The Washington herald., 1912-10-16
Superstiti ion Beats
Good Field at Laurel
Favorite with Local Honemen Captures the Feature
! Event from Good Field Cmvasback
Stakes Carded To-day.

q magnet In attracting . large and en-
thunistic crowd. to Laurel Park to-day.
Washingtoa sent its usual contingent Of
supporteSs to SEQ its fsvorits horse. su-
perstition, run in the fourth event Of the
day. q handicap At mile and Q sixteenth.
True to his followers he beat out. . good
fleid and redeemed himself for his de-
feat ON Saturday ~ AmaiA He was
ven supported and the result Of the
race was never IN doubt 90 old ''eups."
q he 10 better known. made each and
every post . winning one. and breesed
homo two leagfhs In front Of JacQuslina.
who beat Kormak . like distance for the
place.
Aftergiow. . maiden. who has been
running some fair races. broke out Of
this class to-day BY aanexing the hrst
race. while Ambrose. well ridden by But
well was second Q scant head behind the
winner. Burseois. an outsider. was third.
The steeplechase over the short course.
about two miles, was Q keen disappoint-
ment to the large crowd. a. Miss Hynes.
who ran such an excellent race last Fri.
day. and who reigned favorite, finished
In the ruck. while Lixxie Flat. who can
always be dspended on to b close at
the fnish. was second. three lengths in
front Of Prince Hampton. Miss Hynes
did not run her race to-day and win
bear watching the next time out. She
Is capable Of beating better company
than she met to-day.
Moakey Captures Third Event.
The third event brought q bad lot to
the barrier. Each horse had its support
ers. Montcalm. who was installed ~ .
likely winner, finished among the ''also
rams" II ever there was q chance for
him to make good. to-day was the day.
The winner turned up in Monkey. who
had no trouble disposing OF this poor lot
Of platers.
The card offered tomorrow 10 one of
the best offered at the meeting. II in
cludes the Canvasback Stakes. worth
$3.50 added. and will send to the post
such champions as Azytade, Leochares,
and Yankee Motions. Axyiade. who has
been running consistently. should run
well here, although Leochares. the Cana
dian champion. is well fancied. This
race is q two-year-old event. and there is
much rivalry to decide which 10 the bet
ter Of the three named horses.
On Friday next Manager Brown an
nounces that he will repeat his novelty
race. which was run OF last Friday. This
event will consist Of two motorcycles.
two horses. two automobiles. and two foot
runners The race last week was marred
by q mistake In the starting. This week
new arrangements will be made, 20 that
a repetition OF last week will be impos-
sible The summaries:
FIRST RACE-Maiden tuo-year-clds: h,e and
ooe-haN furiongx Afterylou. Ill MsrtinI, . to 5.
won: Ambru~e. lH Butvell: to & secood: Bur
erois, liz tGross, 80 to l. third. Time. -. Wind
burn, Mohawk Boy. Reno federafa. and Bstray
alD ran.
SECOND RACE-Seiiins: steep,echase: thfee-
yrar-o,ds and up; about tuo miieA Jesuit. ID
1ChartiAnd). II to 5. won: Lizzie Fiat, ~ Steven-
soul. 6 to l. second; Prince HAMPTON. u Heath
erinston), L to l. third Time. %:B IS Julia
Armour. Irwin r, Diezs. and Miss Hynes also nn.
THIRD RACE-Three- year-olds and up: selling:
six furiougs- Monkey 0l freahan). to ], won
roniAta. lN tschuttineer,. 70 to l. second; Pedi-
gree, los tSchveibig). 9 TO I. third Time. 1:ls.
Joe Gaitens. Mindinette. Rubia Grsude. Madeline
L. Aryonaut, and Moutcalm also ran.
FOURTH RACE-seiling: handicap: three-yesr-
,Ids and up: mile and one-sixteenth. Superstition.
M (ButweiD, 6 to s. won; yaQuelina, ~ (Grossl.
q to l. second: Kormak. lc4 (Byrne). TO I. third.
Time. lA6 IS Gaes. Hamilton, and Afasee also
ran.
FIFTH RAcE-Three- ye.r-old. and up! selling
tx furioaes. Ansvr. lis martini. is to 5. won
Jack Nunnsily. 10 Butwell,. to !. secoud; Cher
~ Seed, Ill tSchuttinses,. to s. third. Time.
la rs Bodkin. Ochre Court. Clem Beschey.
Judee Howell. snd Berkeley also ran
SIXTH RACE-rhrse-yesr-ods snd up; selling
mile and one-sxteenth. n 0ro. lis Usirtruther,.
oud: Towton Field. rs tGlas). to l. third. Time.
i.H 4-5 .Pretendnnu nnBenennchn nSnandnnnnnn
i,S6&S Pretend. Beech Sand Nsdxu. Cloud Chief.
and Fred Mulholland also ran.