The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
Emil Herz's Eagle Is
First in Bowie Feature
Romps Home in Front Of
Classy Field in Inaugural
Handicap at Prince George
Park.
JOCKEY LILLY In BAD FALL
By GEORGE B. MORRIS.

Bowie Nd, Nov. la-The Southern
Maryland Agriculture! Association threw
open its gates today at Prince George
Park to the largest gathering that has
ever assembled at this popular course.
The weather was ideal. and an excel
lent card was run OF. The new mutuel
machines were in operation and proved
highly successful. Instead Of being COM
PEELED to wait until the races are run In
order to ascertain what price each ticket
pays all that is necessary is to go to
the board in which the tickets are sold
and each horse shows for itself the ap-
proximate odds.
The track was in grand condition and
fast time was made in nearly every
event.
The feature of the days sport. the
fourth race the Inaugural Handicap, at
one mile. brought nine horses to face
Starter Dade. Ambrose and Noureddin
were the most fancied by the public, but
Emil Hers gelding, Eagle. thrown In
with ninety-nine pounds. proved the best
Eagle broke in front, closely followed
by Noureddin, while Ambrose was third
going around the first turn. They main
tanned the same positions well into the
stretch, where Eagle drew away to win
from Noureddin by a length, while sand
mann II managed to save the short end
of the purse. Ambrose was running In
third position to the head Of the stretch,
but went wide and finished outside OF the
money.
mishap that might have resulted
disastrously occurred in this race when
Jockey Lilly, who had the mount on
Cliff Field, was thrown over the fence
when his mount made a bad fall on the
back stretch. 1t was lucky tnat no
horses were near him at the time or ne
NAV have met with more serious intu-
ries other than bruised knee. His IN
iuries will not keep him out OF the sad
die. and he will be on hand again Mon
day.
Surprises were in store in several OF
the numbers, especially in the first and
fftb events when Broom Corn. at 80 to
I gaIloped home in the former. and
Nephtys. at q to !, in the latter event.
Broom Corn was played by few wise
ones, while Nephtys was practically
neglected, only a few winning tickets
being sold on her. The race was not
truly run one, as Republican would nave
probably won easily had her rider not
elected to go to the extreme outside of
the course when making the turn Tor
home Little Nearer, who carried the
bulk of the money, was second, ana Pnil
Musgrave's All Smiles securing the short
end of the purse.
In the second event nineteen horses
L.
ten were in the field. The field won,
showing Pontefract first home by a |
good. ihargin, while Ethan; Allen was =
second and Richard L4angdon, third The |
latter showed good speed for three-quar- |
tiers of a mile, but died away in the run
home. He has not improved his game |
ness much in the last year. his racing
today showing that he has streak OF
''tawny."
Eddie McBride's consistent gelding.
Squeeler, came right back today and
won the third race with plenty to spare.
The Mcbride horse showed every post
to be a winning one. Aldebarran, who
was fancied to beat Squeeler, had scant
chance, though finishing two lengths I'm
front of Prairie for the second money.
r. F Carmans horse, G. NJ. Miller, |
took the last number on the chart from
Patty Regan and Surprising. Miller was
much the best. and passed the judges |
stand with plenty in reserve. II was a |
popular victory. and seemed as though |
everybody on the course had a ticket on |
the winner. i
The train service between Washington ]
and the track was good, and the seventh |
race was run off before o'clock the first |
train reaching Washington in plenty Of |
time for dinner.
The Bowie course shows many improve
ments since its spring meeting the new
substitution of the iron man in place of |
the old bookmakers seemed TO have gain |
ed in popularity with the public. and it is |
a safe wager that there will be no more |
bookmaking in Maryland.
II was rumored about the course today |
that the Havre dc Grace management is
now figuring for the installation of the
mutuel machines for its next meeting.
Many prominent horsemen and jockey |
club officials were in attendance today.
Algeron Daingerfield. representing the
New York Jockey Club. was a spectator
during the running of the races. after
which he left for New York.
The races will start sharply at o'clock
each day. thus giving racegoers plenty of
time to get home before darkness sets in.
General Manager O'Hara was very en-
thusiastic over the opening day, and pre-
dicted that this meeting would Guido any
ever held at the Prince George track
From the way the public took to the new