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: LAUREL COURSE IMPROVES MUCH BETTER TIME IS RECORDED AND TRACK PROMISES TO BE FAST. Madrigalian Wins Purse for His New Owner, Capt. P. M. Walker Republican Again Scores for J. J. Hyland Steeplechase Course Trying. Laurel, Md., October 5. Fine weather brought out the banner crowd of the meeting here this afternoon. The attendance marked a. record in point of numbers and there was more life to the sport than on any previous day of the meeting. The improvement in track conditions permitted better contests and it was readily seen that the track will eventually be a fast one. The third race, a mile-allowance affair, attracted the best field of the afternoon to the pest and resulted in a neck victory for Madrigalian, running for the first time in tho colors of Capt. I. M. Walker, who recently purchased the colt from his breeder, Mrs. L. A. Livingston. Madrigalian showed great gameness in todays race. He came from behind, overcame a biff lead that Question Mark had opened rounding tho far turn and, In a driving finish, got up in the last few strides. The Columbia Selling Steeplechase resolved itself into little more than a farce. DIebold was the only one of the five starters that finished the course without mishap and even be was fortunate to do it. The jumps at Laurel are the stiffest in the country and it takes a good sturdy steeplechaser to get over the fences without falling. All but Diebold refused at the second jump, but Magellans rider finally managed to get him over, and although he again refused at other fences, he managed to finish within the time limit and secured second money. John J. Hyland again furnished the winner of the two-year-old race in Republican, the colt that won :i maiden race here on Tuesday. Republican came from the rear in the stretch and showed himself to be a fair sort. His backers were again fortunate in get ting odds about the colt and cleaned up handsomely. Jockey Byrne piloted two winners in races lu Which only necks separated the first two horses. The winning favorites were Diebold and Brevite. The filly Sympathy, by Stalwart-Alanette. owned by J. J. Hyland. died at the track ,this morning. Three others in Ills stable are sick. William Garth arrived today from his home at Charlottesville," Va. Mr. Garth has a big band of yearlings that he will take to Benning and break after the conclusion of racing in this state, no will also take over the yearlings that Samuel Ross purchased at the Kentucky sales recently. Secretary RIggs of the Maryland Jockey Club ra ports that there are sixty-eight nominations for the Pimlico Nursery to be run next spring, and thirty-eight for the Clabaugh Memorial, which is for horses bred in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Among the nominators to the Nursery are August Belmont, F. R. Hitchcock. T. Hitchcock, Jr., Ramapo Stock Farm, Thomas F. Ryan, Oneck Stable. Thomas Clyde, Capt. E. B. Cassatt and William Garth. James R. Kecnes Hilarious was worked between races this afternoon for his stake engagement on Saturday. He was sent a mile, the fractional time being :23j!: :48s : 1:10; 1:29; 1:43. He was pulled np at the finish. Hilarious is also entered In the Bowie Handicap, at two miles, to be run on the closing day of the Pimlico meeting. The stewards today suspended jockey Andress for the rest of tho meeting for rough riding in tho two-year-old stake ran yesterday. Andress had the inouut On Duval and interfered with several others.
