The Washington herald., 1915-10-09

L.urAL Nd. Oct s-A featureless pro.
gram WAS again offered at the Laurel
track ! this afternoon, but despite
the la&;k of any stake event the sport
was Interesting and a large off-day
crowd witnessed several good contests
Mud runners held sway. the track be-
ing h4avy and holding. and the days
card las carried of by performers who
have dtplayed a marked liking for that
sort of . track.
The Nth number, a condition affair for
2-year-dlds, at five and a half furlongs.
brought out the classiest field of the
day and was captured by c. w. Camp
bells S(hrapnel, who scored his secnd
victory >pver the Laurel course Fred
erick JoAnsop's Virginia NJ. was the one
> to take the place, closely Tapped on the
leader, while the others were beaten OF.
1t was STRICTLY two-horse race for the
greater part Of the distance. Virginia NJ.
was the 1nrst away from the barrier,
closely followed by Fairweather with
Shrapnel half length back of the two
Fairweather, who was the medium of a
heavy play throughout the country, held
his position for a quarter and then
dropped back beaten while Shrapnel and
Virginia M drew away to fight out the
issue. Th9 pair raced head and head
until Strengthened out for home when
Shrapnel drew into a half lengths lead
and maintained this advantage until the
end. The two leaders were many
lengths in front of the other contestants
at the finish with the field well strung
out.
Royal Meteor again profited by the
heavy going and captured the fourth
number, mile and a sixteenth affair
for selling platers, in handy fashion.
This old fellow always had the foot of
his company and speedily dashed to the
front never to be headed. All through
the stretch Johnny McTaggart hustled
him along and at the end he scored
Cleverly over Carlton G. This victory
more impressive than his former
one, as he seemed to improve over that
race and showed less tendency to stop in
the final furlong.
Carlton G. showed good perform
ance to take the place, as he was the
victim of considerable misfortune
through the running. and with racing
luck would have been closer up. His
Nibs. though firing badly, took third
pla e. should improve.
Emil Hers imported performer
Devil Fish. has shown marked liking
for a heavy track on the metrOpoli-
tan courses this season, and the field
I'm yesterdays opening dash offered
from end to end. Joe Byrne, who has
been riding in very good form al this
trick had the platter on his toes as
the barrier was sprung. and Devil Fish
quickly raced into good lead to win
easing up. The field was well spread
out at the finish with Minstrel the
nearest to the lSader. and Jim Basey
earning the short end of the purse.
tBorax contributed another purse to
tie Bedwell coffehs when he scored a
galloping victory lin the final event
over the mile and sixteenth
route He was ich the best of the
field. and went t0 the front AT the
start. out-ran his opponents to the
first turn. and vas rated in the lead
for the remainder of the journey. Sig
ma Alpha closed considerable ground
to take the place with the fast,tiring
Vatertown third.
This victory was an expensive one
for H. G. Bedwell, as BoraX was boost
cd $500 over his entered price, but re-
tained by his owner.
E Witte's Ben Ounce has been
travelling a route in all of his recent
races but he returned to the sprinting
class yesterday when he captured the |
six furlong dash. which was third on the |
program, after a hard drive from Lily |
Orme The latter filly had all the speed |
of the party and opened up a big lead |
early but tired all through the stretch |
and could not Withstand the final rush |
of Ben Ounce. This geldinS was al |
ways well up and proved Eamest at
the end Fascinating. the favorite in
this event was caught in jam shortly |
after the start and this effectually |
ruined her chances. |