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ARAGON PURSE TO KAYAK II. Argentine Importation of 0. S. Howard Scores in Laurels Main Race. Shows Clean Pair of Heels to Beat Court Dance, Rissa and Four Other Good Three-Y ear-Olds. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 13. Leading every stride of the journey under the handling of jockey F. A. Smith, Kayak II., Argentine importation which races for Charles S. Howard, showed a clean pair of heels to seven other three-year-old sprinters to account for the Aragon Purse, an allowance race which was fifth on the card and the best offering at Laurel Park today. Making his first start since his pair of victories in New England, Kayak H. covered the three-quarters distance in 1:12 to reach the finish one length in advance of George D. Wideners Court Dance as Mrs. N. Rays Rissa, an outsider in the small but classy field, captured third from Roman Lady and the four others. Pit Bull, from the A. G. Vanderbilt stable, was the disappointing choice when he finished before only one member of the party. In the best offering six minutes were lost at the starting point when Court Dance gave the ground crew trouble, and before a start could be obtained the Widener sprinter was placed outside the stalls. When the bell rang all were away in good order and it saw the flashy son of Congreve dashing to the front briskly directly after the start, to dominate the entire race. In the first quarter mile jockey F. A. Smith had the C. S. Howard sprinter one length in advance of Pit Bull, and when the Vanderbilt gelding could not keep up Kayak II. drew clear at the turn and was two lengths in front swinging for home. In the final eighth, when Rissa and Court Dance both made challenges, Smith took no chances and applied the whip lightly, to have the invader prevail by his own length at the finish. Court Dance was never worse than fourth in the early running and came up s.toutly in the late stages to wrest second place from Rissa by a neck. Toddle On, from which much was expected, cut little figure in the running when jockey L. Dupps had the home-bred filly away tardily at the start. Weather conditions were pleasant for the sport, the eleventh day of the meeting, and I once again the attendance was of average size. PROWL IN A DRIVE. Sprinters of cheap grade recruited from the ranks of Maryland-breds met in the opening dash at six furlongs, and it gave Prowl, from the Mrs. A. Pelleteri stable, his fourth victory this season when he regis- tered in a drive. Second went to Idyllic, from the C. Feltner stable, which raced-coupled with Mrs. E. L. Bulls Tuleyries Lin, i and Balcony captured third for Mrs. H. Good when she easily led home Droop and the eight others of a limit field. I I Jockey L. Dupps earned another riding-success, his second of the afternoon, when I j Harry Neusteters Chainwick repeated her recent victory, to score at the immediate expense of the heavily-supported odds-on choice, Quicker, at the close of the mile and one-sixteenth seventh race. Clyde Ponce saddled the winner of the sixth event, that engaged ten middle distance performers of better than average class, when his five-year-old mare, Toni, atoned for her" recent failure to score in a thrilling finish. Coming from seventh position and overhauling her opponents steadily, the daughter of Kiev-Emma Dear battled furiously with Suburbanite, which cut out all of the pace, to reach the close of the mile and a sixteenth journey, just a head to the good. Third went to Monument, and Gravilla led home the six others. Jockey L. Dupps rode the winner. l
