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LOWERS LAURE TRACK MARK Lowers Laurel Track Mark 18 pt in 1:41, Defeating. Helianthus. Schuttingers Colt Now Formidable Candidate for Washington Handicap Colossal Leads Night Patrol in Fourth Race. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 24. Andy Schuttingers Pilate, after winning a couple of six furlongs sprints, galloped to a new track record of 1:41 for the mile and seventy yards here this afternoon. The son of Friar Rock was in hand all the way and he could have shaded that fast time considerably had it been required. This performance was in the Glenwood, a condition contest and the best offering of the day. Well back of the Schuttinger colt came Helianthus, from the Brookmeade Stable, and it was J. W. Y. Martins Con Amore that beat Sylvester W. Labrots Springsteel for third. The skies were overcast and there was a chill in the air, but a big crowd was out for the sport and there was no lack of interest. In the Glenwood there was some delay at the post, but the start was a good one and Malley at once went out with Pilate. The son of Friar Rock was a length to the good going to the first turn and when he had found full stride Malley took hold of his head and he was under a mild restraint virtually all the way. He raced to the first quarter in :23, to be clear of the field and Helianthus was in second place, with Spring-steel running third before Con Amore, and Swatter and Evergold bringing up the rear. Evergold had left the stalls sluggishly. Reaching the half-mile ground in :47, Pilate had increased his lead slightly and Helianthus was still in second place with Springsteel hanging to third, though he was being closely pressed by Con Amore. With no shortening of stride, Pilate passed the six furlongs mark in 1:12 and by that time the others were driving back of him in a vain effort to run him down. Helianthus hung to the place gamely, but Malley was looking back as Pilate steadily drew away, running the mile in 1:37 and the distance in 1:41. As he crossed the line he was four lengths to the good and in hand. Helianthus had saved the place from Con Amore by a length and a half and Springsteel was at the heels of the Martin mare. This was by long odds the best race run by Pilate this season and one to suggest that he will have to be given serious consideration in the Washington Handicap Saturday, in which his impost is 110 pounds. Sky Haven barely won over Chatterfol In Continued on twenty-first page. lOWEriMilREl toKlpK Continued from first page. the first race. Band Wagon was third by a narrow margin over Rhodius. The start was a good one and Horvath rushed Band Wagon into command in the early stages and Sky Haven was following him closely. Bushranger was pinched off slightly as he left his stall and he had little chance. As Garner attempted to drive him through he ran into no end of trouble in the run down the back stretch. It was not until the stretch was reached that Band Wagon tired and Sky Haven took command. At the same time Chatter-fbl, coming to the outside, moved into second place before Band Wagon and while Bushranger was making up ground Garner chose a course along the inner rail, where there was no chance to get through. Chat-terfol continued to gain on Sky Haven to the final stride, but Mrs. Wideners gelding had lasted to win by a nose. Two lengths back Band Wagon saved third by a head fr,om Rhodius, which beat Bushranger because he had racing room, while the son of Stefan the Great was bottled up on the rail. The steeplechase of the day was j. short course test for maidens, and it brought a good contest, with Naylor, racing under the silks of William Duponts Foxcatcher Farms Stable, the winner over Mrs. John Bosley, Jr.s Lord Johnson, while F. M. Goulds Daniel Soot, ridden by the amateur Rigan McKinney, was a distant third. Fifteen went to the post, and the only one that failed to finish was John A. McDonalds Practical Sal, which came down at the fourth fence with L. Sessa. Fortunately, the rider was not seriously injured. Lord Johnson, which has shown abundant speed in all of his races, was the one to cut out the running, and in the early stages he was attended by Brash and Quick March, while Practical Sal was in a forward posi- tion until she came down. Naylor was not far back of these, and Slate was saving ground with him at the turns. Mr.; McKinney was rating Daniel Soot j along back of these, and Border Stripe, jumping badly, was soon a distant last of the big company. It was not until in the back field the last turn of the course that. Slate moved up. with Naylor, and he quickly Went to Lord Johnson. The son of Sir John Johnson hung on well for a time, but at the upper end of the field Daniel Soot was showing the way, and. he was not to be headed for the rest of the journey. In the run home Slate took no chances and sent his mount right, along to have him over the line with five lengths to spare. Lord Johnson had saved second place by a dozen lengths from. Daniel Soot, which outfinished Quick March to, earn that part of the purse. The others trailed along in badly strung out order, and Brash was last of them all after his early exhibition of speed. Sugar Cake, under a powerful ride by "Buddy" Hanford, was winner of the third. She scored over Knights Gal, with Tabaku barely saving third from Supercharge. The start was a good one, but Knights Gal had her first trouble, when, leaving from the inside stall, she was unable to come clear in the dash from the barrier. As a result of this she was soon caught in close quarters on the rail and badly shuffled back, while Tabaku rushed out into a long lead, with Supercharge, Sugar Cake and Half Saint chasing after her. Kurtsinger rushed Tabaku right along to have her still showing , the way when the head of the stretch was reached. There Sugar Cake was alongside and in the final furlong the daughter of Macaw went into command. In the meantime Martin had come away from the rail with. Knights Gal and she was weaving her way through galr lantly, but she could not run down Mrs. Whitneys filly and was beaten a half length. Right at the heels of the Bright Knight filly there was a spirited duel for third, with the tired Tabaku just lasting to earn that part of the purse from Supercharge by a nose. J. W. Healy, trainer of Mfs.. John H. Whitneys stable, Clyde Phillips, trainer for William Ziegler, Jr., and the Middleburg Stable, jockeys Harvey Elston and C. Quattlebaum returned from Middleburg, Va., where they went Sunday to school a big band of yearlings.
