The Washington herald., 1911-10-11
Black Branch, 6Oto I,
Wins Race at Laurel
Heavily Played Horse, Owned by Washingtonian
Furnishes Surprise of Day..
BY GEORGE b. NORRIS.

Laurel, Md, Oct lO.-BIack Branch.
owned by h. Utterback, of Washington,
captured the fifth event at Laurel to-
day at the long odds of 80 to |. He was
heavily played all over the ring. and sew
craI large bets were cashed on this race.
Servicence. who was played down from
E TO to to l. was caught in the bar
rier and left at the post He carried the
bulk of the public's money. This Is the
third horse having been caught in the
same manner since Saturday-Plate
Glass. the favorite in the Baltimore
Handicap. and Wood Dove were the
others.
Either Starter Murray is having hard
luck OF he has incompetent assistants.
Whatever the trouble it should be rem
edied at once.
The feature event of the day-a
steeplechase. about two miles-was won
by Samuel Ross Rosshampton in easy
fashion. Six horses faced the flag in
this race. Magellan and Diebold coming
to grief over the second and third
jumps The Speaker was heavily played
fora good thing. but the best he could
do was to finish about half a mile ia
the rut.
Rosshampton laid in third position un-
til rounding the last jump. when he drew
away from Black Branch nicely. With
better rider Black Branch would have
been closer up at the finish.
In the fourth race handiCap at six
furlonGs. Martin W. Littleton beat Sir
John johnson. a heavily played favorite.
by two lengths. and AT the same time
ran the six furlOngs in l:l3 s., a rec
ord for this track
The card TO he run tomorrow is A
good one 1t contains six evenly bal
anced races. among which are some
high-ClaSs horses
The attendance to-day Was 500.
Black Branch. who won the fifth event
at 90 TO ]. WAS the medium of plunge
by score OF WashinGtonians. In to
this race the ''bookies'' had il all their
own way. but with tho winning of Black
Branch it put "crimp'' in many Of
their cash boxes. Following are the
summar ries:
FIRST RACE-rur,e; $50: tWo-ycar-olds; .i1 fur,
longs Hamilton. l6 rSwcCrcyD 10 l. won;
Plant. los t0brrtl tn 5 socUnd; Rev. lp0 'Rvrne,
: {" |. third. Time" lis CsmCIla Congress-
man Iam"S. Ncllo Mad River. and Eos also ran
SECOND RACE-Pur~": 500: rUc-ycar-olds FIVE
ana on"-haf furlun;S. star Jasammc. II2 iRyrnel
: 10 ). won: FrnE Legs. lis lSwecnGyl 10 .
second; Irish TovI. IG Gtndrcssl Is to / third
Time Is 2-' Promised Land Shrcve ERciencv
and R'Irlhliran also ran.
THIRD RACE-PurSc: $40: fnnr-vrar-old, and
up: >teeplechaSe: two miles Rcsshamptnu lH
fAllcn) =" 5 Won: Black Bridge IIo CSarcn
4 10 /. second: The Speaker I22 rHcndcr~onl 8
10 !. thrd Time. j:ls. Magellan Dieboh and
ChariVar also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Frec handicap: rrrse: 500
threeycar-oldS and up. six furIouEs Martin W
Littlctcn. % fByrne) s 10 l. won: sir John Jonn-
son. ll9 "ioldStsin,. even. second Rose Queen loj
Sweeney % TO l. third. Time l:l3 Is Bosom
King Olympion. and Ragman also ran
FIFTH RACE-Threcy years-olds and up; one
mile and seventy yards. Black Branch. G I'D
wards. 60 to l. won Dull Care. 10 lSwecncyl
10 l. second; Golden Castle. % iByruel s to J.
third. Time. i5 Is lima Lord Wells Servi
Ccnce. aud Quality Street also ran.
SIXTH RACE-PurSe; 500; three-year-ods and
up. Cne and unC-cighth miles. Oakhurst Jog
Bymel. tn /. won; ZScnap IO2 Gordon % l.
second; Breyitc. 10 Peak. to l. third Time
l 81. Fl Orc. Michael Angelo. Nv Gal and Troy
Weight also