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CLOSE LAUREL FINISHES RrNES PROVES THE VICTOR OVER FENMOUSE IN THE DAYS MAIN RACE. Storm Nymph Defeats Sea Wave by a Narrow Margin Bluo Cap Wins and Secures a New Owner Ella Bryson Injured and Dies. j Baltimore, Md., October !. Stirring finishes were ithe order :it Laurel this afternoon. The winners, an jl majority of instances, were under hard drives to win by small margins and in several races the aw.ult was in doubt until the official placing was displayed. The Kentucky Stables imported filly. Storm "Nymph, after racing out into a long lead in the first three-eighths tired and just lasted long enough to beat Sea "Wave. Rryne, on the winner, was a bit overconfident and eased his mount up at the eighth post and she quit under him. In the feature race, an all aged handicap at one italic. Runes and Feumouse fought it out through the Hjomestretch and the two passed the winning mark iis named with the shortest of margins separating "them. It was a pleasant day for outdoor sport and a large crowd was on hand, the clubhouse contingent being especially strong. Many prominent Washing-tonians were among those present. Horses that have been racing on the Canadian circuit figured prominently in the results. Resides Runes, the Canadian contingent furnished a winner when Rlue Cap beat a big band in the fifth rait. It was a selling affair, and Rlue Cap changed hands after her victory. Emit Herz bidding her from 1916.sh00 to ,100 and securing her at that figure. Jules Carson purchased at private sale from F. It. Mooter the five-year-old maiden Senator Casey. The latter is a brother to Jack Atkin. Mr. John Finney, one of the prominent surgeons of the John Hopkins Hospital, left for New York this afternoon to operate on Percy Evans, who suffered painful injuries as a result of a fall at the Belmont Terminal meeting last week. The horses that Foxhall 1. Keene raced during the past season on the metropolitan tracks, and which will be sold at Laurel October 9, have arrived from Oravesend. They shipped in good condition and several of them will have a public trial before the sale. After Jem won on the opening day of the meeting he changed hands. Mike Daly protected him to ,500, and G. A. Mullcr bid 1.000 and secured liim. This means that the horse is still in Malys stable. R. F. Carman lost the good mare Ella Itryson yesterday. Ella Rryson was mated with Meridian last spring and was heavily in foal. While run-iiing about the paddock she was kicked by another mare and died as a result of her injuries. Mike Maly will again winter at lienning. The horses he is training for Archibald Rarklie will be shipped to the latters farm at Wayne, la., at the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting. T. J. Shannon, who lias gathered a rather pretentious string of platers since his arrival from Canada, has announced that he would probably ship to Cuba at the conclusion of the Bowie meeting. Mart Memarest is laid up in his Baltimore apartments, suffering from a sprained ankle. He will be about again in a few days. The horses that Edward MeBride purchased during the past few days have been turned over to Frank Garrett, who will train them until the close of the meeting, when they will be turned over to W. Livingston, who has the McRride yearlings at the Gentlemens Driving Park in Baltimore. Susan 1$. pulled up lame in the steeplechase but appeared to walk out of it. She probably hit herself during the running of the race. W. A. Porter was among the arrivals from Canada. W. Chapman was also on hand after a prosperous season in the Mominion. Andrew Miller and II. K. Knapp, prominent members of the Jockey Club, came down for the week end. W. Smith, who lost Rlue Cap, winner of the fifth race retaliated by claiming Plumose from Emil Ilerz. He then sold the latter to S. Louis at private sale. John McKeon of Sheepshead Ray has purchased from W. C. Clancy the two-year-old Tinsel. He will probably race him at one of the winter tracks. Laurel work-outs today, with the track fast, were: Ambrose Half mile in 51. Rattle Half mile in 50. Chiclet Mile in 1:52. Carbide Three-quarters in 1:18. Celtabel Three-quarters in 1:19. llourless Half mile in Flittergold Half mile in 50. Golden Rantam Five-eighths in 1:04. Paddy Whack Half mile in 50. Stromboli Half mile in 49. Libyan Sands Half mile in 48. Short Grass Mile in 1:47. Ormesdale Five-eighths in 1:05. Merchant Half mile in 50. Dovedale Mile in 1:52. Columbine Three-quarters in 1:15. Peep Sight Mile in 1:52. Harvest King Three-eighths in 35. Morrow Half mile in 50. Regina Half mile in 50. Roots Half mile in 50. Spectre Three-eighths in 3C. Counsel Three-quarters in 1:18. Traction Half mile in 51. Kings Oak Half mile in 50. Dinah Mo Mile in 1:4S. Etruscan Half mile in 49. Napoleon Half mile in 51. Ancon Five-eighths in 1:05. Wistful Half mile in 48. The Busvbody Three-quarters in 1:17. Pullux Three-eighths in 37. Golden List Half mile in 50. Mirza Half mile in 50. Old Broom Three-quarters in 1:19. Rosewater Mile in 1:45. Marse Henry Half mile in 49. Frietidless Five-eighths in 1:C3. Sevillian Mile in 1:40. Serenest Three-quarters in 1:15. Night Owl Five-eighths in 1:04. Wood Trap Half mile in 51. Dryad Mile in 1:45. If Yodeling Mile in 1:45. Ferarock Half mile in 50. Mj Donnie Three-quarters in 1:1S. Hanobala Three-eighths in 38.
