The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-19
Eastern Racing Season
To Open at Bowie Track
Horses Are Fast Arriving for
Spring Meet, Which Starts
on April |.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS

With the opening OF the racing season
on the tracks of the East which acknowl-
edge the authority Of the Jockey Club Of
New York only a fortnight away thor
oughbreds are rapidly assembling at the
Benning and Bowie race tracks from all
parts OF the country.
The Southern Maryland Agricultural
Fair Association will begin this season
as It began last at Bowie, Maryland S
newest racing plant, which lies midway
between Baltimore and Washington, on
the Interurban electric line. Bowie will
throw open its gates on April l, and the
thoroughbred will hold court within the
confines Of the welI-equipped and pic
turesauely situated grounds Of the fair
association for fifteen days
Bowie is a better place for racing this
season than II was last year Supt.
Thomas Strahan, the former superintend-
ent at Benning. has been busy all winter
Ieveling and filling, narrowing and roll
ing. lie has filled up all the depressions
and ironed down the bumps. and the
Bowie track IS now as safe as any in the
~oUntTy. II probably will never be as
fast as some Of the courses about New
York. The character OF the soil upon
which il lies IS against that. The soil is
light and sandy like the soil of the old
Benning course. Soil OF such sort, how
ever. has its uses. 1t does not freeze up
readily, which makes Bowie an excellent
place for carly spring and late fall rae
Ing and FOR wintering horses.
Half dozen Of the stables assembled
al Bowie Wintered there, the big string OF
James Arthur among them. The horses
at Bowie now belong to the stables OF
Archie thinner, Clarence Nsrrick. Larry
J. Carey, William Walker. {. J. SauIt,
A. H. NiveI, W. S Caps, George Bren-
ton, Ernest Utterbeck, n K. Beal F. J.
Pons. ". A. Burtsschell, Andrew G.
Blakcley, James Johnson, J. o. Com
stock and Frank ". Bray.
There are $50 horses all told, and the
colony is being augmented day by day
by recruits from New Orleans, Havana
horses are expected from the Southern
tracks, and preparation has been made
for their accommodation
But Bowie will not have to depend
upon the winter tracks alone for sup
port. Many Of the strong Eastern stables
that wintered in the North will have
horses ready for the opening meeting of
the season. and these will all be repre-
scented a Bowie
The stable of Clifford Cochran. Of which
William MidgIey is trainer. wintered at
Aiken. 5 C., along with half a dozen
other stables. and AIidgley's bunch also IS
ready MidgIey showed some of the
smsrtest of his 2-year-olds at Bowie last
spring and he believes he has better
bunch or youngsters this year than he
had last.
The horses at Benning readying up for
Bowie are in the stables Of Richard F.
Csrman, the Mizpah Stable, G. A. Muller.
N Philadelphia: the Quincy Stable, Mike
DAILY, William Carter, John Kelly. Jere
Murphy. W. T. Anderson, Fred Krafts,
William Brooks. Edward r. Mclean,
Lewis Garth. William Garth. ". l. Maui
pin, Col. Raj Parr. OF Baltimore: A. D.
Parr. OF ClarksburE. w. Va; Samuel
Ross. William P. BurCh, William Brooks.
Maxwell Smart. Woods Stockton, Jesse
Iewisohn and Capt. c. X. Rockwell, L.
). A
Mr.. Mclean, a son Of John r. Mclean,
proprietor OF the Washington Post and
the Cincinnati Enquirer. is a new man in
racing. He bought his first thoroughbred
last fall, and his silks will be seen at
Rowie next month for the first time on
one Of the Jockey Clubs tracks. Lewis
Garth has leased his entire string to Mr..
stockton, and will train for Mr.. Mclean.