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HEDGE EUNS DISAPPOINTINGLY Held at Prohibitive Odds and Tails to Place in Race Over Laurel Track Baltimore Md October 21 It was ladies day rt Laurel and a tremendous gathering turned out to witness tho sport It was an ideal day for racing and with the track iu splendid condition keen con tests were seen Briar Path Irish Kid and Oak hurst won for the backers of favorites but the de ¬ feat of Hedge was a stunner for those who has their calculations on form In her previous effort on Wednesday last Hedce overcame a great deal of early interference and ran a milts in 13S This made her an oddson favorite today and the layers were forced to rub the 2 to 5 that was quoted about her iu the early hotting Hedge again suffered spmj interference today but no more than iu her previous start She moved up to the leaders on the back stretch and was a keen factor to the stretch turn where she faltered and the finish found her un ¬ placed placedThe The other races furnished interesting contests the best horse in each instance winning Toahan piloted the winners of the last two races and had Miss Edita escaped being cut down iu the first race he might have made it three firsts The Schorr filly came out of her race hadlv crippled She was jumped on aud cut down on both legs but the oft leg was the one that suffered the most Injury There was a deep gatih just above the hock The filly will bo retired until nest spring as it is out of the question trying to bring her back to tho races for a couple of months at least leastBriar Briar Path won the opening race for George W Langdon and the victory was a popular one Mr Langdun celebrated Briar Paths victory by purchas ¬ ing the promising twoyearold His Majesty from David Gideon ijis Majesty is by the Futurity win ¬ ner His Highness out of the Futurity winner But ¬ terflies He is a oolt of much promise and will probably develop into a good racer racerBarney Barney Schreiber recently consummated a big deal with R J Mackenzie in which a dozen yearlings by Joe Carey figured They were Brown colt out of Blandura chestnut colt out of Bcrtola roan filly out of Chartreuse II brown filly out of Cherldah a brovni colt out of Ellen Atkin chestnut colt out of Gracious Dame bay filly out of Gl ncou Maid brown colt out of Prudential Girl chestnut colt out of Rebecca Ban brown filly out of Saindora luv colt out of Sister ModredV and brown colt out of Trinta Jockey Ural who is confined iu the Johns Hopkins Hospital with typhoid pneumonia la reported as being exceedingly low with little hope of recovery recoveryJockeys Jockeys Butwell and Guy Bums and trainers Albert Simons Tom Ilealey and W II Karrick re ¬ turned from Piping Rock RockCharles Charles T Patterson who has been spending a few davs in Kentucky arrived this morning Mr Patterson trained tlie stable of Robert Davies iu Canada last season and won thirtyeight races He is thinking about going abroad this winter to seek an engagement on the other side In the event of his going jockey Eddie Martin will accompany him himJ J Davenport arrived from England yesterday with the Whitney racers Iron Mask anil Bashti The pair shipped well aud were sent out to Iimlico where they will bo prepared for racing iu this country Bashti while she has not grown much since last season has spread out Last week four ¬ teen Whitney twoyearolds arrived from England Some of these youngsters will l e raced this fall aud sold as soon as they show something somethingT T H Cook former trainer for Labold Brothers Lucky Baldwin and William Jennings arrived from France on Saturday He stopped over in Wash ¬ ington yesterday to visit W P Bnrch before ctfn tinuing his journey to the Kcene farm In Kentucky Mr Cooks mission here is to tako charge of the shipment of the broodmares that Frank Gould pur ¬ chased from Mr Kcene a few days ago In the consignment that he will take buck to France will be four besides the uix that were purchased of Mr Kcene The following were the best workouts at Laurel track this morning Back Bay Fiveeighths in 104 Big nipiwr Half mile ftx 50 Blackford Milo in 145 Camellia Mile in 1445 Chilon Queen Fiveeighths in 103 C ck o the Walk Threequarters in 11C Donald Maedonald Mile hi 142 El Oro Milo in 14S Federalist Threequarters in 118 Flammarion Threequarters in 116 JvVis yik Thrcetjuartcrs in 110 G M Miller Mile in 14C Grosvenor Fiveeighths in 102 j Highland Chief Fiveeighths in 104K Housemaid Mile in 142 ° r Ivahel Threequarters in 120 Jawbone Mile in 142 Jonquil Half mile in 50 Little England Mile in i43s Lucky George Mile in 142 New River Mile in 1441 Orbed I ad Threequarters In 110 Sir John Johnson Mile in 142 Star Charter Milo in 148 Tarts Threequarters ia llfi Ten Point Fiveeighths in 105 Tho Squire Mile in 143 Towton Field Mile In 147 Winning Widow Fiveeighths in l03i Yankee Notions Threequarters 1179
