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NOTEBOOK AND GALLANT SIR SCORE AT LAUREL i c Wheatley Stable Filly Wins Selima Stakes With Rich Prize of 3,790 Gallant Sir Outstays Mad Frump in Brilliant Finish to Win Maryland Handicap Attractive Program Draws Large Crowd to Maryland Track LAUREL, Md., Oct. 22. Notebook, racing for the Wheatley Stable of Mrs. H. C. Phipps and Ogden Mills, ran the greatest race of her career this afternoon when she was winner of the Selima Stakes, earning 3,790. Then came the mile and a quarter of the Maryland Handicap, in which Norman Churchs Gallant Sir, after being apparently beaten in the stretch, came again to be the winner over C. V. Whitneys Mad Frump. This prize had a value of ,475 to the winner. These were the high spots of the best pro- gram of the Maryland State Fair Association and it was sport that attracted an immense throng. The track had recovered completely from its recent- drenching and the going was fast while the weather conditions were ideal. In the Maryland Handicap the result was thrilling for the reason that within twenty yards of the finish Mad Frump appeared a certain winner when Gallant Sir came again, as the Whitney colt tired ever so slightly, and he was past the line winner by half a length. Two lengths back was Late Date to take third for the Audley Farm Stable, and at her heels came Canron. The start was a good one and Osculator was the one to set the pace, with Rehoboth and Gallant Sir following closely. Mad Frump was far back and Workman was permitting the son of Mad Hatter to settle nicely into his stride. It was early in the back stretch that Woolf permitted Gallant Sir to get to the front and he sent him right along until he was three lengths clear of the others. Rehoboth was doing his best in second place and Snap Back followed him closely, with Late Date next in order. Then Workman began to move with Mad Frump. At the time the Whitney colt was many lengths back of the pace, but he went along smoothly and going wide had found his way into second place when the head of the stretch was reached. There Workman moved up to Gallant Sir on the outside and a furlong from home he had the Church colt headed and seemed to have him soundly beaten. But Gallant Sir is nothing if not game, and Workman did not close the gap on the inside. He was winning and apparently with something in reserve when suddenly Gallant Sir came again and with a sensational rush was Continued on twenty-first page. NOTEBOOK AND GALLANT SIR SCORE AT LAUREL Continued from first page. through to be the winner and going away. Late Date ran her best race to be third and Canron, after avoiding the early pace, beat the others. Notebook won her greatest race when she took down the one mile Selima Stakes and it was a performance to suggest that she might readily duplicate the double of, William Duponts Fair Star, first winner of the Selima, that followed up her victory by winning the rich Pimlico Futurity. At the end of the gruelling mile test, the daughter of Chicle was leading Adolph Pons Swivel, a "field" horse, by a length and a half, and three lengths back came Welcome Gift, which raced for the Greentree Stable. Then, in fourth place, was Iseult, a stable-mate of the winner, and Bright Shadow was fifth. Notebook left from an outside stall and, in consequence, was forced to go a bit wide at the first turn, but Mills sent her right along and she had foot enough to quickly take a position, while Iseult, the stable-mate, had gone in to command. Bay Agnes, the third of the stable and racing for William Woodward, was in second place, and as Mills moved up with the winner the three stable companions were running first, second and third. Volette was following these and then came Barn Swallow. Barn Swallow was in close quarters rounding the first turn, and had a rough passage. Right at the break Stepsister, the second of the Whitney pair, was rather badly cut off and had scant chance. Accent was another that met with some roughing. Of the leaders Bay Agnes was first to weaken, and as she dropped back Mills moved into second place with Notebook. Swivel was charging along on the outside and making ground rapidly, and Welcome Gift, from a slow beginning, was also moving forward in the pack, but both Iseult and Notebook were going so easily in front that it seemed certain the stable silks would be first and second. As Gilbert rounded into the stretch with Iseult, while she was showing the way, she collided slightly with the inner rail and was knocked off her stride. Mills at the same time shook up Notebook, and the daughter of Chicle went into command readily. Swivel was closing with a mighty rush, and Welcome Gift was finishing with rare courage, but the Wheatley Stable filly held them perfectly safe. The program began with a thrilling finish as Felrap, after making all the pace, lasted to win over Judge Judy, with Gala Time a cloc, third. This came in a mile ana seventy yards for maiden juveniles. From a good start Hanford shot Felrap into command and, although the colt was kept busy all the way, he never had to surrender the lead. Through the back stretch Gala Time moved up on Felrap until he was well lapped on the Dupont colt, while Garner still waited back of the pair of them with Judge Judy, but Felrap held to his lead and the order was unchanged as they swung into the front stretch. A furlong from home Garner called on Judge Judy seriously and he was slightly blocked by Gala Time as he made his move to come through. He was catching Felrap at the end when he took the place from Gala Time by a head, but the son of The Satrap was safely over the line winner by a half length. The others had cut scant figure in the running. The second race was a split of the first, and eight maidens went to the post in this test of a mile and seventy yards. This brought another fighting finish, with Inlander, winner over Union and Even Stephen, saved third rather handily from Once. It was a good start, with Union the one to force most of the pace.- Even Stephen, after being outrun in the early- stages. moved up leaving the back stretch but was taken to the outside, losing considerable ground. Then Inlander, which had never been far away, came into the running, and going to the stretch turn the three were in close order. On the turn Union carried Even Stephen out badly, while Elston saved ground with Inlander, and it was a move that won. With the ground saved the son of Infinite had a big advantage, and his winning margin was a neck. Union finished strongly after losing the ground, while Even Stephen tired badly in the final furlong dash. Electric Gaff, after showing a flash of speed, quit rather badly but was fifth, while Vote ran a dull race. The only race of the day over a distance less than a mile was the Bethseda Handicap and it brought a good contest, with Andy Schuttingers Pilate the winner over Mrs. John Hertz Pairbypair. George D. Wideners Finite beat Microphone for third. From a good start, Pairbypair and Finite, closely lapped, went out to show the way and Microphone was in third place, just leading Pilate, which was under slight restraint. The others were being outrun from the first sixteenth. It was on the stretch turn that Malley moved with Pilate when he found an opening on the inside and the son of Friar Rock quickly went to the leaders. Microphone tired of the chase, but both Pairbypair and Finite held on well under a drive in the final furlong, but at the end Pilate was the winner by a length, going away. Mrs. Hertz colt had beaten Finite a length for second place and Microphone was another length back. True to his promise made Thursday, track superintendent Wo"ods Dickerson had the track lightning fast for- Saturdays sport.
