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CLOSING DAY AT LAUREL Meeting Comes to An EndUnder X Adverse Weather Conditions Midway and v Exterminator Fur nish Interesting Duel in Na tional Handicap Laurel Md October 31 The fall meeting of the Maryland State Fair came to an end today at Laurel Park only sixteen of the original twentyseven racing days finished due to an inter ¬ ruption of eleven days on account of the influenza situation necessitating the prohibition of all public gatherings in Maryland Today was far from m auspicious closing day rain falling continually all afternoon Despite the disagreeable weather i goodly sized crowd was present and were rewarded by witnessing interesting racing wf wfThe The change in track conditions left only Mid ¬ way Exterminator and Tombolo to contest the tenth running ot the National Handicap at one mile and an eighth and they finished in the order named Midway getting the verdict by a head after a brilliant struggle with Exterminator that lasted the entire length of the contest Tombolo being a distant follower throughout throughoutThe The secondard feature of the afternoon the Old ni iry Purse was nothing more than ii canter for the sneedy Flags which found little opposition from Bulse and Etruscan the only other starters startersThe The black gelding Mormon Elder put up a slash ¬ ing performance to win the opening dash beating the highly fancied St Quentin by a head Favored at the start St Quentiu quickly dashed into a big lead and set a remarkably fast pace considering the heavy going However this proved his undoing for when entering the stretch he began to tire which fact did not escape the alert Ensor who immediately went to the whin on Mormon Elder and the black gelding responding in game fashion caught and passed St Quentin in the final strides stridesGOLD GOLD BOND WINS CHASE CHASEThe The steeplechase resulted In an easy success for Gold Bond after Smithfield tired when he had secured what appeared to be a safe lead Sixty Four lost bis rider at the tenth jump while racing in the lead leadThe The running of the An Revoir Liberty Bond Purse furnished a surprise in the defeat of Foreground and Arriet especially the latter which was heavily backed The winner turned up in Douglass S after a spirited closing drive with John I Day DayJim Jim Arthurs colors were seen in front in the sixth when his Cobalt Lass easily beat Graphic and Queen of the Sea The latter was the pro ¬ nounced favorite but ran a poor race raceThe The long distance race of the day was robbed of much interest when Star Shooter second choice was left at the post The elimination of Star Shooter left clear sailing for Goldcrest Boy which led all the way to win by a safe margin The concluding race of the meeting proved easy for E K Brysons Sky Pilot the old plater leading throughout by a safe margin apparently favored by the going goingE E K Bryson has sold Wood Violet and Baby Sister to John Dunko of Buffalo BuffaloCheerful Cheerful word has been received from George Swain who has been in France with the American forces for the past year Price McKinney who had been confined to a sick bed in Washington for a fortnight was an enthusiastic spectator today todayFoxhall Foxhall Keene was an arrival from New Tort TortC C J Fitz Gerald stopped off after a business trip to Washington in the interests of the forth coming Cuban meeting
