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I j r !, a . . . . . . . . t , i i , AU REVOIR AT BEULAH PARK Reap Accounts for Purse in Best Race of Day — Smacker Defeats Fast Band of Sprinters. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12.— With the running of todays program came the close of the meeting at Beulah Park, and the conditions could hardly have been improved upon. The track was a trifle slow, but it was rapidly drying out under bright sunshine, and capacity crowd was on hand. Jenkins and Perrys Reap took the measure of the best field of the day in the fifth race, in- which he was pounds the best and never left the result in doubt. This marked the third victory of the meeting for the Bcrrildon gelding. Panorel, which raced in closest pursuit of the winner throughout, was tiring rapidly at the end and was hard pressed to stall off Dynamo. Harry Browns good apprentice G. Williams rode a good race on Smacker to defeat some good sprinters in the seventh race. Last away, the mare was sent through next to the inner rail while on the first turn and, once in command, was never in trouble thereafter. Cut Bush finished fast to beat Colonel Winn through the stretch for second place. Shining Light and Northern Star proved to be easily best in their respective races and retained safe leads practically all the way. Both paid liberal dividends. Sister Maggie led Jean Wengel by a safe margin at all stages of the third race and won with much to spare. Calsona had no opposition for third, as Pennyrile was practically left. Finishing fast next to the inner rail in the stretch, Roseabella headed Steinway in the last few strides of the fourth race, after the latter had appeared a certain winner when entering the stretch. Disciple came from far back to be third. Ombrage found a soft spot in the sixth race and made every post a winning one. The Campfire mare was tiring in the last sixteenth, however, and was bearing out, but retained a length lead at the end. General manager H. D. Shepard reported that the meeting which closed at Beulah Park this afternoon was the most successful from an attendance standpoint since the inauguration of racing here. The fall meeting here will open September 15 for nineteen days. Judge Joseph A. Murphy, who served as one of the stewards during this meeting, returns to his home in St. Louis tonight. W. H. Norvell departs for Toronto, where he will again act as judge and racing secretary at the Long Branch and Dufferin Park meetings. Starter L. Dean goes from here to Chicago to dispatch the field at the Arlington Park meeting. The other officials who worked here, will go to the Hamilton, Ohio, meeting, which opens Monday. *- .
