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CAREFULS NATIONAL STAKES LAUREL. Md., October 2. W. J. Salmons crack filly Careful added to her long list f successes; the National Stakes, the ,000 added feature of an attractive program at Laurel today. By Jiminy was second and Muttikins third. Oddly, scratches left only fillies to contest this race, and Careful was nilKlo favorite by the large Saturday crowd that witnessed the racing. Valley of the Moon also caniP In for substantial backing. It was a grand race and the finish a thriller. Valley of the Moon, the speedy daughter of Friar Rock, dashed to the front at the rise of the barrier ami made the pace to the turn for home. Careful raced in ,a contending position all the way and took the lead when the Rosseter color bearer tired. Rut the race was not over by any means, for By Jiminy, although forced to go wide on the tiiril, closed up threateningly on Careful an eighth out, and had Keogli not maintained coolness under fire the decision possibly would have been reversed. Only thts margin of a head separated the two at the end, with the neglected outsider gaining with every stride. Muttikins was third after trailing In the rear to the last eighth. The Calvert, a mile and a quarter handicap, for three-year-olds and over, which served as the secondary attraction, was a mere canter for Gnome, the good four-year-old Whisk Broom II. Fairy Kprite colt from the stable of Samuel Ross. Rune-craft and Bellsolar, the other starters, put up a routing battle for second place, finishing in the order named. James R. Butler, who took in the first two days of the meeting, returned to New York tonight. The Maryland Racing Commission has accepted the Havre de Grace stewards decision that the suspension of jockey E. Atkinson, imposed for whipping . a rival mount over the nose, be continued" for tc.ii days during this meeting. E. B. McLean reclaimed The Baggage from Mrs. It. J. .MiUer for ,603.
