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STROMBOLI BEATS KOAMER BELMONT THREE-YEAR-OLD IN STERLING PERFORMANCE AT LAUREL. Reduces Track Recoid for Mile and a Sixteenth to 1:43 Maryland State Fair Meeting Opens in Auspicious Manner. Laurel, Mil., October 1. James Butler accounted for two ot the purees at Laurel this afternoon with limit and Last Coin, which won tlie lirst and fifth races. Last Coin won like a real good colt. lie was ridden hy Borel, was under stout restraint throughout the last quarter ami won in little better than a cantor. The feature race, the Baltimore Handicap, a dash of one mile and a sixteenth, was won by August Belmonts Stroniboll, which beat the heavily-backed favorite. Roanier, a length and a half. Koumer showed a splendid performance although beaten. He carried 123 pounds and set a dazzling pace for a mile, when his heavy impost told and lie tired. The fractional time of the race was 23, 47, 1:12, l::t7, 1:43, representing a new track record. His Majesty broke down during the running of the race and was pulicd up by jockey McCahey. The opening day of the Laurel meeting brought out a large crowd. Speculation was light for tlie first few races, pat the niutuel department operators weru kept busy during the latter part of the day. Haclng conditions were perfect, tlie track having been honed down fine, as tlie time would indicate. Thomas Clyde and W. F. Presgrave of the Maryland Jockey Club were on hand to watch the operation of tlie pnri-mutuels. .lames Butler and family motored over from Baltimore and will be the guests of President James Johnson of the Maryland State Fair. Philip J. Dwyer has taken up his ipiarters at the club house and he watched the races with keen interest from the balcony. Fire Chief Lally. of Brooklyn, was on hand, as was Algernon Dainger-field, assistant secretary of the Jockey Club, Schuyler L. Iarsons was another visitor from New York and he spent his time between clubhouse and paddock. Henry T. Oxnard was on hand, as was Richard F. Carman. Ed iMeUridV and James Arthur have dissolved part- hershlp and the McBride horses have been turned I over to Tom Shannon. Arthur, in addition to his f own horses, will train those of L. Weiss, of Chicago. V. J. Coleman of Detroit, and Mrs. T. Francis of Biittalo. .Mrs. Francis recently purchased Uncle Ben - and she also bought Schnapps. For his own string. Arthiir has purchased Water Lady and will add others to his stable. Jack Atkins, just back from the far west, was a visitor, as was E. L. Tally of Toronto. Vincent Bowers, who rode Syosset In the steeplechase, was making his re-appearance in the saddle in this country. He rode for several years with a lull measure of success in France and is under contract to ride for tlie Greentree Stable next year.
