Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-04
ASTUTE THROWN OUT
After Winning Jumping Race
He Is Disqualified at PimIico.
TOP HAT WINS OPENER
Holiday and Belmont's Colt Are on
the Field in the
Betting,

BALTIMORE, Md, November 4.-Aftcr
leading lis field from start to finish in
the Junior steeplechase at Pimico yes
terday Astute, the three-year-old Topper,
belonging to Charles r. Fleischman. was
disqualified by the stewards The dis
qualification was made. the stewards said
because Kermath. who rode Astute.
crowded Repentant in the last seventy
yards. Repentant finished second. Syos-
set third and Rhomb fourth. Hence the
horses were moved up a peg in the order
named.
Astute went to the front soon after the
start of the two-mile race and on the
far side of the field he was nearly ten
lengths ahead. Syosset and Repentant
were running next in order and the sec
ond time around the course both made a
determined effort to overtake the leader.
Just before the last obstacle was taken
Repentant and Syosset were almost on
top of Astute.
Astute was firing badly and Repentant
looked sure winner until the disqual-
fled horse bore in toward the infield.
Tuckey, who rode Repentant. went into
the stewards stand and lodged foul.
The stewards then called in Astute' s
rider Kermath. after which the ruling
was made. 1t seemed TO meet with the
approval of the majority of the spec
tatorS.
Hildreth Saddles Another Winner.
Duplicating his feat of Saturday for
August Belmont Sam Hildreth saddled
the winner of the opening race again
when Top Hat won the mile event for all
ages. kewessa was nearly a length away
to place and Aware showed. On the far
! side it looked as If kewessa would romp
home by many lengths, but in the home
stretch the Oliver gelding could not keep
up. the pace he had set and Top Hat
easily disposed of him.
H. G. Bedwell the western turfman.
won the last two races, the fifth with
both being long shots The fifth event
was mile and seventy yards and Pard-
tner making his first start this fall in
Maryland, was close on the heels or
Colonel Ashmeade at the start On the
far side Ashmeade could not shake off
Pardner and in the last sixteenth the
Bedwel horse easily shook off Ashmeade.
Dangerous March, forward contender.
was third.
In the sixth race. which was over the
siX-furlons route. Right Easy forced Mon
ty Fox 20 set fast pace to the head of
the homestretch. where the Bedwell
throushbred disposed of him and went on
to win by length from Spellbound, with
Agnier showing. Both pace and show
horses closed pidly.
Lace by Length and Half.
After setting fast pace until the last
furlong Black Chief weakened in the run
ming of the third race, which was at six
furlongs. and Lace running third in the
early going. went to the front and won
going away by length and half. Fred
Levy was never worse off tnan third all
the way After the race \. +. Foreman
bid Lace up to $1,000. but the usual 50 re-
tanned her for A. r. Joplin. She was en-
tered for $500.
The longest shot of the day was Holi-
day, who won the second event. which
was at five and one-half .furlongs. for
ltwo-year-olds He paid IA to l. Getting
off poorly, the winner was forced to work
his way up on the outside until the head
| of the stretch. when he slipped through
to the rail and got up in time to get the
decision by scant margin from Wilson S
Pomette Bleu. Valkyr!e. forward con-
tender. showed. HOLIDAY and Top Hat
were in the field
Johnny McTaggart. who had his left
foot injured in the opening race Satur-
day. probably Will not ride during the re-
mainder of the week. Hughie Penny.
his employer, says McTagSarts foot is
pretty badly bruised When the young
ster was nine years old the same foot