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: s i - i - 1 ! 1 IN SPECTACULAR FINISH J. K. L. Boss Hildur Captures the Columbus Handicap. . Large Holiday Crowd Sees Some Excellent Sport Jockey Walls Hides Three Winners. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 12. In a thrilling and spectacular finish, wh!ch left the crowd in an uproar until the official placing was displayed, J. K. L. Ross Hildur, ridden by jockey P. Walls, was winner of the Columbus Handicap, which featured the days card at Laurel Park this afternoon. J. B. Smiths Silk Tassel raced to second place, while J. E. Davis Reparation was third. H. P. Whitneys Transom finished fourth, while the Glen Riddle Farms Big Blaze was fifth. The five horses swept under the wire noses apart and it was impossible to pick the winner from the stands and lawns. Hildur was shouldering top weight, and, after overcoming interference at the half-mile post when Walls attempted to go through on the inside of Silk Tassel, he recovered quickly and maintained his advantage. At the top of the stretch Silk Tassel bore out a trifle and Hildur was sent through on the inner rail. This move had a strong bearing on the ultimate result, for Reparation, Transom and Big Blaze were forced to come to the outside. Big Blaze turned in a smashing performance. Sharply cut off shortly after the break, he raced his way up on the outside, and with an even break of good racing luck might have been the winner. Hildur was the choice, and the victory was a popular one. He ran the six furlongs in 1:12. The crowd which journeyed to Laurel Park this afternoon was a large one. The program which was offered for the holiday engaged some fields of merit and produced a spirited days racing. The overhead conditions were favorable. RAID EE OUTLASTS LJTSULATE. The third race resulted in a stirring finish, in which G. G. Smiths Haidee outlasted S. Ross Insulate by a narrow margin at the end of a mile and a sixteenth that engaged a ifield of three-year-olds under claiming conditions. R. E. Potts Bonfire was third. The winner was ridden by J. Kessner and outran her opponents from the start. Metal essayed to keep up during the first part, but quit badly. Insulate was in a jam entering the stretch, but when straightened out closed resolutely and would have won in another stride or two. Bonfire ran to his best form and finished resolutely on the outside. Jockey P. Walls accounted for a double when he steered Dr. Charles Wells home in the sixth race in a drive from Cloughjordan, while Mabel K. was third. The winner saved ground at the stretch turn and wore down the leaders to win going away. Mabel K. tired badly after setting the pace and gave way to the rush of Cloughjordan at the end. WRETCHED nORSEMAUSHIP. H. J. Murphy furnished the winner of the fourth race, which was the next best offering of the afternoon, in a drive from W. S. Kilmers Sun Thistle, while J. S. Cos-dens Bigheart was third. The race was at a mile and a sixteenth and brought together a field of six starters. Glaring exhibitions of wretched riding were displayed by jockeys Schuttinger, astride Poe, and Chalmers, on Sun Thistle. Following a good start the field raced closely bunched to Uie first turn. Schuttinger repeatedly kept taking up his mount until he was back in the ruck. After rounding the turn into the backstretch Chalmers took a hold on his mount and succeeded in taking her back off the pace, when it was plainly evident that she could have forged to the front. Walls, astride Bigheart, sent his mount into an easy lead, while Sun Thistle, still under a choking pull, went after him. Thimble was racing next on the outside. . Bigheart began to tire when entering the stretch and Thimble was rushed into the lead. She maintained her advantage to the finish and held off the belated rush of Sun Thistle. Bigheart finished a tired horse, but easily held Simoon safe. Jockey Walls piloted his third winner of the afternoon when he accounted for the last race with Old Faithful over Bastille and Little Ammie. P. Lorillards Without, after many unsuccessful attempts, graduated from the maiden ranks with the running of the first race, which was for all ages at three-quartern. Stage Star, the property of J. G. McKeever, raced to second place, while the Audiey Farms La Vague Avas third. The winner was a pronounced choice, and after assuming the lead maintained his advantage to the end. The start was delayed fifteen minutes by the fractious behavior of Tentmaker and Dunoon. The second race of the afternoon was a split of the opening dash and it gave Mrs. K. Smarts Rosa Yeta an opportunity to graduate from the non-winner ranks over the Audley Farms Quinham, while F. A. Tansor supplied the third horse in Sea-Woif. Rosa Yeta was much the best of her company, and after being handled in a listless manner by Marinelli drew away in the final eighth to win rather easily. Quinham got up in the closing strides to take second place over the tiring pacemaker, Sea-WolL B. B. Rice has obtained a call on the clever apprentice, T. McClymont, and will take the lad to Cuba- with him. He will ship his string to Oriental Park Immediately follow-: ing the close of the Laurel meeting. T. Doyle and Hal Kennedy wiU ship at the same time. The secretary has been Instructed to re- fuse the entry of J. S. Cosdens two-year-old Tentmaker for the remainder of the meeting. The colt held up the start of the first race for fifteen minutes.
