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CAREFUL IN EASY VICTORY W. J. Salmons Speedy Filly Beats Baby Grand in Laurels Main Attraction. LAUREL, Md., October 11. Walter J. Salmons Careful, ridden by James Butwell, was returned an easy winner in the Glenburnie Handicap, the stellar attraction at Laurel this afternoon. Baby Grand took second place and Pride of India beat Minnto Man for the short end of the purse. Careful was away quickly and never left any doubt as to her superiority, Butwell being content to let hef race away in front under restraint and never urged her at any stage. Pride of India and Baby Grand were racing heads apart, but the former gave way to the Ross starter and dropped back beaten and barely outlasted the fast closing Minute Man. Another ideal autumn day, coupled with a well-balanced card, served to bring out another large crowd. Racing was of a spirited order, although many of the popular choices were forced to suffer defeat. The secondary feature of the program was the two-year-old dash, at five and a half furlongs, run as the fourth race. E. B. McLeans Dream of Allah, the beautiful daughter of Colin, was the favorite and winner after a performance that delighted her many admirers. She easily raced into defeat the Quincy Stables Yankee Star, the early pacemaker, and then drew clear to win by a safe margin. Two long-priced winners in Fairway and Caligula upset calculations in the first two races of the afternoon. In the opener, a race at one mile and .in eighth. Fairway was the despised outsider in the betting, but this did not prevent the Clyde colt from beating the more favored ones. He won easily a lengtli and a half ahead of Merrimnc, with the others a considerable distance back. Fairway paid 1921.sh2.50 for in the mutuels. It was the same story in the second race. Sailing B. and Ararat were the choices of the speculators, but tly Ross and Whitney three-year-olds had to be content with following home Caligula", a son of AVrack, from the stable of : J. E. Davis, ..rIiichTiMrtn8iaerelt5hST?1landnc.. to. b.ra.fc-the a"toye-mentioned sfilrs. That he did so the result of the race shows and after a real smashing performance; outlasting Sailing B. in a game finish. DOUBLE FOR J. E. DAVIS. J. E. Davis scored a double victory when his two-year-old Prodigious earned a hard decision over Ultimata in the third race. It was a stubbornly contested struggle from start to finish and Ultimata, after leading from the start, just lost by inches. W. F. Wilbur, master of fox hounds at Warren-ton. Va died yesterday and his death wan quite a shock to a large number of friends on the turf The condition books for the coining meeting at Pimlico arrived and were distributed among the horsemen. The following claims were lodged yesterday: G. W. Forman. ,300, for King Trojan; Charles Koehler, ,385, for High C, and Joseph Mu:ante, ,415, for Fair Virginia. David Shaw, a well-known trainer, will soon join the ranks of benedicts, according to his friends. The young lady is a resident of Maryland. Jockey Ted Rice returned from New York this morning and will remain for the remainder tf the Maryland season. Louis Lichtensteln of Boston arrived today to Witness his horse Bluffer run in the second race Frank Herold received today from R. A. Smiths farm at Newark, Del., a two-year-old and Kings Belle, which had summered at that point. Boih will be prepared for the winter campaign. T. Hodge arrived from Montreal with his horses and will race here before shipping to Havana. Jockey A. Tryon, who was injured at Havre de Grace, was a paddock visitor today. The boy has been discharged from the hospital, but is receiving daily medical treatment at the track. Cyrus F. Clark will leave for Lexington, Ky., to look over the band of yearlings for J. H. Louch-heim. Five will be shipped to New Orleans for winter racing, while the other six will remain at Lexington. John P. Turner replaced George Miller in the judges stand as placing judge. Mr. Miller departed for Hagerstown to act as starter. J. H. Anderson will represent the Maryland Racing Commission at a fair meeting at Belair for a four-day period.
