The Washington herald., 1911-10-19
Kyrat Captures the
Army and Navy Race
Lieut.. Lyman Rides Mount Home-Gop Crothers
to Attend State Fair Today
By GEORGE b. MORRIS.

Laurel. Md, Oct 1S-Society turned out
to-day to witness the running of the
Laurel Plate for officers OF the army
and navy, with a cash value Of 500.
Eight horses faced the barrier. with
Matabon an odds-on favorite. Matabon,
Phoenix Stagg. and Kyrat raced together
for the first mile and half. and with
clever ride Kyrat, with Lieut.. Lyman In
the saddle, cleverly won from o. X, who
was ten lengths in front of Phoenix
Stage.
The fifth race brought some high-class
horses to the barrier. with Plate Glass
at 13 to % against him, winning in a
canter from Locheil, who ran a nice
race. The best thing Of the day was
Montcalm. who closed at 20 to l, beating
Ben Loyal. who was played down from
to to to at post time. Montcalm.
off we'll, took the lead and made every
post a winning one.
Horizon, who won the second race, was
backed from u TO l to to l at post
time, and he rewarded his hackers by
running a good race and winning easily
from a fair field. The summaries, run
ming:
FIRST RACE-Purse. 500; two-year-olds; seven
frrIongs Rey, IS Diggins). to l. won; Duke
Dafy. 81 tHopkins). to / second; Little Ep %
Touch Stairs Monsieur Y, Lesbos, Senator SPARKS
and Clearwater also an.
SECOND RACE-Threey year-olds and upward;
rsrsc 500: SIX furlonSs Horizon, I5 CTroNler)
to . won; May Amelia. III Warrington, to !,
second; Mon Ami, 100 CGouldl. to l, third. Time,
II7l-5 Toisou dor Rose Medler. Kinnelon, ST.
Joseph Handrunning, Zen Lomond, LOUIS des CoS-
nets and Joe Rose also ran.
THIRD RACE-Purse. $50; army and navy ofd-
GERS: two miles Kyrat. Isl Capt otwell, to l.
won; o. X. l9 uieut- Lyman, to l. second;
Nen ATa1 Nn
Time. 35s Miss Hynes. knight ElWay, Matabon.
and May Lee also
FOURTH RACE-Canvasback Selling Stake,
$500; three-year-olds and upward six fuIiongs
Montcalm liz (Goldstsin), l2 to l. won; Ben Loyal,
lis (Gordon), TO s second; Spellbound, lW tD1g-
gins), to / third. NTime, l:l6 Is. Lady lima.
Monty Fox Aspirin. Grasmere, Helen Barber and
FIFTH RACEPurse, $500; threeyear-olds and
upward; one mile. Plate Glass. ll9 Peak. to D
won; Lochiel. 81 Forehand), to l, second; nor
mack, los Could, 5 to l. third third: Time; r 20
sixth RACE-Purse, 500; threeyear-olds and
upward; one and onesixteenth miles. Font, u
Hopkins. IL to 10 won; Grania. no LGrandj' 70
l. second; The Golden Butterfly, los (NoianD, 10
l. third. Time, l'Is Is Judge Monck, Golden Cas-
tie, and Arondack also ran.
Gov. Crothers' Day.
The management announced that Gov.
Crothers, OF Maryland, would be present
fair management had decided to name
the day as Gov. Crothers' Day."
Tomorrow will be governors day at
the fair, under the auspices of the Mary
land State Fair Association. Gov. Croth-
ers will spend the greater part OF the
day in looking over the numerous ex-
hibits which have attracted so much at
tention.
The success of the fair has been so
marked that Manager H. D. Brown is
considering the advisability of extending
il throughout the remainder OF the
month
The judges will be kept busy for the
next two or three days In handling the
awards in this class. It will take the re-
mainder of the week to handle all OF
the classes in the horse ring, due 10 the
size of the entries. One of the most pop
ular parts of the judging has yet to be
disposed of, 1t being the events Tor sad
die horses and hunters. There are many
entries in these classes and they VIII De
started on tomorrow.
The next feature of attraction is the