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LAUREL TO RUN ALL STAKES Not a Fixture Will Be Dropped if Gates Reopen on Saturday Outlook Appears Bright for Re ¬ sumption of Racing with Influ ¬ enza Situation Improving Laurel Md October 17 None of the stakes of tin Maryland State Fair Corporation that were down for decision this week at Lanrel Park will be de dared of f provided i resumption of racing is per ¬ mitted by Saturday by the Maryland State Board of Health as seems certain The resumption of the sport appears to be certain because evidence multiplies that the epidemic of influenza which has upset tilings generally un and down the Atlantic seaboard and taken a heavy toll of its victims in various cities lias been definitely checked in Maryland It is possible in view of the sharp de ¬ cline of new cases developing in Baltimore from day to day that all restrictions on public gatherings indoors and out will have been removed by Satur ¬ day daylu lu the event racing is resumed at Laurel Park Saturday the stakes advertised for the week will be run Saturday and they will make a program as attractive as any offered this year by an American nice track for one days snort They include the Maryland Handicap of 2000 added for twoyear olds it three quarters of a mile the Anne Amndel Stakes of JliOO added for threeyearolds and over at one mile and an eighth the Georgetown Handicap of 1500 added for all ages at three quarters of a mile the Royal Blue Steeplechase Handicap of 1500 added for threeyearolds and iiver it about two miles and the Prince George Handicap of S1500 added for all ages at one mile The Iwst twoyearolds in Maryland are in the Maryland Handicap notably Billy Kelly Eternal Rontlcdge Be Frank Green Mint Mormon Fleeing Sheik Rodgcrs Translate Sir Barton Tetley Es ¬ quimau and Sea Pirate And if the epidemic makes it necessary for the Maryland State Fair Corpora ¬ tion to offer this extremely attractive program for i single day of the October meeting it is not im ¬ probable that some of the good youngsters now racing or training on New York tracks will come on for tiie Maryland Handicap Some of the two yearolds still in New York that may start in the Maryland Handicap arc Lord Brighton Purchase Balustrade Sweep On and Under Fire FireThe The most formidable of the eligibles for the Anne Arundel now in Maryland are Douglass S Flit lergold AVaukeag Franklin Benevolent Slippery Elm Valor Queen Blonde Dan and Etruscan Pos Mbl starters from New York are Alibi Daddys Choice Hank ODay Regal Lodge LErrant and Wyoming WyomingMost Most of the stars in the Georgetown Handicap ar already in Maryland They are Flags Billy Krlly Eternal Leochares The Porter Milkman Startling Mary Maud Dr Johnson Prince of Como Jtnlse Crank Sea Pirate and Malvolio MalvolioThe The Uoyal Blue Steeplechase bids fair to attract a field of the best jumpers in the country nearly ill of tiie good ones having come this way after the finish of the Aqueduct meeting there being nothing for them at Jamaica and Yonkers Poten ¬ tial starters are Bet Pebeto The Brook Babcock Robert Oliver Le Marsouin Dramaturge New Haven Kingstown Pier Early Light and Gold Bond The star milers of all ages in the Prince George Handicap at Laurel Park now are Cudgel Omar Khayyam Westy Hogaii Flags Flittergold Mid ¬ way Sunny Slope Eternal Sea Pirate Billy Kelly Kxterm ina tor Leocharcs Mary Maud Startling and War Machine Possible starters from New York sire Lueiillite Manister Toi Hollister Motor Cop Star Master High Cost Stromboli Roamcr Natur ¬ alist and Corn Tassel
