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LAUREL FIELDS ARE SMALL UNFAVORABLE TRACK CONDITIONS AFFECT SPORT AT MARYLAND TRACK. Bob R. Is Returned Winner of Overnight Handicap That SeTves as Feature of an Ordinary Card Horse Show Held Between Races. Baltimore, Md., October 28. Had track conditions caused an ordinary card to lie offered at Laurel this afternoon, but what was lacking in the racing was made up in the additional attraction of a horse show and fair which opened today. The horse show classes took place between races and were much admired by Hie big crowd in attendance. An all-aged handicap at one mile and a sixteenth was the program feature, but only four contested it. Burnegat and Impression being withdrawn. The public choice was Hob it., and lie won handily enough. Altamaha. from the Wilson stable, opened a big gap on the backstroteh and for a time it looked "as if none of those behind would catch him. but he quit badlv on the turn for home and finished last. Alt:iinaha was sick at Saratoga and since his recovery lie has been touched in the wind, which probably accounts for his putting today. Hob It. ran along in second place to the turn, from which he easily outran the others to the linish. Colonel Cook ran below his form and was always outpaced. A111I10.W .Millers i iidauuted. a two-year-old, easily took the opening race, with the favorite. Noble Grand, out of the money. Arcene was second. This horse last year underwent a difficult veterinarian operation and today was the first time he has shown anything since his recovery. The steeplechase went to John Whalons Orowoc, and it was Whalens maiden success in steeplechasing. Adams Express and Working Lad. from the Hallen-beek stable, were given a trial between races for the Grand National Handicap, to be run on Friday. Working Lad showed more speed throughout than the big Adam horse and the mile was covered in l:.T:2-i. Adams Express had a big boy in the saddle. Sir John Johnson and Ringllng, In Frank J. Nolans Beverwyck Stable, wore shipped to Iinillco today. Thomas I". Shocdys Nonpareil was winner of the Pilue ribliou in the thoroughbred class of - the lmrs show conducted by the Maryland State Fair Association today. Nonpareil Is a particularly well-made four-year-old chestnut son of Yankee and Im icy wood. He was one of the horses thrown down at Plmlico last fall when Tommy McTaggart cut across In the race that resulted in the death of Worth. That mishap kept hlni away from the k races until this fall. John O. Talbott has signed jockey I.urlingaine for the Ilmllco, Norfolk and Charleston meetings. Harry Payne Whitney has decided to throw his English horse. All Gold, out of training and he will be retired to the stud at Brookdale next spring. It is Mr. Whitneys intention to import a number of English mares to send to his court. The first carload of horses for Juarez will leave next Saturdny. In the shipment will be the strings of J. Randolph, Martin Foley and 1. Ford. Richard T. Wilson has sold the two-year-old Supreme to I. Gallagher. Joseph McLennan will remain in this vicinity until the conclusion of the Iimlico meeting, when bis duties will take him to Norfolk and later to Charleston. He reported today that the count of the nominations for the Charleston stakes shows double the number that was received last year. There will be an especially big representation from Kentucky. J. W. Pangle today purchased Flask from the Oneck Stable, Lancewood from Richard T. Wilson and llrynavla from N. K. Heal. He is gathering together a stable to race at Charleston and proposes to make other purchases.
