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CONSISTENT ROYAL BUSINESS Scores Her Third Success Out of Four Starts at Charles Town. Easily Prevails Over Tedmelia and Ocean Boll, Latter Pair Being Separated by Smallest of Margins. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., Dec. 14 Royal Business, three-year-old daughter of Sun Meadow and Pretty Business, scored her third victory in four starts at Charles Town when she was three and one-half lengths before Tedmelia at the end of the fifth race today. This was a handicap over the Charles Town course and Ewart Johnsons representative packed second highest weight of 114 pounds to account for her score. In her other local start Royal Business was a smashing second. The high weight was the four-year-old, The Runner, which finished unplaced under 115 pounds. Closest to the winner at the end and under a stiff drive to earn the place award came Mrs. K. N. Gilpins Tedmelia, just a nose before John A. Manfusos Ocean Roll. Landlubber, The Runner and Bonny Clabber completed the field and finished as named. Jockey L. Machado was astride the winner. Ocean Roll showed the most early speed of the sextet and he was sent to the front in the run to the first turn. He was closely pressed by Tedmelia "for the van position and the pair staged a duel on the far turn, which resulted in a victory for Mrs. Gilpins colorbearer. Meanwhile Royal Business had been patiently waited with in third position and when the leaders left a gap on the rail entering the stretch she was sent through to surge to the front without difficulty. Once in command she increased her advantage at the will of her rider. FINISH AS A TEAM. Ocean Roll was not entirely done when headed by Tedmelia and under stiff pressure he came on again as Tedmelia tired and the pair reached the end as a team. The others did not figure seriously in the running at any stage. Clear, crisp weather again prevailed and Continued on twenty-third page. CONSISTENT ROYAL BUSINESS Continued from first page. was partly responsible for the excellent midweek attendance that was on hand. The racing strip xemained in a very heavy condition. Beaufast, racing for Mrs. C. M. Feltner and making his first start at the meeting, finished fast to get up in the final strides and earn a head decision at the end of the about four and one-half furlongs opening race. The score of the three-year-old was recorded at the direct expense of Ocala, while two and one-half lengths away, Come by Chance was third. Beaufast, breaking from the inside post position, lacked speed to match that of the leaders, and when ready to run had to be taken to the outside. Circling his field on the turn, he moved to the leaders as Hand-ley, which had been leading Ocala by a narrow margin, quit when the real test began. Ocala had something left as Handley wilted, and took a short lead in the stretch, but the challenge of the winner proved too strong right at the end. PETEE LAD EASY VICTOR. Petee Lad, the favorite, was an easy victor in the mile and one-sixteenth second race, in which eight platers were engaged for a claiming price of 00 each. At the end the winner coasted across the line two and one-half lengths before Spanish Maid, which was hard pressed to gain a head decision before the fast-closing Halloo. The winner was well ridden by jockey S. Palumbo. A fall marred the running of the third race when shortly after the start Judith B. swerved from the outside position, slipped and went down. Jockey W. Kirk was thrown clear and was uninjured. The winner was Philigal, which, after racing in second place into the stretch, was able to dislodge Boro Poker from the van position and turn back the late challenge of Tuleyries Lad. The latter, closing fast on the outside, also ousted Boro Poker from the place award. John Bosleys Artist, racing in his best form, cantered to an easy front-running victory in the six and one-half furlongs fourth race. Taking the lead immediately after the start, the juvenile quickly established a commanding advantage, which he maintained throughout to cross the finish line with four and one-half lengths to spare. The real race was for second place honors as General Hay and Home Hunter came to the end heads apart and eight lengths before Mowseen and the others. Inactive proved the easiest sort of winner in the sixth race when she dashed home before her opponents with fifteen lengths to spare at the end of the mile and one-sixteenth. Freestone, while no match for the winner, was second, seven lengths before Keswick Hill at the end. The winner was ridden- by Lou Machado for his second triumph of the afternoon. i
