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HYGROS DISPLAY OF SPEED Gallops Three -Quarters Over Laurel Course in 1:12. Third Straight Victory for Son of Epinard Jack High Finishes Second and Fairbypair Third. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 10. George Wing-fields Hygro, the swift running son of Epinard and Ruddy Light, gave another remarkable speed exhibition here this afternoon when he was winner of the Easton Handicap. Under a burden of 125 pounds, he ran the distance in 1:12, remarkably fast time for the Laurel course, and at the end he had plenty to spare over George D. Wideners Jack High. Mrs. John Hertz Pairbypair was third, with Supreme Sweet, from the Superior Stable, fourth, and the Greentree Stables Curacao the only other starter, finishing rapidly. With delightful weather and with the track in better condition than at any time during the meeting, the sport was excellent, although it was made up of overnight events. The crowd was a surprisingly large one. Little time was lost at the stalls, and the five left on the same stride. Woolf at once took command with Hygro, and the lightly weighted Supreme Sweet chased after him, while Pairbypair and Jack High followed in close order, while Curacao was outrun in the early stages. Once safely in the lead Woolf took a slight hold of Hygro but permitted the colt to step along under restraint to show a first half in :46. That was time calculated to hold the lead, and Supreme Sweet was beginning to tire as Jack High and Pairbypair moved up on her resolutely when swinging into the stretch. Workman saved ground with Jack High and for a few strides the old fellow gained on Hygro, but the son of Epinard had plenty left and when Woolf shook him up he jumped away again and at the end had two lengths to spare. Jack High was two and a half lengths before Pairbypair, which saved ground in the stretch and beat Supreme Sweet by a length for third. Curacao, after his sluggish beginning, was making up ground all through the stretch,- and he was well lapped on Supreme Sweet at the end. This victory completed three in succession for Hygro, but it was his most impressive performance because of his impost of 125 pounds. .Continued on twenty-second page HYGROS DISPLAY OF SPEED Continued from first page. Thomas Hitchcocks Escapade, English three-year-old steeplechaser, winner of the Harbor Hill and unbeaten in his only three starts, was easily best of those that met in the short course of the Bucklands Steeplechase, but he had to be ridden out smartly by Scott to score over F. Ambrose Clarks Louis Dor, and J. P. Jones Shylock saved third from Mrs. Gwladya Whitneys Ride-away. Shylock wa thn one to keep Escapade decidedly busy toj most of the running. It was not unfil well Into the back field the last turn of the course that Escapade finally shook off Shylock and went into a safe lead. He drew out readily, but the racing with Shylock had cost a considerable effort, and it was then that Smoot moved with Ride-away and Rea made his challenge with Louis DOr. The Clark chaser proved to have more left than Rideaway and, going to the last fence, he moved into second place and was close after Escapade at the obstacle. The others of the company had cut no figure in the running, though all eight that went to the post successfully completed the course. Luna Mica, the filly that was disqualified after finishing first last Tuesday, was returned the winner in the opening dash, at six furlongs. Second place went to Gala Time, and Light Ripple raced third before Everfair. Coucci, with his first mound since his reinstatement, was unlucky when his mount, Moppet, fell with him shortly after the start. Fortunately the lad was not seriously hurt. And that was not the only untoward happening. Before the start Light Ripple threw out a stifle and starter Milton sent word to the stewards he would not start the field without her. Then, by the time the outrider had returned to the starting point the joint had "popped" in again and Light Ripple not only started, but ran a good race. In a driving finish Bold Lover was winner of the third race over Snaplock and third went to Bright Shadow when she beat Jungle King a narrow margin for that part of the award. There was a long delay at the post, for which Crazy Jane was chiefly to blame and she was finally taken to a postion outside the stalls. The start was good and Bold Lover quickly took command, with Peturnal racing closely after him. These two went along on the inside and Crazy Jane, well out from the rail, was in third place and just showing the way to Snaplock. It was at the head of the stretch that Peturnal showed the first signs of tiring and as Bold Lover shook him off Snaplock moved into second place to continue the challenge. At the same time Kurtsinger was moving up strongly with Jungle King on the outside, but Bright Shadow continued to close and at the sixteenth post she was right in the contention. Under a strong ride by Fator Bold Lover held to his lead resolutely, but Snaplock was catching him at every stride and his winning margin .was only half a length. Two lengths away Bright Shadow had outgamed Jungle King to take third by half a length, while Crazy Jane had quit utterly in the stretch run to finish far back. The third race resulted in Kneehigh being the winner over Triple Threat, and General Lejeune, winner of four races in his previous five starts, was third before Prince Fox. Tarquin was first of the leaders to tire and as he dropped back beaten Triple Threat and Grand Acre were the ones to force the pace and General Lejeune moved up slightly, but he was still well out from the rail and his burden of 118 pounds was proving too much of a handicap. Kneehigh, far back through the early stages, was beginning to work her way to ; the contention and when the stretch was reached she was charging on the leaders in resolute fashion. Triple Threat had shaken the others off as he swung into the stretch, but in the final furlong he could not withstand the rush of Kneehigh and the filly was over the line the winner by a length. Triple Threat had saved second place by a like distance from General Lejeune, which had enough left to beat the others.
