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SUN FLAG ONCE AGAIN Wins the Third of the Pimlico Weight-for-Age Races. . Earns ,000 Additional Becausef. of Victory in the First of These Popular Features. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 13. G. A. Cochrans Sun Flag was rather a handy winner of the third Pimlico Serial Weight-for-Age race this afternoon from J. W. Beans Donaghee and IT. G. Bedwells Senator Norris. This was over the mile and an eighth distance and the second of the series that went to the son of Sun Briar for he also took the mile event. By winning two of them. Sun Flag earned an additional ,000, making the race today worth ,C6G.C6. It was disappointing that this weight-for-age feature should have dwindled to three starters at post time, but it was a good race and though Sun Flag made the pace throughout it was a fine spectacle. As usual, Donaghee by his bad post actions, caused some delay in the start of the feature, but the three horses were sent away in the same stride. Sun Flag at once went to the front, where Barnes took a good hold of his head and permitted him to rate along at a smart pace. Senator Norris was in second place around the lower turn and in the back stretch. There Wallace moved up with Douagbee and he drew up on the outside in a fashion that for an instant threatened the lead of the Cochran colt. But Sun Flag had plenty in reserve and he matched the Donaghee challenge so readily that it was of no avail. Still well clear, after making the turn for home, Sun Flag finished out strongly, to be winner by three lengths. Senator Norris was under a drive as the stretch was reached, but could not make up any ground and he was soundly beaten. It is significant that the only starters in this weight-for-age prize Avere three-year-olds. The four-year-olds, Spot Cash and King Solomons Seal w:ere programmed, but they declined the issue. All of which tends to show that the three-year-bids at this season of the year have something on the older ones. BIG BLAZE IN TRIUMPH. One of the best races of the afternoon was the mile and three-sixteenths of the Equity Handicap. This fell to the Glen Riddle Farms Big Blaze, with Plough Boy in second place and Prince Hamlet third, ahead of Wilkes-Barre, the only other starter. Parke went out in the lead with Big Blaze from the. rise of the barrier and, making every post a winning one, he finished out the distance in 1 :58, equalling the track record, and he had enough left at the end to suggest that he could readily have hung out a better mark. Wilkes-Barre was the one to go after him through the early running and little Howard made three different runs in an effort to get the son of Campfire. Plough Boy was rated in third place, while Prince Hamlet was badly outrun in the early stages. In the stretch Big Blaze had the others beaten and Parke had only to sit still through the last eighth. Wilkes-Barre tired badly, while both Plough Boy and Prince Hamlet finished out resolutely. The three miles of the Monkton Steeplechase was full of excitement and it was won easily by Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Rock Bass, ridden by L. Cheyene. Byng saved second place and Courteous was third. TWO HORSES GO DOWN. This finish was possible when the Green-tree Stables Damask went down two fences from home and when making what promised to be a winning run, Courteous fell over Damask and that left no contest as far as Rock Bass was concerned, for he had Byng well beaten, while Links, the only other starter, had refused at the jump before the one that brought the other two down. Collins caught Courteous after his tumble and, remounting, finished out the course for third money, while Jeffcott tried vainly to ride Links over the remaining jumps. It was Courteous and Rock Bass that cut out most of the running, while Kennedy had Damask rating along back of them under stiff restraint. Byng went with him and, early in the action, Links had dropped far out of the contention. Cheyne made several attempts to overtake Courteous with Rock Bass, but on each occasion the Salmon jumper shook him off. In the meantime Kennedy was taking Damask wide and not riding him with his usual skill. It was in "the last turn of the course that Kennedy finally called on Damask, and he moved up with a rush, heading Courteous at the jump, where he came down with Courteous falling over him. The remainder of the race was run as already described. Collins was unhurt by his fall, but Kennedy seemed to be badly injured and he was re- Continueil on second page. i ; : : I i i 1 1 ji SUN FLAGONCE AGAIN Continued from first page. moved from the field in the track ambu-lance. It was a great race that came with the deceision of the handicap that brought to an end the afternoons sport when J. K. L. Ross New Hampshire was winner by a narrow margin from Comixa, with Lucky Play a fast finishing third. Goshawk was the one to cut out the pace and he made it a sizzling one. Comixa had left the post running, but she did not have the speed to go with the Cochran sprinter, while New Hampshire and Lucky Play were well lapped, but New Hampshire was outrunning the Belmont colt. At the head of the stretch when Maiben attempted to come through he ran into trouble and had to come to the outside. There it was that Goshawk weakened and the Ross sprinter came on to his victory. Lucky Play bore out rather badly on the stretch turn or he probably would have been closer up at the end. It was an ordinary band of two and three-year-old maidens that met in the three-quarters of the third race and a two-year-old was the winner when the Nevada Stock Farms Pogonip, under a well-judged ride by Maiben beat home another two-year-old in Zeebrugge and the three-year-old Sun Altos saved third from Mark Over. Pogonip and Sun Altos cut out most of the running, but the two-year-old was eased back and at the head of the stretch Sun Altos looked all over a winner. It was there that Maiben made his winning run and at the same time Zeebrugge was along in time to beat the tired pacemaker. A dash at three-quarters for two-year-olds of the selling plater variety was the first offering of the day and it resulted in an easy victory for F. Grossmans Peter Paul. Beginning from the outside of his company he was quickly in a long lead and the result was never in doubt. Margie K., finishing with a rush, was the one to take second place, while third fell to the Audley Farms Spanish Name. Clonaslee, after racing forwardly to the stretch, tired in the final eighth to finish a close fourth. It was a big field of cheap ones that performed in the three-quarters of the sixth race. It was Mrs. A. Swenkes Lester Doctor that turned up the winner, with Ormes-vale along in time to be a fast going second and Lady Boss just lasting to save third place. Lady Boss, showing her customary alertness at the barrier, shot away into a good lead and she was still well clear of her opponents when the eighth post-in the stretch was reached. Lester Doctor had been chasing after her all the way and when she weakened he took command but at the finish had to be hustled along smartly to withstand the rush of Ormesvale.
