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SATISFACTORY OPENING AT LAUREL. Grand Attendance Welcomes tho Racers and Applauds the Swift-Footed Winners. Laurel, Md., October 2. The Maryland State Fairs fall meeting began today at Laurel under conditions that promise to make it the most successful ever held at this picturesque course. An immense gathering turned out, the contingent from Philadelphia being much larger than in former years. Washington and Baltimore each sent over two loaded special trains. The track, which has been reconstructed since last fall, was in splendid condition and improved racing was the order. The track has been raised a couple of feet and the turns are now well thrown up. A majority of the races furnished interesting finishes. In which jockey F. Robinson showed to good advantage. A. J. Joyner saddles two of the afternoons winners in Chicklet and Pickwick, the former beating the highly tried Crimper by a head in the fifth race, while Pickwick made a runaway affair of the sixth. Both horses ran in the colors of L. Wood. The Laurel Handicap, the feature race of the program, resulted in an easy victory for Leochares, which carried top weight, came from behind and drew away into a lang lead in the homestretch. Sir Edgar was second and Top o th Morning third. Ormesdale was an added starter, but cut but little figure in the running. Fair Mac, winner of the Ontnrio Jockey Club Cup at Woodbine, Saturday, will be shipped to Kentucky to start in the long-distance races at Churchill Downs and Latonia and will then be brought east and started in the long races at Pimlico. A. K. Macomber announced that he would probably send a division of his stable from Kentucky to Pimlico this fall. James Milton was a visitor at Laurel this afternoon. He will remain in Baltimore for some little time, looking after the interests of the Cuba-American Jockey Club. A. J. Joyner has signed a three years contract to take entire control of the George D. Widener stable. Matt Fcakes announced his retirement as a trainer with the conclusion of the meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club on Saturday last. Light Wing and a couple of other racers that Fcakes was training, were shipped to Mrs. L. A. Livingstons farm at Cobourg, Ontario., where they will be mated next spring to Kiniiship or Bowling Brook. Tho fillies Priscilla Mullens and Jade were leased to Capt. W. F. Presgrave, who will race them next year. Jade is out of that good mare Amelia Jehks. About ten carloads of horses arrived from Toronto this morning and included in the consignment were the stables of J. Lumsdcn, G. E. Chancellor, James Arthur, Willani Garth, William Stonuont,. A. C. Parretto, James Coffee and the Mirasol stable. Jockeys W. Obert, R. McDermott, T. Parrington, F. Robinson and W. Ward, also arrived from Canada. W. Stormont brought an apprentice named Ammann with him. This lad rode his first winner at Toronto and incidentally it was his first mount. Judge Ed. Cole announced that he would be unable to leave for Toronto to preside in the judges stand at Dufferin Park, but that he would be at Kenilworth Park, Windsor, when that meeting opens, October 14. Matty Corbett has written that he will be on hand on Thursday next and will probably remain for the rest of the meeting. Ed Soule, Colonel James and Joseph A. Murphy were among those present. The latter was an arrival from Toronto. William Shields came over from Washington this morning. The Dr. J. S. Tyrec yearlings, which arrived from Kentucky, are quartered at the Denning track and Shields is well pleased with them. They are gpod lookers and act as if they might be able to run a bit. The nineteen homebred yearlings owned by William Garth are also at Beii-ning, as are fifteen belonging to R. F. Carman. Many of the latter were foaled at Benning. They are by the Broomstick stallions, Meriden and The Turk. IS. F. Carman, Jr., advanced Soldier 00 over his entered price of 00, hut failed to secure him. Sam Louis got the Bcdwell racer, Estimable, when he advanced her from 00 to ,300.
