The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
THE finn FIRST
; NFEATURE RACE
, Condition of Track Causes
Withdrawal of Horses in All
Events on Laurel Card.
THIRD TO PROHIBITION
GEORGE, B. MORRIS.


at the Maryland State Fair course
being cut to pieces today and as a re-
suit the fields were ridiculously small,
I especially SO in' the Baltimore Handi-
cap when Roamer, Stromboli, Borrow
and several other high-class horses
refused the issue. The Finn. Gamer
and Grass We're added starters. In
the field consisted of but. five start
ers.
At the drop of the flag Gamer went
4 to the front with rush and held a
commanding lead for six furlongs. He
set a dazzling pace, and it looked as
though he surely would win. The
Finn, who was running in second posi-
ton, made his move at the stretch
turn. and the Greentree stable repre-
sentative when caught showed the re-
suit of the early pace. thus allowing
the Hallenback horse 10 pass him. In
the meanwhile Buckhorn. lightly
weighted, came up with a rush and pass
ed Gamer. After assuming the lead
at the head of the stretch The Finn drew
into a long lead to win by eight lengths
in gallop. while Buckhorn was two
lengths in front of Gamer at the
finish.
The race as run today clearly DEM
constrates that The Finn cannot sue
, cessfully carry weight. In his last
start he carried 129 pounds. Today
with 1O9 pounds up he just romped
home.
The purse was worth $4,000 to the
winner. The mile and A sixteenth was
covered in ISL. showing how slow the
, course was today.
y Canadian jockeys were responsible
for four of the races today. McDer-
mott, winning with two, and Cooper
and Callahan one each.
The opening number. a five and
half furlong dash. went to Trovato, who
easily disposed of Canto and Tom Han
cock in the home run. Canto showed
lot of early speed. but utterly col
) lapsed when challenged in the drive
home. Tom Hancock had no difficulty
in disposing of the remainder OF the
field.
The third race was scratched down
TO three starters Prohibition. Celan-
dria and Malchite. Prohibition out
ran Celandria from the start, Callahan
picking out the best going for his
horse, though he had to be shaken up
at the finish to stall off the rush or
Celandria. The latter was much the
best, and should have won. Buxton
rode an ill-judged race, and tossed off
whatever chances Celandria had to
win. Malachite was outclassed all the
way.
H. c. BedwelI "the wizard slipped
another good one over today when he got
home first with Ballroom at juicy price.
Robinette an outsider in the betting. was
good second. while Orperth was third.
Donald Mcdonald was installed the ia
vorite for this event. but was beaten off
fifty lengths. He evidently did not like
the going. Robinetta was very slow In
breaking otherwise she may have won.
Ii md do
much better than he showed today.
Old Carlton G.. at to l. came home in
the nightcap The old horse under
restraint for the first six furlongs. but
moved up with burst of his old-time
speed and easily beat Yodeling for the
first money, while the latter easily dis
posed of Louise Travers for the second
money.
The attendance today was gratifying to
the management. especially so in view of
the fact that the track was very muddy.
Fully 1000 persons We're in attendance,
and the mutuel machines were kept hum
ming all afternoon. The scratching of
Roamer. Stromboli. Addie NJ. and Borrow
caused keen regret. this race was
looked upon having the earmarks of a
lowering of the worlds record by Roam
nr. The latter is now at his best. and
there is little doubt he would have won
had track conditions been favorable. not
withstanding the fact that he was asked
to shoulder the impost of l%3 pounds. The
Miller geldinG handle weight with Is
much ease Roseben did for Davy John
son in years gone by.
The special train over the Baltimore
and Ohio road from New York. which is
run daily to the track. carried a large
number of New. Workers. The train
leaves New York al 10 a. m. reaching the
course in plenty of time for the first
nd f.pN N-f.,r al, =
,ast race. reaching New York shortly be-
FORE . O'Clock.
p Manager Winn stated today that he
looks for fast track on Monday. the
soil being sandy and easily dried. in fact.
il was nearly dry when the last race was
run. Summaries:
FIRST RACE Selling: irenr-old. and upward
mile and one siNierTth. Troya:c lo6 NcDemotil.
so $50. $3.50 won: aulo. III ,Ru1toni S.oH.
$50 second: Tom Hancock ioc u.illcy1. $50.
third. Time. ! Il. Kndrr"-"rrs. Roger Gordon.
, Abhoisford and Front ROYAL al~o ran.
SECOND R\CE-Tis~ and nre hal: f,uforgs:
2-yes4oids. ShTarnei, u McDsmottl. ssi.7 20.
$50. $40. wnn; Virginia NJ. y al BuxtonD.
s.. thin!. Time. -lc. Noll:. DTmFnsch and Can
THIRD RACE Handrcan: 2rc.r-olds: fre ard
une-han furionSs. rroabiti7n. I0l W'aIaharl.
sea scs, out. won; CeIaudria. 10 iBu1;or,
$50. out. second Malariitc. lI2 Nv. IIilly. out
third Time. lie -. Only three starters
FOURTH kA' -Ihe batfmn'e HamIi"sp: =
year-uIds and upward: mile and SINtcrntl. The
FINN lUs i;utwclIl. $40. s. 90 out. won: Buck
hcrp. llO .tLiuy). SO. ont. Eecond Gamer. los
e. McTaggart'. thiri. Time. 81. Solar
Star aud short Grass also ran.
FIFTH RACE-ScliirE; -Olds and upward
mile and one-sztecnth. 1iaun. lca Coorcrl.
$40 $50. ST. won; RUbuctta. IL lBuringamel.
Ssg SO second: OTper;h. los 'Smyth:. 81 CO.
third Time. S %5 Donald McDoUald. Dryad
and Earl If Saruy also ran
SIXTH RACE-Seiliur; tSear-Olds and upward: ,
mil. and one sixtecnth. Carlton e.. los nillyl.
Y5sp si6o. $50. Nodelins. los COOPER.
t-a S6a second: Louise Trsvcrs. ICE CNcDer-
mott, $50 third. Time. 50 35. Brikley,
Sonsda and Patty Regan also ran.
rrnEDAT TEACnE