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THE MANAGER MAKES NEW RECORD Huns Mile and an Eighth in 151 im Winning Washington Handicap at Laurel Baltimore Md October 19 Thomas C McDow ¬ ells great threeyearold The Manager scored an ¬ other impressive victory at Laurel this afternoon when he added the Washington Handicap to the list of the races he bus won during the meeting He carried top weight of 124 pounds In todays race made all of bis own pace and made a new track record for the mile and an eighth by running the distance iu 151 The pace was fast from the start and jockey Joe Byrne permitted him to go along at i merry clip all the way In the drive through the homestretch McTagfrart made a des ¬ perate effort with Worth and for a time It looked as if he would get to the leader Byrne beoatm anxious and struck his mount with his whip a couple of times whereat The Manager made an extra spurt and retained his advantage to the finish Superstition was third beaten a neck for second place Frach was given Instructions to rate his mount behind the leaders and he obeyed them The way that Superstition responded when called on made it appear as if he would have had a better chancu had he been permitted to go to the front as he always has In his good races Froglegs ran a smashing good race He was carried wide on all the turns and covered much more ground than any other horse in the race The fractional time was 47 112 138 151 151The The program was one of the best offered at any eastern track In recent years Besides the Washing ton Handicap there were provided as attractions a steeplechase over the twomile course a handicap for twojearolds at six furlongs an allowance race for threeyearolds at a mile and a sprint race iii which some of the fastest horses on the grounds went to the post postIn In the twoyearold handicap the Schorr colt Leo chares mrde a show of his company He broke slowly and was outpaced to the far turn where Teahan brought him up on the outside He vent around his company with a great burst of speed and iu the homestretch drew away into a threelengths lead and won with great ease Leochares carried 121 pounds and run the six furlongs iu time that was within onefifth of a second of the track record recordThe The first disqualification of tlie meeting came with the running of the steeplechase in which Jesuit boat Gun Cotton Jesuit showed fine speed from the start nnd fencing boldly led all tbuway In the homestretch where Guij Cotton rca mo strong nest to tliiv Inner rali Jftsnitrswtrved7lnei nffl jcut the mare off sharply at tlie sixteenth jxist Tlie Inter ¬ ference was palpable that the stewards promptly disqualified Jesuit and the change in the placing gave Gun Cotton first ilace Lizzie Flat second ami Banner third Banner and Absconder pulled up lame lameThe The seventh race furnished the closest finish of the afternoon Arasee Taequellna and Ctlonel Ashmcade passed the judges noses apart and the winner was hi doubt until the official placing was displayed Colouel Ashmeade made all of the pace and prob ¬ ably would have Avon but for jumping over the path gateRoyal opposite tho paddock gate Royal Meteor changed hands after his victory in the first race He was entered for 400 and wtoen I M Taylor bid COO he secured the horse Royal Meteor pulled up so lanic that T Davles had to dismount and lead him back to the judges stand Trainer Fitzsimnions thought Royal Meteor well sold at the price priceJohn John McGraw was a visitor at Laurel this after ¬ noon McGraw is an enthusiastic follower of the thoroughbred rnd enjoyed his afternoons outing He will probably remain for a few days Barney daysBarney Schreiber who arrived from his Missouri farm a few days ago baa arranged with Max Silvers to take aliout 100 broodmares weanlings yearlings and twoyearolds to Chile The con ¬ signment will be shipped next month awl sold by auction in Valparaiso The stallion Deutschland will be included in the lot lotAl Al Rohrbach manager ot tne Connanght Park Jockey Club is here He reports that tho plant at Ottawa has1 been fully completed The grading was tinislied a couple of weeks ago and the rail for the chute was placed in position last week The infield has been graded and sown and a race meeting could be given tomorrow if necessary Mr Rohrbach liad au interview with Maj T C nicHowell this after ¬ noon in reference to the Kentuckiari going to Ottawa next spring to act as steward Major McDowell is held in high esteem in Ottawa and it was at the sug ¬ gestion of prominent members of the Connaught Park Jockey Club that Mr Bohrbach tried to in ¬ fluence him to go to Canada CanadaJockey Jockey Chartrand was suspended for tho rest of the meeting by the stewards and Hopkins was sus ¬ pended for three days by tlie same officials Chap pell was given one week by the starter and J Brooks daysWilliam and J Connolly three days William Martin wishes to correct the report that Al Koenigsberg is interested in the horse Mediator It appears that Mr Koenigsberg won a wager on Mediator last spring which led to the rumors that he was interested iu the ownership of the hor Mr Martin purchased Mediator from J Howard Iwewis during the Pimlico spring meeting
