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SARAZEN A FAILURE Finishes Unplaced in Valuable Washington Handicap. Big Blaze the Surprise Winner American Flag Captures Manor Handicap. LAUREL,, Md., Nor. L Big Blaze, a big strapping three-year-old chestnut colt by Camplire-Queen of the Hills, which races for the Glen Riddle Farm, won the eleventh renewal of the mile and a quarter of the Washington Handicap, the feature of Laurel Parks farewell program this afternoon. The Belair Studs Aga Khan was second and A. IT. Morris Rustic third. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilts crack three-year-old, Sarazen, on the strength of his triumph in the Third International at Latonia, and his impressive victory in the Maryland Handicap just a week ago, was installed the favorite, but finished fifth. Sun Flag, the fleet-footed Sun Briar colt of G. A. Cochran, was the quickest in motion when starter James Milton sent the field away and led the band of ten to the far turn where Ivan Parke, astride Big Blaze, and always closest to the pace, sent the Glen Riddle color bearer to the early pacemaker. Sraightened out in the stretch. Big Blaze passed Sun Flag and had enough in reserve to stall off Aga Khan, while Rustic also overhauled Sun Flag to get into third place. Aga Khan had a rough journey. With an even break in luck he might have won. Sarazen began well and passed the stand the first time in third position, although at least five lengths separaed him from Sun Flag. Around the first turn and down the back stretch he was still running smoothly, but seemed unable to improve his position. When the final racing began Babin punished him severely, but the gelding was unable to get up under his heavy impost of 126 pounds. GLEN KIDDLES DOUBLE. As a result of his victory Big Blaze enriched the Glen Riddle coffers just 6,200. This makes the second time Gwyn Tompkins, trainer for the Glen Riddle establishment, has saddled the winner of the Washington. His first score was with Oceanic in 1922. The earnings of the Glen Riddle Farms Big Blaze and American Flag for the day totaled 5,425. Displaying quality which made his daddy the greatest thoroughbred the American turf has ever known, American Flag, a two-year-old chestnut colt by the incomparable Man oWar, accounted for the sixth renewal of the Manor Handicap, the secondary feature of todays program. In back of the Man oWar colt at the finish came Single Foot, recent winner of the Eastern Shore and National Handicaps, beaten by a short neck, with Cloudland, Almadel, Campfire Tales, Beatrice and Trip Lightly following. But seven of the thirteen named over night to start answered the call, with American Flag having a slight edge in the speculation. Single Foot outran his opponents to the first turn and at one time on the backstrctch was running three lengths in front of Almadel, while the latter had a like margin on Beatrice, with American Flag fourth, a couple or more lengths back. On the far turn Single Foot, Almadel and Beatrice had retained their relative positions, but at the turn into the stretch Pete Walls, who had the mount on American Flag, was gradually gaining ground. At the eighth post the son of Man oWar had drawn up on even terms with the early pacemaker and in a driving finish managed to drop his head down in front of the Griffith colt in the last few yards to earn the verdict. Single Foot carried 126 pounds, conceding nine pounds to the winner. American Flag ran the mile in 1 :40, equalling the best time for the fixture, made by George W. Lofts On Watch in 1919, the first year the Manor Handicap was run. 1EW HAMPSHIRE LY FRONT. An unexpected winner turned up in the fourth, a dash at three-quarters and styled the Cumberland Handicap, when Commander J. K. L. Ross New Hampshire took the measure of Osprey, Comixa, Shuffle Along, Noel and Variation. Shuffle Along was considered the real good thing of the race and after showing the way for three-eighths tired and finished a badly beaten fourth. The crushing impost of 130 pounds which Shuffle Along had been asked to carry, proved too much for the Bostwick star. It was the second winning mount of the day for Pete Walls. The opening dash lell to E. B. McLeans Slow and Easy. It was Damon Runyon that Continued on sixteenth pace. SARAZEN A FAILURE Continued from rirst page. set the pace and looked like a winner at the turn into the stretch, but weakened badly when Slow and Easy came around him in the drive. The latter won by nearly a-length. A length and a half- further back Sanford finished, getting up in the final strides. Kennedy rode the winner. Fifteen sprinters of a more or less mediocre quality were named to go in the second, but only fourteen faced the barrier. Steel Trap, on the way to the post, unseated John Maiben and after running away two and one-half miles, jumped the outside fence and made for his barn. The aged Peter Piper began the quickest of all and was still leading a sixteenth out where Wild Goose, under a well judged ride by the apprentice, R. Pierce, came to the outside and disposed of the pacemaker, to win by a length and one-half. Sea Sand was third.
