The Washington herald., 1918-10-04
ahe Scratching of PEN
rose, Routledge and Sir
|, Barton Made it Easy for
Winner.

| Laurel. Nd. Oct 3-Billy Kelly, the
great 2-year-old from the barn OF
Coulmodore ]. K. L Ross, made his
bow to the patrons Of the Laurel
Park this afternoon in the running of
iIhs Annapolis Stakes. The early
scratching OF Pen Rose and Routledge
along with Sir Barton gave evidence
lof the race being a one-hOrse affair, as
BE Frank, rom the Calmutt Stables.
tand Mormon, OF william Sharpe Kill
lmer's string. could not be considered
contendeTs Although both led the
lfeld for a short time. neither were
fcontenders when Trainer Bedwelrs s
tsmsrt two-year-OId decided to run.
Mormon led until the last sixteenth,
twhen Billy Kelly came up with a
lfreat rush and won, going away with
Eout even having Jockey Albert John
Eson laying a whip on him. Be frank
was not equal to the occasion of N "
Ting along when Johnson swung the
Sgreat youngster into his real stride.
tNo track records were broken or
I equaled, but considering that Kelly
was not pushed. he can be figured
kupon cutting a few Capcrs in his
kmatch race against Eterna! and Pen
fROse, which is scheduled for later in
the meeting.
The Fads and FanCies purse, which
was the fifth on the card. proved to
be the neat feature, as Mary Maud. the
5favorite, was forced to be ridden
Through to land top honOrs. Bayberry
tCandle gave the winner a great Chal-
klenge after the head Of the stretch
had been reached and bid fair to take
iof the long end OF the purse. Celtic
was not game enough to equal the
loccasion when the drive started in
this one mile hike. Quietude and Rat
tie Canal were the early runners.
{ FavOrites were bOwled over in rapid
succession. and the form players were
handed quite a number Of jolts. In
1--we Of the seven events outsiders
lscored. Poultney started the knock
dng down of the publiC-s choices il
tfhe first race when he beat SyiVanO
land BelariO Johnny NCTag gEart rode
Ahis only mount of the day on the
winner and did justice to his mount,
as both SyIvanO and BclarIO pushed
THE leader in this dash event. but
lwhen McTaggart offered the whip
the Louis entr.- answered Gamcly.
\ trio OF jumpers went down in
Ithe selling SterplcChase handicap,
Two OIL WHICH were Id y VI Tvs VIZ y
Meadows captured the hOnors under
a great ride by Jockey DOttie Byers.
with Algardi second and MelOs
third. Robert Oliver, the public's
choice. tumbIed at the fourth hedge.
while Otto FlotO. second in the money
line, threw Barrett at the sixth. Ban
boo lost Simms just before ..~
stretch run, although he was l.,-
a contender. Max Meadows ran a
veII-tI.ncd race and Bycrs deserves
credit for the handling OF the entry.
Mira upset rhe dope for the wise
- ones i'm the third when he nOsed out
Dllrose. Pickens kept his mount
well in front over the early gOings
aud moved forward in the last six
t.ruth. getting all out of Mira in
the final drive. Greetings had enough
l.et to stand of the chaII-u-o OF
Fairly. who was the second choice
Grey Eagle was the real Eool
thing. as ne romped down in front
- over the mile and a quarter at odds
of to i'm the sixth event.
while the heavily played sky Pilot
and star Shoot T. We're forced to take
show and place. Kentucky Boy. an
other outsider. paid 4 TO in the
last. with Arbitrator and Candidate
2nd in the other positions. The sum
mTry:
FIRST RACE-FOr 2year-olds: claiming: five
md a half furlonEs. P9uturr UN,Tl=s-rt'
$50. 40. 80. won. S,IyauD .KuuIeD 30
80. send. Belario lCeansw-lu 80, thin.
bins % +5 MrIane. Cont Gallant. Anon
SunniuElaIe TJal. Dahinda, Marie ConneU
TrDmpeESP. NeSper Hour also ran.
SECOND RACE-A selling Handicap FOR :
Tsar-0ds and upwards; about two mile: Max
Meadows IByersr I2IO. 80. 40. wUn. -,lEa-Li
tDayJ I'D, SO. -c0ud. Me,Us iBTyanu } y
hird. Time 80 Robert Oliver. Otto FI7to
IIoId Bond, RhOmb Eagle Thistle. Bamboo
also ran.
THIRD RACE-For 3-vear-oldz and upwards
Ine and onefourth miles: Mira tPickensD
90. $50 .. won. lruse DhmmeTJ 5Il
Lc. second Geetings lStablcrl SO. third
Fairly. AustraI. also ran.
FOURTH RACE-For 2-year-OliS; AnnanOli.
Stakes, six fIrongs: Billy Kelly johnson
10. ont. out. won. Be Frank lKummer ont
mt, second. Mormon thelsay out. third
Time Is Is. Three horses in race.
FIFTH RACE-For flIies and Manes }
'sar-6ids and upwards; one mile: Mary haCI
lROdcqUezl 80, 40 IN. won Baybeu
candle knapp 80, 2.D. second. Celto lKel
nyJ 80. third Time ls'e. Quietude, Kate
ssnsl also ran.
SIXTH RACE-For Syear-oId and UPWARDS
Iusz) 9-2o. 40. 2.91. v.n. Skv prot 'KelsayD
80, 20. secon7 Star Shooter 20 Br5,r1 80
fine 265 81. Say. Eeddest. JACK OF STades
slazou-y, also rzn-
SEVENTH RACE-Fo- Sysa--ot87 and uU
Tards; clsininz, ore and oue I.1lf m-Ies: Ken.
A-I5-rator UackScu. SO so, second. Csndi
Rts ID tPicssnsN SO third. T.ne ~ . ,
,5r size PAnJean, Joss De Wales and RCvst
-Iso m