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SCENE SHIFTS TOi LAUREL MARYLAND STATE FAIR MEETING TO BEGIN TODAY WITH BRIGHT PROSPECTS Splendid Field Carded for the Inaugural Handicap Stables Overflowing1 with Horses and andTrack Track in Good Condition Baltimore Md September 30 The Maryland State Fair meeting which opens at Laurel tomor ¬ row promises to be the banner one of the season in the east More horses are gathered hereabouts this fall than participated in any other eastern meeting this year Every stall at Laurel has an occupant while something like 300 will be stabled at Kenning Included in the lot are many of tha principal stables left in this country and good racing should result The card for the opening day which is made up of six races has as a feature the Maryland State Fair Inaugural Handicap a dash of one mile with 2000 added There are twenty ac ¬ ceptances Adams Express Is top weight at 126 while Flamiua winner of the Kentucky Oaks last spring gets in at ninetyone pounds There will probably be some withdrawals but a big field will go to the post postThe The steeplechase was declared off and the fifth race split the second half being run as the second race This makes four races at a mile or over on the program Many stables arrived at the course during the morning and several specials are du early tomorrow Two are coming from Toronto and three from Havre de Grace Tom Healey got in yesterday with It T Wilsons lot and others also came from Canada with their horses Several stables are here from the far west among them those of J O Talbott and W B Carson CarsonA A score of teams were at work on the track smoothing the rough spots and getting things iu shape for the opening openingThe The fair at Laurel this fall will exceed in point of importance he one held here last fall which was conceded be the best held in Maryland in years Liberal cash prizes have been offered as premiums in all classes and the horse show willbe one of the big features featuresThe The management has placed a limit on the number of books that will be permitted to draw in and no more than forty will be in line at any time Appli ¬ cations from sixtyone layers were received which means that twentyone will be on the waiting list listEvery Every indication points to a big attendance to ¬ morrow With pleasant weather and a fast track racing conditions will be hard to improve on The officials will be the same as last season except that James Milton will do the starting during the first two weeks after which A B Dade will succeed him himThe The horses owned by August Belmont that have been at Laurel for the past two weeks were shipped to Braining this afternoon Twenty yearlings from the Nursery Farm in Kentucky will be shipped to Benning to bo broken and tried out by L Fuestel FuestelTlie Tlie Belmont stable had the misfortune to lose Ferrier ono of its best twoyearolds this morning While being galloped on the track he bolted into the fence and sustained injuries which necessitated his destruction destructionOne One of the Fatherless yearlings in William Garth string at Benning is reported to have worked faster than any yearling ever tried out over the Washing ¬ ton track trackIt It is expected that the appeal of AttorneyGeneral Poe in the Havre de Grace racing case will be heard before the Court of Appeals October 15 A question has been raised as to the legal right of the attorney general to institute quo warranto proceedings In this case Such a procedure has not been resorted to within the memory of the present generation generationAugust August Belmont will winter his string at Benning Heretofore the stable has made its winter quarters at Garnet S C Many trainers will make th Washington track their home at the close of racing this fall
