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PROGRAM OF PLATER RACES Fourth Race Best on Laurel Card-War Emblem Scores. Glen Riddle Farm Stable Furnishes Feature Winner for Second Successive Day Pleasant Weather. t , . 1 LAUREL, Md., Oct 29. A program recruited entirely from the claiming ranks with the exception of the Old Town Steeplechase, which was under allowance conditions, was the entertainment furnished on a fea- tureless program for the twenty-third day i I of the Maryland State Fair, .Inc., meeting at Laurel today. With no race of importance down for decision, most interest centered on the fourth race which was for three-year-olds. The race brought out eleven of that age and it gave the Glen Riddle Farm Stable an opportunity to furnish the winner of the best event for the second succeslsve day when War Emblem, under a good ride by E. De Camillas, led every inch of the journey to lead home Bijuro and Albania, both of which performed for Mrs. E. Denemark. He scored by a length and one-half as he ran the route in 1:464. Ruling a strong choice. It marked the second success for favorites and it was the first success achieved this year by the son of Big Blazes and Assembly in eight starts.-Moving to the front going to the first turn, De Camillas placed the Glen Riddle color- " bearer under restraint on the far side of tha track, while Bijuro gave chase and Trebl-zonde, holding to third place before Albania, a stablemate of Bijuro. War Emblem was racing smoothly in front and was allowed to go to the final turn on his own courage as he maintained a one-length lead. His rider made no eJrt to draw away from, his opponents .until leaving the back stretch. Shaken up to take a. lead of three lengths at the final furlong post, the Glen Riddle colt had his field well beaten and the remaining furlong found him well in hand to prevail as his rider wished. IDEAL CONDITIONS. A warm sun and a slight rise in temperature made the afternoon pleasant at the Laurel plant and a crowd of good size watched the mid-week program. A. G. Vanderbilts Gay Balko made a show of eleven other two-year-olds that met in the first race, a dash ot six furlongs under claiming conditions, when he took command at the ring of the bell to lead home FriSco Kid and Fond Memories.. Ridden by the apprentice, K. McCombs and enjoying good support. Gay Balko ; J rushed into the lead right at the start and, l opening up a clear margin on his opponents, was never bothered during the contest, to sweep";oVer" the line winnerby two lengths. Frisco Kid, coming from fourth place, overhauled True Tune to land second place, while Fond Memories, ina game .finish on. the outside, also drove on "by the E. Bruner sprinter to land the minor share of the spoils. The : ! running was marred by an accident to Mrs. E. Truemans Good Trade. The filly broke I her left front-ankle in the running and was I removed .from the track in a hopeless condi-jtion. " - - j SALUDA COMES TO GRIEF. J The winning streak of Thomas Hitch- cocks good fencer, Saluda, came to an end after three consecutive victories, and his fail-! ure was a sad blow to the talent, who In-I stalled him a prohibitive choice, when he became eliminated aften ten fences in the : running of the Old Town Steeplechase ! through the field. The three-year-old son of j By Hisself fell with the clever amateur. I Rigan McKinney, after which Chalice and . Gwladys Whitneys Rideaway had things all I to themselves, to wage a spectacular finish, .with the Whitney gelding emerging victorious by two lengths. Chalice cut out all of , the running and was leading coming into the i final obstacle, but a poor landing proved i disastrous and she fell prey to Rideaway on the flat. Head Hunter, thirty lengths back of the pair, was the only other to finish the- route after Martinious struck the beacon soon after clearing the twelfth fence, tossing j J. McGrath. The G. E. Vogle gelding was re-J mounted end finished in the required time . limit to bo given fourth money. Rigan Mc-: Kinney was not hurt by his fall. JOYRIDE IN FRONT, s Twelve sprinters of better than average class furnished the contention in the three- quarters of the third offering and it saw the I silks of M. A. Smith in their first local victory when jockey Joe Renick drove Joyride to a front-running score over O. Blanks My i Surprise, L. J. Marks My Kin and the nine others that were led home by Cruising. Dis-. playing good speed after breaking in the first flight, Joyride met stern opposition from Cruising in the first five furlongs while setting the pace and, after going into a lead of three lengths in the final furlong, stuck to his task gamely to land across the line three parts of a length in advance of My Surprise. The latter held to third place early in the running and ran down Cruising approaching the finish to be a length and one-half before My Kin. The latter took third when Cruising faltered right at the end of the contest. The fifth race, fashioned for fillies and mares exclusively and over the mile and one-sixteenth distance, resulted in the easiest kind of victory for Jefferson Davis Cohn3 three-year-old San Antioca. Coming across the finish line with much In reserve the winner led home Xandra, the favorite, by four, lengths, while third in the field of six went to Chrysmute, which was an additional length away The winner was ridden by jockey M. Peters. Fluffy Lee had the. most early speed. leading Knights Fancy and Bonnie Lois by a narrow margin as the field swung into the back stretch. Knights Fancy quit, but Bonnie Lois succeeded in dislodging Fluffy Lee from the van position on the final turn. Coming back with a performance that bordered on the sensational, Fogarty, five-year-old plater in the Ascot Stable, became a "double" winner at the meeting when he registered a popular victory at the end of the nine furlongs sixth race to turn back the BhandorajFrhnStable .Ashei.i t J "0 Ju
