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EASY RACE TO JOHN P. GRIERl ! Routledge, His Only Opponent, No Match for Whitney Crack Calvert Killed by Fall. LAUREL, Md., October 5. An exceptionally j J large midweek crowd gathered at the Maryland Fair , course this afternoon, attracted there presumably because of the scheduled appearance of H. p. Whitneys John P. Grler in a purse race ut a mile. I ; Routledge, flying the colors of Mrs. W. M. Jef- , fords, was the only one to face the Whitney crack. They carried the same weight, 115 pounds, but this did not help Routledge, the Whitney colt winning as Ills rider pleased, although his margin of vie- tory was but a length. Routledge outbroke the Whisk Broom II. colt from an inside position and raced in front for a quarter of a mile. Straight- j ened into the backstretch, Ambrose called on John P. Grier. Readily he opened up a lead and easily maintained it to the end. The Glenburie, a three-quarter-mile handicap for three-year-olds and over, carded as the secondary attraction, provided a much more interesting race. The winner turned up InKnot, from the stable of Samuel Ross. Knot triumphed by a neck over the Greentree stable Peter Piper after a hard drive. War Marvel, representing S. Louis, finished third. Keogh rode the winner. J. Heupel was shaken up in a fall from Calvert in the sixth race and sustained n broken collarbone. The horse was killed in the fall. Sir William Johnson bolted through the fence on the way to the post in the last race and threw jockey Jarvis and ran away to his barn. He was brought back and jockey Bryson substituted. W. B. Marshalls Seaboard was gelded this morning. This is one of the string which Walter Heart campaigned in Canada for George Wingfield during the summer and with his speed, should be a useful plater when cured of his meanness. J. W. Healy arrived from Canada today. The Lumsden jumpers in his charge were unloaded at the course this morning. H Steeplechase rider A. Stretch, who did the riding forHealy at the. last Blue Bonnets and Woodbine -MitttfiSH sin rlTafc-!MieIfci The ear from Canada carried the good jumper Hearts of Oak, which was campaigned through the field there by W. Wilson. The L. J. Donahue jumpers also arrived from Canada. Allan Bulcroft is another arrival. His sou George, the apprentice rider, accompanied him. Bulcroft reports that the promising timber topper Jim Thorpe was taken sick at Toronto and left there. T. Havreson has been stricken here with an attack of ptomaine poisoning. Fred Burlew, trainer of the J. H. Rosseter horses, has received word that the good mare Passing Showers is in foal to Friar Rock, sire of Inch-cape and other highly prized juveniles. Jimmy Butwell has contracted to ride next season for B. B. McLean. He has been doing well in Maryland in the colors of the Washington sportsman. Oriole, the 0,000 purchase of J. K. L. Ross from the Livingston disposal sale, arrived from New York this morning. Paddy Dear and Regreso, the pair claimed in New York a few days ago by S. Polk and T. S. Vail, respectively, also arrived. Ed Cole is leaving tonight for Windsor to serve as judge at the Kenilwortli meeting. Stewart Polk has received word from California that the race track interests there are highlv elated over the reservation of stalls at Tijuana by Sam Hildreth and that the mentors of the sport in lower California look for other prominent owners to ship there to contest for the 20,000 Coffroth Handicap, the two 0,000 events and the four ,000 stakes anil others to be decided there next winter. Sam Louis claimed Sugarmint from E. B. McLean yesterday for ,054 and the latter tcok Rollicking Airs from J. H. Rosseter for ,000. Fernwood has been added to the schooling list. G. D. Bryan has directed racing secretary J. B. Campbell to arrange a ,500 stake as the feature of the opening of Jefferson Park on Thanksgiving day. It is probable that the event will call for three-year-olds and over to a mile and a sixteenth at handicap weights.
