Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
ETERNAL WINS RACE
FOR RED CROSS FUND
Beats Billy Kelly in Six Furlongs
Dash at Laurel, Md,
Track.

Laurel Md, Oct 29.-In driv-
ing finish Eternal yesterday defeated Billy
Kelly by a short heat in a SIX furEong
dash and thereby enriched the Ameri-
can Red Cross to the extent OF So
600. But there is still doubt in the
minds of the Billy Kelly partisans as
to which is the better horse. As in
all previous races which the son of
Dicl, Wells has competed. he allowed
his opponent to make the pace. The
handsome black son of Sweep stole
away from Kelly and as the pair turn
cd into the stretch Eternal was lead
too great for Kelly to overcome
through the short stretch and Eternal
crossed the line a winner amid the
cheering of thousands. James W. Nc
Clelland. owner of the winner, was
warmly congratulated by Commander
J. X l.. Ross. the Canadian turiman,
on the victory of Eternal. The former
was also the recipient of a beautiful
gold cup presented by L. B. Mclean
in honor of his late father, John X.
Mclean.
There were four races on the card
prior to the main feature, but these
only served to whet the appetites of
the racing enthusiasts. They came to
see the Billy Kelly-Eternal race and
would be satisfied with nothing less.
Finally few minutes before O'Clock,
Eternal came down the stretch breez-
ing. and he was followed moment
later by Kelly with a stable boy up.
Neither horse was cut loose by the
bows. They had evidently been sent
out for hmbering-up process. But
few persons recognized the two colts.
Ten minutes later. however, when the
thoroughbreds which were to fight for
a small fortune appeared on the track
it seemed as though here were few
lungs in the enclosure affected by Flu.
ANDY Schuttlnger was on Eternal and
Earl Sande had the leg up on Billy
Kelly. Penrose. which was on the card,
was scrat ched early IN the day. he
cheering continued until the horses were
we'll on their way to the starting point,
when the crowd took breathing spell to
wait for the finish Both colts were a
trifie unruly I'll the post and twice broke
through the barrier Finally on the third
attempt Starter Milton got them off on a
line. For the first 80 yards blanket would
have covered both horses Schuttnger
then began to ride Eternal and at the
eighth pole he was a good length IN
front of Billy Going TO the quarter
he increased this lead to two lengths.
As they reached the far turn Eternal
had drawn farther away. Kelly parti-
sans kept yelling Eternal will come
back Coming to the stretch turn
Eternal had increased his lead to three
good lengths Here Sande, on Kelly,
began to ride the Ross colt for all he
was worth Yard by yard, foot by foot,
inch by inch he cut down the lead Of
the flying Eternal, but it was phys
cal impossibility for any horse 10 gain
three lengths q another so evenly
matched In such u short run. Two
jumps beyond the wire Kelly had his
nose IN front. but it was too late. Sande
had made the fatal error of allow
ing Eternal to steal too far away from
him As the shouters had predicted,
Eternal came back, but he came back
winner. Sande went to the bat as the
horses turned into the stretch, and from
that point 10 the finish, he had batting
average of 1000, but he had been out
generated by an older jockey