The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
Pistrus Surprises Crowd by
Taking Second Race by
Two Lengths.
By FRANK HARTIG.f

Medina. tn speedy nlly of the
Greentree Stable. won the Pocomoke
for 3-year-olds and upyard. the fea-
ture race at Laurel yesterday.
Out of the thirteen entries. only
six started. with Medina taking the
lead the first turn. with Playfel-
low. full brother of Man o. War.
close behind. At the half-mile post
Medina was still ahead with Due De
Morny going strong and passing
Playfellow. On the far turn there
was a general closing up of the
leaders. with Playfellow squirting to
forge ahead of Due De Morny.
with each stride. Medina was
drawing away from Playfellow,
which responded in a courageous
manner. but the telling early pace
was beginning to show and Medina
won by two lengths, while Playfel-
low was gamely hanging on to win
from Due de Morny for place by a
neck
Better Times Wins Opener.
Eeter Times. a daughter of Ber-
rilldon-Bounty and racing in the
colors of B. Linderman. won the first
race over Moonraker. the favOrite.
by length. although Jockey CAL
lahan held her in at the finish.
Better Times displayed good speed
all the way and. under good hand
ling by Turner. held Moonraker safe
at the end
Pietrus surprised the crowd by
winning the second race BY two
lengths.
Pietrus took the lead from the
barrier and saved ground all the
way to win. Clansman which many
had picked to win. dropped back in
the early part of the race. buta cme
strong at the finish. looking better
than anything in the race. bur
through poor handling by Small
wood could not win, finishing two
lengths behind Pietrus.
HerItaps Wins Third.
Heeltaps took the third race with
ease Taking the lead from the
start, he never was headed. and won
won by two and half lengths.
Sweep Hawk and Feliciaous. both
getting of to bad start. came into
the home stretch strong. both
squirting neck and neck. with Sweep
Hawk beating FeTieitous by a nose
for place
Rebuke won his third race in as
many starts when he took thee Dan
wood Handicap for 3-year-olds and
upward by three lengths.
Rebuke started with a rush and
outran the field to the first turn
taking a commanding lead at the
three-quarter mile post. SMALL
wood, who was up. eased up COM
ing into the backstretch.
Captain Alcock. which started off
badly. trailed the leaders in the
early part of the race. but closed
strong. winning over Top Sergeant
and Blazes. which were behind the
leader. to win place money, while
Top Sergeant took show money.
Miles, =. shows Form.
Miles S. displayed good speed
throughout and won the sixth race
by one and one-half lengths.
Sword and Freely Sneezy had
battle for place all by themselves.
Sword responded much quicker
than Freely Sneezy to win by a
nose for place.
Thevelyan ran pretty race in
the seventh. to win by three-uuar-
teTs of a length.
Knight of the Heather took the
lead from the start and up to the
half-mile post. when Trevelyan and
the leader. spurted as did knight of
the Heather with the result that all
hree were in bunch at the last
urn
Jockey SmallwOOd. who was rid
ing Trevelyan. put the whip to her
to score a victory. while Dresden.
which was gaining fast on the lead
ers. passed Double Cross to take
the place.