Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
EVERYTHING READY
FOR LAUREL MEET
Good Horses Reach the Track
Daily From the
West.

Maj. Thomas c. Mcdowell. who is prob
ably one of the best known breeders il
the Blue Grass country. and in fact. in
America. arrived yesterday at Laurel
Mr.. Mcdowell is to be one of the stew
ards at the meeting. and will have as
good a racing string as will be found
Maj. Mcdowell stated that it was one
of the most up-to-date that he had seen
in long time. There is nothing left
undone to make it comfortable from AL
standpoints. Il believe there is more in
terest taken in this meeting among the
horsemen in the state of Kentucky than
any that has been held for long time
were his words Many who have over
looked the valuable stakes Will come to
Laurel TO race in the overnight events
and handicap, which are shown by the
book to be as valuable as any ever given
in the north.
Twenty-odd horses arrived from Ken
lucky yesterday, and all made the trip
in good shape. There was not d single
case of sickness in the lot and the horses
Will be set at work today SO as to give
them chance of getting over the long
journey. The Manager. which is the best
of the tWo-year-olds in the Mcdowell lot
looks at his best. He is a nicely set-up
colt and looks to be weight carrier
He is we'll coupled, with plenty of flesh
and bone TO train on. Duvai, the best
of the two-year-old of the Gallagher
Brothers. has developed into a first-clas.
looking colt, and should even improve as
the time goes on. He is quiet. and trav-
cling does not bother him in the least
this being shown by his trip from Lex
lnSton to the new plant.
The weights have been made public
for the Maryland State Fair Association
lnc) Inaugural handicap, and such a
lot has never been brought together on
any track. This field in no way over
shadows the others to follow it, and a
big field is sure to face the barrier on
opening day The Hildreth horses. as
well as those owned by James X. keene,
will be shipped from New York tonight,
SO that they will arrive at Laurel to-
morrow The Hildreth horses will num-
Der sixteen in all. two new ones being
picked up in the past week. There are
seven in the keene lot which will come
over on the same train. Hilarious. which
is well known too race-goers, will come
with the keene stable.
When asked as to the arrangement
made with the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road for the transportation of patrons
to the track from Washington and Bal
tlmOre, Manager Brown stated thdt Spe-
cial race trains would be run from both
places frequently enough to handle the
crowd without trouble. Special arrange
ments have been made regarding the fare
from both cities From Baltimore and
return the fare will be 20 cents, while
from Washington it will be 80 cents for
the round trip. The admission to the
track will be 81, while during the fair
week the admission to the grounds will
be III cents. with 30 cents more to the
grand stand. This will give all an OPP
portunity of seeing the fair without hay
ing to go into the grand stand should
they not desire to.
The trip will be made by the B. and
o. from both cities to the track In
eighteen minutes from the Camden sta
ton at Baltimore and the same time
from the Union station at Washington.
Besides the race trains there are the
usual regular trains which leave almost
every hour from both places. The rail-
road has expended over thirty thousand
dollars in the building of the chute for
the unloading of the horses at Laurel
and the new station at the race track
gates for the handling of the crowds. \
subway has been built SO that there will
be no crossing of the tracks In front
of incoming or outgoing trains during
the racing.
The following are the weights for the
Inaugural handicap to be run opening
day Monday, October >. and out OF the
forty-five entries an unsurpassable heid
Will answer the call to the post. The