The Washington herald., 1921-10-08
FIRST OF A SERIES
OF 3 BIG STAKES IS
SCHEDULED TODAY
-1@s gD;'
Annapolis Handicap, With
$4,000 Added, HE is
Classy Field. aasi
10 ENTRIES IN CHASE
Dark Horse Takes Palatinafe
From Copper Demon
And Jeg. a.~r
10 ENTRIES IN CHASE
ny HAY HELGEsEN.

by HAY HELGEsEN.
Two stake races. both handicap
affairs. the Chevy Chase steeplechase
with $4,000 added. about two and one
half miles for 4-year-olds and upward.
and the Annapolis Handicap with
$4,000 added. will feature the frst
Saturday of the annual Laurel fall
meeting today.
The Annapolis Handicap. a mile and
one-half for 3ysar-olds and upward.
Is the first, Of series Of the three
$4,000 added stakes which win be
run at Laurel. during this meeting
The other two are the Maryland Han
dirap for 3-year-olds, which will be
run Saturday. October IS. and The
Laurel for all ages listed for the
following Saturday.
Some Of the Best stake horses In
training will parade to the post In the
Annapolis Handicap today. Exter-
minator. Boniface, The Porter. Captain
Alcock. Damask and Ny Dear are
some Of the starters Eleven In all
are carded TO answer the bugie. Ex-
terminat0r Is asked to pick up top
weight. 135 pounds. and Boniface.
list as this old campaigner must PACK
12O OF the heart break"
In the steeplechase. second race on
the program, ten entries are scheduled
to tee OF. Included In this number
are such clever timber toppers as
LeMarsouin, Sl<ibbereen. Peccant, Rob-
ert Oliver. OEermatch and Transpero.
For those who love a spectacle, but
don't care what heppens to good horse
flesh, this race should satisfy in every
way.
Dark Horse Takes Palatinate.
-Four of the best stake horses in the
country paraded in the third race IN
the Palatinate Handicap yesterday
and when the dust had settled Dark
Horse was declared the winner. MOI
that II was a close finish. 1t WASH I:
Stirling, on Dark Horse. got a sooo
break at the barrier. went away IN
the lead. was. never seriously threat
ened. and won well in hand. Copper
Demon was asked to pack too heavy
an impost, 126 pounds; and never
really got going. J. e. Grimths Jes
saved second. but he, too. seemed 70
be under too heavy a load. Montai'o
faltered badly in the stretcn anu
finished a bad last -
Charlie Sunny, wen ridden oy
Josiah, took the second race an
event of a mile for 3-year-oios amo
inward. from Ticacey, Chariie
SUNNY. however, always mad some
thing in reserve, while Tieacey go. @
away badly and was forced 10 moNs
up on the outside. T1cacey grapoeo
thf Rlsss rsgsnsE SLsS ~ tSs SIs.sss sstsetsh:s
Bre.Aens !Upsets Dope
Lads Love and Servitor, two hot
favorites. were forced to chase
Dresden under the wire in the skin
race, a claiming handicap at one
mile.
Dropped in a Held of which Lads
Love, RubidiuIin, Charlie Sunny and
Seryitor were a part. Dresden ap-
neared to have less chance than the
nroyerbiaI SNOWFALL. Charlie Sum-
INV and Rubidium. however, were
both scratched. and that lessened
the burden considerably. Another
thing. conditions were perfect, Tor
Dresden. The deep. sandy. some
what cuppy track was made to or
der for this baby, who Is somewhat
Of "a mudhorse. anyway. Dresoen
pranced onto that made-to-oruer
track. smiled at and saluted the
iudges, made. his. way to-, the bar
rier carrying himself like the LADY
of the house at the servants ball,
broke well, kissed the gang good
nv and went to keep date. LAOS
Love provided plenty of opposition
4, the early going, but was beaten
off in the stretch. Servitor came on
tn save the show money. Dresden
echoed his grin as he returned TO
tbe Judges stand. and almost
sneered as he passed his four-legged
councillors on the way to the pad
at Those who detected Dres-
d,n's first happy grin. as he noted
the condition of the. track, were
Maid OF at the rate of $3.50 for two.
Chaste Star paid the biggest
! nrice of the meeting thus far in the
Aiast race. This baby was fortunate
IN getting a good break at the wire.
LTbiIe most of; the others were well
5huncbed. exchanging the latest pad
5dock gossip. Jewell ". D.. the favor
i,a got away to a tough start. and
onIy managed to save third follow
i,,- AshIin up to the cupola which
houses the Three Wise Men, Chaste
star paid $37.4O. Pretty healthy
dividends? Better'n oil stocks?
Fourth Race . Riot.
The fourth race. a siG-furlong
event resembled a riot much more
than a horse race. This event was
for horses ridden by maiden
iorkeys. We wish here and now
to announce to the world, Boston
ana Nashvill, that the youthful
rIder Of Coca Cola. McLane. Is no
ionger a maiden. No sir
m YOU still think he's a maiden
GO ont to Laurel tomorrow and
Tall him you think So Bsut "a lit
tIe fatherly advice) go prepared
for a battle
NcIane just naturally wished
Coca Cola over the line and when
r. came back to the three wise
.sn he was wearing a smile that
n,,-bt 20 be worth "A thousand a
,vssk in the moving pitchers. His
,ace was red-he said 1t was the
lind He got offa OIL Coke. but
torgot to get his saddle. Went
hocI for IL and when the crowd
started clapping he got redder-