The Washington times., 1914-11-01
STEEPLECHASE DAILY
At P|ML|C0 TRACK
No ost of the Laurel Horses Will
Run at Old Hill Top Course
This Week.

The racing scene shifts to Pimlico now
G r. commencing tomorrow, the Mary
J. d Jockey Club will enter upon its
& day fall meeting.
Iust of the horses which have been
= ing at Laurel will be seen at the old
J Il Top course, and there will be an
q undance Of material on hand to make
u bis fields Of entries every day.
Ns usual, the cross-country events will
b, n feature and the program calls for
. steeplechsse every day. 1t looks now
=. II old Pimlico was in for one of the
oett meetings Of It's career.
The wInd-up at Laurel was brilliant,
indeed, and fittingly marked the close
OF n most successful meeting. A bumper
crowd was out for the getaway stakes
and got a run for it's money.
The racing was OF the finest char
s1ade notable from the fact that two
! sw track records were established.
N the third race, James Buffers 3
Z tGo-yoRr-old colt Kilkenny Boy, with
3S pounds up, ran the five and half
:urlongs In les As, thrce-hfths or
second better than the former tracS
Iounds up.
In the fifth event Republican ran the
iuile In I:37 49, one-tifth OF second
hotter than the previous record made
~ Robert Bradley.
The Montpelier stables Tartar,
which captured the National Handicap,
the big race Of the meeting. with
q 80 added, ran q most Impressive
70 &C, keeping in behind the pace until
q stretcn was reached, and then COM
irg away TO handy victory.
colbert Bradley made all the pace.
b. the distance was too far for him
q d he faded away in the stretch.
:Gme little Buskin ran his usual con-
= stent race and got the place. john
N.Galen complains with considerable
= ow OF Justice that the Handicapped
!, eps putting weight on to Busk.n when
J, should be taking 1t off. particularly
Y aen compared with Tartar.
ho last time these two horses met
7 pvious TO yesterday. was October 10th
t. the Washington Handicap at a mile
O. one-eishth where Tartar carried lo2
7 lnds and BusSin Ito, and Tartar beat
|. . whalen colt half length.
N October LIST the horses met in the
] ltimore Handicap at a mile and one
8 teenth and Tartar carried 104 pounds
: thet race and Busk!n Ill. Here the
. .'1ntpel,er colt beat Buskin three
J gths.
On this showing 1t would be natural
g. suppose that the Handicapped would
! sve taken weight off Buskin and in
creased the impost on Tartar He did
cutie the contrary, however, taking
weight off OF Tartar and increasing 1t
On Buskin.
CAPTAIN Cassatts good handicap mare
: ing Fairy, was making her first ap-
I Q rance in a long time and on the
strength Of fast workouts received a
substan ntial backing. The filly however
seemed TO lack her old time speed ana
vas never dangerous.
Kilkenny Boy, another from that
wonderful string Of two-year-olds which
G ITS its oats under James Buffers roof
{ -ee, ran q rather remarkable race in
tne two-year-old handicap.
rhe colt ioafed along in the rear until,
r. the head Of the stretch, II looked es
8 he was out OF It Suddenly Borei
c led on him and before the public
{ uld believe its senses the colt had
{ 1sed 6 gap OF five or six lengths and
= simply rouping away from his
? ID.
Nat Beal gave the talent a bad quarter
G en- hour In the first race when his
tvrc-year old Ally, Lady Butterfly, at
& IS Of about 100 to /, breezed out in
1-ont all the way and was only beaten
: chit at the end by Change.
me finish between Republican and
= ornhill in the fifth race was one OF