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j , J I i j | ] ■ i . , ] ! LAUREL CONDITIONS MUCH IMPROVED. 1 Montresor Wins the Canvas Back Handicap and Is Bid Up— Interesting Track Gossip. Laurel. Md.. October 1ft. — Racing conditions were greatly improved at Laurel this afternoon. Mild I weather, a lM-tter track and fields of higher class , than have been seen while the track was muddy, were responsible for increased interest in the sport. The Canvas l.aek Handicap, a dash of three , quarters with s-lling conditious. was the feature . race. It brought a well-balanced field to the post ! and T. J. Ibaley furnished the winner in K. T. ! Wilsons Montresor, which came from behind in the j stretch and won easily from Fenmouse, with Ahara, ; the pacemaker, third. Sam Louis, who has In-en j in the limelight in selling race run-ups here since ; his arrival from Canada, advanced the winner ! from ,001 to ,200. Montresor was retained for Mr. Wilson. It was the biggest run-up of the meeting. T. J. Healey. acting as agent for R. T. Wilson, then claimed August Belmonts Fenmouse, which finished second, for ,440. There were two other run-ups during the afternoon. After Mv Donnie won the opener II. C. Hal-lenlieck advanced him from S400 to 00 and secured him. Sam Louis had claimed the horse from Mr. Hallcnbeck iu his previous race. A. C. 1arretto ran Krorpii up tH over his entered price, hut the colt was retained at .". The paa Shaft in tic second race was no fault of ■tartar Chsaaajr. Just as the barrier was r -leas;d the winner. Sprint, batted to the fence, shutting off half of the field ami forcing their riders to pull up. But for this the slart would have been a g«Mnl one. George Odaaa, who trains the filly, says thai Sprint is troubled with three bad ti-cth and that the least pressure on ler in mih will make her run out. This absolves McTaggart from ail blame in the matter. It was just one of those Mcurreuces that are liable to happen at times. Jockey J. Bui well announced that he will prob-ahly rule tana lance next year. As yet he has not signed with any stable, though his present employer. Andrew Miller, has an option on his services for next year. S. C. IlildreMi will winter the August Belmont horses at Belmont Park. The winter colony at the Long Island track will be larger this year than ever before. Besides the Belmont string, then-will be tiiose of C. K. G. Billings. R. T. Wilson. Oneek Stable and the big string owned by G. A. Coclirm. Edward Heffner will ship the Hallcnbeck horses to their owners farm near Bed Bank. N. J., at the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting, while Albert Simons will go to Louisville with the division of the Harry Payne Whitney stable which he will train next year. Jockey Tommy McTaggart and his wife will accompany his brother, Johnny, with his bride, on their honeyiiK.ou trip to California. Their plans are to leave immediately following the close of the Bowie meeting and. on their way home, they will visit Havana for a couple of weeks. W. A. Carter was an arrival at Laurel this morn-tag with the platers Tis True and Nathan R. He has been taking iu the fairs in Pennsylvania and shipped from York to Laurel. Kmil Herz, whoso Marshon finished second to Ibirtworth in the sixth race yesterday, bid the winner up 0." over his entered price of O0. The horse was retained by Gene Wayland. in whose cob is he runs. Runes has been taken down with fever, but trainer Edwards reports that be is on the mend. At one time yesterday Runes had a teni|»eraturo of MV and fears were entertained that he would die. Jack M -Ginnis has Sam Jackson going soundly again and the horse is taking his daily gallops at I aerel. McGinnis has hopes of having hiin in con-iitien for rating at Pimlico. Frank Kane, who has taken over the horses Stars and Stripes and Belle of the Kitchen, announced that his plans are to take them to Havana. Many horsemen here are awaitng the arrival of II. lb Brown before deciding just where they will ship next winter. Mortimer Mahoney. who was a visitor here yesterday, says that the new lKtting enclosure at Bowie will be one of the finest in the country. It is as large as that at Laurel aud is entirely enclosel in glass. Immense heaters will Ik* placed iu this cncliisiiiv so tl.at it will be comfortable in cold weather.
