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BIS STABLES ENTER FREELY NOMINATIONS FOR LAUREL STAKES GIVE ASSURANCE OF SUCCESSFUL MEETING. August Belmont, James R. Keene, Beverwyck Stable. S. C. Hildreth, J. W. Schorr and Other Prominent Owners Represented. "Washington, D. C, September 21. Recapitulation of the stake entries for the race meeting at Laurel received up to last night show a total of over four hundred, which will mean au average of at least forty-live to the stake, there being others to come from the Kentucky tracks. Most of the horsemen who have recently raced at Montreal and are now at Toronto have inade nominations ranging in number from one to a dozen. These Include all of the best horses that have been raced iu the north this .summer, while entries from Kentucky are equally good. The ten stakes carry an aggregate value of nearly 0,000, which is a boon to owners and trainers. The work at the plant is being rushed along with great rapidity, and the track will be ready to work and gallop horses over by the end of this week. The buildings are all well finished and the painting of them has been started. At least three hundred stalls are ready for occupancy, and others will be ready before another week commences. This -morning saw the work of building the jumps for the steeplechase course commenced. When completed this course will be second to none, aud Manager H. D. Brown has been most particular to have the course left in a natural condition so far as possible. Steeplechasiug is one of the most popular of diversions in the state of Maryland, and It will be well catered to at Laurel. The stakes are all of the added money variety, and there are to be many handicaps during the meeting which will rank well up in value. The minimum purse value will he 500. Those who have made stake entries that have been received at the otlice at Laurel include August lielinont. M. M. Allen, W. D. Babeock. Beverwyck Stable. I. B. Bradfield, W. P. Burch, It. S. Brush. .1. W. Burttschell, Woodford Clay, E. Collins, E. F. Condran, E. F. Cooney, C. II. Davids, A. B. Davidson, John It. Fell, C. I. Fleischmann, O. F. maun, Mrs. J. W. Flynn. Jules Garsou, Abe Garson. t William Garth, II. O. Hallenbeck, J. W. Iledrick, S. C. Hildreth. Max Ilirsh, James U. Keene, W. G. King-Dodds, Lexington Stable, N. Macfarlane; James McLaughlin, Miss A. M. Marrone, W. Mar-tine. L. Marline, W. B. Mitchell. A. Molinelli, G. A. Mulier. V. J. Odell, Ital Far, Hugh Penny. M. . Priehard, Itamapo Stock Farm, P. S. P. Randolph, F. P. Itobie, Samuel Boss, James Rowe, Albert Simons,. G. W. Scott. Barney Schrieber, J. W. Schorr, Courtland II. Smith, G. It. Tompkins, J. S. Tyree. E. Ulterbaek. R. D. Williams, R. E. Watkius,. Cant. P. M. Walker and Thomas Wilson. Many others have been mailed that have not yet come to hand, but the above list demonstrates that the cream of the horses now training will be seen at Laurel. Joseph McLennan, who is clerk of the course, left here tonight for Toronto with the books for the first week of the twenty-six days of racing, commencing October 2. Manager Brown has made every arrangement for the shipping of horses to the track conveniently, and there will be no lack of stabling facilities. It is intended that Laurel shall lill in the gap caused by the loss of Benning, and there is every reason to believe that it will become a worthy successor to that old course. A number of owners whose horses are at Pimlico visited the track today to make an inspection of Hie plant. They were well pleased with what they saw and are now more conlidcnt that the track -will bo ready to race over on the announced opening day one week from next Monday. A string of fourteen horses arrived from Toronto in charge of W. C. Westmoreland. In the lot are a number of horses owned by Edward Trotter and others belonging to Oscar Holder. Trainer Westmoreland stated that there would be another shipment from Toronto on Monday, while those racing at Woodbine will not leave until the end of the meeting. Frederick Johnson has made a number of stake entries and will ship here for the opening. Applications for accommodations are steadily coming in and as there will be no chance of any scarcity of stabling, all comers will be looked after by the association. Manager Brown will cater not only to the larger stables, but to the. smaller ones. There will be no postponing or canceling of any of the dates as lirst announced. There will be twenty-six continuous days of racing, commencing Monday, October - and closing October 31. The chairs arrived this afternoon for the grandstand and will be placed in position at once. The work of building the Inner rail around the track was commenced this morning, while the application of the top dressing will be commenced tomorrow. After this is done the track will be ready to work and gallop horses over. The book for the first week of the meeting has made its appearance and includes three stake events. The most valuable of the lot are the Maryland State Fair Inaugural Handicap, with ,500 in added money. Another is the Baltimore Handicap, whicli also carries ,500 iu added money. These two alone have attracted the cream of the racing material on this continent and it is safe to" say that good fields will go to the post in both events. The betting ring, which will be open to all reputable layers, is the largest of any in the north, ljeing 200 feet in length by 100 feet ill width. This will accommodate close to 100 layers should that number ever have occasion to go on bore. The work of stable building is being hustled along, so as to have C00 stalls ready by the beginning of next week. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has an extra gang of men at work on the sidings, so that there will be no delay in handling the horses as they arrive at Laurel. The chutes are all erected and are over an eighth of a mile in length, reaching from the Laurel station to the track gate. Abundant transportation accommodations are provided by forty-odd trains during the day, including twenty-one from Baltimore and the same number from Washington. The Kentuekians who have applied for stabling accommodations include T. C. McDowell, P. Hyains, Woodford Clay and W. O. ,.Toplin.
