The Washington herald., 1918-09-27
STAKES
WORTH MONEY
Best Thoroughbreds to Be
Raced at Maryland Course
During Big Meet.

Laurel Park, Md, Sept 25.-William
P. Burch has sent word from New
York that he will arrive at Laurel
Park this week with the runners Of
the stables of Henry A. Porter and
Samuel Ross. Of Washington. which
he is training for the coming October
meeting. Burch will bring his horses
down in excellent condition. His and
other horses must be in good condi-
tion If they are to get anything at
Laurel Park this fall. for none save
the best horses will race here.
The program Col Matt Vim, the
general manager of the track, has ar
ranged provides for the distribution
among horsemen OF a matter of $275, 90
or s2SO.C01, of which $25O, 90 or more will
be added by the Laurel State Fair
corporation to the subscriptions and
forfeits in stakes and purses OF the
horsemen racing from day to day.
The sum the horsemen will contrib
ute in this way will not exceed
so, 900. Upwards Of l.OOO nominations
of horses OF various ages and classes.
the best and the near best the
country affords were made In the
twenty-five stakes which closed some
time since. These horses will be fol-
lowed to Laurel Park by more than
enough second and third raters to ill
the overnight programs and the New
York tracks, which will race against
Laurel Park through October. will find
it difficult to hold their own.
Laurel Parks twenty-three stakes
that closed in August will have an
aggregate value of $4,000 in added
money and Col. Winn has not yet
spoken his last word as regards
stakes. Unless the signs are mis-
leading he will bring TO Laurel for
a great 2-year-old championship
contest the outstanding juvenile
stars Of the season, and II is pos
sible also that he may next month
stage another great match sucn as
the HOurless-Omar Khayyam affair
OF last year. between two or more
OF the smart distance runners OF
mature age.
Col Winn dearly loves match
races and il he arranges a special
or SO for the coming meeting he
will make those specials Red Cross
features. No man in the United
States. in any calling, has done
lllbl e. lOL lIlt IStu NTbsS NudH inc
general manager Of the Churchill
Downs, Laurel Park and Empire
City race courses. The idea OF di-
Verting 10 per cent of the revenue
OF the kentucky tracks from all
sources TO the Red Cross fund. orig
mated with Col. Winn. And he
not only has made the racing asso-
Citations and the horsemen give up.
but he has assessed all employees of
the tracks high and low 10 per cent
Of their pay for the same purpose.
The horse everybody wants to sec
at Laurel is Porter's Pride of India.
| Pride Of India, son OF Delhi and
DominOes and an own brother OF
Dominant, the Juvenile sensation Of
the season of 1915, has been more
widely touted than any untried young
ster i'll the United States. He is a
, morse OF fine size and balance and
that his reputation for speed, al
though made in private, has been
Tairly earned was proven at Saratoga
early in August when James Rowe
| offered Porter $4,000 for him Rowe
wanted Pride of India for the Sars-
toga Special and Hopeful stakes, 1t
having become plain that there was
nothing in the Whitney stables cap
able of creditably representating the
master of the Broohdale stud in those
famous specials. Porter turned this
offer down for the excellent reason
that he is buying and keeping good
horses, not selling them.