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I 1 i i i I SCORES SUCCESS AT LAUREL MARYLAND MEETING UNDER M. J. "WINNS MANAGEMENT TURNS OUT SATISFACTORILY. Attendance Has Been Constantly Increasing and Social Side Has Been Prominent Feature Republican Again in Winning Form. Baltimore, Md.. October 27. Only four more days remain of the Laurel meeting, which ends next Saturday. During the first ten days of the meeting the patronage was divided by the opposition at Bowie, but since the close of the Prince Georges Park meeting Laurel has received the full strength of the Baltimore and Washington turnout. The attendance has increased with every day of the meeting, and the financial results must be eminently satisfactory to the management. The erection of the clubhouse with its attendant facilities has brought out a large society element, which has given a tone and character to the attendance quite equal to that seen at Pimlico and other fashionable eastern meetings. The Chevy Chase Steeplechase Handicap was the star number of the program at Laurel Park this afternoon, but it was subordinate in interest to the other races, because it had only four starters and from a spectacular point was a procession until the last furlong, where Blaukenburg and Shannon River indulged in a brief contest. A handicap at one mile went to J. O. Talbotts Republican, which showed improved form and won comfortably enough from Paintbrush and Montresor in the fast time of 1:3S, which is only a fifth of a second behind the track record for the distancv made by Robert Bradley a few days ago. Montresor beat the barrier and rushed into a good lead in rounding the first turn, but was joined by Republican half way up the backstretch and before the far turn was reached Republican was leading, while Paintbrush had passed Montresor. From there to the end Republican held his opposition safe, although Paintbrush made a lwld bid. The sudden change in the weather, the mercury having dropped many degrees as compared with yesterday, did not have any apparent effect on the attendance, and speculation continued brisk. The opening nice and the fifth were notable for the victories of long priced horses. Meelicka, though the clubs handlcapper figured her second best on form, paid 7.80 in the mutuels, while Quick Start, which took the fifth easily from Uncle Ben and Autumn, paid 7.10. George Odoin. who was stricken with typhoid fuver a few days ago, was removed to the Union Protestant Hospital this morning. Key Mar wrenched himself behind while rearing up and playing in his stall this morning. His injuries, while not of a severe nature, will prevent him from going to post for a week or ten days. Harry Rites transferred his stable from Laurel to Pimlico this afternoon. Several more stables will follow tomorrow. There was an exodus from the Benning course to Pimlico today, a majority of the horses that were stabled at the Washington track being shipped over to the Maryland Jockey Clubs course. II. D. Brown cabled that the stakes offered by the Cuba-American Jockey Club are receiving a liberal number of entries from the horsemen and that a couple of additional stakes for two-year- olds will be opened later. R. J. Walden announced that his stable would go into winter quarters at the conclusion of the Phu- lico meeting.
