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RICH STAKE TO KOH-I-NOOR TAKES THE MARYLAND HANDICAP AND DEFEATS ELEVEN GOOD OPPONENTS. Cherry Ripe Gains a New Owner Change in Date for Opening Havana Racing Belmont Horses to Go Into Retirement Next Week. Baltimore, Md., October 24. Schuyler L. Parsons furnished the winner of todays feature race at Laurel, when his two-year-old Koh-i-Noor came from behind in the stretch and beat Friendless by a length in the Maryland Handicap. This stake was a dash of three-quarters and had ,000 in added money. An even dozen faced the barrier and in the early running the AVhitney filly, Bonnie AVitch. took the lead and showed in front until in the last sixteenth, when she tired suddenly. Friendless, which forced the pace, just managed to last long enough to beat Tragedy by a head for second money. The latter finished with a great burst of speed. The race was fast, the fractional time being 23, 47, 1:13. Claims were lodged for Cherry Ripe by G. Hodg-kins, J. AV. Hedrick and G. E. Chancellor and, in the drawing, Hodgkins secured the gelding. The announcement has been made by the Cuba-American Jockey Club that the meeting at Oriental Park will begin on December 6. The change for the opening from December 7, was made for the reason that the latter is the date of the Cuban National Mounting Day, when all amusements of the island are prohibited. James Milton, who is looking after the interests of the club at Laurel, lias booked many who, heretofore, have either raced at other points or who have wintered their horses in the United States. The condition book, for the first two weeks of tiie meeting, is now in the hands of the printers and will he distributed among the horsemen next week. Richard Pending, track superintendent at Bowie, was at Laurel this afternoon conferring with Secretary Joseph McLennan about assigning stalls to the horsemen who contemplate racing at Bowie next month. Mr. Pending announces that the overllow would have to seek accommodations at the Kenning course. A special train will lie run between the two tracks every day. Among tho improvements made at Bowie is the concreting of the lawn ten feet from the grandstand and ten feet from the track fence The intervening space will be sodded next spring and laid out in llower beds. It develops that AV. A. Shea was the purchaser of Tea Caddy from August Belmont and that the horse has been turned over to C. K. Moore to train. The big racing establishment maintained by August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club, will go into winter quarters at Belmont Park with the conclusion of the Laurel meeting. S. C. Hihlreth has arranged to ship tho horses to the Long Island track next Tuesday. There was a rumor here this afternoon that ground had been broken for a new track at Hengis, which adjoins the Funpowder River and is in Baltimore county. The plans are to have the course completed by next spring. At the conclusion of the Kenilwortli meeting at AVindsor, AV. A. Carter disposed of the platers Early Sight. J. K. Harrell and Molly O. to Senor M. H. Cespedes of Havana, Cuba. Carter will . continue to train the horses for their new owner. Edward Trotter announced today that A. N. Akin lias raced for the last time this year. He has arranged to ship his horses from here to Charleston next week, where they will remain until next spring. Mr. Trotter himself will go to New Orleans about the middle of December to take charge of a division of the R. L. Baker stable. Jockey F. Robinson will leave for Latonia Thursday night, to ride one of the A. K. Mncomber horses in the Latonia Cup. The latter has three eligibles in Dodge, Star Hawk and Boots. Robinson will return to rimlico to ride for Captain AV. F. Presgrave, who has obtained first call on his services for that meeting. W. P. Spurgeon, has closed a deal for the entire band of yearlings produced at Mrs. L. A. Livingstons Rancocas farm in New Jersey. Mr. Spurgeon acted for a well-known AVashingtonian, who races his horses in Mr. Spurgeons name. John AVhalen left for New York last night to remain a few days winding up his affairs in the east, preparatory to leaving for Kentucky to take charge of the AVickliffc Stable of Messrs. Corrigau and McKinney.
