The Washington herald., 1922-07-25
LAUREL TO STAGE
$4,000 HANDICAP
Huge Stake Offered to Deter,
mine Best of Three
Year-Olds.

pating a banner race meeting at
Laurel Park in October. President
Spalding Lowe Jenkins. OF the
Maryland State Fair Association,
has become ambitious to have the
championship among the 3-year-
olds and upward for 1922 set
| tied at this course. with this end
| in view. the management has added
a new stake to the list of offer
ings for the October meeting which
starts on Tuesday. October 3 and
ends on Saturday. October IS. The
association will hang up an added
stake Of s25.0oe for a feature to be
known as the Washington Handi-
cap and this rich purse Is expected
| to bring the pick of the handicap
division of the year. The race will
be a handicap over the mile and
quarter.
The Maryland Handicap of $4,000
will be the last stake exclusively
for 3-yearolds to be run in
the East this year. At the present
time there is no decided opinion as
| to which may be the be&t of the
| 3-year-olds of 1922. because
there are some supposed stars that
have not yet had a real chance. OF
course, the coming meeting. at
Saratoga is expected to show up
some of those who have not yet
had real trials, including Harry
Payne Whitney's Bunting. and the
Lexington Stables Lucky Hour and
My Play.
| During the Laurel meeting the
sum Of 100000. more than a quar-
ter OF a million, in stakes and
purses. There will be no stake
with less than $4,000 added money
and there will be no overnight
purse less than $1,000. The over
night purses will be of $1,000,
| $4,000 and s2.5OO added value.
There will be other Innovations
at this years Laurel meeting. II
Is announced that with the excep-
ton of the Capital Handicap for
| 3-year-olds and upward. which
Is a sprint of six furlongs with
5000 added. to be run on the
opening day. oil other stake events
| will be run on Saturdays and the
| Laurel meeting will have three
Saturdays This will give horse
men who have their thoroughbreds
entered In the various events.
plenty of time between one and
another of these stake engage
ments.
In addition to the s25.6oo Wash
ington Handicap. Laurel offers two
$4,000 stakes and five stakes with
5000 added Ito each. One of the
$4,000 stakes is the Maryland Han
dicap for 3-year to go mile
and a quarter and this race is to
be run on Saturday. October IA. two
weeks ahead of the $4,000 Wash
ington Handicap. The other is the
Laurel Stakes, which will prove in
teresting because 1t is condition
affair for all ages from the 2-year-
olds up. to race over the mile dis
tance. On the program will also be
two 5000 events for the jumpers,
these being the Chevy Chase Handi-
cap and the Patuxent Steeplechase
Handicap. the first being for A.
year-olds and upward and the Sec
ond for 3-year-olds and upward.
The following are the stakes to
be run at the meeting. exclusive of
several rich overnight events:
Thursday. October 3, the Capital
Handicap 3-year-olds and upward,
$1,000 added. six furlongs.
Saturday. October Z, the National.
Conditions, 2-year -olds, 5000
added. six furlongs.
Saturday, October II. the Maryland
Handicap. 3-year-olds, $4,000 added.
One mile and a quarter.
Saturday, October IA, Chevy Chase
FSteeplechase Handicap, 4-year-olds
and upward, $1,000 added. About
two miles and a half.
Saturday, October 81, the Patux-
ent Steeplechase Handicap, 3-year-
olds and upward. $4,000 added.
About two miles.
Saturday, October 81, the Laurel.
Conditions. all ages, $4,000 added.
One mile.
Saturday. October 2s. the Manor
Handicap, 2-year-olds,- $4,000 added.
One mile.
Saturday. October IS. the Wash
ington Handicap. 3-year-olds and
upward. $25,oo0 added. One mile
and quarter
Col. Matt J. Winn. general mana
ger OF all of the Kentucky Jockey
Clubs tracks. who is now in the
East. met with the directors Of the
Laurel track and told Spalding
Lewe Jenkins. president ana gem