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LAHORE WINS A RICH RACE THREE HORSES FIGURE IN CLOSE FINISH TOE 5000 PRIZE AT LAUREL LAURELJcckey Jcckey Butwells Horsemanship a Great Factor in inOutcome Outcome Bounder and The Manager Second and andThird Third Meeting Ends in Brilliant Fashion Baltimore Md October 31 The closing day of the Maryland State Fair meeting at Laurel was u lrllliinl occasion In a racing way the 3000 Ymerican Grand National Handicap one inile aud sin eighth was the outstanding feature Before lite races the prize winners in the live stock aud luvrKe hhow classes were paraded in front of the grand si ami and during the afternoon between the riiuning of tin different races the hunters and jumping classes were judged in the show ring The attendance marked a record for Laurel The hig grand stand wis packed long I efore the horses vere called to the post for the opening lash aud tlie overflow made themselves as comfortable as possible on tile lawns lawnsInterest Interest naturally centered in the running of the American Grand National Handicap The big race brought together the pick of the horses racing ill ibis country at present Ten of the twelve carded uent to the post the absentees being G M Miller and John Itcardon Major McDowells great three yosirold The Manager ruled favorite and he had a host of admirers The race furnished a stirring contest from the drop of tho Hag aud the winner turned up iu Tames lUnvcs Lahore which won by a head froai Bounder in a sensational finish with The Manager third beaten a neck for second place Ijilmrcn victory was largely due to the splendid riding of jockey Butwell He nursed the sulking Kia of Delhi in the early stages and permitted him 10 run when he took the notion In rounding the far turn he closed on the leaders and when straightened out for the linal drive he had a sligbt advantage After disi oslng of Hilarious and Sir John Johnson other contenders loomed up The Manager aud Bounder coming from the rear with great bursts of speed At the sixteenth post it lovked like The Managers race but when the final fiist came the colt faltered and Lahore finishing i istraight straight and true just lasted long enough to withstand Bounders sensational rush The race wis a fast one from the start aud the last furlong was run as rast as the lirst The mile and an iiihth in 150 marked a new track record for the distance The Managers race considering the interference he suffered uud the weight that lie conceded to every horse In the race was a grand performance In fact it was pronounced by horse ¬ men as the best race his great threeyearold ever ran and although he suffered defeat he was by IMI disgracedFavorites means disgraced Favorites auil outsiders divided the honors and a majority of the finishes found the winners under hard drives to win by small margins marginsGeneral General Manager If 1 Brown announced that before next season several now buildings would l e er vt tl aud that the present Industrial Hall would be turned over to the poultry men next year News yearNews came from Bcnnlng this morning that four of the horses that August Belmont raced in England during the past season had arrived there Three were twoyearolds and the other was the three yearold filly Toggery ToggeryTwo Two of the yearlings that William Oliver shipped from Kentucky for J S Tyreo were taken sick after lieing unloaded and one of them a chestnut cult by MeGce Rose Lady died The other one n the ailing list is a sister to llorron bv McGec Josie L She is In a bad way wayArthur Arthur Hancock proprietor of the Ellerslie Stud at Charloltcsville Va was a visitor at Laurel this afternoon Many Virginians were exhibitors in the Horse Show and Stock Classes here hereTockev Tockev C Peak who cnme on to ride Iligh Pri ¬ vate was given tliff mount oil Star Charter CharterFred Fred Lnzader was greatly disappointed when he learned that he would not be permitted to start Iligh Private in the American Grand Xational Han dlcip The horse shipped well and was in fine fettle Whether he could have beaten the band that started today is smother tniestlon lint Ills pioplt were con lidcnt that he would bave run a sparkling race raceThe The racing at Laurel during the meeting that rinsed loday was marked by a great number of I se finishes Kortynint of the lii winners had le s than a length to spare and a big majority of tinin won by lems or necks One tiling that the meeting did was to show that James Mlltou Is a competent man at the barrier His work was ex ¬ cellent and came in for much praise from the horsemen and racegmTS generally generallyTiie Tiie Bcverwyck Stable will leave tomorrow for Iklining where the horses will remain until the opening of the Norfolk meeting Colonel Ilolloway will be shipiHd back here from I itonia after the running of the I wo and a quarter miles race there i t till his engagement it 1imlico in the Bowie Handicap Suffragist was turned over to W T Anderson after his race today todayWorkouts Workouts wen few this morning fit Laurel and included the following followingAzviadr Azviadr Fiveeighths in 103 103Billv Billv Vanderver Five ighths in 1045 1045cock cock o the Walk Threeeighths in 3S 3SOh Oh ster Krum Fiveeighths in 10 10Cowl Cowl Half mile in 50f 50fFairy Fairy Godmother Threeeighths in 37 37Flail Flail Fiveeighths In 104 104HolcmaJd HolcmaJd Fiveeighths in 101 101Loehares Loehares Fiveeighths iu 101 Uingling Fiveeighths in 100 100Uoval Uoval Message Threeeighths in 37 37Slar Slar Actress Threequarters in l17s l17sStrenuous Strenuous Threequarters in 121 121The The Squire Mile In I 51 51Tritler Tritler Throe aiirtors jti 119 119Wolfertoa Wolfertoa Threequarters In 117 117Yankee Yankee Notions Mile in 153
