The Washington herald., 1917-02-05
DATES ARE NAMED FOR !
MARLBORO HORSE SHOW
Arrangements Complete for Five-Day
Meet at Southern Maryland FAIR.
The ave. at Ninth
By GEORGE B. MORRIS.


Announcement has been made by the
Southern Maryland Agricultural and Fai-
Association that work will be started i'm
mediately on the erection OF a new grand
stand at the Marlboro course which was
recently destroyed by fire.
The stand will be much larger than the
old construction and will be built on the
order of the one at the new Bowie track
In addition TO this over a hundred new
stalls will be erected and the coGrSy
almost entirely rebuilt
These additional stalls are being erecteG
TO accommodate the horse show eN-
hibitOrs who will take part in the annuat
horse show.
James F. O'Hara, the general manage:
Of the course said yesterday that IL was
the mana Ccments intention 10 make d
feature OF the horse show and man.
prominent exhibitors from New Yorf.
Virginia and other contiguous point
have already signiied their intention Of
having their horses take part in the ca
hibition.
In addition TO The horse show a card
! Of six or more running races will be rug
of each day. The meeting will start OE
MAY IS and continue until the first day
OF June.
1t is interesting to note that the Bowie
! race course has fast become the niece,
for wintering horses. At the present time
there are $50 horses qusrtered at this
course, and all OF which have been a.
the track since the fall meeting, not one
has been on the sick list thus testifying
to the healthy condition OF the course.
In speaking to prominent horsemsn
who has a large stable Quartered there he
said:
Il consider the Bowie track the best
track I'm the country 10 winter horses al,
and is on a par il not better than any
thing South OF the Carolinas- OF my
stable with eighteen horses. every one Is
in tfp-top condition and ] expect to take
them up shortly. The track in itself has
been in grand shape and racing could be
conducted within 4-hours' notice
Walter House Is there with five =
year-olds including a sister OF Arnold.
Among the other owners who are quar-
tered at :he track are included the tol-
lowing: Tom Shannon. IS: Claude Free
man, 10: Nat Gealc. Z. James Arthur, To-
/ r Pending s: W. II. Eivel. 6: r Me-
Bride, 2; Robert Boyle. 1: William Jent
nings. s; w. BTookes. ): William Beckett
I: Kentucky Stables, -: J. J. Farrell. =
W Forman, 3. and Harry Rites. lS.
Bowie will probably open the sp-i1e
J meeting here. and while no dates haVY
been given out as yet by. the JoCkeN
Club, 1t is expected that they will bs
granted so as to usher in the spriHSc
will be followed by Hsvre de Grace and
Pimlico. when the scene will shift 10 the
metropolitan courses.
Around Baltimore County there are az
least four half-miIe courses which will
run in between these dates.
Many Of the horsemen now qusrtered
at the famous old Benning course have
taken up their horses. and Il now sp-
pears certain that there will not be \
shortage OF material for early racing.
such as existed last year. The shortage
OF horses was caused by the extremely
bad weather in the East, and many
horsemen were unable TO take up their
horses until late in the spring. but now
with a good. clean open winter and
weather conditions excellent il looks as
/ though there will be plenty OF horses
ready TO face the barrier when the bugle
sounds for the beginning OF racing in
! the East.