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SUN PLUME VICTORIOUS IN THRILLING CONTEST Stevensons Riding Slrill Factor in Victory of Millsdale Racer Crack Rider Also Plays Part in Triumph of Sure Miss in Earlier Havre de Grace Race Glen Oaks Victory Sun Plumes Second HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 24. In a game finish Millsdale Stables chestnut colt, Sun Plume, under a strong ride by jockey Charles Stevenson, leading rider of the current meeting, was winner of the Glen Oaks, a sprint of six furlongs for three-year-olds. It was the most interesting offering on the off-day card that began the second and final full week of racing at Havre de Grace today. Meeting opposition from seven others of his age, the score came in one of the closest finishes of the day. The son of Sun Briar dropped his nose down on the line to beat Bomar Stables Suzanne Peck and A. S. Hewitts Gay Amazon, which were a half length apart in that order. A. C. C. Stables Phara Belie, a recent ; 4.1, 4.1. x. included Airacuda, the fifth successive favorite to suffer defeat. The Glen Oaks was rated best of two leading races that had similar conditions, the other being the fourth race, called the Elkton. Both divisions were run in the same time, 1:13, and in each jockey C. Stevenson was astride the winners, which brought his riding total for the meeting to ten. His riding in both was a factor in the successes, although Sure Miss had an easier time than Sun Plume when she won by almost one length. GAY AMAZON SETS PACE. In the Glen Oaks, for the triumph that was Sun Plumes second of the season, Gay Amazon set a fast pace for her opponents to follow and she enjoyed a clear advantage early while showing the way to Suzanne Peck. Saving ground, the A. S. Hewitt filly swept into the front stretch having a daylight margin, but when the closing up came among the leaders in the final eighth the black filly shortened stride. Closing fast on the outside from fifth position, Sun Plume unleashed a nice burst of speed after catching up with the leaders in the last sixteenth and, under the busy finish of Stevenson, got up to gain the photo decision. The Elkton Purse, under allowance conditions which were the same as the fifth race, had eight three-year-olds testing their speed at six furlongs, and the rout of favorites finished unplaced as winning honors fell to Mrs. M. N. Bonds consistent filly Sure Miss. The score, which marked the fourth of the season in ten starts for the daughter of Swift and Sure, was established in a drive when she came from sixth place in the six furlongs sprint to take the measure of E. R. Pikes Royal Teddy. At the finish Sure Miss was drawing away to be three-quarters of a length before her closest opponent, while Robespierre, in the colors of W. E. Johnson, closed strongly from a trailing position to land third by a scant margin over W. L. Branns Larkar. In the early part of the race Trailer flashed enough speed to go along in third place, but he tired during the final three-sixteenths to be in fifth place. PONEMAH GRADUATES. Two-year-old maiden fillies met in the first race of the afternoon, which was a test of Continued on twenty-seventh page. SUN PLUME VICTORIOUS IN THRILLING CONTEST Continued from first page. four and one-half furlongs. It resulted in ard Bruce stable, when she made a show of her eleven opponents to score without being extended. Getting away fast from the starting point, the shifty High Quest filly dominated by a daylight margin all the way and had four lengths to spare as she reached the finish before Starmount Stables Damaged Goods. Third went to Dark Rapture, and Vignette led the others, including the disappointing Sealoch. The second race, at six furlongs, attracted an even dozen home-bred sprinters, and it brought another surprise when Riotous, from the J. H. C. Forbes stable, turned back Motor City Stables Fly Me, L. H. Drennans Mr. Duncannon and nine others. The first three were outsiders in the big field, and the score of the winner came in a furious drive when she reached the finish leading by a head. Jockey Eddie Smith handled the four-year-old Forbes filly and he had her away from the starting point on the front end to show the way for the full distance. Another upset marked the i-unning of the third race, which brought out ten older sprinters, when Ugin, from the O. F. Jennings stable, repeated his last victory to chalk up his second win in four starts this season. He scored by a small margin over Dizzy Dame, as Great Haste, enjoying most support, finished in third place.
