The Washington herald., 1916-09-27
CRACK CAMPAIGNERS
To MEET AT LAUREL
The Finn Viii Run in Handicaps Dur
ing the Meeting at Mary
land Course.

The Finn, H. A Hallenback's sterling
black son OF Ogden-Livonla. the winner
Of the Chesterbrook and Hayre de Grace
Handicaps. Is among those named in the
big handicaps to the run during the an
nual meeting Of the Maryland State Fair.
which viii be inaugurated at Laurel Park
next Monday afternoon to run a period
Of twenty-slx racing days. In the BaIti-
more, Washington and Grand Nationa
Handicaps The Finn Is to meet pracd
cally the same field OF high-class thor
oughbreds that he took into camp In the
big races decided In Hartford County
within the past ten days The Grand
National is the richest event at Laurel.
being g. 500 added, while the Baltimore and
the Washington events are OF i2,0oo added
The veteran Ed Heffner. who trains The
Finn, was among yesterdays visitors at
Laurel Park and he has arranged to ship
the mighty son of Ogden to the southern
Maryland track this week. While Hefr
ner Is not a laxative person, he Is not
urally delighted with the form The Finn
displayed In landing the Chesterbrook
and the Hayre de Grace Handicaps, and
he doesn't believe there is a 4-year-old in
America who can OUTRAGE him on any
sort Of track, although The Finn has
always been partial to soft going.
The Finn Is no newcomer to the patrons
Of the racing at Laurel Park, as he won
two handicAps from smart fields during
the meeting held there last fall In the
Baltimore, Washington and Grand Ma
tional, at Laurel, The Finn Will meet
such notables as Andrew Miller's Roam
er, August Belmont's Strombot, Harry
Payne WhitEey's Borrow. James Buffers
Spur, and ]. W. Mays Bayberry Candle.
Roamer was second and Stromboh third
to The Finn in the Chesterbrook, at
Havre- de Grace, while Spur was second
TNnA IL
crack in Saturdays big race at the Har
ford County track But for poor racing
luck many are OF the opinion that Spur
would have beaten The Finn Saturday.
and when these two thoroughbreds are
booked to meet at Laurel It will be an
event OF great interest to the followers
Of the turf. Bayberry Candle, though
unplaced in both the Chesterbrook and
the Havre de Grace Handicap, is a high
class distance performer and has the dis
tinction Of having beaten George Smith,
at Louisville, in a race which was run
prior to George Smiths victory In the
rich Kentucky Derby. on the picturesque
course Of the new Louisville Jockey Club.
Churchill Downs. Strombon. Borrow,
Spur, and Short Grass are the leading
handicap horses Of the year, and during
the Belmont Park meeting Short Grass,
the leading light in the racing establish
ment Of Emil Herr broke the worlds
record for a mile over circular track.
Surely with this array OF stars Of tho
old division and the clsvsrest 2-year-
Olds in training in the juvenile stakes,
the sport at Laurel next month will be
the best since the Southern Maryland
course was placed on the racing calendar
Yesterdays ideal weather attracted
many visitors to the Laurel track Quite
number Of trainers slipped down from
HaVrs de Grace to look their quarters
over before shipping from Havre de
Grace this week. All were delighted with
the new stables and the consideration
General Manager NJ. J. winn has given
them They were loud IN their praise Of
the plant and the track itself, which they
unanimously agreed was tho fastest in
the country. The cross-oomtry devotees
were out in laSge numbers and were
greatly pleased at the new steeplechase
course. The Jumpers were schooled in
fine fashion and there Will be more
nencers at the Laurel Park during the
coming meeting than at any time in the
history Of the Maryland State Fair track
VIII attract many society
folk to Laurel for among the leapers en-
tered In the two jumping stakes are a
number Of the property Of men who are
prominent m social circles in the East