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KURTSINGERS RIDE FACTOR Handles Warrior Queen in Faultless Fashion in Laurel Race. Sends Victress Through Narrow Opening to Get the Decision Also Brings in Grand Duke at Long Odds In Fifth Kace. LAUREL, Md., Oct 28 In one of the best finishes of the meeting and under a skillful and daring ride by jockey Charles Kurt-singer, Warrior Queen, racing in the yellow j and black silks of the Glen Riddle Farm Sta- j ble, was winner of the best offering at Laurel today when she captured premier honors in the Queenstown Purse, an allowance affair, fourth on the program that was fashioned for two-year-old fillies. Meeting nine others of her age and sex, the daughter of American Flag and Annette K. atoned for her recent defeat and formed a habit of winning every other one of her starts when she came through a narrow passage in the closing eighth of the six furlongs event to achieve victory by a nose over J. B. J. Town- sends Alexandrine after they covered the "distance in 1:13. Third was accounted for by H. W. Maxwells Dizzy Dame and she was so close to the fighting pair at the end that a camera picture was necessary before the numbers were posted as official. The Maxwell filly was just a half length back of the runner-up and a like margin before Green-tree Stables Bad Dreams which led Mary Keen and the five others of the ten-horse field. AVERAGE SIZE CROWD. With conditions again seasonable the attendance for the twenty-second day was of average size, a good crowd being In the stands and on the lawns to witness the interesting card. In the Queenstown Warrior Queen received good support and she was one of the alert ones leaving the gate to chase along in third position while Broad Ripple and Happy Dinah supplied the early pace, the latter being rushed off her feet by Renick after she was taken up sharply at the break. Going to the turn Broad Ripple was still in command but Happy Dinah was traveling at a fast clip and was able to charge into the lead entering the home stretch. These two had been made much use of, however, and before they could draw a second breath. Warrior Queen and Mary Keen engaged the pair at the last furlong pole. Warrior Queen was in between her opponents and Kurtsinger, undaunted, sent his mount through a very narrow opening and riding a particularly strong finish had the Glen Riddle miss up in the last stride to receive the verdict. THRILLING FINISH. Mrs. W. R. Mizells three-year-old Shyno turned in a front-running victory to take the measure of a lowly band of plater distance performers that met in the opening event and it marked his second success of the season when he took down premier honors in a thrilling finish. Ridden by R. Root and showing sufficient improvement over his recent race the Mizell plater came to the close a head before J. C. Taylors Canpra, with Justa Flight from the Mrs. M. R. Waugh barn third over the disappointing favorite Markme and the eight others. Five two-year-olds under allowance conditions met in a race styled the Corsica that was the second offering of the afternoon and it gave opportunity for Brooklyn, of the E. R. Bradley stable, to enter the charmed circle for the first time when he triumphed in a thrilling finish. Installed a top-heavy choice, he led virtually from the fall of the flag to beat Greentree Stables Tattered a short head but a disqualification took place against the Greentree colt and his position was relinquished to Mrs. E. Denemarks Uneasy, with Mr. Canron, of the W. W. Vaughan stable placed third. PETARD SURPRISES. Another field of limit size furnished the contention in the third number that was also at a mile and one-sixteenth and the result was another surprise when Petard, from the F. Hayes barn, emerged victorious at the expense of Pepper Patch, which ruled the wagering. Miss Tiptoe, another at liberal odds, took third. It was the first success for the Hayes stable in Maryland since the fall season was ushered in, and it took all the riding skill of P. McDermott, to have his mount victorious. Racing along back of Sir Rose, Pepper Patch, and Fredalva as they led the way around the first turn and down the far side of the track Petard was blocked as he attempted to drive through on the inside of the final turn. Recovering nicely and taken outside his opponents. Petard unleashed a well-timed rush in the final furlong and Continued on thirtieth page. KURTSINGERS RIDE FACTOR Continued from first page. under a vigorous finish raced pasfto be over the line by a half length. Pepper Patch saved second place by his own length, with Miss Tiptoe well before Sir Rose, who tired from setting the pace. Grand Duke, from the Mrs. E. Denemark stable, turned in a form upset when he uncovered his best speed after three miserable performances to capture a front-running and unpopular victory over eight other better-than-average sprinters, which met in the six furlongs of the fifth race, in which the starters ranged in claiming price from ,000 to ,000. Beaten off badly in his last three engagements, two of which took place here, the score of the Denemark three-year-old came as a sharp reversal, and it marked a "double" for jockey C. Kurtsinger when he had the three-year-old in advance of his company throughout to score by one length. In this Lovely Girl, from the Bomar Stable, was the one to chase the winner to the finish, with Finisher a driving third for A. F. East when he led Sun Antioch and the others, which included the lukewarm choice, Dancing Doll. The winner ruled a neglected factor and paid 7.10.
