The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
ADOPTS RULING
OF JOCKEYCLUB
But Eight Horses Allowed in
/. One Race Of Southern Mary
land Association.
SIX EVENTS EACH DAY
James Fitzsimmons Has Large String
of Useful Horses Training at
Bowie for Coming Races.
SIX EVENTS EACH DAY

The Southern Maryland Agricultural
Association. Of Prince Georges County.
Nd. which VIII conduct ten-day raineg
meet at the new track. Just COM
pIeted. has issued n book show
Ing the races to be run at the track,
which begins October l.
There will be at least six races run
every day. ranging from a mile and a
quarter to a FIVE furlong sprint There
viii be no purse less than 500. and In
several of the events il will be $500
The new track is starting away under
favorable conditions. and from the pres
ent outlook il should be banner meet
ing Joseph A. Murphy, Of 81 Louis
will act as presiding judge, while J. H.
Anderson, well-known Baltimore
newspapermsn will be associate judge.
Miller to Handle Flag.
George T. Miller win handle the flag.
and from the work he has done around
these parts in recent years, the public
is sure to see some excellent starting.
All races run at the track will be gov
erned by the rule of the jockey club-
A feature Of the new rules, which Is
causing considerable talk, Is the tact
that there shall be no declaration below
eight horses in each race. except by
special pEEullENlOH Ol NltN 49,
will prevent the wholesale scratching
OF events which are now causing so
much comment in New York. This will
assure the public that each race will
have enough horses In IL to make the
race a contest
Has Large string Training.
James Fitzsimmons, who is training
one Of the most useful strings of horses
In the country this year, will send a
strong division Of his establishment to
Bowie They will go TO Bowie under
the management of Frank Herold, one
OF the best known young racing men OF
Washington.
Mabel Montgomery. a winner at Aque-
duct and Empire City; Headmast, one
I OF the cleverest second flight two-year-
/ Olds of the season, and star Gaze, win
ner at Saratoga Of the historic Saratoga
Cup, are three of the best performers
Of the Fitzsimmons string Heroid viii
/ race at the new track. Star Gaze who
will be pointed for the distance races,
route travelling being his forte, will rest
| through the Belmont Park session in
order that he may be ready 20 do his
! best when he gets to the new track
Star Gaze is a little better than he has
I been these three seasons and he is
\ running more consistently than he eveI
I did before.
! A sterIIng Performer.
I Headmast. a product of Henry T
/ Oxnard's Blue Ridge stud just OUTSIDE
/ Of Washington, is one Of the biggest and
| handsomest two-yeaT-olds in the coun
4 try. and a sterling performer withaL HI
! is a son OF Sir Wilfred. the Ormond'
! stallion which sent Trojan to the races
I this season to win the Futurity. Mabe
l MONTGOMERY. a daughter Of Orsini, an
I other Ormonde horse, Is hardly as gooS
! as Headmast. but she has proeen use
] full sort. She has more than earned he
keep and Fitzsimmons believes she vii
be better still in the autumn after th'
distances have stretched 4 bit. She
/ always running from behind
| 1t Is likely that the Quincy stable
! under whose colors Trojan won III
Futurity, will be represented at Bowl
iby the platter Wooden Shoes, the sam
/ which stepped a mile in better than lsS
I at Saratoga one day in August Woodel
I Shoes is in Fitzsimmons' barn and tina
| sagacious trainer believes he would d.
better at Bowie than elsewhere.
Powers Gets stable.
John Powers has engaged stabling a
the new track for Edward Schmidt
! clever distance running platter, Strong.
/ winner at Saratoga and Belmont Park
and IL is likely that the Powers strint
| will be augmented by the addition o
two or three other horses before the mrs
! Of October. Schmidt is getting stabl
/ together for campaigning at one Of tn
l winter tracks and he expects to VII
shipping money at Bowie.
Line Direct to Track.
! A feature of the new track is the fac
/ that the Washington. Baltimore anC
/ Annapolis Railroad have built spul
line direct to the grandstand. Passen
gers can secure a car at Fourteenth anS
4 New York avenue ever five minutes
| which will run directly to the course
The same schedule applies to Raltimor'
patrons.
Those who have seen the track clam
! that il is the finest course they have eve
seen. in fact. it is as level as Ole
\ and fast time is looked for.
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