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GRAND AFTERNOON OF RACING AT LAUREL. Hourless and Boots Win the Two Stake Races in Fast Time Robinson to Ride for Whitney. Baltimore, Md., October 7. The Maryland State Fair offered patrons of the Laurel course this afternoon what was considered the most brilliant program run on any of the eastern tracks this year. The Annapolis Stakes brought out a field of high-class two-year-olds, while all of the best handicap horses shown this year, with the exception of The Finn, went to the post in the Baltimore Handicap. The Annapolis was a dash of three-quarters, and it gave August Belmonts imported colt Hourless another opportunity of showing his quality. Hourless picked up 125 pounds, raced under restraint for the half, then rushed into an easy lead and won in a canter by a half dozen lengths. lie ran the distance in 1:12. Fairy Wand, from the G. A. Cochran stable, was second a nose in advance cf Yankee Witch. There were nine starters in the Baltimore Handicap, with Boots ruling lirst choice and an easy winner. Boots, well ridden by Fail-brother, was saved under restraint to the stretch turn, then raced into an easy lead and won with speed to spare from Spur. Incidentally he established a new record of 1:43 for the mile and a sixteenth distance. The former record was 1:43. Boots is in superb form and by his race this afternoon stamps himself as one of the best horses in training in this country at the present time. John Mclnerney was an arrival from Buffalo. He is on his way to California to join Jack Atkins, the latter leaving Detroit today for Los Angeles. They will book together at Tijuana. Albert Simons lias suspended jockev P. Lowder for a breach of discipline about the stable. Fred Gerhardy was a visitor at Laurel. He was here in the interest of the races to bo given in conjunct ion with the Virginia State Fair, to bo held at Richmond next week. Ral Parr has purchased the plater Daddy Long Legs from Emil Herz, with the idea of making a steeplechaser out of him. Kdward Rathman is gathering together a stable of horses to nice in Cuba. He won several races at Oriental Park last winter with the selling plater Maxims Choice. Harry Payne Whitney has secured first call on jockey F. Robinson for next year. It is only a verbal agreement, which under the Jockey Club rules holds for thirty days only. Algernon Daingorf ield " has ordered that the apprentice rider M. Anderson be refused the privileges of accepting mounts until he has straightened out his trouble with the Canadian Racing Associations. Anderson got into trouble during the spring meeting at Dorval, where a jockey combination was reported to have been operating. A prominent riders name was mixed up in the matter. It develops that a ruling was made, which puts Anderson in bad standing. The latter attempted on several occasions to have his case reopened, but was unsuccessful. Xo notice of this ruling was received at the time by the Jockey Club, which accounts for the boy having ridden at Havre do Grace and also at Laurel on the opening day of the meeting. Starter Mars Cassidy has been doing good work at Laurel. There is only one horse on the schooling list, Valas. Mike Daly is schooling Saturn through the field with the idea of making a steeplechaser of him next year. Daly expects to have a couple of other jumpers by next spring. Blankenburg, which bowed a tendon slightly, will be fired before being sent into winter quarters and Daly considers he has an excellent chance of coming back to the races as good as ever with a winters rest. A horseman, who raced in Canada all summer, remarked after the running of the Annapolis Stakes that the eastern two-year-olds made the best Canadian youngsters look like cheap selling platers. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Macomber and a party were among the visitors in the clubhouse enclosure this afternoon. The Philadelphia special brought over 350 racegoers, the largest number that ever made the trip from that city. The attendance this afternoon broke all records for Laurel. Standing room in the big stand was at a premium long before the horses were called to the post foi. the opening race.
