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LAURELS OCTOBER STAKES Nine Valuable Fixtures Announced for Meeting Beginning Oct. 4 and Ending Oct. 29. The Maryland State Fair, operating the Laurel track, has announced the stake races to be run at its annual meeting of twenty-three days, which begins October 4 and ends October 29. There are nine stellar attractions, six on the flat and three through the field. Ten thousand dollars is added to each of the three following stakes; The Annapolis and Maryland Handicaps and the Laurel Stakes. The Xational and Manor Stakes, also the Capital Handicap, each have .,000 added, while the same amount is added to the Chevy Chase and Iatuxeut Steeplechases. The added value of the Ticket of Leave Steeplechase, exclusively for three-year-olds, is ,000. The I-aurel stakes and the order of their running are as follows: Capital Handicap . October -1 Annapolis Handicap October 8 Chevy Chase Steeplechase October S Xational Stakes ...October 12 Maryland Handicap October 1.1 Ticket of l.eure Steeplechase . -. October 10 Laurel Stakes October 22 Patuxent Steeplechase October 25 Manor Stakes October 10