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MAD FRUMP OUTRUNS TWENTY GRAND AT LAUREL f LARGE CROWD SEES RACE C. V. Whitney Colorbearer Stages Stretch Rush to Win. Greentree Star Pulls Up Lame, But Cools Out Well Suffers Some Interference. LAUREL, Md Oct. 5 C. V. Whitneys Mad Frump, by a dash through the last quarter of the Annapolis Handicap, this afternoon took the measure of themighty Twenty Grand. The Greentree Stables four-year-old saved second place by a narrow margin from Samuel D. Riddles War Hero and close on the heels of the son of Man o War came Joseph E. Wideners Pari-Mutuel. The defeat of Twenty Grand came as the big surprise of the day, but the son of St. Germans and Bonus had none the less run an excellent race and for a considerable part of the running was in decidedly close quarters between War Hero and Pari-Mutuel. The promise of seeing Twenty Grand in action was a lure that brought out another large crowd, although the weather was threatening and some rain fell during the afternoon. There was some short delay in the start of the Annapolis Handicap for which War Hero was chiefly to blame, but the start was a good one, with War Hero first to show from the stalls. Kurtsinger went away whipping with Twenty Grand in an effort to hold his position, but the big fellow was outrun by Charleigh going to the first turn. There Steffen crossed him and, while there was no actual interference, it did the champion no good. MOVES UP SMOOTHLY. Gilbert was permitting War Jlero to step right along and both Charleigh and Camp Prince had Twenty Grand headed as the field swung into the back stretch. There Kurtsinger pulled Twenty Grand to the outside and the colt moved up smoothly to head the pair and move into second place. He went up so readily that he looked all over the winner at the half mile ground. Mad Frump was racing last of the small field in the early stages, but Hanford was biding his time with the son of Mad Hatter and it was evident he could move up at the first asking. Turning out of the back stretch Schlang drove Pari-Mutuel up on the outside of Twenty Grand, with the result that he was soon in close quarters between the Widener four-year-old and War Hero. It seemed that Kurtsinger had been trapped by not going on with the colt after he had caught War Hero. By that time Hanford had moved up with Mad FrUmp and he had the Whitney colt still under slight restraint after having avoided all the early pace. War Hero was hanging on well, but Twenty Grand had him beaten at the head of the stretch, but there was another menace, Mad Frump was charging along on the outside and a furlong out was in contention. Kurtsinger made an effort to rouse Twenty Grand to offset that challenge, but it was of no avail and the Whitney colt, under a vigorous ride, was on past to be the winner by a length and a half. CHARLEIGH LAME. Twenty Grand had beaten War Hero half a length and Pari-Mutuel, hanging on remarkably well, was another half length away. Twenty Grand pulled up decidedly sore, but walked out of his lameness. That was not the case with Charleigh, which was led from the track decidedly lame. After the running of the Annapolis, -Brennan brought St. Brideaux out and he was worked an easy mile in 1:42. The. fractions for the move were :51 and 1:18. It took all of Mack Garners skill to land Caesars Ghost home the winner over a field of maiden juveniles in the opening five and a half furlongs dash. Silk Flag was the one to give stiff argument and Union and Axen-tea saved third. An unfortunate accident becured in the second race when Westys Folly, racing in the middle of the bunch, fell with W. Todd. The lad was taken to the track hospital and the horse was later destroy d. This race produced a good contest and saw Marse Robert the winner when he led home Black Continued on thirteenth page. MAD FRUMP OUTRUNS TWENTY GRAND AT LAUREL Continued from first page. Board, with Chloedair saving third from Integrity. From a good start it was Black Board that set the pace with Integrity in closest pursuit, while English Knight, running along on the inner rail, was not far away. Black Board was still showing the way as the field rounded out of the back stretch. English Knight had headed Integrity, but he was plainly doing his best. Then it was that Hanford found an opportunity to cross to the inside and, calling on Marss Robert, he slipped through on the inside. Once in front, it was all over for the son of General Lee and he came on to be the winner by two and a half lengths. Black Board held to second place and was three lengths before Chloedair, -which, in turn, beat Integrity and English Knight, which had dropped of the running badly to finish last. Hastipast was much the best of the two-year-olds that met in the third race and, jumping into command leaving the stalls, she was at no time threatened, to score over Muslet, which barely took second place from Fingal, while Keep Out was fourth. Pancho Lopez was an easy winner of the fourth. Sundot raced to second place and Black Jacket saved third from Minton. The start in this had something to do with the result for Black Jacket and Protractor left the stalls slowly. Syriac won by a big margin over Tarnish, which outfinished Don Tasker to take second place in the sixth, while Monocle raced fourth. Syriac went into command at the start and at the end of the first quarter had a clear lead and was galloping easily. Making the first turn Bluefish came over on Tarnish slightly and it caused the mare to lose some ground. Then it was Don Tasker that chased after the leader. Leaving the back stretch Prince T. wa3 rushed up on the rail, but his challenge was short lived and in the stretch when Tarnish saved ground on the inside, he outgamed Dori1 Tasker to take second place. Jack Whyte unloaded six of his own per- -formers and three that race for Willis S. 41 Kilmer at Laurel Wednesday morning. The shipment arrived from Toronto, Canada. W. Todd fortunately escaped from his spectacular fall with Westys Folly with the loss of two teeth and a bad shaking up. He was sent to the Baltimore General Hospital for observation.
