The Washington times., 1916-10-15
BEST RACING shown
HlAUREL HISTORY
Excellent Sport Promised Fol-
lowers Of Horses to Very
End Of Meeting.
BY PAROLE.

The LAUREL meeting thus far has
shown the best RACING In the history
OF the track and the prospect IL that
tfe good work wiii-be kept to the very
This week. In addition TO the regular
program Of overnight events, four big
rtake features will be run on. Tuesday
tho Georgetown Handicap for all ages
will be In order. This win bring out a
great bunch OF horses and should make
Ia notable race.
The weights have been. assigned AZ
Sand Marsh. 40; Top o. the Morning.
I3s; Short Grass dmp.). is5: High Noon,
isb; He Will. 1873; Blind Baggage. rs:
Prince. OF Como. Ia; ormesdaie, I'D;
Royal Martyr. Ils; Pan Maid. Ils; Sir
Edgar. 1iG; sangailo, 1lo: squeeier, Il5;
Hanson. li2; Marse Henry. III: Hau.
berk. ITO; Startling, lii; Bac. 10; ]. J.
Lillis. ilo; Celandria, 1lo; skeer Face.
los; Kewessa, los: Sceptic. l0t: Ulti-
matum. loS: Starlike. lo4; Comas, l06:
Indian Chant, los; FL Dinero. 1Os; Anita,
LOG; Etruscan. 1oi; Water Lady. 1s;
Miss Puzzle. l0t; Regina. l0t: Crank
iO2; Yellowstone, 1os: Ticket. ro2: Roy.
alist, 1oi; Columbine. Io2; Lively, 100:
Prohibition. 100: Delancey. 100: shoddy,
100; Pesky. 100; Hidden Star Qmp.). o.;
Beautiful Morn. 81: Meteorite. s6; Kings
Oak. s5; Achilles. eS; Lottery. o.: Spar.
tacus dmp). s5.
Thursday the Anne Arundel seilins
Stakes, for three-year-oids and upward
will be the feature event. On Saturday y
the Royal Blue steeplechase. a handicsI =
| for three-ycar- and upward, and
the Prince George Handicap for ali ages
will round out "a brilliant week.
| The attendance seems 10 grow as the
meeting goes on and for the entire meet
Ing will probably break all records for
the track. Yesterday was another bis
day and the whole plant was crowded
| fore and aft. The iron men did a land
than 10000 passed through the ma
| chimes.
| Boots, the winner OF the 5000 wash
!ngton Handicap. In the opinion OF many
good Judges. Is the best horse OF the
year. His victory In the handicap va,
OF the most impressive order. with tor
weight up he followed Runes' fast pace
10 the stretch and then when his ridei
let him down, simply breezed to the
front and salloped home. Before tn,
the owner OF Star Hawk. Dodge. and
other good ones for reputed considera
tion OF $4,000. Runes ran q nne. game
race In the handicap. He was probably
| a little outclassed. but he set the pace
and hung on to the bitter end.
! The steeplechase was by long odds tn,
star cross-country event of the meeting
thus FAR. II was made notably by ths
presence OF Hearts OF Oak. the crach
son was hailed as the coming cham
pion at the fencing game. The battle
through the field between New Haver
and Early Light and Hearts OF Oak wa
Early Light In a hard drive reached tn,
'nsh 30 close together that only tn,
Judges could separate them. the GROVE
was wild. Many on the Erandstand cid,
of the track thought Early Light hac
won and there was something Of how
| OF dissent when the numbers went UP
IL was case OF the angle, however, ant
/ the judges were exactly right. Hearts
OF Oak as In the early part OF the sea
son. did not come UP to expectations
poorly and tired at the end.
Herr Hedrick was very much In Il yes
terday. After Kildee had won the Blu,
Point Stakes he bid the winner up tc
S2. 900. when the stable made the protect
ing bid. After Virile had captured tn,
last race Hedriclt boosted the horse e
s., 900 and took him.
One of the disappointmen,s Of the da,
was the defeat OF Yellowstone in til,
Blue Point Stakes. All the wise fellows
conceded the race to the Rockton coll
and he went to the post q warm favor
ite but he failed to materialize and thu
did not show his usual foot and on tn,
far turn was cut on and knocked out o.
IT, The winner Kildee was q grand
good thing, which had been scratched
1 Inllnahar N nf finnaa nd Hnr Of. r..