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CLOSING DAY AT LAUREL By Jiminy Defeats Crack Two-Year-Olds in Manor Handicap. i i Thunderstorm Takes Measure of Consistent Bridesman Tremendous Crowd Sees Racing r 1 1 LAUREL, Md., October 30. Edward F. Whitneys By Jiminy, a frequent winner on the Canadian circuit last summer, accounted for the feature race of the closing days program at Laurel this afternoon when she" won the Manor Handicap, a dash of one mile for two-year-olds, to which ,000 was nilded. By Jiminy, ridden by A. Johnson, was saved until straightened out in the homestretch, then came from behind with a rusli to win easily by a length and a quarter from the tiring Sailing If. The latter mode the pace until in the last eighth before tiring. Step Lightly, the Futurity , raced poorly. She was never dangerous , ht any time, but lasted long enough to beat the Whitney colt Broomspun by a length. Broomspun was rather fractious at the barrier and when the start came lie was away none too well. He was never able to overcome be handicap. The closing day of what was. probably the most successful meeting in the history of the course brought out a tremendous gathering, the crowd being equaled on but few days of the meeting. Small fields ruled and a. majority of the winners had plenty to spare as they passed, the judges. Thunderstorm, which wis making his first appear-a nteitiiicandalL-fawMa try la nd -iratel-edi a.-surprise when-herteat the heavily-backed Bridesman in the fifth; ThnHdeiitorm outpaced the others from the: itirtriCIH inTstretch drew away. Bridesman met yilVt r Interference on the first turn, where he was shut Off when Callahan attempted to squeeze him through on the inside. This was Bridesmans first defeat at Laurel, lie having won his four previous races, Sugnrmint was claimed by E. F. Dobson for ,410 and Verity by E. P. Summerfield for ,255. The-contract that Commander Ross held on jockey T. Nolan expired today and the latter will ride as a free lancet at Pimlico; E. Trueman has turned over three yearlings by Lovetle to W. Slieedy to be raced in Cuba. Trueman will winter the other six yearlings he has by the Borne sire at Bennlng. He also purchased back from Paul Powers the mare Widow Bedotte. W Rawley lias taken over the books of jockeys H. Hamilton and A. Johnson and will make their engagements at Pimlico. SPECIAL LEAVES FOR CUBA. Frank McGinty leaves for Key West tomorrow. Hi will accompany the special horse train which pulls out of Baltimore tomorrow evening for Oriental Park, Havana. Mr McGinty will remain at Key West as representative of the Cuba-American Jockey Club, to assist horsemen and race goers in securing passports and looking after the transportation of the racers destined for the meeting. While being schooled through the. field at Pimlico tills morning the steeplechaser Vigilante bolted into one of the wings and injured himself enough to keep him out of the races for the remainder of ttio your J. Wi Dayton, in whose colors Vigilante races, recently disposed of the farm lie had at Nortli East, Maryland, and he will winter his horses at Laurel tills year. . . CIvde Freeman and O. Pons leave with their horses for New Orleans on Monday. A carload of the 8. A. Clopton string will also go south next week. ... H. Woods acquired of K. Bryson by private pur-chose the two horses Cavan Boy and Eddie McBride. This pair of racers have been turned out for several months at the Devers farm, near Havre de Grace. They will be shipped with the other horses in Woods stable to Cuba. At the conclusion of the Laurel meeting L. A. Cassldy will leave for New York. He has been on the job at Laurel since June 1. .Before" another year rolls around at Laurel a new entrance will have been constructed. It will be built from the Washington-Baltimore pike direct to the grandstand and wJU obviate the necessity of going through the village of Laurel to get to the course. "Jpckey A. Schuttinger will rest during the winter months. He contemplates a trip to California, Nbw Orleans and Cuba. .There will be quite a winter colony at Laurel this year. Among the horsemen. who have already urranged to winter at this course are the Glen Iyer Stable. Harry Rites, witli the J. E. Griffith string, ,R. F. Carman, John Kermath and Eugene Woyland with. the W. J. Salmon string. Fred Burlew shipped the J. H. Rosseter string from- Laurel to Belmont Park this morning, where they will go Into winter quarters. Wedding Cake Syus sent over to Pimlico to fill her stake engagements ut: that meeting. Jockey Wessler was set down for the remainder of the meeting yesterday.
