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SOMETHING OF THE LAUREL TRACK. Laurel. Md., October 3. The new track of the Maryland State Fair Association, which was thrown open for racing yesterday, is said to have cost II. D. Brown and his associates 00,000. Those employed in the building of it and all gatekeepers and other employes, excepting the expert officials, have been drawn from Baltimore, Washington or local Maryland points. The back and homo stretches of the mile track it self are each 1.020 feet. The soil is clay, but ha9 been top dressed with lighter soil. Arrangements with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have been made by which the faro from Baltimore to Laurel course and return will be C5 cents, instead of .07, regularly charged. From Washington it will bo 50 cents, and there will be special race trains from each city. The Baltimore and Ohio has built the longest siding for the unloading of horses ever built at a course in America. It will accommodate eight cars and au engine. The siding at Sheepsliead Bay, N. Y., is said to previously have been the longest, and it accommodated only nVe cars. The Laurel siding is a mile long and, togettier with the cost of a chute and the renovation of the Laurel station, cost the railroad, it is said. 0,000. When the racegoer lands at the Laurel course this is what he sees: A grandstand building. SGO feet long from pillar to pillar. It is ISO feet wide and has chairs to seat 5,000 people. Below this is a betting ring. 2C0 by 118 feet, capable of conveniently accommodating 100 bookmakers stands. East of the stand is a building used bv the manager and secretary and a lounging room for horse owners, and also a room for the making of entries. Next to this is the room to be used bv the jockeys. This is 00 by 40 feet. and. like all the plant, is fitted well. It is lighted by electricity and has lockers for the boys, and shower lavatories. Above the jockeys room is a balcony, where the non-riders can assemble and see their fellows ride and discuss the way they handle the mounts thev have. Au innovation will be the employing by the association of valets for the jockeys. East of the jockeys room is the spacious paddock. This is ISO by 40 feet ami has IS wide stalls. The Jockeys who are to ride are to weish out in the paddock in full view of the public. The owner or trainer must be present to see each jockey weighed. The three winning jockeys must weigh in at the judges stand, while the riders of the also-rans are to weigh in at the paddock. This is equitable and time-saving. The grounds have been laid out to meet these conditions.
