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E B MLEANS THE PORTER Furnishes Surprise by Defeating Cudgel and Omar Khayyam Largest Assemblage of Fall Sea ¬ son Entertained by Racing of Highest Order Laurel Mil October 15 The largest crowd that lias attended the Rices in Maryland this fall Journeyed to Laurel Park today to witness the de ¬ cision of a program of seven races comparing fav ¬ orably with the best offered by the Saratoga Rac ¬ ing Association during its wonderful August meet ¬ ing at the Spa Big delegations from Philadelphia Washington Baltimore and surrounding cities came Iwith by train and motor car There was quite a distinct military tone to the days proceedings the Stars and Stripes flying proudly among tlue tolors of the other allied governments while hun ¬ dreds of officers and khakiclad soldiers were seen in all parts of the course together with a goodly number of officers of various allied countries Lib ¬ erty Bond sellers were everywhere and did a thriv ¬ ing business businessThe The main attraction of the day was the Baltimore Handicap and the presence of Cudgel and Omar Khayyam among the starters served to invest in it more than the usual interest manifested in ordi ¬ nary stake events When the mighty Omar Khayyam and the popular Cudgel galloped on the course for the rare the big crowd arose en massj and wildly cheered these two loud and long But imagine their surprise and consternation when they saw the three yearold The Porter owned by the Washington turfman E B McLean easily defeat the two giants uf the turf turfJohn John Schorr trainer for E B McLean elected t ° 5W lrTl e Porter to tiro pout Jn this event and he wiu withdrawn from the other two races in which he had btcii entered Schorrs judgment proved good for The Porter made a runaway affair of the nice and beat Cudgvl by a couple of lengths Knnpp yho had the mount on The Porter stole a commanding lead in the early stages and then gave The Porter a breathing si ell The result was that he had a bit in reserve for a final effort and wheii aled on The Porter responded gamely Omar Khayyam was fourth beaten a head by Midwav for placeThe third place The days siwrt began with a dash of a mile and a sixteenth in which sixteen platers of fair class engaged Thorn Bloom was the first to get into his stride and he quickly assumed a safe lead which lie easily maintained to the end Nigel the favor ¬ ite was second and Medusa third Counsel one of the field horses fell just before entering the home ¬ stretch Neither horse nor rider suffered more than a slight shaking up upTHE THE BROOK CHAMPION JUMPER JUMPERDevotees Devotees of steepleelmsing including members of various hunt clubs were out in large numbers attracted by the prospects of a great contest through the field with The Brook Weldship New Haven aud Dramaturge among the starters in the Greentree Steeplechase Whatever doubts if any were enter ¬ tained about the championship aspirations of The Brook were sitcedily dispelled by his cleancut vic ¬ tory today He was reserved until the lust turn of the field then moved into the lead and the old fencer Weldship proved no match for this years champion when the final test came cameThe The NavaJ Junior Liberty Bond Purse at one mile furnished a stirring finish which brought the spec ¬ tators to their feet when Frank Weirs Tetley scored l y a nose over Translate The latters defeat was liid to the fact that she ran out when entering the homestretch after setting a fast pace through ¬ out outThe The Liberty Bond Handicap was productive of another thrilling finish between Icarus and Crank The former set a great pace but was tiring at the end and trunk finishing like a flash was gaining with every stride It was a fast run race the threequarters being run in 111 a new track record for the distance distanceJefferson Jefferson Livingstons Aurmn furnished a surprise when be decisively beat Tombolo in the Admiral Purse at one mile Tombolo looked all over the winner when he passed Cavan Boy at the eighth post but had nothing left to withstand the fast closing rush of the ultimate winner winnerThe The mile and a quarter race which wound up the afternoons si ort fell to Buckboard the Loft representative winning in easy fashion from Lytle with Judge Wingfield a close up third thirdPrevious Previous to the running of the first race on Mon ¬ day J I Maylwrry will dispose of by auction in the naddock a yearling brother to Green Gold by Celt Follie Levy This is the last of a band of ten which were purchased during the summer sales salesThe The twoyearold Tommywaac is back in the stable of his former owner George Peterson The filly was run up and bought out of a selling race yesterday by C W Gasser who disposed of her at private sale this morning morningJ J W Bean added the plater Captain Ray to his string He secured the horse from J E Griffith an l turned him over to F Musante who will race him for his new owner at one of the winter tracks tracksKimhall Kimhall Patterson arrived this morning from Neif York with eleven horses the property of J W McClelland Included in the string was the fast twoyearold Eternal EternalW W Henry also arrived with a division of the W R Coe H L Pratt and E F Whitney stables stablesHamlet Hamlet Moore who formerly raced several horses on the Maryland and Canadian circuits was an arrival from New Orleans American Crusaders in a modern Holy war need the backing of America their mother Back the Crusaders with Liberty Bonds
