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MARLBORO OPENS AUGUST 30 Association Swamped With Re-; quests for Stalls Meeting Precedes Havre ie Grace Session. BALTIMORE Md., Aug. 17. General manager Joseph B. Boyle, of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association, which opens the second lap of Marylands! fall season on August 30, at Marlboro, is literally swamped with applications for;i stalls. Among those granted stalls today by gen eral manager Boyle were: W. J. HughesJ who races under the nom de course of the Clifton Farms, and who has one of the.-states finest breeding farms at Poolesville;1 Mrs. Ben Chapman of Laurel, Mrs. Freder ick J. Vollmer of this city, whose thoroughbreds won more than 0,000 last winter in Cuba, and who has been enjoying much success this summer wherever she raced; H. C. -Vaughn, S. D. Rodgers and Jack Eckert. It is expected that seventy-five different owners will campaign during the approaching Marlboro meeting, many of the stables now quartered at Pimlico, Bowie, Laurel and Havre de Grace awaiting the opening of "big time" racing September 19 at the last named track, are planning to ship into Marlboro to pick up expense money. Charming Emma and Golden Play are two of the best in Mrs. Vollmers string which will see action at Marlboro. W. J. Hughes is pinning his hopes in Clifton Gem, Clifton Queen, Clifton Marie and Miss Coquette. Nealon Kay heads the band which Mrs. Chapman intends to race at the picturesque course in southern Maryland. Beth Hogan, Fleeting Fire, Bob Blackburny Bayamo and Poor Pan will carry Jack Eckerts silks. Vaughn, who is a resident of Belair, Md., Is shipping five to Marlboro at the conclusion of the Cumberland session. Horsemen are advised not to ship to Marlboro without first applying for stalls to general manager Joseph B. Boyle, 317 Baltimore Life Building. ,
