The Washington herald., 1918-11-01
FLAGS LANDS
IN MUDDY SEA
Chestnut Son Of Whisk-
broom II Captures Hon
ors at Laurel Getaway
Feature.

Laurel. Md. Oct 31.-With the
track sea of mud. and the weather
far from being ideal for racing. a
large crowd was on hand at Laurel
Park today to see the mud turtles"
have their innings and, to witness
the final curtain lowered on the
fall meeting at Laurel Park.
| While the card was mediocre,
several close finishes were wit
messed and form followers had a
hard time to get their selections
under the wire
| The Old Glory Purse. a six fur
long sprint, saw only three face
Starter Milton and Flags, the chest
nut son of Whisk- Broom II-Inau-
grail was down in front a length
ahead of Bulse for the decision. At
the start Flags gradually drew
away from Bulse and after getting
to safe distance she was let down
and won easily with Bulse in the
second position and Etruscan in the
! third position.
Exterminator and Midway furnished
the crowd with the real thrill of the
afternoon when after running neck
and neck in the stretch Midway man.
aged to get her nose in front of the
judges for the decision and the ma
! tlonal handicap with $500 added.
The race was in doubt until the final
stride, when Midway responded game
! ly to a beating and drew away. Ex-
/ terminator was heavily backed. for 1t
. is still remembered that he won the
! Kentucky Derby with the track In
the same condition as Laurel was to-
day. Tombolo showed that the mud
was not his long suit and was third
in the field of three.
Running easily in the sea of mud.
Douglas S. was down in front in the
/ fifth number a head in front OF John
/ l. Day. Douglas S. drew away to a
long lead. and when Lunsford on John
! l. Day made his bid It was too late
! to catch the fast Sir Huron Victoria
B. colt.
The sixth race saw a long shot
slip over when Cobalt Lass belong
ing to James Arthur. led his fol-
lowers to the pay-off line to the tune
I OF to l. The green and white
colors of the Arthur stable were in
! front for the entire scamper Of
mile and seventy yards. Graphic
was in the second position with
Queen of the Sea third.
| Coming from behind with a rush.
Gold Bond the leaper from the
/ Walsh stable won the hopping race
easily. Smithfield running in the
! field was second with Turmoil
| third Ormead was out of the race
at the start when he fell at the first
| jump and Sixty Four. the favorite
! lost his rider at the seventh jump.
Mormon Elder made a runaway
affair of the first race when he
beat such good youngsters as st.
| Quentin and DR.. Rae who ran sec
ond and third respectively.
| Right at home in the mud, Sky
! Pilot. the meal ticket for the .Bry-
/ son establishment, suddenly found her
racing legs after wearing down Ben
! Hampson in the hackstretch in the
| nightcap.
! At the break Ben Hampson was
! off to the front, closely followed by
! Sky Pilot. Running in this position
until the back stretch. Sky Pilot
! made his move and drew away from
| the field. In the stretch the Bry-
son horse came in for a lashing ana
! under heavy punishment came down
in front for the decision. with Ben
! Hampson second and Silver Sandeis
/ third
/
| tention as the band played the Star
! Spangled Banner. the curtain de-
scended on the fall meeting at Lau-
rel. and the followers of the thor
/ oughbred turned their attention to
! Pimlico. The summary:
/ FIRST RACE-Five and one-half furiongs
Mormon Elder tEusor. 10, 100, $50. 40; St
Quentin (TToHerl. ll6 $50 500: Dr. Rae
! tMergier) 10. SO. Charley Thorley. Maladrot
/ Snow Queen. Vesper Hour Prevaricate Little
I Ed. Sundaia, We Win Bisnca. Joan of Arc
i SECOND RACE-About miles Gold Bond
! Crawford. IA. $50, $50. 40; Smithhed
: tCheny) l3l, 7.sO. 40: Turmoil uAndn). l4s
500 Horss, Algardi. Rhomb. Norhwood
Elect Bamboo, also ran. Otto Floto out
at first jump. Sixty-forty fell at seventh jump
! OTmcada threw rider at second jump.
/ THIRD RACE-Six furlongs. F1sgs (O'Bnnel.
l2j $50 out. out; Bulse CThurben. no. cut.
Ont; Etruscan jackson. rO. out Only three
starters.
FOURTH RACE-One mile and one furIong
Midway Thurber). III. SIC. out. out TX
terminstor (Knapp). III. out, out TomhoIo
: tLnnsfordl, 9S. out. Time 81 5 Only three
I starters.
FIFTH RACE-One mile. Douglass $ tEn-
sorl. los. $50, llso. $40; John l. Day nJIns
ford), 100. l5.7c. $50: Forrgryhnd (Schuttingerl.
lG. 80, Time. lil. i:uck0oard Bayberry
Candle. Arriet. also ran.
{ SIXTH RACE -Ore mile an 20 yards. Co
b It Lass tRodriguezl. i0o 1870 go. so;
Graphic tsterling), lOs 40. 400 Queen of the
Sea tPreccel. IL. go. Time. l:f 25 Gala
! Dress. Safrsnor Vocabulary. Dolina also rsu.
SEVENTH RACE - One and onc-qusrter
miles. GodcTest Boy tSneidman). - lO2 $50.
go. 20; Fairly tSterlingl, I07. lG.CJ. 600:
! Zinns CMcTaggsrtD. lOi. 40 Time. 2ll.
Darkey. Silk Bird. Star Shooter. Irish Maid.
I Yodcling, also ran.
EIGHTH RACE-One and one-qusrter les.
Sky Pilot (Schuttingerl. l07. 40: Ben Emp
son Preecel, lO4 Silver Sandals (JchuSJnl.
l0i Time. 2OI. Dan, Bill simmons & NJ.
Miller Soldier, Handful. also ran.
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