The Washington times., 1915-10-03
ANNAPOLIS STAKES
/. ON At LAUREL TRACK
Week Opening Up Tomorrow
Should Find Meet In Full
Stride.

This week the Laurel meeting will
get fairly into It's stride. and with
good weather some great racing may
be looked for. Besides the usual over
night events and handicaps a big stake
will feature each days program dur
ing the week.
Tomorrow the Annapolis stakes for
twoAyear-olds at six furlongs. with
s.. 900 added. will be the star event.
Tuesday the Carrollton handicap for
three year -olds. at six furlongs. with
81 eco added will feature the card. The
Howard stakes for three-year-olds and
upwards. at one and one-sixteenth
miles. with $1,000 added. will bring out
the cracks at the track on Thursday.
Saturday the Washington handicap
for three year-old and upwards. at a
mile and a furiong. with 5000 added.
should make one OF the greatest con-
tests OF the meeting. Should no more
rain fall the track will be well dried
out and fast by tomorrow. and trainers
who have b>en hanging on on account
of the heavy going will come forward
and enter their best. insuring brilliant
programs and high-ciass racing.
Inc bAltlITlOTe ySstefouy Y
feature. was SO torn up with scratches
that It was hardly recognizable. All
the pith was taken out OF 1t. when such
cracks as Borrow. Stromboli. Ten
Point. Roamer, Addie NJ, and Winning
Witch declined the issue. Indeed. but
for the added starters'there would have
been no race.
The Finn. which was added at the
l.. aal ,aA ha IN
some thing of an In and out performer.
but in heavy going he Is race horse.
In the handicap he INDUCED Gamer
with the lead until the stretch was
reached where he came away and won
in a gallop.
Emil Herr added his good stake
horse. Short Grass. but the going did
not suit his long stride and he found
cred around and slipped all the way.
was convinced that Short Grass could
not do himself Justice in heavy going.
and that he would not start him again
when the track was muddy.
The Canadians rather had the laugh
on the Manhattan contingent. who. with
the usual assurance Of the dwellers In
little old New York. could see no good
in anything which did not hail from
the big borough. and were prone to
smile when anybody suggested that the
horses raced on the Northern circuit
could be a match for the aristocrats OF
Saratoga and Belmont Park.
The first three races OF the day all
went to the Canadian hores. In the first
race Trovato won handily. In the Sec
ond event the Canadian two-year-old
Shrapnel came down in front OF long
price. beating out the warm favortte.
Virginia NJ. and In the third race Jim
Arthur's colt. Prohibition. another
Canadian bushwhacker. took the meas:
ure Of August Belmonts Malachite and
the Elkwood Park stables Celandria.
crack fillies from the New York circuit
II. G. Bedwell's Balfron. which has
tracks, took down the nth race. also
making It four wins out Of six starts
for, the outlanders. 1t looks as II the
Bedwell stable would have to be reck-
oned with at this meeting. The Laurel
horseman started of on the opening
day by scoring "A win with Golden List.
Balfron over at a good price. Mr.. Bel
mont has a big bunch of horses In his
stable, but he does not hesitate to add
to his collection when he sees anything
he likes. Friday he claimed lsarose out
Of the opening race. but yesterday he
sold the mare back to Mr.. Sanford. pre-
sumably for a slight advance.
A. r. Bressler has brought down from
Canada a rather clever jockey in Nc
Dermott, who rode TrovNto and Shrap-
mel to victory. and was third on Louise
Travers. Mr. Bressler Is said to have
been offered a big price for this young
ster's contract.