The Washington herald., 1911-10-14
Hilarious Breaks
Laurel Track Mark
Runs Mile in I:4O Flat in a GaLlop-Attendance
LARGEST of the Meet-BroUn, Makes a Hit.
By GEORGE B. MORRIS.

Laurel, Md. Oci. l3-With a record
breaking crowd of 1850 persons in at
tendance, a card that was very attractive
and finishes in several cases being so
close that the public could not separate
them, marked the most successful day of
sport that the Laurel Racing Association |
has yet presented.
The feature race, of one mile, was won
by Hilarious, who showed an excellent
performance for his first appearance, !
wining in an ordinary gallop in the fast
time of l:4O a tack record for Laurel
From now on il VIII take the best horses ,
in Maryland to beat this fast colt OF
James R Keene. Martin w. Littleton
ran a creditable race, but was far out
cIassed by the winner.
The consistent Oakhurst won his third
consecutive race. leading from the start
to the finish. He was as good as to l.
The old Campaigrer, King AVondaIe'
winner of the fifth race, showed his heels
to a fast band OF paters. winning with
out much effort. The surprisG-.f the day
came in the last race, and wmle Husky
Lad beat Joe Kenyon a nose on tha
post Kenyon vas the best and should
have won. OF none too good, he was
compelled to run around his field. He
made up at least ten lengths, ana "oulu
have won in another jump.
Husky Lad, the winner, ran a con-
sistent race. He was off to a good break
and had clear sailing all the way. he
just lasted long enough to win.
Souvenirs for the Ladies.
Beautiful souvenirs were given the
ladies in attendance The souvenirs were
beautiful silk squares with the entries
weights. and owners printed on them
and they reflect much credit on Secre-
tary Brown for his aEgressiveness and
up-tO-date methods
One thing certain is that the book
les are liberal in their odds. In the
second race FL I;art, one of the favor
ties was quoted at TO !. From the
manner in which the lines formed after
each event it was clearly visible that the
public had much the better of the day.
The fast time OF 40, made in. the
fourth race hy Hilarious, shows the eN-
cellent condition the track IS in. With
each days racing the attendance grows
and with eleven days OF racing the track
has sprung intO the most popular in TINS
section of the country.
Curly Brown, secretary of the as
sociation, has used every method known
TO make this track a success, and there
is every reason to believe that he has
succeeded we'll
The card tomorrow presents very
attractive one. Six well-bal lanCed races
and novelty feature, d race between
the attractions.
In the first event OF the day, a bad
spill occurred, when Jockeys Byrne,
Gould and Sweeney were crowded
against the fence and thrown from their
mounts They were fortunate to escape
with a slight shaking up.
Little Epp the winner Of the first race,
was bid Up by Thomas Hatfield from
500 to $500, and was taken from Samuel
Ross. Ross retaliated by claiming Mad
River. 4 vast Improvement is notice
able in the starting Of each event
Starter Murray is now getting his fields
away in nice order. The attendance to-
day was so large that many were COM
PEELED to stand there being not enough
available space in the grand stands TO
accommodate the crowd.
The management announced that it
wiuld give another ladies' day next
week. All in ali the best days sport OF
many months was had by those who
were in attendance to-day.
Following are the summaries:
FIRST RACE-Purse $40; for two
year-olds: FIVE furlongs. Little Ep, 107
CForehand), to l, won by a length; Mad
River, 10 ,TroXler), to !, second; Ca /
tula. I0i Peak, 70 to l. third. Time. |
I.02 Is. Duke Daffy, Jingo. Jeanette B, |
Grace Nc Little En-. Gift, and Clear |
Water also ran. Senator Sparks and
Captain Bravo fell
SEOO-Nlp fS[AN- E--I ul So Ftvy' loi al !
ages; msiGens; one mile. El Bart, l02
CFairbrotherD. to l, won by a length; !
Stairs, 81 CIcCabeD, to l, second; Wood |
Dove, 81 UOunsbery), TO l. third. Time, !
I.42 Day Bell, Hughie Quinn, Lady Ro- |
salie and Jack Burdette also ran.
THIRD RACE-PuTse, 500: for three |
year-oIds and upward: one mile Hiari- |
Gus. 115 CGoldsteinD, I TO ), Won by a |
length; Martin w. Littleton, 10S (Nolan), /!
to l, second: Babbler, 1O5 Forehand). |
to l, third. Time, 1:+0. Animus, Cough |
Hill, Bishop W, How About You, and |
Handwriting also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. $500; handicap; |
one and one-sixteenth miles Oakhurst, |
112 CGouId). to l. won by a length: John |
Reardon, 1O9 (OberD, 10 to l, second; |
Sticker, 115 CGoldstein), 3 to l, third |
Time, 1:45 3-5. Jacquilina, Grania, Helene, |
Nand Brevite also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Purse 800; for three
year-olds and upward: six furlongs-l
King Avondale 10 CBeln, 5 to l, won; |
Richard Reed, 1O5 CWingfeld), to l, sec
ond; Top Note, 107 (Obert). s to l, third. |
Time, I:I4 3-5 Toison dor, Grenada, |
Dacra, Baby Wolf, Premier, and Eagle |
Bird also ran.
year-olds and upward; one and one-six- !
teenth miles. Husky Lad, 1O2 CHopkins). |
to l, won: Joe Kenyon, 1O1 CNolan), to |
/, second; Servicence, 115 CForehand), to |
J. third. Time. 1:f is. Tom Melton |
Hatteras. Rock Castle, Black Branch. |
. and Eddie Graney also ran.