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CAPT RAL PARRS COLORS First in Blue Point Selling Stakes at Laurel Park Spectacular Finishes Feature the theAfternoons Afternoons Sport Leochares LeocharesFails Fails His Admirers Laurel Mtl1 Oetol er 9 The Blue Point Selling Stakes i dash of five and a half furlongs for twoyearolds which was nrovided as an attraction it laurel this afternoon furnished an exciting contest the finish finding half the field fight ¬ ing it out ail through the homestretch with Capt Itil Parrs Esquimau first at the end by a half length in front of the favorite Knot The latter hail a bit of bad racing luck in that Callahan I in 11 dl him up at the start iitd then went wide the reniiiinder of the trin Esquimau was bred and developed by William Garth who disposed of him 10 Captain Parr ParrThe The Criterion Liberty Bond Handicap was produc ¬ tive of one of the most thrilling finishes seen in Maryland this fall Valerius after leading from the start by a wide gay suddenly tired and John I Day which had been cut off attempting to go through on the inside at the half mile post finish ¬ ing with a remarkable display of syeed was gain ¬ ing on the leader with every stride and would have won in another stride Grayson was so close Inhind the two leaders that none could tell the winner until the nnmliers were hung up upThe The first race of the afternoon fell to I5agheera llfi Triccry colt winning by six lengths G W Ixifls Ceramic ran i remarkable race to finisii second Ceramic was away last but one and then was cut off sharply but closed an iminyise gap iinl in t tvfrlTif Vlosltnr drive outgaiiied Sylvano for place honors honorsThe The victory of the Texasbred filly Leta in the in HP dash run ns the second nice was not only spectacular but proved exceedingly popular with those of tlie spectators who had backed the field horses to win inasmuch as Letl was one of the field horses Prunes was the one to show the way from the start but vas used up racing Mose into defeat and when Leta challenged had nothing left to resist the terrific closing rush of the Meeliek filly which got up in the final stride the winning margin lieing so close that the winner was in doubt until Hie official placing was announced announcedSLOW SLOW STAET HANDICAPS LEOCHABES LEOCHABESThe The noted old sprinter Leochares was making hi first start of the fall campaign in the Hyde Park Handicap Trainer Schorr has rested the old fellow since the Latonia meeting early in the sum ¬ mer Despite his heavy impost of 127 pounds in todays nice he went to tiie post a warm favorite His admirers however were doomed to disappoint ¬ ment as he got away slowly and although finish ¬ ing fast was in close quarters on the inside anil tinld not get up Icarus was the winner but only ifter a strenuous stretcl duel with Bulse the lat ¬ ter just failing to overtake the Talbott racer racerThe The running of the sixth race saw 5rey Eagle nd Vocabulary the outstanding choices run ex ¬ tremely bad mces Vocabulary quit after being in early prominent contention while Srey Eagle was always outdistanced The winner turned up in Soldier with Pazza second and old 5 M Miller third thirdThomas Thomas Fee was an arrival yesterday He came tip from Norfolk and stopped over for a few days liefore continuing on his way to Hamilton Canada when he goes to si end a few days with his family Fee was well known on the Canadian turf some few years back backJ J Hendricks who raced the plater Obolus a couple of years ago and who retired from racing last winter has purchased the contract that W L Oliver held on the apprentice K Moore He will purchase about six horses and they will be turned over to T C Webber who will race them at one f the winter tracks tracksEdward Edward Seagrew who was here enjoying the si ort at Laurel was called to his home in Toronto last night on account of illness in his family familyZinnia Zinnia was transferred this morning by L H Tubbs to Mrs C K Moore MooreO O Fellowes was fined 10 by the stewards for racing his horses in colors other than those regis ¬ tered teredL L Stalker was set down for five days by the starter for disobedience at the post postMancha Mancha pulled up lame after being worked this morning and was excused by the stewards from starting today todayTlie Tlie filly Dainty Lady on the recommendation of the track veterinarian was also excused She de ¬ veloped fever
