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LAUREL PARK OPENS ITS GATES TODAY High Class Program Provided for Initial Days Rac ¬ ine of Maryland State Fair Meeting Laurel Md September 30 The Maryland State Fair meeting of twentyseven days which is sched ¬ uled to begin tomorrow promises to be one of the most successful ever held at the Laurel Park course Despite the opposition from New York there are more horses here than ever before and among them are a number of high class racers Laurel will be more fortunate than was Havre de Grace in that racegoers will be landed at the track gates Ample train service will be furnished from both Baltimore and Washington and with conditions favorable large crowds will attend from both cities citiesThe The club furnishes as features for the opening days program the Army and Navy Liberty Bond Purse tile Laurel Handicap and the Chateau Thierry Purse Racing Secretary Joseph McLennan will make a special effort to provide as many races as pos ¬ sible over a long distance of ground and on the opening day five of the seven races are at one mile or over overThe The Army and Navy Liberty Bond Purse will bring together Sunny Slope The Porter Tombolo and several others in what promises to be a grand coil test while the Laurel Handicap has engaged some of the fastest sprinters in the east including Flags Leochares Etruscan Crank Dr Johnson and others othersIn In connection with tomorrows card it is grati ¬ fying to note the extraordinarily large fields carded to start in the mile and a quarter race sixteen reg ¬ ular entries and four also eligiblcs This is in keeping with the request of the Jockey Club to encourage long distance racing racingSeveral Several stables arrived from New York yesterday and two special horse trains got in from Havre de Grace GraceAmong Among those from New York were the Triple Springs Farm stable and a division of exCongress ¬ man Lofts string stringWilliam William Shelley will be on the staff of officials here and will fill the position of clerk of the scales Frank J Bryan will be hnndicapper and Henry J Morris steward representing the Jockey JockeyniiK niiK
