Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
CHASE A BIC Joke
All Entrants Save OiebOld De-
cline to Make Jumps.
BRUSH WILL BE CUT DOWN
Republican Is Again Returned a
Winner and Cooney K. Proves
the Glass in His Race

LAUREL. Nd, October 6.-Fine wealth
CT brought out the banner crowd of the
meeting at Laure! Yesterday afternoon.
The attendance marked a record in point
of numbers and there was more life TO
the sport han any previous day OF
the meeting. The Improvement in track
conditions brought better contests and it
was readily seen that the track Will
eventually be ias; one.
The third race. a mile condition affair.
brought the best field of the afternoon to
the post, and it resulted in a neck vic
for the first time in the colors of vii
liam Walker, who recently purchased
the colt from his breeder, Mrs. Lilly y.
Livingston. Nadrigalian showed great
eanenesS. He came from behind and
wore down big lead that Question Marx
had opened rounding the far turn and III
driving finish was up in the last few
strides.
The Columbia selling steeplechasc was
little better than farce. Dlebold was
the only one OF the five starters that
finished the course without miShap, and
even he was fortunate in finishing the
course.
The jumps at Laurel are the stiffest in
the country. and IL takes a good, sturdy
out falling. M but Diepold refused at
the second jump. but Magellans rider
finally managed to get hum over and al
though he again refused at Il couple of
the other fences. he managed to iiniSn
within the time limit and secured second
money.
Johnny Hyland furnished the winner of
.hc two Year-old race III Republican. the
colt that won a maiden race here Tues
day. Republican came from the rear in
the stretch run and showed himself to be
fair sort of a youngster. His people
were again fortunate in getting liberal
odds about the colt and cleaned up hand
somely over his victory.
Young Master Byrne again rode two
winners, and on each of them neckS sep
arated the first two horses. The win
ming favortes were Diebold and Brevitc.
The FLY Sympathy. by Stalwart-Ala-
nette, owned by Johnny Hyland, died at
the track this morning. Three others in
his stable are sick. Sympathy started
three times this season and never was
out of the money
William Garth arrived Yesterday from
his home in Charlottesville. Garth has A
big strngs of warnings that he will take
to Benning and break after the conclu-
sion of racing in this state. He will
also take over the yearlings that Samuel
Ross purchased at the kentucky sales
this fall.
James r. keene's Hilarious was worked
between races yesterday afternoon for
his stake engagement Saturday. He was
sent mile. the fractional time being
>; -. Is -, 1.1s la. LA -. He was
pulled up at the finish. Hilarious is also
entered in the two-mile handicap to be
run on the closing day of the Pimlico
meeting.
The stewards suspended Jockey Address
for the balance of the meeting for rough
riding in. the two year-old stake run Wed
nesday. Address had the mount on
DuvaIl and interfered with several of
the starters.
The stable of horses trained and owned
by the Burtschell brothers now head the
list of winning owners at Laurel. This
is due to the winning of the first stake
of the meeting by LaWton Virgins and
the victory of three other horses. Law
ton Virgins was the first horse that
John Burtschell ever owned. and was the
first that ever went to the post under
his license trainer. w. A. Burt
schell now trains the horses of Sam. Louis
and Albert Simons. as we'll as one or
two of his own. His brother. having
taken out license, is training his own
horses-Lawton Virgins, Grassmere and
Rose Queen.