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CAPITAL HANDICAP AT LAUREL Weather Conditions Point to an Off Track, but Feature Draws Sixteen Preeminent in Under 126. LAUREL, Md., Sept. 30. The Capital Handicap will be renewed at Laurel Park tomorrow as the opening day feature of the twenty-five-day meeting of the Maryland State Fair. The headliner is a six-furlong dash for a purse of ,500 added and, despite prospects for an "off" track, sixteen good sprinters have been named overnight. Due to track conditions, however, it is doubtful if more than a dozen of these will start. The Capital will have its twentieth running tomorrow. During the years of its decision some of the fastest sprinters in training have annexed the major award. The fastest time for the running of the race was established last year when J. Yancey Christmas Rough Time raced over the six furlongs in 1:11. Since its inception three horses have accounted for the Capital twice. They were Billy Kelly in 1919 and 1921, Prince of Wales in 1926 and 1928, and Sation in 1934-35. In tomorrows running Rough Time is the only entrant with a chance to duplicate their performances. Topweight of the band has been assigned to Hal Price Headleys Preeminent. The six-year-old son of Supremus has been asked to carry 126 pounds by racing secretary John P. Turner. Because of his record, the impost appears justified, although the best the Headley colorbearer could do in his latest outing was third; There is, however, an excuse for this performance, as he carried 130 pounds in that event, the fall high weight at Belmont Park.
