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GREAT DAYS SPORT AT LAUREL PARK PARKClose Close and Interesting Finishes Feature Mondays Program Milkmaid Wins Stake Event EventLaurel Laurel Md OctobeV 7 The Tuexo Liberty Bond Purse at a mile and seventy yards was the most pretentious offering at Laurel today and it resulted in an interesting stretch duel between Samuel Ross Crank and G W Lofts Wise Man After the early pacemaker was disposed of Crank and Wise Man ran like a team to near the finish yhere Crank appeared to draw away but had to be ridden out to resist the strong finish of Wise Man which after tiring slightly came again and was gaining slowly It was a grand struggle between two game thoroughbreds and it aroused the enthusiasm of the crowd to a high pitch pitchThe The ordinary Monday card given over mostly to the horses of the cheaper division failed to keep away the regulars which were augmented by many visitors not usually seen at the track except on a holiday or special occasion occasionThe The stake feature of the afternoon the Oakwood Handicap for twoyearolds resulted in an easy victory for J K L Ross Milkmaid which scored in easy fashion After the pacemaker Ticklish was done for in the stretch Milkmaid quickly forged into the lead and easily drew away from the others Routledge was badly ridden but showed signs of weakening in the stretch stretchCapt Capt Ral Parrs colors were carried to victory in the opener when Esquimau prevailed over the Brighton Stable entry Belario Esquimau indulged Belario with the lead to the stretch where he easily passed him and drew away into a safe lead Bag heera favorite in this race suffered from a slow beginning and being crowded back failed to make much headway thereafter thereafterThe The proverbial blanket would have covered the first four horses at the end of the second race so close was the finish Pepper was the leader to the stretch closely followed by Bellringer Sybil Blaise King Worth and several others It was anybodys race when turning for home first one then another gaining a slight advantage Pepper began to tire but hung on gamely while Sybil coming fast managed to catch and pass Bellringer in the final stride to get the decision by a nose Bellringer being but a head in advance of the tiring Pepjier which in turn had but a head advantage over Blaise BlaiseIAZT IAZT LOtT BEATEN BY BIERMAN BIERMANAnother Another close finish followed in the third when Bierman got up in the last fifty yards of the mile and an eighth contest Lazy Lou was the pace ¬ maker and drew away into what appeared a win ¬ ning lead in the stretch but suddenly tired and failed to withstand the closing rush of the win ¬ ner The favorite Ben Hamp on was third thirdSmart Smart Money won the sixth easily holding the favorite Hauberk safe at the end endThorn Thorn Bloom led all the way in the seventh to win easily easilyPrevious Previous to the races this afternoon the bay year ¬ ling colt by Celt Folly Levy was sold by auction in the paddock to R F Carman for 2600 2600Jockey Jockey A Johnson was taken down with an attack of influenza and his engagements were canceled by his agent L agentL Maloney who raced the plater Serbia on the halfmile tracks in Canada died at Havre de Grace Saturday night of influenza influenzaEd Ed Miuter foreman for William Sheedy died of the same illness at Havre de Grace this morning morningJ J A Stowe whose horses have been on the ailing list at Havre de Grace since the meeting there came to a close will ship the string to Bowie the latter part of the week weekJohn John O Byrne arrived from New York this moan ¬ ing with the W A Parsons string stringW W H Shelley got in from Louisville this morn ¬ ing and relieved Joseph McLennan as clerk of the scales Mr McLennan will fill the position of pre ¬ siding judge for the remainder of the meeting meetingW W A Burttschell and Samuel Louis subscribed to 2500 of Liberty Bonds Many other horsemen racing here have also taken a goodly share of the bonds
