The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
RACING OPENS
ON WEDNESDAY
Havre de Grace Starts Mary
land Meeting, Followed by
Laurel, Pimlico, and Bowie.
THE TRACKS ARE FAST
Many Stake Races Being Planned.
Few Steeplechases Carded and
Owners Are Disappointed.

Wednesday will be the opening day
of the Maryland fall racing season.
On that day i fourteen-days' session
will begin at Eavre de Grace. and on
October / Laurel will start Bowte
will wind up the racing in Maryland
on November 30. Many improvements
have been made at the latter track
since last spring \ steeplechase field
has been built. but It is hardly likely
ere will be any races for the jump
ers this year. Inasmuch as there will
be no races for the steeplechasers at
Laurel the owners of cross-country
horses will have to depend on Havre
de Grace and Pimlico for their win
ter oats.
Many stake races are on the pro-
grams OF the various associa tons.
Havre de Grace will have several, but
the big events of the fall season will
be at Laurel, where seventeen fixed
events are scheduled. or an average
of four week, beginning with the
Laurel Handicap for al ages at six
furlonss OF the opening day. Friday,
and ending with the National Handi-
cap at Il mile and a furlong on the
closing day. October go.
Col Winn. manager or the Laurel
course. has been busy since Septem
her ! getting things in shape for the
meeting. He has eye for the artis-
tic and has the grounds looking fine
Flowers and :hrubbery are every
where ard the stand and clubhouse
will look their prettiest The track
is getting in good condition. 1t viii
he faster than it was last year at the
beginning of the meeting, when the
going was somewhat deep because of
a topdressing that had been put on.
Towards the last of October of lasc
year however. the track was very
fast as shown by Roamer'S record
breaking mile and i furlong.
H. G. Bedwell was the first horseman
to put in an appearance at L1ure!. II"
sent a number of his horses over from
his farm, a few miles from the track.
and gave them trials. These are N"
ones that have been resting up all sum
mer and they will prove a strong ad-
dition to the Bedwel string that has
been racing in Canada all summer.
Among them is the mare Elwah. who is
looking better than in n long time. Bed
we'll has a nicely turned two-year-old
which he showed on the track last
Thursday. This one. n bay, never has
started. but has been going well in his
trials.
There is stable room at Laurel for
upward of SEQ horses. and the number of
applications received already has eX-
hausted the capacity. Some owners will
have to find room outside the track or
at Benninc. A special train will he run
every day from Benning to the Laurel
course to accommodate the trainers and
sta bles at the Washington track.
The program for the first eight days
at Laurel has been issued by Col. Winn.
There will be six races each day. and
every other day there will be a stake
race, starting with the Laurel Handi-
cap. in which Ten Point. Flittergold.
High Noon. COquette. The Finn. Puss
in Boots. George Smith. Buckhorn
kewessa. kaskas ska, PhOsphor, Leo
chares, What HaCkle HarmOnicon. and
Hester Prynne are named among others |
Owners of steeplechasers are much dis |
appointed that there will be no jumping
races at Laurel or Bowie this fall This
Will oblige them to put their best foot |
forward at Havre de Grace and PIN !
lico. At the latter course a steeple- !
chase will be given every day. but at |
Havre de Grace only every other day |