The Washington herald., 1914-10-20
'BEDWELL PUTS
winners ACROSS
Bushy Head and Sir Edgar
Romp in First in Two
Events.
Dy GIoRGE 3. NORRIS.

Laurel, Nd, Oct. ia large Monday
crowd turned out today at Laurel Park
and witnessed the running of six we'll
balanced races. While there was no spe-
cial feature on the program. finishes we're
close and exciting and those IN atten-
dance enjoyed a fine days sport.
Wizard" Bedwell put over two win
ners in Bushy Head and Sir Edgar, both
horses holding their field safely all the
way round. Willie Martin did likewise
In putting over Fly Home and The Rump.
A delegation OF Norfolk, Va, sportsmen
came to Laurel especially to play the
Martin horses and they were well reward
ed as the prices on them were long, Fly
Home, paying IL to 1. while the Rump
paid 2 to 1.
AS usual the mutuel machines handled
the largest sum today that has been
wagered on a Monday since the inaugu-
ration Of the machines
Holton's defeat in the last race was
distinct shock to the crowd as he was
looked upon as a sure thing. However.
he was not good enough for the Bedwell
horse, and second was the best he
could do.
Golden Chimes, a three-year-old colt
by VoterAdeIbert Belle. the property OF
r. F. Carman, the New York horseman.
came to an untimely end while being
schooled through the field. Ridden by
Dion Kerr, the well-known amateur
sportsman and society man, Golden
Chimes raced at the first jump in reso-
Lutte fashion. but to onlookers never
appeared to raise so as to clear the OBJ
stacle. the result being that both rider
and horse went down with crash.
The horse died almost Immediately hav-
ing suffered a broken neck, while Kerr
l. frNE
ton. A later examination disclosed the
fact that he was suffering from frac-
tured collarbone. He was removed by au-
tomobile to Garfield Hospital, in Wash
ington, where Il was stated that he had
escaped internal injuries, but suffered a
fractured collarbone and was resting
easy tonight.
G. F. Buschmeyer's Hawthorn, the
Hastings White Thorn fou--year-old,
which was considered one OF the best
three-year-olds in the West last season
until he went wrong. is now on the road
to recovery at DR.. McCully's Hospital.
New York, after undergoing a successful
operation for throat trouble. After
Iapse Of q week or ten days, Hawthorn
will be fired and blistered and as soon
after as permissible will be shipped back
to Kentucky and turned out until next
spring.
Hawthorn Is Ine ScCOnu nOISS NHANh
DR.. McCully has had shipped to him from
Kentucky this season TO be operated on
for the same trouble. Amos Turney hav-
ing sent his good three-year Horror HOr-
ron up during the flrst part OF the sea
son.
r. F. Walden has already announced
that he will race his stable at the Ken
lucky tracks next season. He plans TO
start the season at PimlicO and at the
conclusion OF that meeting to ship 10
Louisville. Walden has a few three
year-olds in his stable that he considers
worth entering in all the Kentucky
derbys next year. They are Uncle Bryn,
RusIla and Banquet He has ten year
lings at his farm at Middleburg. Nd,
some of which are extra good lockers.
They are by Bryn Mawr, Jubilee and
King James. there being one colt by the
latter sire which has shown some ex-
fast trials. He offered to
match the latter against DR.. Tyree's by
Sea King out Of Toots, that had worked
a quarter OF a mile over the Bennings
track with l4O pounds up in twenty-fOur
accomplishing the first furlong
In II 3-5. Walden proposed to run both |
colts a half mile dash at the next spring !
meeting at Pimlico for 81. 900 a side and !
offered to put up a forfeit Of 500.
In all probability the horses Of James |
Butler, the New York sportsman. and !
which are considered the greatest lot of |
that have raced under the /
colors Of one establishment in a number /
Of years. will, after the close OF the |
Laurel Park meeting, go into winter
quarters at the Hasgin stable. OnneCk |
Road, adjoining the Sheepshead Bay race
track