables Damaged Goods, after he raced in the thick of contention. THRILLING FINISH. H. P. Headleys Drift Along campaigned successfully during the winter months at Santa Anita Park, earned her first victory of the eastern season when she sped to a front-running success over seven other shifty sprinters in the second race. Never more than a neck in front of her nearest opponent at any stage of the three-quarters sprint, the four-year-old daughter of Su-premus waged a thrilling finish to make her accounting by the slimmest of margins. Ace Call, from the A. C. C. Stable, and Superstition from the H. G. Bedwell barn, racing coupled, finished first and second in that order in the third race, also at six furlongs. With the favorite of the race, Golden Clown, finishing in seventh position, the small share of the spoils went to Blaze-around when she led home Robespierre and the others. In the running Ace Call led every step of the trip and reached the finish with half a dozen lengths to spare as his stablemate drove up from a rear position to be two lengths before Blazearound.
