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KING SOLOMONS SEAL WINS Gives Weight and Beating to Older Opponents in Laurel Feature. Heeltaps Triumphs Over Silk Tassel Strut Hiss Lizzie Surprises in Taking Off Colors Measure. LAUREL, Md., Oct 8. King Solomons Seal, the three-year-old son of King James and Himation, racing for J. B. Smith, shouldered top weight and, conceding weight to his older opponents, was returned the winner of the Frederick Handicap, which was accorded the feature position of the days card at Laurel Park. His victory came in a hard drive from the Greentree Stables Nedna, while J. S. Cosdens Bigheart was third. The field that paraded for the event was a small but well-matched one, and King Solomons Seal was accorded the bulk of support He was one of the few favorites to earn brackets during the afternoon. Following a brief delay at the post the field left in good alignment Thimble and Big-heart were the ones to establish the early running. King Solomons Seal was away a trifle slowly, but readily moved into a contending position, when he was taken under restraint Bigheart raced Thimble into defeat before the stretch turn was reached and, entering the final quarter, had a pronounced advantage. King Solomons Seal moved up on the outside and Nedna made her bid at the same stage. The Smith colt disposed of Bigheart at the eighth post, but was under severe pressure to maintain the advantage. Nedna closed with a belated rush on the outside and was going fastest of all at the finish. Bigheart tired badly from his early efforts, but had little trouble in saving third place, while Thimble had a safe margin over Rebuke. The latter was making his first appearance under colors since the winning of the Coffroth Handicap at Tijuana last winter. Todays program ushered in the second weeks racing at the Maryland State Fair course. The weather continued fine and a better than average Monday crowd was on hand. The racing was of an unsettled variety and outsiders were very much in the limelight, although the majority of the win- Continued on twelfth page. KING SOLOMONS SEAL WINS Continued from first page. ners were forced to stand drives to earn their respective victories. The opening dash of the afternoon produced a stirring finish, in which the Audley Farm Stables La Drole, ridden by jockey Prible, was winner from P. Lorillards Without, while C. F. Clarks Vehement was third. Following a delay at the post the field left in good alignment. La Drole and Without had the speed of the party and raced head and head in front of the others. Rounding the stretch turn La. Drole drew into a brief advantage, but Without held on gallantly. Through the final eighth Vehement closed with a rush on the outside and finished fastest of all. Another surprise was furnished with the running of the third race of the day, which engaged a good band of juveniles to go five and a half furlongs. The winner came from an unexpected source when S. H. Dudleys Strut Miss Lizzie had but little trouble in defeating the Glen Riddle Farms Off Color, while Kings Ransom was third. The winner was ridden by jockey P. Walls and it marked his first winning mount in. Maryland this fall. Scratches reduced the fourth race, at three-quarters, fashioned for three-year-old fillies, down to four starters, and Edward F. Whitneys Heeltaps, ridden by jockey Walls, turned up the winner in a drive from J. B. Smiths Silk Tassel, while W. S. Kilmers Sun Thistle was an easy third. Faith, the other starter, was always outrun. There was no time lost at the post and Bab in rushed Silk Tassel into the lead. Heeltaps raced in closer pursuit, while Sun Thistle had a long advantage over Faith. Babin became overconfident on Silk Tassell when settled in the stretch run and when Heeltaps closed resolutely he allowed "his mount to swerve. Heeltaps got on .even terms and in the final sixteenth drew away. Trainer S. Veitch saddled his first winner through the field for his new employer W. J. Salmon, when Red Clover won tho steeplechase at two miles under claiming conditions. H. Rosss Lollipop finished second, while J. H. Lewis Beck was a good third. The field, with one exception, Sea Bryn, negotiated the course in safety. The race furnished a spirited spectacle and it was only through the final sixteenth of a mile that the superior speed of Red Clover on the flat earned the victory. A cheap field of bulky proportions made up the sixth race, at a mile and an eighth. The winner turned up in L. T. Bauers Little Ammie in a-hard drive over Bendita, while Comme Ci was third. The winner followed the pace established by Bendita and under hard urging .got up in the closing strides. Comme Ci closed a big gap to be third.
