The Washington herald., 1915-10-29

Laurel, Oct. 2S.-Dodge, the Western p
year-old who races in the colors OF J. S.
Ward, comes very close TO being the best
juvenile shown at the present meeting
at the local. course. This son OF Jim
Gaftney and Flora Willoughby, conced-
ing weight to all his opponents, scored a
driving victory over James Buffers Spur
IN the Maryland Handicap. the feature OF
the afternoons racing.
The stake had value of $3.50 net to
the winner. and marked the second stake
victory for Dodge at Laurel Park. The
track was quite slow and this contributed
somewhat to the Western colts victory,
as the going was just to his liking. Spur
worked his way from the rear with a
great rush through the stretch and was
just up in time to nose out H. G. Bed
wells Anita for the place. The latter
tired very badly after being a forward
contender throughout
The Maryland Handicap was decidedly
the magnet that drew a large throng to
Laurel Park, as the remainder of the
card brought forth performers of a
cheaper caliber, with the exception of
the opening dash. Two-year-old maidens
faced the barrier in this number, and
owing to the riding tactics of Butwell,
Mrs. F. E. Browns Bigtodo was returned
winner.
In this particular instance Butwell
grabbed Jockey Lilley's leg when De-
lancey was racing alongside Bigtodo well
inside the eighth pole. This cost the Bel
mont juvenile the race, as the pair were
running head and head. The incident
happened almost under the eyes OF the
judges, but when LiIley assembled to the
stand and claimed foul no action was
taken.
ButweIl seems very fortunate in
escaping punishment for these sort
of tactics and this is not the first
time he has offended at the present
meeting. This boy was responsible
for the defeat of James Buffers
High Noon in the lightweight Han
dicap on Tuesday. While astride Bac
he pulled over and shut off High
Noon on two occasions on the back
stretch.
Four selling races were down for
decision and three of these brought
about run-ups. Edward MdBride's
Suueeler made a show Of his oppo-
nents in the siX-furlong sprint and the
speedy platter was boosted $500 over
his entered price by c. c. Smithson
but retained by the stable
The second boost of the day result
ed when j. w Hendrick, jr., carried
jefferson Livingston's Kris Kringle
from $500 to $500 after that 3-year-
old scored over the Rump in a hard
drive in the mile and sixteenth dash
that was fifth on the program. Tne
winner was retained by the stable.
At the end of the card Phil Mus
graves All Smiles suddenly found
his speed and this discovery resulted
in a driving victory over James Ar
thurs recently purchased Burwood
Dave Leary thought enough OF the
winners ability TO boost him from
81 900 to $500 but Musgrave bid the
additional IS and retained his colt
The awakening of All Smiles was the
only disagreeable feature OF the oay
racing and his performance was in
striking contrast with his efforts in
his two most recent efforts.
II was a thoroughly good field that
faced the starter in the Maryland Handi-
can with Dodge and Spur the best
fancied by the public. Rice had Dodge
on his toes as the barrier sprung and
this colt speedily raced into good lead
with Anita the closest in pursuit In
dian Chant had the speed of the re-
mainder of the party and this trio en-
loved the lead until the stretch was
reached.
There was a general closing from the
rear at this stage and Spur who had
slowly been closing ground on the
inside shot out of the bunch to give
chase to Dodge, and Anita. Rice was
forced to hustle this colt all through
the final furlong but at the end he stood
off the challenge of the fast closing
Spur.
Peter Sheridan earned another purse
with his platter Wodan and this 3-year-
Old fortunately escaped a run-up. After
this race J. T. Smith claimed Richard
Langdon for $50.
Jack Goldsborough brought out Roamer
during the afternoon and the Miller
gelding worked a mile and A quarter in
preparation for the National Handicap,
which will be decided Saturday. He step
ped the first mile in 1:43 rs and finished
out the distance in 2:10 80
James Arthur purchased Burwood from
Amos Turney yesterday and J. w.