Tremendous Attendance: Sees Kathleen Win Feature Race of Laurels Opening Day.; Sunny Slope Runs Fast Mile Under Heavy Weight--Another Victory for Pen Rose., Daily Racing Form, 1918-10-02

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TREMENDOUS ATTENDANCE Sees Kathleen Win Feature Race of Laurels Opening Day Sunny Slope Runs Fast Mile Under Heavy Weight Another AnotherVictory Victory for Pen Rose Laurel Md OclolHr 1 The Folly Farm furnished the winner of the feature race of Laurels opening lay program this afternoon when the Scmpronius inaro Kathleen scored a runaway victory in the Laurel HuncJiwip a dash of threequarters with 1 00 added Kathleen raced under restraint all the way and todays race shows that trainer Schorr lias succeeded in rounding this good mare back to JUT top form which means that she will be capable of holding her own in any company from now on onLunsford Lunsford Mas to have ridden the mare but was taken sick after dismounting from The Porter and AV Kelsny was substituted substitutedSunny Sunny Slope made his muidcu effort for the Beach Stable in the Army and Navy Liberty Bond Purse a dash of one mile He shouldered the steadying im ¬ post of 123 pounds made alj the pace and beat The Porter by n scant length in a driving finish Inci ¬ dentally Siinuv Slope equalled the track record made by Republican a fiveyearold with 109 pounds up which ran the mile in 137 here several years ago agoA A tremendous gathering turned out and much gratification was expressed over the many improve ¬ ment made to the plant principal of which was the regrading and resoiling of the track trackThe The brilliant filly Pen Rose added another to her lung list f victories when she easily accounted fi r the Eed White and Blue Purse which appropriately cijiened sportTlieste the days sport Tlieste jJlechase fell to lufidel II the Widener JiinrpCTscorlng an easy victory New Haven finished wcond while Ral 1sirrs Robert Oliver the public choice could do no better than finish fourth The fourthThe colors of G AA Loft were conspicuous during the afternoon Smart Money carrying them to vic ¬ tory in the fifth race and Wise Man in the sixth Jfotli winners were ridden by W Kelsay who also rode Kathleen in the Laurel Handicap Judge HandicapJudge Wingfield made it a double for the Triple Springs Farm Stable by easily winning the final race of the afternoon afternoonAmong Among the arrivals from Kentucky were W H Frey and E AV Moore The latter brought six Jorses among them the fast mare Arriet Moore ias a good apprentice in his stable in C Robinson a lad picked up in Toronto a few years back M Hirsch trainer for exCongressman George AV Lqft left the threeyearold Papp and the twoyearold Rogers at Belmont Park when lie shipped to Maryland Papp has been thrown out of training for the year It yearIt is reported that Sweep Up II in the stable of J R Skinker has developed a bowed tendon and he will be fired and retired for the present year AV yearAV A Carter owner of Slumber H has taken the laUer up after a retirement of twelve months The lorse is doing nicely and will be shipped to Cuba next winter Carter will also take up some Iiorses on his arrival at Oriental Park for a well novrn Cuban sportsman sportsmanPrank Prank McGinty assistant to starter James F Mil Ion has just recovered from an attack of Spanish influenza During his illness he lost twentyone pounds


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