The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
King Horse Will Answer
Call of Bugle for Thirty
Day Meet with Big Inau-
gural Program.
By GEORGE b. MORRIS.

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tire month of October. From the
horses now quartered at the track
there will be no shortage of racing
material as every available inch Of
barn space is already occupied and
many horsemen have been compelled
TO seek quarters outside of the track.
The card offered today is a good
one and consists of seven well-flled
numbers. The entire plant has been
put in tip-top condition and presents
one of the prettiest sights to be seen
in the State of Maryland.
fhe club house which has been
touched up with new decorations pre-
sents a beautiful sight and next to
Churchill Downs is the most up-to-
date building Of its kind in the
country.
The Laurel management has made
arrangements with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to run a special train
which will leave Union Station at
lis p. m. arriving at the course at
about las. The first race will be
run off at ., the same as last year
and the last at about o'clock, thus
assuring patrons of the course to be
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for their evening dinner.
The match race between August Bel
mOnt's HOurIess and WilfTid NiaX's
Omar Khayyam, which will be run on
some Saturday during the meeting,
is attracting a great Deal of attention.
HOurless, while beaten by OmdI
Khayyam in the Realization was not
disgraced as he was only beaten a
nod" and many critics who saw
the race are of the opinion had Jockey
Butwell not lost his whip that the
Belmont horse would have won.
Omar's performance on Saturday at
Havre de Grace was. to say the least,
n great one. All but knocked to his
knees and crowded up against the
rail on the first turn in the handicap,
he recovered and won. This proposed
race should be worth going miles to
see. and clearly demonstrates the fact
that the Laurel management has the
best class of horses ever seen on
track in this country.
The Montreal millionaire who owns
Omar has another great 3-year-Old in
Westy Hogan. Westy will perform
today. and it looks as though he has
an edge on the race.
There are many other great stake
horses at the course, and as there are
twenty-five stakes to be run off dur
ing the meeting. it looks as though
great sport is in sight for the entire
month of October.
The automobile roads from Washing
ton to Laurel are the best in the cOun-
try. There is not an inch of rough
ground. and the course can easily be
made in half an hour.
There will be thirty-six mutuel sell
ing machines and a similar number of
cashiers at work when the gates open
today.
The steepIechase course has been
rebuilt and the anaEement is en-
GeavOTinS TO put an event Of this kind
on each day. Many stcepEeCha serS
who have been racing in New York
this fall are now on the scene, and a
great number from N.rGiniI and O,ner
nearby points are awaiting the call Of
the buEle.
Edward B. Mclean, the Washing
ton sportsman, has a stable Of thirty
eight horses at the course and he is
very enthusiastic over them. He has
many good ones in his barn and they
viii be heard Of during the month.
L. T. ZeliiCOCer is also on hand
with a stable of -oOd horses and ex-
poets to win several races during the
month. ZelliC0ffer has been very
fortunate this fall and has won some
important stakes.
He has two 2-year-oIds that have
never started that he is expecting
great thin-s from. One in particular
NIr ZoIlicOf'cr believes is a better
horse than Fruit Cake whom he sold
to y. h. McCCOmb-r for $lJ,JJ'.
So many owners are so anxious to
race at Laurel that the management
has found it beyond its means to aC-
CcmmCdate all. This always has
been the case in Maryland and it
only goes to show how surely the
sport is returning since it received its
knockout blow in New York in 1910.
FIRST RACE-THs IrICSual Pu-se; 2-ycar
olds; i've ard half fs-'.rGs.
Index. Horse. Wst- lInd.y. Horse. Wgt
- GompIdn III - War Machine. III
- Ruth Law ....lIO - Starry EauHer...lG
- BevaIs ..--...-.-ltS - Highest Appeal..lls
IL Gs0. W. AVpv.IIJ' g. Man Of the HI .lC6
So Lady LOuEfeTW.IlJI
SECOND EsACE-CHiminE. 5year-clds and
upward; miHs and seventy yards.
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