The Washington times., 1914-10-11
LIVE SPORTS ros;, ns''fs na1s,., BY
FAIR SIZED FIELDS ARE,
BOOKED FOR LAUREL
Columbus Handicap at Six FuIongs Promises to Be Most At
tractVe Race for Students Of Track-Event will Be
Open to Horses of All Ages.

No better prospect for witnessing
first-class racing was ever held out,
than that offered at Laurel Park to-
morrow. The fields are all of good size.
and better still there is certain
bring about contention of the keenest
sort. But when all is said and done,
the feature event of the day. the Co
lumbus Handicap at six furlongs for all
ages furnishes about as interesting a
problem to form students as one could
wish TO find. There are q few two-year-
olds of the best quality asked to con-
cede weight under the scale to sprint
ers of the highest class and the outcome
will be watched with interest.
On the face of ii the two-year-olds
seem to have a shade the best Of the
argument for the reason that at this
season of the year they are nominally
three -year-olds, but the fact was never
weight concessions on their part are
rather big, and they must possess real
quality SO as to make good.
But among students of racing it looks
like cinch for Comely to defeat this
field. while her stable mate, High Noon,
is just as we'll thought of IN view Of his
previous accomplishment when he ran
second to his stable companion Pebbles.
The runners up look to be whichever
mare that the Montpelier stable send
to the post to represent them, be IL
either Hester Prynne of Pomette Bleu.
while Spring Board has an outside
chance to be in the money.
The opening number over the mile
journey under selling conditions for
three-year-olds and upward. has some
nice platers entered and should bring
about rattling good contest. Figuring
their several weights and the condition
which they have shown of late. Mary
Warren should be able to score in front,
Hypatia to be second and Balfron to be
third. ...s --
The second race. which Is for juveniles
at fve-and-a-half furlongs, has attracted
a well balanced field Of better than ord1-
nary two-year-olds and on paper 1t
seems to be a close fight between sew
eraI OF them.
uoubIe Eagle has shown so much inn
provement of late that he is given the
edge here, but only by 5ilade, for Dis
tant Shore AMI Sarsenet have retter
than an outside chance to defeat him.
while Hanson. Fair Count, and Ninety
Simplex have all shown good enough
form Of late to entitle them to consider
alton.
The third race has a cracking good
field of horses entered. all being partial
to the route while the weights are SO
assigned that there will be little to
choose between them on that score. On
what they have previously shown Mag
net looks like the most probable win
ner Flittergold the contender. and Re-
publican Lest liked among the others
The fifth event, at a mile, under. sell
ing handicap conditions Cor 'three-ycar-
olds and upward. has some nice platers
entered Little Nearer, by his victory
over Montresor and others the other
accomplishment. while Flitaway and
Uncle Nun appear to be the best Of the
balance.
The closing number of this high class
program should he accounted for by j.
Fl. Houghton. Patience being favored
for the place position, while Narisr
should have little trouble being third,
If rot bit better.
II will be many a dav before another
performance such as accomplished by
Roamer on Saturday at Laurel Pirk.
will be seen Picking up 124 pounds and
conceding weight to every horse In the
came with the exception of Stromboli,
he hung up a mark of 1:t9 3-5 for the
stand for many n day. If not for years.
But the real merit of his performance
lays in the fact that the Miller gelding
forced all his own pace. and had the
lighter weighted horses behind him
dizzy and footsore long before the judges
stand hove in view, for he travelled the
first mile of the race in 1:36 3-5. re-
markable time when 1t Is considered
that he had to travel around two turns
to do II. His defeat by Strombof few
days ago can. be accounted for through
the fact that he had been let up on