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CANRON SCORES BY INCHES Risque Probably Best, but Loses Anne Arundel Purse. Heavy Rain Makes Laurel Track Sloppy Large Crowd Attends Despite Adverse Weather Conditions. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 6. After one of the most thrilling finishes of the season W. W. Vaughans Canron was winner of the Anne Arundel Purse here this afternoon. In a sinew-straining drive through the stretch, she got up in the final strides to earn the decision over Mrs. John Hertz Risque and well back of the pair came J. W. Y. Martins Con Amore, beating Delicacy for that part of the prize. I Torrential rains Wednesday night made a change in track conditions and for the early races the going was sloppy, though it was drying out as the day progressed. There was continued rain during the forenoon, but later the skies , cleared and the attendance was surprisingly large. As the Anne Arundel Purse was run, Risque was undoubtedly best, but she was used up racing Con Amore into submission and had little left to withstand the rush of Canron through the stretch. Incidentally, trainer Morris had tried unsuccessfully to have Canron excused from starting in the Anne Arundel on account of the track condition. Risque, usually just a bit slow to find her stride, was rushed away from the stalls by Steffen. Con Amore and Risque, closely lapped, quickly drew out to a lead of four lengths over .the others and McCoy had Canron in third place racing alongside Sweet Scent. Delicacy was well back of these and Paula L. was outrun from the start. All through the back stretch Con Amore and Risque went along stride for stride, with the head of one and then the other showing in front. It was a heartbreaking duel and Con Amore was first to tire, but it was not until turning into the stretch. In the meantime Canron, profiting by that suicidal pace, gradually made up some ground and, after a furlong out, she dashed up to challenge the pair. Con Amore was all through, but Risque went on with rare courage as the daughter of Catalan challenged but, beating Con Amore had cost too big a price and she faltered ever so slightly in the final strides to have Canron drop her head down in front. Con Amore was another two lengths back, soundly beaten, and Delicacy finished right at her heels. Sweeping Light made a show of the three- Continued on twenty-second page CANRON SCORES BY INCHES Continued from first page. year-olds that opposed him in the fourth race, at one mile and a sixteenth. This was fashioned under claiming conditions and the son of Manna, considered lat fall as a particularly promising prospect for three-year-old classics, had been dropped down considerably when entered under a value of ,000. No time was lost at the start and Sweeping Light, leaving from the inside stalls, had ! speed enough to show the way around the J first turn, with Unencumbered racing after him and All Rowes in third place. Pen-cader was slow to find his pacing legs and Madwind was utterly unabltr ..o keep up with the procession. When the back stretch was reached Callahan took hold of the son of Manna and permitted him to go along nuder slight restraint, but he drew out until he had a lead of a full four lengths. He was galloping so easily that it was evident early he was "not going to be caught. Unencumbered was well before All Rowes and Mr. Hitts colt was closely followed by Pencader. Leaving the back stretch Callahan took Sweeping Light back slightly without in any manner threatening to lose the lead and, after he had given his mount a breather, he permitted him to run along again. This enabled him to draw out until at the finish he was well in hand and the winner by five lengths. A penalty was paid for the cheap valuation of Sweeping Light when he was claimed by M. J. Lacey. The steeplechase of the day was for maidens and of the thirteen that went to the post, only eight finished, with the French hjrse Argonaute II. winner by a wide margin. Quick March was second and Light Plume third before Mirton. The first mishap came when Daniel Scot went down at the second fence in the back field. Miss Henrietta was the next casualty when she unseated her rider a couple of fences farther along in the journey. Boundless Deep, a stablemate to Quick March, unseated Ball entering the back field, the last turn of the course. Egad, after going with all the pace, stumbled badly at the last fence and Brooks went over his head. The other was Sid, which was pulled up after he had made a mistake. A victory for the W. R. Coe silks was regr istered in the five and a half furlongs, for juvenile fillies, run as the third race, when Enactment won by a considerable margin over Babee, from the Beaumont Stable, with the Audley Farm Stables Fine Fibre barely saving third from Pompalo, a stablemate of the winner. Dancing Mack, after causing some delay at the start, by reason of his unruly actions, Vas winner of the sixth. He took command before the first turn was reached and was never headed.
