The Washington herald., 1914-10-24
AmaIfi Captures
Laurel Feature
Lands Selling Handicap at a
Mile and One-sixteenth.
Spearhead Second.
OPENING TO LEONNINE
.Dy GEORGE B. MoRRIs.


Laurel. Nd. Oct. 2.-Favorites split
even today at Laurel Park, three first
choices and three outsiders capturing the
days card.
The feature on the program-the fourth
race, selling handicap at mile and a
sixteenth-was won by AmaIh, who was
| in close quarters until well into the
! stretch, where he found q lucky opening
and slid~through to win going away.
| SpeaThead ran an excellent race and fin
ished second, while Holiday was third.
August Belmonts Thornhill was the pub
lie choice, but was never a contender and
finished outside of the money.
Harry Payne Whitney, the New York
| turfman, captured two races, the first
with Leonnine. who made a show Of his
field, while Paint Brush captured the
! other event. The victory of the last
| named horse was a surprise to the talent.
as he was an outsider in the betting.
Samuel Ross, the Washington horse
Duenner. while Balfron was second and
Napier third. DR.. Duenner had TO be
hard ridden to stall on Balfron, who ran
a crackerjack race and was running over
horses at the finish. Balfron had to go
around his field. and he probably would
have won with better racing luck.
DR.. J. S. Tyree, another Washington
nuTEtlldHt WON lnt event "lu
tector, who beat Pullux a head for the
first money, while Eagle was third.
The last event was won by Gerard.
the favoTite, who managed TO beat Con-
nemara a length, who in turn beat Hedge
Rose for the short end Of the purse.
The winner was entered to be sold for
$500 He was promptly boosted to $So6.
and retained by his owner. r. B. Steele.
One OF the greatest two-year-old tests
1 gkn ha NrINT gaA
Saturday when the juveniles parade to
the post in the Potomac handicap.
II looks as IL there will be a dozen
starters out of the forty-siX original
nominations, but as quite a number Of
thoFe that will sport silk are considered
among the top notch juveniles of the
srason a rattling good contest should
he witnessed.
Pebbles undoubtedly is the best two
ycar-old shown this season. In his first
efforts he showed a disposition to act
mean at the post. but he has apparently
recovered from that inclination and in
his starts at Laurel was OF well. Had
Pebbles been in the Futurity, IL is alto
gether probable the Quincy stables Tro-
jan would not have won. But the death
Of James r. Keene, the nominator OF
the Butler tw0tyear-old, vitiated the
entry. Pebbles is a well-made son Of
Ben Brush and Running Stream. and on
breeding should train into a great three
year-old. More than that. however.
Pebbles gives promise of development.
He is not perhaps the best looking colt
in the Butler barn. High Noon, Kill
kenny Boy. and Tudor King outlook
Pebbles. but they do not belong in the
same class apparently. Last Coin may !
turn out to be as good a horse as his
stablemate. This son Of Ultimus showed
better than any yOungster in the Butler
string at JuareZ last winter. but he
did not get TO the races until late. and
in his three starts did all that was asked
of him.
If Pebbles and his stablemates train
on, as there is every reason to believe |
they will. Mr.. Butler should sweep all /
the three-year-Old stakes in the East and !
next year. There is no horse of |
the class Of Pebbles that raced in Canada I
last year. and II all goes well Pebbles .
should have an easy thing in the Dorval /
Derby. which will be the
richest three-year-old stake Of next sea-
son.
Mr.. Butler will have a crop Of fine two |
year-olds to re-enforce his older horses. /
He has a lot of good-looking yearlings |
bred along the same lines as his present .
stock, and the history Of the American
turf has demonstrated that the Keene
hOIses "1e tue Oest pei hieIs IN ~ ms
1t is possible that Mr.. Butler
will send a few horses to Mexico and ,
give them their kindergarten education,
but present plans are to winter in New
York.
Col. Matt Winn, the manager of Laurel
Park, is looking forward to the most
successful meeting ever held in Mexico.
The stakes for the meeting will close
next Thursday, and Col. Winn already
has assurance that some Of the best |.
horses in training will be raced at Juarez.
Col Winn is considering the installation
of the pari-mutuel system at the Juarez
course. The success of the machines at
Laurel Park has been so marked that he
believes they would be preferred by the
"a cling public at Juare7