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1 MR. BLAZE BY A NECK I Narrowly Defeats Favorite Clodion in Featured Chopmist Handicap. Contest Exciting and Close Throughout With Woodsaw Landing in Third Place After Good Race. PAWTUCKET, R. I., Nov. 9. -Mr. Blaze, a mud-running son of Blazes from S. J. Norris stable, had track conditions made to order for him at Narragansett Park this afternoon and took full advantage of that fact to win the ,000 added Chopmist Handicap by a neck under a lashing ride from Willie Leish-man. At the end he was clear of W. A. Carters Clodion, which ruled favorite in the betting. Mrs. J. A. Nixs Woodsaw ran a corking race to be a close third, just a length off the runner-up after following the pace from the start. Wise Prince, high weight of the field under 118 pounds, came out in heavy front bandages and picked up pounds of extra weight in the form of mud in the race. He could do no better than finish a distant fourth. The race was a heated battle from the start to finish, with Bachelor Dinner making the pace by a narrow margin down the back-stretch and Mr. Blaze, Woodsaw and Clodion right after him. The horses ran on even terms to the far turn, where Bachelor Dinner dropped out of it and Mr. Blaze assumed ! command by a head. Woodsaw was hanging on doggedly, Clodion another head back as they charged to the eighth post. THREE-CORNERED BATTLE. It was a three-cornered battle for the entire length of the stretch, .with Leishman bearing down hard to make Mr. Blaze draw away in the final yards. Clodion also drew off from Woodsaw in the final fifty yards but the latters race was an extremely game one. The day was cooler than the weather has been recently, but the sun shone brightly and a large mid-week crowd was out for the sport. The course was deep in mud from I rains of last evening. Golden Fate ploughed through the mud to win the opening dash at six furlongs by the narrowest of noses over Fast Express. The Continued on twenty-seventh page. I I MR. BLAZE BY A NECK Continued from first page.J judges looked long and carefully at the picture before posting the winners number. Little Eddie Robart, a Pawtucket boy, put up a corking ride to land the winner home. JHe was forced to take the toughest going on the rail and when his mount began to quit he had to put an exceptionally strong finish up. Leo D. charged fast from the eighth post home to take the third award, a length off the battling leaders. Transmutable, ridden by J. Ashcrof t, led all the way and drew off from the eighth pole home to win the second event by two and a half lengths over Grand Light. Wulf-stan took the third award a length and a half off the runner-up. Nedrow finished fourth. W. W. Adams, whose wife had won a previous race with Golden Fate, took the third event with Listarp, which finished out a neck in "advance of Waxwing. The race marked a double for trainer E. E. Russell and jockey Eddie Robart. Notice Me finished third, two lengths back, and Panic Relief was fourth. The time was 1:14and. Traggat, favorite in an open event, won the substitute race that was fourth on the program despite going very wide at the head of the stretch. At the end Haritos had the Omond gelding a length and a half clear of Le Miserable. Ashcroft finished very weakly on the latter. Damica was a distant third, some half a dozen lengths off the runner-up and Sun Way finished fourth. J. Simonettis Bail Out found the going much to his liking, and took down the mile and a sixteenth sixth race, fdr three-year-olds, which had not won two races since Columbus Day. The Ariel filly raced far back for the first half mile, while Night Chase and Housekeeper were winging far out in front of all rivals. Rounding the final turn they both began to back up and Bail Out and Steel King began their moves simultaneously. They battled all through the final quarter, and at the finish they both passed Housekeeper and finished a half length apart. Housekeeper was made the favorite in this and saved the show by four lengths. Prince Derek completed a double for trainer P. L. Kelley and jockey J. Ashcroft when he won the one mile and seventy yards seventh race. The Gallant Fox four-year-old raced back of the pace of Sun Capture and Scotch High until reaching the three-sixteenths pole. There he moved to the outside, swept up to take command, and was going away by two and a half lengths with something left. Sun Capturq,: alter making all the early pace and shaking off several, bids from Scotch High, saved he placey a. length and a half over the Gallagher colorbcarer.
