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JACOLA DEFEATS SEABISCUIT IN LAUREL STAKES LOWERS TRACK RECORD Friendly Filly Gallops One Mile in 1 :37 to Score. The Chief Finishes in Third Place Challedon Accounts for the Maryland Futurity. LAUREL, Md., Oct. 15. Showing the quality that made her one of the best juveniles of last season, Edward Friendlys swift-running filly Jacola added to her marvelous record when she administered a stinging defeat to two other three-year-olds and nine older horses, including Seabiscuit, to account for the twenty-fifth running of the ,500 added Laurel Stakes, one mile feature that served as the headline attraction at Laurel Park of the Maryland State Fair, Inc., today. Overlooked in the wagering and ridden by jockey N. Wall, the sensational daughter of Jacopo, which has suffered only one defeat this season, clipped one-fifth of a second from the track record to set a new mark of 1:37 flat for eight furlongs, and she won convincingly when she beat Charles S. Howards Seabiscuit, top weight of the party, by two and one-half lengths, with Maxwell Howards The Chief third. Jacola was the lone filly to oppose male rivals and the score boosted her earnings for the year to 0,475 when she took down the major share of the spoils that was worth ,825 and, incidentally, it was the third time that jockey Nick Wall was astride a winner which achieved a triumph over Sea-biscuit, he having had the mounts in addition to Jacola on Esposa and Stagehand. CRACK FIELD. The Laurel Stakes, which annually attracts some of the best speedsters in the country, lured a crowd of twenty thousand to the Maryland State Fair grounds and some of the most interesting racing of the fall season was provided for the large and enthusiastic gathering. In the Laurel Stakes, which was down for decision as the fifth race, those in colors gave little trouble at the starting point and when the bell rang all were away in good order. Aneroid and Finance were first out of the stalls and they established the pace when they sped into the turn lapped on each other and were just ahead of Accolade when reaching the back stretch. Going down the far side these three raced abreast, while Mower held fourth place and Jacola was alongside Masked General, which was at the saddle skirts of the Hillsdale colorbearer. Seabiscuit, farther back and on the outside, was racing wide to keep from meeting with interference. No change took place in the first six furlongs among the early leaders, but Mower, generally rated as a sprinter, was through early and Jacola and Seabiscuit moved up fast at the final turn to range alongside Finance and Aneroid. TAKES COMMAND. Moving forward briskly, Jacola swept to the front midway on the turn and Seabiscuit moved into fourth place. The latter reached second place entering the front lane, while Jacola increased her lead to a length and Continued on thirty-fourth page. JACOLA DEFEATS SEABISCUIT IN THE LAUREL STAKES Continued from first page. one-half. In the final eighth Jacola raced in the middle of the track as she drew away and, despite the saving of ground, Seabiscuit was unable to catch the flying Friendly filly. The performance of the Charles S. Howard gelding was a good one and should advance his preparation for his match race with War Admiral. Jockey George Woolf said after the running: "I was forced to lose too much ground, but had no other excuse." A dozen of the best home-bred juveniles in training met in the eighth running of the ,000 added Maryland Futurity, that was the supporting feature, and in thrilling finish, Challedon, from the W. L. Brann stable, earned his second victory of the year and his first important stakes victory, worth ,720, when he beat the bulky field home to defeat Ral Parrs shifty colt, War Moon, in a photo-finish. Driving to the line inches apart and little to choose between them, they were one length in advance of C. F. Hockleys Mystery Miss, who raced coupled with General Mowlee, while fourth went to A. G. Vanderbilts Balkan War, another three lengths away. DISSEMBLER SCORES. The silks of A. L. Copland, Jr., were successful for the first time at the meeting when Dissembler was a driving winner of the initial offering, a gallop of one mile and a sixteenth that engaged eight starters. His score under the handling of jockey Nick Wall took place over Mrs. D. A. Buckleys Mr. Grundy, a winner of his last start, and third went to Mrs. C. Tumins Kinross when he was home in advance of Chimney Top. Trainer, T. Driscoll saddled the winner of the second event when he tightened the girths on Belair Studs three-year-old Gra-villa, which was a rather easy winner of the mile and one-half engagement that brought out the smallest field of the afternoon. Meeting older performers over the gruelling journey, the daughter of Gallant Fox, which was neglected in the wagering, reached the finish two lengths in advance of Sir Reg, which raced for Mrs. F. B. Ponce, and Whichaway was third.
