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, ORDINARY CARD AT LAUREL Fair Image Eomps Away From Opponents in Juvenile Bace. Track Greatly Improved Over the Previous Days, but Still in Favor of MudlarksWeather Good. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 21. In a rogram of races made up of overnight events, the best field brought to the post here this afternoon was in a six furlongs dash, and Mrs. W. E. Schmidts Fair Image was an easy winner over J. J. OByrnes Chrysostom, and William Ziegler, Jr.s Cattail was a distant third to beat Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilts Nose In for that part of the prize. The big disappointment of the running was E. R. Bradleys Fingal, which never reached a contending position. Weather conditions were ideal for the sport, and a surprisingly large crowd was out. The track had improved to some extent over its conditions for the past few days, but it was still slow and had a surface calculated to be to the advantage of those partial to muddy going. In this juvenile race Shapfell left the stalls so slowly that he had no racing chance. Jacobs Ladder was first to show and he was closely attended by Cattail and My Counsellor, with Fair Image crowding the three of them, and then came Nose In. As in various other races, Fingal left the post sluggishly, and when the leaders closed in before him he had scant racing room. It was turning out of the back strecth that Cattail caught Jacobs Ladder to take command, and at the same time Fair Image moved until she had also headed the Greentree colt. Keggy moved up slightly, and My Counsellor dropped out of contention. All this time Fator was making futile efforts to weave his way through with Fingal, but the colt was having a rough race. When the stretch was reached Cattail was tiring, and there Fair Image dashed to the front, and a furlong from home was five lengths clear and galloping along easily. Chrysostom had moved up at the three-furlong post, and he also had the Ziegler colt headed. In the final furlong Fair Image was not threatened to be past the line the winner by three lengths. Chrysostom had beaten Cattail five lengths for second place, and Nose In, outf inishing the others, was fourth, three lengths back of the Ziegler starter. Mrs. T. J. Donohues Luckite was winner ovar a big band of cheap jumpers in the short course steeplechase and he scored largely because of Bauman outriding Rea, Continued on twenty-first page. ORDINARY CARD AT LAUREL Continued from first page, who had the mount on F. Ambrose Clarks Louis dOr and the, fact that the Clark gelding stumbled bdly after leading over the last fence. Old Huffy carried the silks of Mrs. George Atwell, Jr., into third place and Oui Monsieur was fourth. Four of the fourteen failed to complete the course. Flavius and Sheep Skin both went down at the back field fences the second turn of the course and Willingdon came down at the last fence, while George. Jessel was pulled up after being hopelessly out of the running and blundering badly at his fences. The opening race was a five and one-half furlongs dash for maiden juveniles, the produce of Maryland mares and it went to Canterwood. Flora Canter, a, daughter of Canter, raced to second place and third went . to Feliciana, with the others of the big company well strung out. Flora Canter was the one to dash away into a long early lead and Canterwood. raced after her and Rustic Lady was heading the others. Feliciana, who was moved from an inside position to outside the stalls, was off last and, being forced to race on the outside, resulted in her being beaten before the turn out of the back stretch was reached. Flora Canter held to her lead until rounding into the stretch. There Canterwood began to draw up" on her steadily and. in the run home he had no trouble running over the Bryson filly to be the winner by two lengths. Feliciana was beaten eight lengths for second place, but she had closed considerable to earn that portion of the purse. W. C. Weants Matadi proved best of the platers that came together in the third race, at one mile and ah eighth, when he -scored over R. B. Jacksons Skirt, with W. Elliotts Daddy Nelson saving third from Durham. The latter cut out the early racing, but Matadi had left the post in good style and when Smith had him safely in second place he was content to rate along there. Marteau was in third place and it was nearing the turn out of the back stretch that Gilbert moved up with Skirt. The mare was taken up on the outside and as Matadi disposed of Durbaru she moved around and was soon in second place. At the head of the stretch Skirt was close after Matadi, but the Weant colt had plenty left to see him safely home and he crossed the line the winner by a length. As the early pacemakers tired Daddy Nelson moved, up until he reached third place in the stretch and was three and a half lengths back of Skirt and was a full four lengths before the tired Durbaru. Marse Robert came tiack with a good performance to be the winner over Worthing-ton in the fourth, with Politen saving third from Burnside. Burnside was more alert than the others leaving the barrier and Politen and Major General were following him closely. Marse Robert dwelt slightly as he left the post -and was slightly blocked going to the first turn, but Hanford eased him to the outside in the back stretch to find racing room. In the back stretch Major General moved up on Burnside and there Worthington went into third place, while Politen ran into some trouble, but was still showing the way to Marse Robert. Margaret Mc was well back of these and making up no ground. It was turning out of the back stretch that Hanford began his winning move with Marse Robert. The son of General Lee gradually moved up until he had Burnside headed and once in command, held his lead readily, though he had been forced to cover much more ground to take the lead. Politen ran into some trouble as Cruz attempted to take him through on the inside and then Worthington moved up as Burnside tired.
