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SURPRISE IN STAKE RACE HEADMAST BEATS DISTANT SHORE IN FEATURE j RACE AT LAUREL PARK. Maryland State Fair Track Benefits by Closing of Bowie Mooting- in Greatly Increased Patronage Conflict to Be Avoided in Future. Baltimore, Md., October 13. Tlie Blue Point Soiling Stakes, for two-year-olds, live and a half furlongs, was tile feature of a good program at Laurel Park this afternoon, and resulted in a surprise when James Fitzsinimons lleailmast won hy a neck in a hard drive with the Oneck Stables Distant Shore. Key Mar was third, a head away. It was an exciting finish, witli the best horse in second place. . Key Mar was the pacemaker in the early running., with lieadmast running close up aud Distant Shore next. At the turn lor home, Distant Shore went around the leaders and In the last sixteenth hooked up with lieadmast. McCahey appeared to outride Karrick right at the end and lieadmast lasted long enough to win. The eloshi" of the Bowie meeting, which has been running in opposition to Laurel for the last ten days, had a marked effect on the attendance today and a crowd of from live to six thousand persons turned out, notwithstanding that the weather was threatening. The division of the Boss and Parr stables that Lewis Garth raced in Canada the past summer have either been disposed of or turned out at the Garth farm at Charlottesville. Va. inose that have been retired for the season include Little Hugh, Tom Horn, Kxton, Humility. Zodiac. The Urchin and High Priest.- Zodiac contracted fever while en route from Canada and Kxton went lame. The Urchin has probably run his last race. He will be used in future as a hack. Young Mr. Garth won thirtv-two races In Canada during the season, three of them being with the junior. Tom Horn, a horse he purchased from William Walker late in the summer. Great things are expected of this fencer next season. The Masquerader has been tired for ossolets. Sam Louis .sold Kazan at private sale" to J. W. Dayton. It is Daytons intention to make a steeplechaser outo this two-year-old and he will be -Mr.koolMl at Bennlng, where the Dayton stable will winter. An effort is lielng made by the management of the Bowie track tnolituiu ail arrangement of dates that will avoid a conflict in Maryland next season. It Is understood that an arrangement will be made whereby Bowie will take ver the dates formerly used by the Norfolk track, which means that the first meeting will take place early in April and the second meeting during the last part of November. It is said that this arrangement is satisfactory to the other clubs here. The following is a list of the yearlings that William Miilgely will take from Belmont Park, where th - have been broken, to Aiken this fall for Gifford A. Cochran: Short Ballot, b. c, bv Voter Carlotta C; Hands Off, b. c. by Plaudit Meddling Mary; Ainnan, br. c, by Waterbov Colonial: Prince of Coiuo. b. c. by Disguise Claudia; Tar Brush, br. e. by Ben Brush Lady Hortense; Prohibition, eli. c, by Voter Goody Good; Brushwood Boy. b. e by Ben Brush Diana: Plione. b. f, by Sain Spendthrift; Devonshire Dolly, b. f, by Broomstick Sankara; Feminist, eh. f. by Voter-Belle of Ashland; Pantomiue. b. f, by Peter Pan Bentfactress; Broom Corn. b. f, by Ben Brush Teitawah; Gentlewoman, b, f, by Sain Homespun; Penance, blk. f, by Sain Ashes. Jockey Borel has been given permission to accept outside mounts by his emnloyer, James Butler, and he rode Pat on this afternoon. Jockey Hightmirc was taken sick yesterday and left for his home In Brooklyn this morning. The stables or Martin Foley. George Sonn. L. Brewster and K. J. OConnell were shipped from the Bowie track to Latonia this morning. Charles Odoll was an arrival from Savannah and will remain for the rest of the meeting.
