The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Great Crowd Should
Turn Out at Bowie
Inaugural Handicap Will
Bring Together Eleven
Horses.
BY GEORGE b. MORRIS.


The weather man has predicted warm
ard fair weather for today. and with
= this promise a ecord-breaking crowd will
! turn out to welcome King Horse back to
Maryland. The Prince George County
track at Bowie starts its twelve days
meeting with an extra good card OF
seven races, including the Inaugural
handicap. 1t is an affair at seven fur
longs for 3-year-lods and upward,
and will bring together eleven horses,
who have all shown class. Among them
are such well known sprinters as Uncle"
Billy divers old campa!gner Kewessa,
Runes, Woodward. Delaney and others
Of lesser light. This contest should be
a hummer. and no doubt will result in a
close finish as most of the horses are
evenly matched. f..
This will be the drawing magnet, and
Il the weather mans word Is to be taken.
Bowie will see a crowd that will be a
record breaker. The track is In grand
hape and is lighting fast, and as most
Of the horses entered in the Inaugural
need this kind of going, a keen contest
should result therefrom.
Probably the best lightweight rider
among the number present, Is Benny"
Eoppleman. a lad who rides at ninety
pounds, and who Is as game as they
make them. Notwithstanding the fact
that Koppleman was injured no less than
three times during this winter. he came
light back and is riding better today
than he has at any time Of his career.
He is under contract to George Phillips,
the well-known Washington horseman.
For the number of races that Koppleman
figured in this winter, his PERCENTAGE
ranks at the top of the column.
Association Enth usiastic.
The Thoroughbred Horsemen's Associa-
ton are very enthusiastic about racing
at the Bowie plant, as the management
Of this-course are heartily in accord with
their workings. The object of the as
sociation is to keep racing on high
plane and for the mutual welfare Of its
members. AS an example of work they
have done. il was stated that during the
races at Ottawa last fall when the Can
adian association hung up purses OF $500,
the horsemen selected their represent
atives and sent them to the track man.
agement to request that the purses be
reduced. rather than at the figure Of
fered. Their object in so doing was that
they were of the opinion that the track
was not making any money. However.
the track managers told the horsemen
they were satisfied with the way things
were going, and declined to allow the
purses to be reduced. This is but one
example OF the good they have done, and
their organization seems TO be benefit
to both themselves and to the various
courses.
There will he two special trains over
the Washington. Baltimore and Annapo-
lis Railroad direct to the track. These
trains will leave White House Station,
Fifteenth and II streets northeast, at
l:l5 p. m. and l:40 p. m. Besides these
trains there will be numerous others that
will stop at the course.
The entriess
FIRST RACE-rhs Ftir-tev Purss; fy,sr-ol olda
-four furlonss. Producer imp. llt: virEni, Yell
lh; Bill I4vinEson. lH; DirEo IL; Brgo Dee lie
Juanita III tmp.l. ia: Land Lubber Gmpl. "a
Tppity witchst. Ia; Awtral. Ia
SECOND RACE-selIins; 3yearolds and upward
,iI adm ons,hah furonr Ffontier. us: Pado
Boy. liz; Humiliation. LIS: Bdekly. lis; oc.,r
uo; shadrach. iB; oHsnn lis: Da-tvurth lis
Jerry. r.. us: Bothsrsdaeld, LIS, .Roy.i Tea, IL,
Dhna Ksnna. Ill: Edith Bauman, los.
THIRD RACE-Tfs nisht purse: Sy..r olds snd
upward; Eve and onehak fu-lonp. Top O. Tn.
Morning. lx; The Decision. Iy; Cleaning. 100
Frrt Cake. 100: Tru. Steel. ~ Blue For, 100
Dr. Nelson. S: Haubsrk. Is; skiles Knob II3
Warsaw. loc; M,lheur. Iu: Lucille D. Ir Dund,
Din. IS
FOURTH RACE-Ths II aurr,l Handicap; )
rear-olds and upward: seven hIrlons, Woodward,
20: Kewessa. lI5: Sir William johnson III: De
ancy. los: Galway. lob: krntuck, Boy. loS Huues
ls: True stsel. lie: woUdstore Iii; Kilner
IG; Indian Chant. lH
FIFTH RACE-sellhg: 3,ear-olds and upward
one mile Ray o Light Es Valas III: Rushing
BFasa 'I2 EItcrIe. IOe; Hudas Brother lo7: Carl.
:nn. G.. ia; Galar, lH; Rsturber. IL: 'Hlrwood
100: 'Welga lo.
SIXTH RACE-Selling 3yesrolds and upward
me mile. IioJsn Sands, Ils; Miss Kruter, los
'hs;nurE. S: 'Star PelrI. %: Yodeles 10; Fair,
i.cE nd. 1oc: Buzz Around, 100
SEVENTH RACE Selling; tyear-od. and up
ward: mills ard seventy Yards Pirrrot liz: Absra
Ill; Jsb7t 10: S;s: RI d. lie: Burglar lOS 'Pr7-
''"sSre. 49,: F0nctionnlire tInpD. la: F1yi9E Feet
o; Atahn. 10: AEon. los; Inquie;a. lG.
Apprentice allowance clam d.