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TWO LAUREL FEATURES 15000 Washington and 5000 Spalding Lowe Jenkins Stakes Even Dozen Named for Washington Washingtonand and Nine for Jenkins Older OlderRace Race May Gross 20450 LAUREL Md Oct 28 With fields of ex ¬ cellent quality named for the Washington Handicap and Spalding Lowe Jenkins the annual meeting of the Maryland State Fair Ino will be brought to a close here tomor ¬ row afternoon but the outlook for a pleas ¬ ant conclusion was not encouraging as a cold steady drizzle fell on this area through ¬ out muddyA the day causing the track to be muddy A dozen of the best handicap horses in the country have been named overnight for the Washington a mile and onequarter test for a 15000 purse With all starting the event will gross 20450 and have 16400 for the winner Nine were named for the Jenkins a dash of one mile for twoyearolds and with no withdrawals the total prize will be 11550 and the winners share 9675 9675Heading Heading the field for the Washington are Esposa considered the outstanding mare in the country and Jacola which is given a similar rating among the threeyearold fil ¬ lies They have been assigned scale imposts respectively of 123 and 117 pounds It will be their first clash of the year yearOpposing Opposing these top members of their divi sion will be Idle Miss another capable one of their sex and Aneroid one of the best of the opposite gender and Great Union speedy threeyearold which nipped Esposa in the Yorktown Handicap at Empire City last Saturday SaturdayVOLITANT VOLITANT PROBABLE FAVORITE FAVORITEVolitant Volitant the Saratoga Stables hardhitting colt is the probable favorite for the Jenkins in view of his victory in the Saratoga Sales Stakes and close behind El Chico in the Junior Champion Stakes The Jenkins for ¬ merly a handicap is a condition race for the first time this year and as a result the son pounds Top weight is Giles County one of I the several likely youngsters in the Milky Continued on twentyfifth page TWO LAUREL FEATURES Continued from first page I Way Farm stable Exploded and Good Odds are other juveniles with recent good form entered for the Jenkins JenkinsBecause Because of her splendid form over the local course Jacola is expected to rule a slight favorite over Esposa and the others in the Washington Her last triumph was in the Maryland Handicap over the same dis ¬ tance and previously she set a new local record for the mile in beating Seabiscuit in the Laurel Last season she accounted for the Selima Stakes in the same sort of going expected to prevail tomorrow Esposa like ¬ wise is considered a good mudder having won the Hawthorne Gold Cup and other races in off going goingJohn John P Turner has arranged a splendid supporting program with the Lerual attract ¬ ing a large field of highpriced claiming sprinters and the Colonial a half dozen capable distance performers performersThe The fields for the two races are as follows followsTHE THE SPALDING LOWE JENKINS 5000 added for twoyearolds one mile PP Horse Wt Jockey I 1 Volitant 113 H Richards 2 Dust to Dust 110 A Schlenker 3 Big Ned 113 I Hanford 4 Tin Devil 113 R Eccard EccardW 5 Exploded 113 W D Wright 6 Good Odds 110 D Driscoll 7 Chief Onaway 113 R Howell 8 Time Sheet 113 N Wall WallA 9 Giles County 118 A Robertson THE WASHINGTON HANDIRCAP 15000 added for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward one mile and a quarter PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Esposa 123 N Wall 2 Great Union 110 S Renlck RenlckC 3 Savage Beauty 107 C Stevenson 4 Jacola 117 M Peters 5 5 tTwo Bob 103 H IToraA Uora 6 fChasar 103 A Schlenker 7 Idle Miss 113 A A Robertson 8 Aneroid 117 R Eccard EccardH 9 JRegal Lily 109 H Richards 10 yolly Tar Ill R Dotter 11 Hypocrite 107 J Gilbert GilbertW 12 WrighttMrs Mr Canron 114 W D Wright tMrs E Denemark entry JWalter M Jef ¬ fords entry
