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EVENING TIDE EARNS DECISION Engages in Thrilling Stretch Duel I With Merrymood at Laurel. Biologist Big Disappointment, Finishing In Fifth riace Ohambersburger at Good Odds. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 13. Evening Tide, sporting the silks of Elmer D. Shaffer and ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, was winner of the best offering on the ninth program of the Maryland State Fair at Laurel Park today when she survived a thrilling drive to account for the Rodgers Forge Purse, an allowance number fashioned for two-year-olds which held fourth place on the card that embraced seven events, most of which were given over to the cheaper performers. Racing as part of an entry with Uneasy, of the Mrs. Emil Denemark stable, which finished third, they ruled second choice in the wagering and, in a close finish, were split at the close of the six furlongs test by Merrymood, from the L. J. Marks barn, while Biologist, which ruled a prohibitive choice, was fifth and a keen disappointment. Weather conditions were ideal for the ninth day of the local meeting and a crowd above the average was out for the sport. Favorites were not so successful as on Monday, outsiders accounting for several of the events, the biggest surprise coming in the decision of the third event, which was accounted for by Chambersburger. THREE MINUTE DELAY. In the feature, a three-minute delay obtained before the restless youngsters could be caught in alignment and it found Evening Tide more alert than the others to be away on the front end. Merrymood was the one to give chase when she was sent up on the inside by jockey R. Merritt, while Grey Gold was in advance of Biologist and the others. Going out of the back stretch Merrymood moved into a short lead, but Evening Tide remained right at his throatlatch, while Grey Gold and Biologist were lapped just a short distance back of the pair. Merrymood was still in command at the turn into the front lane, but Evening Tide was still clinging to the Marks gelding. Biologist, which was expected to prove troublesome, did not Continued on thirty-lnurth page. EVENING TIDE EARNS DECISION Continued from first page. range up with the leading trio when the stretch was reached. With only a furlong to travel, Merritt and Kurtsinger both went to a furious drive on their respective mounts, and it was in the final fifty yards that Evening Tide asserted her supremacy, to be over the line winner by a neck. Uneasy was beaten a similar distance as he drove into third position, while Biologist dropped back into fifth place to follow in the wake of Grey Gold. The time for the running was 1:12. BRISTLING FINISH. Ten juvenile fillies, racing under allowance conditions, met in the first race, and in a bristling finish that required a photograph Careful Miss, from the W. Elliott barn, emerged victorious at liberal odds when she took the measure of Savage Beauty and The Schemer, coupled as the Branncastle Farms entry. This race had decision at six furlongs and in the early stages" the field, with the exception of Flying Zelma and Bander-snatch, raced closely bunched, with "Star-away, the choice, in the lead and holding command until reaching the home stretch. Careful Miss was in chase of the. Foxcatcher filly and she made things exceedingly troublesome as she followed in pursuit Reaching the home stretch Staraway began to falter and J. OMalley soon had the Elliott miss in command, after which she held on tenaciously to be, the winner by a neck. In the battle for the place Savage Beauty charged up strong to land ,that share of the purse, while her stablemate came with a belated rush to land the short end of the spoils from the tiring favorite. SEPARATED BY IKCHES. Another camera finish obtained at the conclusion of the second race, which attracted a dozen mediocre plater distance performers to test their mettle at one mile .and one-quarter, and it remained for the photograph to decide in favor of Lee Laffoon, which ruled the speculation. Her triumph came at the immediate expense of Rollick, with Dunair-as the-E. Carver-G. C. Berger entry, while third was the lot for Mrs. A. A. Grays veteran Dearzin when he was awarded a close decision over Sun Abbot. At the close the four principal aspirants were separated by nose margins, and it was the hard riding and splendid finish put up by jockey S. Coucci that brought success to the H. Sokol miss. The biggest upset of the day occurred in the decision of the third race, which brought out a cheap band of maidens, when J. E. Criders Chambersburger, unplaced in each start this season, showed his best form to defeat Mrs. -E. Denemarks Waterman, Bran-dywine Stables Kimpton and eight others at the close of the mile and seventy yards. He reached his goal two lengths before his nearest rival, while a nose finish obtained for the place and show positions. Five sprinters met for honors in the secondary attraction that was the fifth race, and limited to those of the ,000 class. It brought victory to the Bomar Stable, when Beth Bon drove to the finish a half length before Mrs. E. Denemarks Chief Cherokee, while Dancing Doll, from the Mrs. W. A. Abbot barn, was an easy third over Sun Antioch, and Black Widow, which completed the small field. Beth Bon was the lone three-year-old engaged, and in the early running made her presence felt by chasing along abreast of Sun Antioch and Dancing Doll. Moving up with a rush at the stretch turn, Beth Bon supplanted her rivals and, once in front, stuck to her task gamely to achieve her triumph. Chief Cherokee, closing in from fourth position, held a two lengths margin overDancing Doll, while Sun Antioch was easily better than Black Widow. S. S. Sands furnished the winner "of the sixth race, which was made up of six three-year-olds, when Hollyhock, in a well-timed rush, finished the mile and seventy yards journey in advance of Mrs. E. Denemarks Knights Fancy, while. H. Sokols Thirteen Stars led the three others. Backed down in the late posting of odds. Hollyhock came from far back in the running to score by her own length as Knights Fancy earned a nose decision for the place. Sir Windsor, after cutting out the early pace, finished behind the trio, while Bijuro and Muggins I cut little figure in the running, to bring up the rear as named.
