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QUINCY STABLES BLUEMONT Scores Impressive Victory in the Arlington Handicap. Culaiulo rrovitlcs Surprise in Accounting for Secondary Feature Majority of Winners Are Well Hacked. LAUREL, Md., October IS The Quincy Stables Bluemont accounted for the Arlington Handicap, which occupied the stellar position on the card at Laurel Park this afternoon. He won in an impressive manner .from Harry Payne Whitneys Transom, while .Carol, which was coupled with the winner, finished third. It was a well-matched field of juveniles that paraded for the running of the race and the Quincy pair were accorded handsome support in the machines. The field was dispatched in good alignment and Heeltaps forced to the front, closely pressed by Carol, while Bluemont and Transom were tardy in finding their racing legs. Heeltaps never got very far away from Carol at any stage, while Bluemont was working his way up next to the inner rail. Entering the stretch Kummer sent Martingale through on the inside and drew even with the leaders, while Ponce, on Bluemont, elected to come to the outside. Heeltaps and Carol began to show signs of distress from their early pacemaking efforts and both tired, while Bluemont caused a slight jam at the eighth post when he bore over toward the inner rail. Transom, in the meantime, after making a wide turn at the stretch, came with a rush, but did not menace the winner, and finished second a half length in front of Carol. DROP IN TEMPERATURE. There was a decided drop in the tcmpera-: turc this afternoon and as a result winter wraps were in demand despite the fact that overhead conditions were of a cheerful kind. The crowd was well up to the standard and their journey to the course was a profitable one. for the majority of winners were accorded extensive support. A claiming handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth, was offered as the secondary feature and resulted in a surprise when C. Phillips Colando was returned the winner from Slippery Elm. with Servitor third. J. E. Davis Quecreek was eliminated at the start when he was caught in the webbing. Colando went to the front at once and, saving ground on the first turn, drew away into a safe lead, with Servitor in nearest pursuit, and By Jiminy and Slippery Elm some distance back. Entering the stretch Colando hugged the inside rail and Servitor, which attempted to go through an impossible opening, was blocked and forced to come to the outside. Colando still held to his task in a courageous manner and held Slippery Elm safe at the end. Servitor managed to take the small end of the purse from Dresden. Samuel Ross Felicitous, after several unsuccessful attempts, graduated from the maiden ranks in convincing fashion this aft- Coutinued on twelfth pag. 1 1 1 QUINCY STABLES BLUEMONT Continued from first page. crnoon in the first race by taking a rather mediocre band into camp with case. Pan-asain finished second and Sweet and Pretty was third. L. A. Cassidy announced this morning that a train leaving the Pennsylvania station, New York, on the B. and O. at 7 :50 direct to Laurel race track would arrive here at 12:4S p. in. The train will stop at Philadelphia, Chester, Wilmington, Newark and Havre de Grace, returning for New York the train leaves the track at 5 :26 p. m. C. P. Winfreys Current Events pulled up lame following his last race and will be retired for the year. The speedy two-year-old filly Lady Boss has had the firing irons applied to her ankles and has been turned out at G. C. Brentons farm. W. L. S. Martin has shipped over to Pim-lico and any horse that he starts at Laurel will be brought over by van. T. J. Monohan, president of the Cuba-American Jockey and Auto Club, arrived from New York this niorhing and will leave for Latonia to witness the running of the Latonia Championship Stakes Saturday. E. C. Griffith has two yearlings, one from Celto and the other from Charmeuse, which will in all probability be shipped to Cuba and show under colors during the Havana meeting. Steeplechase Jockey L. Cheyne was about this morning on crutches, nursing a sprained ankle, the result of a fall. John F. Schorr, acting for E. B. McLean, claimed from J. M. Collins the mare Penelope following the last race yesterday for ,700. Penelope is destined for the stud. William Newman reported this morning that the plater May Roberts was showing rapid improvement. The swelling has departed from her leg and general improvement all around is noted. Samuel Ross Toucana, which was cut down in the running of the Eastern Shore Handicap at Havre de Grace, is doing splendidly under the care of Dr. H. J. McCarthy at Bcnning and will be brought back to the races next year. Electron, a three-year-old in the stable of H. Davis, had the firing irons applied to his ankle this morning by Dr. H. J. McCarthy. The halter brigade displayed considerable activity this afternoon and as a result several horses changed hands. Felicitous, which won the opening race for Samuel Ross, went to S. Louis on his claim of ,105. G. L. Goodacre took his plater Pietrus back from M. J. Murphy for ,800 and A. Swinke took Simplicity from T. E. Crist for ,300.
