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MUDiOF HELP TO SIR JOHN JOHNSON Old Campaigner Shows Improved Form Over Deep and Heavy Track at Laurel Baltimore Md Octol cr 24 Todays races at lHUivl were run under cloudy skies and over a deep slid lienvi track It took a sturdy horse to negotiate the going mccessfully It was a different sort of mud than form students have had to figure ou re ¬ cently and in only one race did they land on the right one Banorcila winner of the fifth race was the only favorite to score The other five races went to long shots and some of the layers won handsomely on the afternoons transactions The change In the going was doubtless responsible for th improved form shown by some of the winners Tliis wns especially true of Sir John Johnson This old campaigners feet are none too good and the soft track this afternoon just suited him He mads i show of his company in the fourth race a dash of ji mile and led from start to finish Republicans connections accepted a short price against his chances Hut well had the mount and he rode a des ¬ perate race whipping from the head of the home ¬ stretch to the finish The colt gained some in the last sixteenth but it was only because jockey Glass cawed Sir John Johnson up a bit bitGlass Glass also bad the mount on Troy Weight which iron tin closing dash In a driving finish with Goldeu Custle The best finish of the day came with the running of the second race a five and a half furlong sprint for twoyearolds Lace ruled favorite but she finished last The winner turned up in E B Catsalts filly Flying Fairy which made a runaway affair of the race T Davies had to go to a drive in the hHiicst retch when Riiigling came from behind and finished with a rush The latter just failed io set tip and was beaten a neck The Itclmont coll Sand Vale was a keen factor to the stretch turn where Ferguson made the mistake of going to his whip When he did so Sand Vale began to flounder and tiring badly in the last sixteenth was beaten live lengths for second place With McTaggart or Mime such strong rider iu the saddle Sand Vale might have won wonMax Max nirsch put over a good tiling in the firt race in Rig Dipper which boat a band of twoyear old maidens Big Dipper ran in the colors of E J McGraw a local man and was well backed He came from behind and won easily by a couple of lengths lengthsFrank Frank M Taylor has arranged to ship Rolling Stone and Sir Dcnrah on Saturday to the Hallcnheck farm near Shrewsbury X J where they will gj into winter quarters Rolling Stone spread a foot at Havre de Grace while Sir Denrah went wrong at Laurel LaurelA A carload of horses vill leave here for Latonia tomorrow In the consignment will be the stables owned by Martin Foley J A Strode aud T W ORrien ORrienMrs Mrs L A Livingston has instructed Matt FeaVes Io ship her horses to Iimlico tomorrow Sotemia is a candidate for the Bowie Stakes to IKJ run during tin Pimlico meeting and Kddic Martin who roda the mare in the Endurance Stakes at Churchill Downs has liccn engaged to pilot her in the Bowie BowieLarrr Larrr Carey who lias been acting as agent for II Ilallenbeck will race a stable of his own the f mns winter He will take in the meeting at Norfolk and may ship from there to Juarez JuarezJockey Jockey C Miller was suspended for the remainder of the meotinz by starter Dade DadeByrne Byrne Small and Teahan were struck in the eyes by clods during the afternoon and cancelled their remaining engagements as a consequence consequenceThis This mornings workouts include the following followingBen Ben Loyal Threequarters In 121 121Berkeley Berkeley Threeeighths in M MCliff Cliff Edfe Threequarters in 124 124Federal Federal Threequarters in 122 122Froglegs Froglegs Mile in 149 149His His Majesty Threequarters in 121 121Isidora Isidora Threequarters In l207s Michael Angflo Threeeighths in S Mindinette Threequarters in 12O Montresor Threequarters in 122 Key Fiveeighths In 108 Strenuous Seveneighths in 137 Tartar Threequarlcrs in 120 Worth Mile in 152
