Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-24
.FAVOR|TES GO down
Six of Them Lose Out in the
Seven Events on the Card.
TRACK IN MISERABLE SHAPE
Lieut.. Rockwell's o. K. Slips Over q
Surprise-Affable and John Rear.
don Give Bettors Blues.

Six out Of seven races at Laurel yester.
day saw favorites moved under. Richard
Reed, the great and good mudder of the
| Bedwell stable, being the only highly
thought-of horse of the day to run true
| to his form In the mire.
For the early events the track was in
| miserable shape, but q crowd of work
men were busy all morning cutting in
drains. and before the program had been
completed the course was not half so
bad. There was not improvement enough
to cause the talent to shake their fond
] ness for the mud runners, however, and
the winners who had won laurels when
the going was heaviest
Although there were upsets in all the
| races but one, and the wisest could do
nothing but trust to luck, the biggest sur
prise of the day came when Kyrat, who
demonstrated his ability as a heavy-track
| horse last Friday. was beaten in the
mile-and-a-half run by 0. K, Lieut..
Rockwell's bay gelding, whom the officer
selected to ride. The purse was $3.50. and
was more valuable than any prize Of
fered during the day.
o. K. was fairly we'll liked because
Lieut.. Rockwell entered Matabon. but
turned the task of plotting him over to
Lieut.. DOwner. he plunge favored
Kyrat. and Lieut.. Alexander made a
mighty good ride Of it. O. K. was saved
for the stretch run and this was where
he got the better of kyrat. The distance
was covered in 2.53 3-5, which is fairly
good time VIXEN the conditions under foot
are considered.
Aftable Loses Out.
The first favorite to go under was At
fable. in the first race, who was regarded
as having an even chance against field
Of ten. Anable was ridden by Jockey
Byrne, but was away badly and could
never catch up. Jockey Gordon rode
James Dockery, the winner, and did it
in mighty good style. James Dockery
was off in front, and although Efficiency
appeared more than once to be gaining
ground and was saved for a final effort
In the stretch. the J. L. Holland filly
had undertaken too much, and Hopkins
could not make her go. fast enough to
overtake the leader. Nello was third, her
workouts in the mud being responsible
for her good rating. The only disap-
pointment in this race was the downfall
Of the favorite.
In the second race Top Note was con-
utation for going on heavy tracks that
caused her to be posted at to / against
the field OF eleven. But Top Note was
destined to share the fate Of Affable and
could not get up at any stage of the
race. Ben Lomond was forced hard by
Gordon In the effort to stave of Hand
running, and succeeded. Argonaut was
liked because of his good race Saturday.
when he finished second. but could not
get higher up than third yesterday. Alb
get higher up than third yesterday Abra-
sion and Planutess were never very
dangerous.
John Reardon was the favorite to be
showed under in the fourth race, his
poor. showing in the hands OF Forehand
causing those who believed him to be in
condition to surmise that It will be several
days before he will be given another
chance.
Jacouilina was ridden home by Bruce
in one OF the grandest finishes that have
been seen thus far at Laurel. JAG
Quilina was given a fast workout recent
ly at am. and this fact was kept secret
by Owner Anderson. who did not forget.
however. to put all his friends wise. Jac-
quilina was off slowly. but began to i'm
prove 100 yards before the turn into the
stretch was reached. and moved down
her opponents in rapid-fire order. She
finished strongly, beating Font. Aspirin
was third.
The mile was completed in la Is,
which Is considered very creditable. The
blow to the visitors. very few Of whom
knew anything. Of the fitness OF JAG
| quiiina.
The last event was regarded an open
and-shut affair for Montgomery or Servi-
| cence before the route was gone over, the
two being posted equally by the layers
and were thought to outclass the others.
Dolly Bultman. in the hands of Hopkins.
rode in and out coming down the stretch.
and but for interference Troxler probably
would have gotten Montgomery home
first. There was a dispute after the race
that caused a delay in the posting OF the
official sign, but the result went as 1t
happened. Montgomery ran game race.
but was slow coming up until too late
to get under the wire ahead Of the win
ner. Servicence ran q poor race. failing
| to tive up to the reputation of Service,
| his SIRE Glenn Beachey was played by
few who saw him slip over win last
| week