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Subahdar Turns Back i Bad Conduct at Laurel Two Lengths Separate Top Pair J As Rustic Billy Finishes Third By HUGH J. McGUIRE LAUREL, Md., May 7.— Mrs. Walter M. J Jeffords Subahdar, a winner of an allowance race in his seasonal debut here earlier , at the meeting, came right back with a , splendid performance to win the Laurel , Handicap, closing day feature at this Anne j Arundel County course. Ridden again by , Tony DeSpirito, the five-year-old son of Alsab — Muti was two lengths before Bad Conduct from the Willowbrook Stable of ■ H. D. Shipley, while three lengths farther j back Mrs. James V. Stewarts Rustic Billy was third in the field of eight. Subahdar covered the mile and* a sixteenth in the excellent time of 1:43 which is just a click from the track record. . ] The final program of this meeting was 1 witnessed by 15,002 patrons under clear and warm weather conditions. Following ] the running of the Laurel, which was hav- i ing its forty-first renewal, Mrs. Howard ] Bruce presented a trophy to Mrs. Jeffords, j The tally of the winner was worth 1,875 of the gross purse of 7,350 that accrued i from the 5,000 added money. Fractional times for the race were :23?s, :47, l:ll4,s i and 1:36%. Subahdar shouldered top t weight of 124 pounds, giving his nearest I rival in weights, Ogden Phipps Bassanio, I 10 pounds. Walter M. Jeffords had won the Laurel Sprint Handicap here with Tahita. DeSpirito was also astride that victor. The start found Bassanio very sluggish in leaving the gate and it was Pointing Continued Off Page Fifty Subahdar Turns Back Bad Conduct at Laurel Two Lengths Separate Top Pair As Rustic Billy Finishes Third Continued from Page One Star, Abbezac and Spring Grove who raced heads apart in the van position around ! the first turn and down the back lane. Pointing Star was first to give way, and at the half mile marker Abbezac had moved into a clear lead before Spring Grove. Meanwhile, DeSpirito had the eventual winner, who was a stout choice, back of Rustic Billy, who was next. Rustic Billy had been racing back of horses on the inside, but was sent to the outside going to the far turn. He responded quickly and surged to the front. Early, Subahdar had shown an inclination to climb, but he settled down nicely, and on the turn he was asked for speed when DeSpirito noticed that Bassanio had begun to reach serious contention after racing far back. This move on the part of the rider of the winner probably saved him from finding himself in difficulty, for as Bassanio and Bad Conduct moved up on the outside the tiring leaders began to fall back.
