Evening star., 1924-10-09
CLEARV|EW WINS
FIRST EVENT At
LAUREL BY NOSE
Travers and AmpoIac SO
Close Official Announcement
Needed for Decision.
THREE IN BUNCH MAKE
CLOSEST OF SEASON
New Low Records Expected if
Present Weather Condi-
tions Continue.
SLec;al Dispatch 70 The Star


RACE TRACK, LAUREL, Md. Octo-
Der 9.-Despite the fact that the sixth
game of the world series was being
staged in the National Capital, the
main artery from which Laurel Park
draws its daily patronage, the at
tendance this afternoon was not ap-
preciably affected.
Many who had journeyed to Wash
ington in the hope of seeing the Ma
tionals and Giants in action and had
failed to gain the coveted tickets of
admission turned in their disappoint-
ment to Laurel Park for solace 1t
seemed that the crowd in the most
part was an overflow from Clark Grif-
fifth Stadium
a bright sun added just enough
warmth to the atmosphere to set the
blood tingling through the veins of
both man and beast. The clear, cool,
crispy. dry weather of the past week
has resulted in the racing strip be-
coming lightning fast, and students
of the sport predict that track records
are in imminent Hanger of being shat
tered should the course continue in
its present condition throughout the
meeting.
With the esNew York and Canadian
seasons drawing to a close there Is a
steady influx of the more pretentious
racing establishments from those
points, and the meeting bids fair to
eclipse any of its predecessors in
point ,of,competition and ,hrA Aliancess =
Asc6stIitioned affair foFrfx'o sye6fS
olds attracted a field of ! ) in the first
event. with p. B. Codd's Rose Cloud
the one most favored in the specula-
ton, although the entry of Ampolac
and Gold Trap were not without
friends.
First Race Thriller.
The finish provided the greatest
thrill of the meeting, but noses sepa-
rating the first three to cross the line
and it was not until the official plac-
ing was posted that the crowd was
able to tell which had won.
Ralparris Travers outbroke the
procession and maintained sway to
the eighth pole, where he was Joined
by A. Nicolais Clearview and Ampo-
lac. In a dingdong drive the three
raced head and head for the last so
yards. Clearview managed to win the
verdict by nose, while Travers had
but like margin over Ampolac.
Orion's Sword Wins Second.
Timber Tophers, which had never
won a race, held the center of the
stage in the second. Fifteen had been
named over night through the entry
the strength of her last effort. when
she ran second to Ralparr's Warren
ton, Dixon Josephine was installed
the favorite, although practically
everything in the race received more
or less play.
Bright Lights display ID an excel
lent turn of early speed and led the
pack for the first three-quarters of a
mile, when he was supplanted as the
L., T. loo
did not last long, being used up in
forcing too fast pace. On the final
turn of the field Orion's Sword moved
INTO command and under well
judged ride by Smoot was home four
lengths in front of Beverwyck. while
Beverwyck had Is on Owen Tudor.
Alloy On came to Grief at the seventh
obstacle and Dixon Josephine finished
last by almost a hundred lengths.
Third Race = FHvver.
The poorest excuse for a race run
in Maryland during the current sea-
son came about in the third, 512
furlonE dash for Juveniles, styled
"the Carroll" In fact at no stage
Of. the race did it ever resemble
contest.
Harry Payne Whitney's Candy Kid
had sen back to the exclusion of ali
others and went to the post most
prohibitive choice. The Peter Pan colt
was the quickest in motion, and
opening up a fve-length lead goins
down the back stretch was merely
being hand ridden at the end.
Had Ivan Parke so elected the Whit
ney youngster could in all probability
have won by just twice or three
times the margin he did. Trailing six
lengths in back of Candy Kid at the
finish came Walter j. Salmons Snow
dro,, followed by Arbitration. The
others were only out for the air.