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SERIES OF SELLING RACES AT LAUREL Cheaper Grado of Horses Furnish Interesting Sport, Despite Bad Track Conditions. LAUREL, Md., October 24. The races at Laurel today were run over a heavy track. The going was a bit sloppy for the first race, but got cut up, and for the remainder of the afternoon the footing was heavy. The card was made up of a series of selling races, witli a majority of them furnishing interesting contests. The public found it difficult to pick the winners, favorites going down to defeat in the first four races. Flying Welshman was the choice in the opener, and after opening an eight-length lead in the stretch, appearang an easy winner, tired suddenly and was beaten by Goldine in a dazzling finish. Pinard was confidently supported in the second, but fell a victim to the mare Tootsie, the latter getting up in the final strides. The following two races brought no relief to the talent, the most fancied ones in both races failing to race up to expectations. Sedan won the third narrowly, while Sibola had easy sailing in the fourth. Cobwebs, II. P. Whitneys good filly, was the first favorite to win, her victory coming in the fifth and was easily accomplished. S. C. Hildreth on Thursday claimed from G. W. Forman the three-year-old filly, Frizeur, after her victory in the fifth race. The price paid was ,850. The surplus from selling and claiming races on Thursdav will make the overnight races on Saturday worth ,S97.0C each. The Maryland State Fair will open on Monday. Luke Cassidy, the manager, has. arranged for all sorts of attractions, .including a Midway. Hauberk, which has been named as a probable starter In the Laiirel Stakes, was named for the Laurel before the ruling made by the stewards at Havre de Grace barring his further entries. The ruling was against the horse, and not the owner, and the change of ownership will make no difference in Hauberks status so far as overnight races are concerned. A few days ago Harry Payne Whitney and Mrs. Payne Whitney started horses in the same race, both trained by Albert Simons. They were not coupled in the machines, but today Sadie I. and Drusilla. owned in different interests and trained by X. K. Real, were coupled. W. A. Burttschell will no longer .train the horses owned and raced by S. Louis, but will continue training a public stable, including the horses owned by R. Skinker, J. W. Bean, B. Harding and H. Bilson. The Louis horses will be handled by W. R. Shaffer. Major Domo, n several times starter at the recent Ilagerstown meeting, sported colors in the third race and finished fourth. W. II. Dauphin has repurchased the two-year-old Col. Murphy from G. Kirk. Hart Dernham, who claimed Dandy Dude "out of a claiming race in New York on Wednesday, lias wired that he is sending the horse to Laurel to run in a race on Saturday. James Arthur will train Dandy Dude for Dernham.
