The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-30
SON OF HOURLESS'
TAKESFEATUREAT
LAUREL CLOsIkG
One of Largest Crowds Of
Season Turns Out
For Final Day.
ny RAY HELGEsES.

the wire In front yesterday. a.
Laurel when Missionary. heet-sson
of the great Hourless. romped home
q comparatively easy victor In THE
Manor Handicap" with 5000 aoerd.
for a-year-olds at a mile. feature
of the getaway card. One sf tile Z.
largest crowds that ever moved
through the Maryland State Fair
turnstiles Eaw the speedy MIssion-
airy. cleveriy ridden by Marane4ti.
ad dmore honors to the many ~
ready hung up by the offspring Of !
the iIlustrious Hourless. = D.
J. W. Beams hIIy. All Fair was
right behind Missionary a. The
finish, while that big numbering
colt. Spanish Maize, Of the J. RaE-
Ross stable, showed q great 1bVtst
OF speed in the fnaI stretch 70 get
down in the remaining money hole.
The victory Of Missionary wASpbs
of the usual getaway day upsets.
The H p. whitney entry. Calamity
| Jane and Cherry Tree, and the. IyS
Cosden entry, Lady Baltimore and
Good Times. were made equal IA
vorites by the talent Neitl-Ar r-sf
the entries, however. manReedrr 10
finish in the money. Never-tbe-lsss
Missionary win tickets were worth
only sl5.5o for the customary 81
MIssIonary starts slowly. -
Cherry Tree and Good Times
broke in front while Missionary Was
| sixth away. But Marinelli was not
caught mapping and at the frst turn
moved up with Missionary TO fourth
| position, saving ground all the WY.
At the half the son Of Hourless
was merely following the pace.
Coming into the last turn, however.
Msranelli made his move and raced
into a three-lenFth lead. All FAR
had followed Missionary through on
the rail. while the numbering Spap-
ish Maize. slow to get started. came
up on the outside. racing like lie
north wind. ----~
The three moved down the stretch
/ in that order. Both entries Msse
/ hopeIessly out Of Il. At the seven
/ furlong pole All Fair chaLenzsd
Missionary. and the son OF HourSess
responded with the courage ana The
speed OF the Hourless breed RhNs
they flashed over the finish Iines--
Missionary leading by a neck Bft
/ under a drive; All Fair coming on
at the sEd, and the awkward Span
ish Maize a fast closing third The
highly touted entries welsJtt
around or about when the slips
were delivered. -.
Careful Takes Sixth. -. -
! Walter J. Salmon's Careful packed
| 1875 pounds to victorys in the siNIh
race, an event for 3-year-otas end
upward at six furIongE wfnnfTf-
under wraps by five open Lengths.
The victory Of Careful was not 70
surprising. but the fact that Rflly
Kelly failed to run in the money
and was lead TO the wire by b6th
| Minute Man and Ararat in that Or
der made a bum out OF many a fol-
lower of the Ross gelding.
Minute Man got away with hjs
I customary speed at the break era
raced into a two-lenEth lead in tSe
back stretch. Careful was right be-
hind him with Ararat. Billy Kelly
and Carmandale following In that
order
Careful. however. romped into the
van coming out OF the first turn.
and from then on the Salmon ally
merely loafed through the stretch.
winning as she pleased Ninur.
Man dropped in the second hole as
easily. but Ararat was under a dr1re
TO beat of the muIish Iookine Billy
Kelly for third.
The talent took another healthy
oody blow In the fifth race, a hanyif-
cap event for S-year-oIds and up
%Aro - one mile and a furlour.
rs race rivaled the feature Of the
,2r1 from the standpoint Of interest
zone, some OF the best skates in
training answering the bugle
LE-ohe avs meant nothing to
little afterwards. Most Of ~
performance only" clan bourt,t
coupons calling for a pay-ofr on
Bastille. Some went 20 Iunsrra
OhIy the star-shooters could see
Bygone Days.
Day for Star shooters.
But yesterday was the DAY ~
days for the star-shooters at-i.St-
rel and Bygone Days helped to
make it so. RompinC TO the Fr6st
| IN the early going. closely followed
| by Bunga Buck. Bysone DAYS SET
terrific pace. knocking or -r4ie
three-quarters in l:IS nat and Tha
| mile in 1888 As. Setting such a
pace ana holding II the Rrocknfi-
Ter gelding could win from almost
anything human. And he, ypos
handily with Damask second heab-
ing out the fast-tiring Bunga Buck
in the final drive.
A section of the trick hand
which. according to the program
was in attendance" and which. IL
was officially stated knew ali Of
four hard pieces by heart and part
OF another and which rendered the
entire four and half. with nzich
heart and feeling yesterday after
noon, also ofTiciated as part Of tbs
| burial squad before the severfsS
and last race. =.
The familiar Taps" Il was which
ushered in the final race Of oh.
Laurel fall meeting. Not the res
ular army Taps but a Taps. viii
Variations" probably Composer
specially for the occasion. Al any
rate there's an end to all thihgs
| and there was to that.
Penman rode Attorney to yfct6fS
after the band had rendered th1
final selection Of fits extensive mn
ertoire-"AUld Lang Syne.".s N
was merely a romp for the M4n-
frey gelding after the half mile
post was passed. Attorney takt1s-
the lead then and winning as ne
pleased by six open lengths Under