Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
THE finn IN FRONT.
First Home in Baltimore Handl-
can at Laurel Track.
SCRATCHES DUE TO MUD
Feature Event Robbed of Interest
Through Withdrawals Of Roamer,
Borrow and Stromboli.

More pleasant weather conditions had
q big effect on the attendance at Laurel
Park yesterday afternoon. and a big
half-holiday crowd was on hand IL
was really the inaugural, for the i'm
possible weather of Friday kept away
hundreds who would have been pres
ent to welcome the thoroughbreds
There were clouds internationally dur
ing the afternoon, but for the most
part the sun smiled. OF course. the
track condition was bad The going
was worse than on the opening day.
for it was deep and holding, and only
the stoutest horses could go through
the mud. The heavy track brought
numerous scratches. and. the Baltimore
handicap-the big feature of the day
was robbed of much interest by the
withdrawal of Roamer. Andrew NIL
ler's great four-year-oid: Roamer
cannot run in mud. and il was ex-
pected he would he scratched. Resides
Roamer there were others to decline
Borrow, Stromboli. Addie NJ. Ten foint
and Winning Witch being absent TO
take the places of these, there were
added starters, Gamer. The Finn and
Short Grass going to the post. 1t was
a good betting race. and the added
starters were the ones to be fancied
most The Finn and Short Grass were
I'm the field. but they were favorItes.
There was not much to the race. Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney's Gamer went
out early and opened a big lead Inc
others were strung out with The tlnn
running second and Buckhorn leading
the others. Rounding the upper turn
Gamer began to drop back, and The
Finn. going stoutly. lessened the DIS
tance between him and the leader:
Once Strengthened out. Gamer stopped
badly and The Finn easily passed him:
The Hallenbeck three-year-old romped
home, passing the wire eight lengths
to the good. while Buckhorn had not a
great deal of trouble beating Gamer for
the place.
Trovato easily led home his field in
the opener, and Shrapnel was an easy
winner of the second. Shrapnel was
the longest priced winner of the day,
paying S11.35 to 81. Virginia NJ, the
public choice in this event, led for the
greater part of the distance. but sue
cumbed in the last few strides: There
were only three starters in the two
year-old handicap, third on the card.
and Alandria was the choice. but Pro-
hibition was in front all the way and
won easily enough, after going wide.
Balfron took the fifth, selling race,
without any difficulty, being In the
price of $17.4o for So ticket The
last went to Carlton G., another long
shot, who beat the favorite, Yodeling.
There were many New Workers down
TOT the Jay, dHoHS tHcHi <Ahohc"
Ter. owner of Roamer; Jesse Lewisohn,
Algernon Daingerfield. James Butler,
P. J. Dwyer and Schuyler Parsons.
The Summaries.
First race purse. $500: four ear-olds aud
upward; selling; one mile and sixteenth
Travato l03 (McDermotU. $50. $780, $3.50,
won; Canto. Ill Buxton. $3.50. $3.50, Sec
ond: Tom Hancock. 1O3 lilly. 500, third
Time l.56. Abbottsford. Roger Gordon. Kay
deroseros and Front Royal also ran.
Secord race. purse, $500; two-yearolds: hye
and q half furiongs-Shrapnel 112 tMcDermottl,
~. 70. sS6O. 81 70. won; Virginia NJ. los (Bux
ION, $780, SO second Sempe5 staiT r,nta ao
Damrosch and NoIli also ran.
Third race. purse. 500; handicap for two
year-ods: dve and one-half furlongs-Prohibitton
lo4 callahan. $3.50, ESQ. won; Celandria. 10
Burton. $50. second: Malachite, 11a lilly.
Fourth race. the Baltimore Handicap; 5000
added; three year-olds and upward; one mile
and a sixtcenth-Thc Finn, 100 tButwell. $40,
$3.50. won: Buekhorn, ITO lilly. $40. sec
Time Isl. Short Grass aud Solar Star also
ran
Fifth race, purse. $500; four-year-old and
upward; selling; one mile and sixteenth-
Bs,iron ios Cooper, sl14o SAG o9 won;
ond: Orperth. los tSmyth). $500. third Time,
1.3S 3-o. Dryad. Earl Of Savoy and Donald
Macdonald also ran.
Sixth race; purse. 500: four-year.olds and
eg &C. :s'l is Saf y nf .s sas ,sS
ond: Louise Travers. 100 tMcDermot, So. 90,
third. Time. 1.55. Sonada, Brickley and Patty
Regain also ran