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ROOM SERVICE AT HER BEST Shandon Farm Miss Finds Muddy Laurel Strip to Her Liking Closes Fast In Stretch Run to Defeat Grass GrassCutter Cutter by Two and OneHalf Lengths Pernie Finishes Third LAUREL Md Oct 21 Room Service threeyearold daughter of The Porter Stigma racing in the livery of the Shandon Farm stable proved she was better than the average mud performer when she accounted for the mile and onesixteenth Plains Purse an allowanca event fifth on the card Op ¬ posed by seven other threeyearolds the score marking the second of her Maryland campaign came in a mild drive and at the expense of G D Wideners Grass Cutter they being separated by two and onehalf lengths at the close Pernie the favorite barely earned the short end of the purse over Mrs E Denemarks Some Count while Candle Ends John One Gravilla and Subur ¬ banite completed the field fieldBEATS BEATS START STARTThe The start In the feature was effected after a twominute post delay Grass Cutter had a step at the gate and beat his field to the first turn The others were much more tardy leaving the stalls permitting the G D Widener gelding to draw into a clear lead around the first turn Candle Ends was the one to chase after the son of Sickle while Suburbanite John One and Pernie followed in the wake of the pair to head the others as Some Count trailed In the first six furlongs Grass Cutter was under pressure to remain in front of Candle Ends and it took some toll of his speed to shake off the O B Wearley colorbearer with the result that he surrendered the lead to Room Service heading for home The Shandon Farm miss having charged up from sixth position for the command in the last furlong drew out under light pressure for her upset victory Grass Cutter beat Pernie three lengths with the latter just a Tiead better than Some Count which closed a big gap gapRain Rain late Thursday after the final race caused a change in track conditions the surface being in a muddy condition but toft tunately few withdrawals were made
