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Piccolo in Most Sensational Finish of Laurel Meeting t Prevails Over Bootless by Nose Margin Jockey Jack Westrope Outrides J. Renick to Gain Verdict Two Bob Third. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 8. A good-sized weekday crowd was treated to one of the most thrilling finishes seen in Maryland this fall in the Catockin Purse, the afternoons feature here, and when Jack Westrope outrode J. Renick, C. V. Whitneys Piccolo gained a nose victory over E. R. Bradleys Bootless. At their heels finished Mrs. Emil Denemarks Two Bob, while Knight Warrior was a close fourth. Booming Guns completed the field of three-year-olds meeting under allowance conditions. Piccolo and Bootless staged a head-and-head battle throughout the mile and one-sixteenth event, but after the latter assumed a slight lead at the furlong post he was unable to hold the advantage, as the son of Whichone and Picoline responded with good courage to Westropes superior riding. The Whitney colt had the inside post position and as he broke well he was able to save ground the entire journey. Bootless and Booming Guns were with him during the opening three furlongs, but then the Glen Riddle colt dropped back. Piccolo and Bootless went together as a team down the back stretch and around the second turn, with Two Bob moving up fast on the inside at the latter point. SOMETHING LEFT. Upon turning into the stretch the two leaders drew away from Two Bob, and then the Bradley gelding got his head in front on the outside, but Piccolo had something left, and as Westrope drew it out of him he ran down Bootless to take a narrow lead inside the sixteenth post Two Bob held on determinedly for third honors as Knight Warrior finished evenly to be fourth. The latter lost much ground when he was unable to leave the postwith his field and he moved into contention leaving the back stretch, but the effort was too much for him. Piccolo was held a slight favorite over Bootless and was the second-choice of the afternoon to reward the talent In the second-best event of the program Weston, owned by Jouette Shousc and the favorite, easily defeated five other platers going a mile and one-sixteenth, although he bore out badly turning into the stretch. Taking the lead in the run to the first turn under the direction of H. Le Blanc, the four-: year-old gelding by Sun Flag Madcap Princess held sway throughout despite the loss of ground he suffered at the stretch entrance. Only by the dint of hard riding by Eddie Continued on thirty-fourth page. l I . 1 ! PICCOLO IN MOST SENSATIONAL FINISH OF LAUREL MEETING Continued from first page. Litzenberger was the Maemere Farms Rock-wood, the favorite, able to gain principal honors in the opening dash, at six furlongs, which brought out eleven middle grade plater two-year-olds. Under mild urging during the first half mile to maintain a con-, tending position the brown son of Ariel Centime responded to strong hand riding during the. remaining distance to gradually wear down Boulevard and Tonianna. At the finish he was a- -length in front of the A. G. Vanderbilt cblorbearer, while Tonianna was a neck away after having vied with Timber Lady and Boulevard in setting the pace from the start Timber Lady gave way in the stretch and Tonianna tired right at the end. TRIPLE ACTION SCORES. Triple Action, owned by J. W. Y. Martin, captured the second race, a dash of six furlongs for Maryland-bred two-year-olds, defeating The Schemer by a length. The latter probably was best of the ten starters, as she lost considerable ground and gained very fast through the stretch. As Gay Balko, which finished in third place, set the pace, Triple Action was not far away, and responding well to urging from J. OMalley, the gelded son of Canter and Black Momma got to the front at the three-sixteenths post and assumed a safe lead over The Schemer as Gay Balko tired. Idle Way, owned by F. W. Staton, became the longest priced winner of the meeting in accounting for the third race in a drive, with the Bomar Stables Beth Bon. Each straight ticket on the three-year-Kld daughter of Waygood and Wildwood had a value of 8.80. Under the direction of the veteran Leo Canficld, Idle Way bid for the lead soon after the start, and in going up to challenge Beth Bon she forced back Bartering Kate, the favorite, at the far turn. Idle Way and Beth Bon continued almost on even terms until right at the end, where the former drew out slightly as R. Morris, on the Bomar miss, was guilty of over-confidence. Bartering Kate was unable to make up the ground she lost when pinched back and finished two lengths away in third place as Top Dog was fourth among the ten fair plater sprinters making up the field. EDILE SURPRISES. Another surprise came in the fourth race when F. A. Carreauds Edile defeated a dozen other ordinary three-year-olds at a mile and seventy yards, winning by two lengths over Seven Star, with Miss Jones a length away in third place. Seven Star was the favorite but was jammed back at the start by Sylvia G. Edile escaped the interference and gained a good position in the early running as Miss Jones set the pace. E. Tucker waited until reaching the stretch before calling on the Wrack gelding and he moved up willingly to hold Seven Star safe after the favorite had advanced steadily all through the final three-quarters. The start was poor, with Highland Lane. having no chance when he refused to break out of hand with the others.
