Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
BONDAGE BY A HEAD
outruns Tragedy In Potomac
Handicap at Laurel Track.
TRIPLE CROWN PAYS 5000

1ArREI. Md, October 2s-Tne
Potomac handicap for two-year-oioS' d.
n mile. was the big feature OF the rao.
,r. at laurel Park this afternoon. II
Voc u,on nv James Arthur's Bondage q
..,,,,star NV Ogden out of Fair Alta
lanta, but Tragedy, the onecA
sister to Horror. should have oeeh .ho
winner. Tragedy was second oea.ei'
only a head, with Tom McIagear'' ~.
whom Willis Sharpe klimer paio
10000 last summer. third.
Plight after the start. rounding the
first turn, Tragedy, who was OH well
stumbled and went to her Knees al
most dislodging Jockey Davies. ihe
how retained his seat. but lost many
lengths. the flly bearing out when she
recovered Turning into the pack
stretch Tragedy was at the tail emu OF
her field Meantime. Friendiess was
sailing along in front. with Tom NC
Taggart and Queen of the water IN
closest attendance. Bondage always
tnrn Friendless stopped and Tom NC
Taggart and Waukeag doomed up. WIN
Bondage closing on the rail-. Dasles
had picked up his horses graouaHy anu
was up in the bunch wnen the suan
for home was made 1t did not appear
possible, however, that Tragedy could
get IN. Inside the last furlong, now
ever. Tragedy closed with marVeious
rush, and disposed of everything put
Bondage: who had slipped , ,o .ngoa annnp oh
to win by a head. The victory snoulo
have been Tragedys. and but Tor the
mishap at the first turn she Woulo
surely have won.
feat by misfortune. Billy divers good
sprinter was beaten only nose by
Marse Henry, and many IN tne stano
thought the son of MCGEE was the WIN
ner. Turning for home Kewessa went
wide and this cost him victory. The
race was run WITHIN fifth of a second
of the track record OF liz. Marse
Henry's performance was consistent
with his last previous enort, ooe IN
startling contrast to his earlier races.
It was an awful shock that the pun
lie got in the first event. when Triple
Crown won easily from the favor1te.
Yellowstone. Yellowstone was on NY
ing and it looked as If he would walk
in, but Just then Triple Crown. who
always had shown a disposition to STOP
challenged, and Yellowstone was the
one to quit. The few who bet on Triple
Crown got $3.50 for a two-dollar
tacket.
The Summaries.
First race. purse. 500; two-year-oids; selling:
Eve and one-half furiongs-Trple Grown. 1oo
(Keosh,. $3.50. $1,000. s11.5o. won: Yellow
stone. 1T (Tro1ler}. $50. $40. second; Cheer.
100 {Davies). $40. third. Time. LOT 4-5. ophe-
Ma W., Chemung. Kathryn Gray. Poionium.
Queen Of the Sea. supernal, Right. Palisade and
esrgon II also ran.
Second race. Chevy Chase steeplechase han
dicap: $500 added: three-year-olds and upward;
about two miles and q half-Northwood. 139
(Hsynes). $3.50, $40. $500. won, Shannon
River. 1<3 tAllen). $500. s. 30, second; Early
Light. 136 Crawford. "a. 70. third. Time. Az
IA1uli and Duel Bonheur also ran.
Third race. purse. $500; lightweight handicap:
an ages; six furlongs-Marse Henry, lib tTrox-
ler). 500. $3.50. 20. won; Kewessa, ia
(DaiD. $780, $40. second: J. ]. Li1lis, LIB
(Kleeser), $500, third Time. LIZ Is. High
Noon, Thornhill, Hanson and Lady Barbary also
ran.
Fourth race. the Potomac handicap; for two
year-olds s.. 900 added: one mile-Bondage. 100