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WISE COUNSELLOR AND RIALTO VICTORIOUS a WIN SATURDAYS BIG FEATURES Wise Counsellor Shows Championship Caliber in Capturing the Queen City Handicap Rialto Easily Accounts for the Rich Washington Handicap RIALTO IMPRESSIVELY First by Four Lengths in Laurels Closing Day Feature. Big Blaze Under Earl Sandes Masterly Ride Triumphs Over Modest in Manor Handicap. - . LAUREL, Md., Oct. 27. Rialto, racing under the silks of the Greentree Stable, was an easy winner of the mile and a quarter of the 5,000 Washington Handicap, that brought the meeting of the Maryland State Fair Association to a close today at the Laurel track. Weather conditions were ideal for the sport The track had dried out until it was fast and the crowd was one of the largest that ever gathered at the beautiful course. In addition to the Washington Handicap there was a companion feature in the mile of the Manor Handicap, for juveniles, and it resulted in a victory for the Glen Riddle Farm Stables Big Blaze. The Washington Handicap was a truly run race and Rialto never showed to better advantage when jockey McAtee took him into contention in the first quarter and, forcing the pace throughout, never left the result in doubt. It was J. S. Cosdens Dunlin that raced to second place and Fred Musantes good mare My Dear saved third from A. C. Bost-wicks Spot Cash. The race was worth 4,-250 to the winner. The field was a representative one, for back of those named came Little Chief, Exodus, a stablemate of the winner; King Solomons Seal, Lady Myra, Sunsini and Golden Rule. There was no time lost at the barrier and the start was a good one. Rialto had an inside position and McAtee quickly had him showing the way, while Dunlin and Sunsini were not far away. There was a bit of crowding in the scramble for position, but it had little or no effect on the result. AVOID DIFFICULT GOING. McAtee saved ground with Rialto, but he carefully avoided going close enough to the rail to be handicapped by the deep footing there. Dunlin was going strongly in second place and Sande had a good hold of Little Chief and he was going along in third place. Sunsini was close at hand and the others were in fairly close order, with Lady Myra bringing up the rear. Before the stretch was reached Little Chief showed signs of weakening and it was apparent, as it has been before, that a mile and a quarter is beyond him. Rialto held to his front place and McAtee was making no mistakes. Lang" went to the whip on Dunlin in a vain effort to save the day, and as the pair of them opened up slightly My Dear was seen weaving her way through on the inside. Spot Cash was also improving his position, but Sunsini was dropping back, and it was apparent an eighth from the finish that there would be no change in the positions of the leaders. At the end Rialto was four lengths clear, while Dunlin had saved second place by half that distance and My Dear was three lengths before Spot Cash, which in turn beat Little Chief by a half length. Continued on sixteenth Dage. . RIALTO IMPRESSIVELY Continued from first page. It was the end of a well-nigh perfect meeting and by long odds the most successful in the history of the association. The sport has been high-class from the beginning to the last day and never before has there been such crowds as have witnessed the sport here. In the Manor Handicap the peerless Earl Sande was a big factor in the success of Big Blaze. He saved the Campfire colt during the early fast racing, permitting Lord Baltimore II. and Modest to show the way to the far turn. "When Lord Baltimore II. tired and Modest moved to the front then the real battle began. Sande called on Big Blaze for the supreme effort and the colt, finishing fast, outgamed the McLean representative to earn the decision in a sparkling last eighth duel, with only a neck separating the pair at the finish. Mrs. R. I. Millers Broomstick gelding Wellfinder continued his winning ways and accounted for his third consecutive victory of the meeting when he was victor over a well-matched band of sprinters at three-quarters. E. B. McLeans Comixa finished second, while J. K. L. Ross Hildur was the third. The winner was ridden by Legere and dominated the running from the start. He stood off determined challenges from Comixa during the first part, but drew away through the final sixteenth. Comixa tired badly after being carried wide at the stretch turn. Hildur closed with a rush through the final eighth, but did not seriously menace the leaders. Jewell V. D. completed a double for the M. J. Rcid stable when he was an easy winner of the sixth race. Pastoral Swain raced to second place, while Glentilt was third. The winner showed the way from the start and at the end had a safe margin. Pastoral SWain just got up to be second ahead of Glentilt, which faltered badly in the final drive. Leatherwood was home first in the opening race for M. J. Reid, defeating Mrs. P. J. Foxs Batsman and H. P. Whitneys Husky. A field of ten starters got away to a good start and Robinson rushed Leatherwood to the front. He showed the most speed and at the end had a safe advantage. Batsman raced forwardly all the way, while Husky, from a slow beginning, worked his way up through the field. He was guided to the inside rail at the eighth post and fiinished resolutely. Bucado, racing for B. Harding, was returned the winner of the second race in a hard drive from Royal Charlie, while Camouflage was third. The winner was ridden by jockey P.. Walls and displayed a high turn of speed from the barrier. He was hustled away into a safe lead, but was quitting badly at the end and just lasted to stall off Royal Charlie. The latter finished with a rush next to the inner rail and would have won in a few more strides. Camouflage disposed of Rhinegold, but tired badly from the effort.
