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ROCK YIEV IS THE VICTOR BELMONT COLT SCORES OVER LEOCHARES AND FREDERICK t AT LAUREL Equals Laurel Track Record of 112 for Three quarters in Beating Schorr Crack by Half Length in Furious Drive Baltimore Md October 11 Keen contests were the order at Laurel this afternoon A majority of the finishes found the winners under hard drives to win by small margins and in four instances leas than a length separated the first two A novelty race in which two footrunners two horses two automobiles aud two motor cycles participated was the attraction that brought out one of the banner crowds of the meeting Throngli a misunderstanding on the part of the official starter of the foot run ¬ ners the latter were sent away a few seconds sonuer than they should have started with the re ¬ sult that they finished first and second with the motorcycles close up Both horses were beaten off All bets on the contests were declared off and tha purse of 500 was awarded as the contestants fin ¬ ished ishedThn Thn race that attracted most Interest among the horsemen and followers was the fifth a dash of six furlongs for twoyearolds which brought together with the exception of Yankee Notions the pick t the youngsters here Besides Leochares there wero Rock View Frederick L and Coy Frederick L was always the betting choice and went to the post an even money favorite The race furnished a stir ¬ ring contest in which the Belmont colt Rock View managed to beat Lcochares a scant half length In a long and hard stretch drive The pace from the start was extremely fast Coy showing the way until entering the homestretch At this point the field bunched and Leochares came through along the rail He caught Rock View at the furlong post and 1C looked for a time as if he would beat the Belmout colt In the final drive the latter went on with great courage while Leochares weakened a trifle and Rock View was first homo by a scant half length Leochares was not keyed up for such a bruising contest which accounted for his tiring The six furlongs were run in 112 which equaled the track record The first quarter was run la 23 and the half mile in 47 47Pharaoh Pharaoh provided a surprise by beating some shifty sprinters In the sixth race for which Rose Queen ruled an oddson favorite The latter was never a serious factor When the start came Mylcs OConnell was first away and led by a couple of lengths in the early running Pharaoh joined issue with him in rounding the far turn and the patf raced head and head throughout the last three fur ¬ longs Pharaoh proved the gamer but his margin was only a head at the finish finishA A carload of horses left Benning this morning consigned for Pittsburgh where a tendays meetlnjr under the management of W A Porter will be given Several horsemen are talking of shipping from here tomorrow tomorrowW W H Congdoa today put through a deal with J Howard Lewis in which he transferred El Bart for two twoyearold fillies by Ben Brush One Is out of Gatebell and the other out o Forward These fillies have never faced the barrier and were only broken a few months ago Woods agoWoods Stockton purchased Ragusa from William Garth this morning and the filly ran In his colors this afternoon afternoonC C T Patterson is carrying on negotiations to gn to France and train a big stable next season la the event of his signing a contract jockey E Martin ridingThe will accompany him to do the riding The hoses owned by J L Holland will be handled by John Powers in future futureMatt Matt Feakes trainer for Mrs L A Livingston was taken ill this morning and left for his homo iu New Jersey During his absence the Livingston horses HaywardThe will bo handled by William Hayward The Russian ambassador was the guest of George P Eustis at Laurel this afternoon and witnessed the races from the latters box boxJockey Jockey Tommy McTaggart was taken sick this afternoon and was forced to cancel somo of his en ¬ gagements This accounted for J Glass having tha mount on Rock View The Benuing contingent profited handsomely over Rock Views victory in the fifth race The colt had shown a sensational trial at Benuing a few days ago when he went half a mile In 48 and six furlongs in a shade better taan 114 This is said to be the fastest work ever shown over this track trackThe The stewards suspended jockey Ford for six day running of yesterdays third race which Ambrose won with Veneta Strome StromeManager Manager H D Brown Is busily engaged hi making arrangements for the fair which will be held during the last days of the meeting He has received a biK consignment of lumber from Florida to be used in the erection of buildings for the cattle exhibition Mr Brown says that some of tlie biggest exhibitors iu the country will be represented The representedThe following were among the best trials this morning over the Laurel course Bounder courseBounder Mile in 147 147Barnegat Barnegat Threequarters in 115 115Blue l0iCorncracker Blue Thistle Fiveeighths in l0i Corncracker Half mile In 30 30Cloud Cloud Chief Half mile in 51 51Early Early Light Fiveeighths In 102 102El El Oro Mile In 140 140Henpeck Henpeck Half mile in 49 49Higldand Higldand Chief Threequarters in 117 Henry Hutchison Fiveeighths in 104 104Hedge Hedge Fiveeighths in 104 104Ivabel Ivabel Threeeighths in 35 35Lucky Lucky George Seveneighths In 130 130Lawton Lawton Wiggins Half mile iu 52 52Longhand Longhand Mile in 152 152Ocean Ocean Blue Half mile in 5l3f Penu Mile in 143 143Pa Pa ton Seveneighths in 131 131Progressive Progressive Threeeighths In 38 Pluvious 38Pluvious Seveneighths In l3ia ribTom Robert l3iaRobert Bradley Half mile in rib Tom Massie Half mile in 51 Towton Field Half mile in 5 Wood Dove Fiveeighths in 103 103ankee ankee Notions Threequarters in 1173J
