The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
BOWIE TRACK FAST
FOR OPENING RACES
Society and Horsemen Keen for Spring
Meet, Starting April 2.
By GEORGE B. MORRIS.

WIN tne Opening VI sprlnB racing III
the East only week away local hotel.
are commencing to fill up with horsemer
and those connected with the sport.
The Bowie course Is ready for the
opening day, April 2, and every available
stall is occupied. Many horsemen who
arrived late have been forced to seek &C
commodations for their horses outside oi
the course To this end the Bennins
course will aid materially in housing
many horses, and as the Bowie manage
ment has arranged with the W. B. & A
Railroad to run special horse trains eact
, day from the Washington course, many
horsemen will ship direct to Benning
Bowie is but half hours run from Ben
ming, and this, coupled with the excellent
accommodations at Benning will add ma
! terially to the number of horses that will
be seen in colors at the Prince George
course.
Track Supt Dick" Pending report.
the course in excellent shape, and state,
that the track will be at least two sec.
onds faster to the mile than II has beer
in previous. years. A largo force Of mer
has been employed all during the winter
months, and It has about reached IT.
height of perfection
The Washington, Baltimore and Annap-
oils Railroad Company, In view Of the
heavy traffic in recent years has pur.
chased a number of extra cars whiof
races begin. In former years much com
plant has been made about this service
but the railroad management is doing
everything in its power to facilitate
matters, and they hope for tip-top serv'
fee from now on.
There will be an abundance OF high
class racing material this season owing
to the fact that nearly all the horses
both at the Bowie and Benning course
are right on edge and ready to face the
barrier.
1t will be remembered last year there
was a shortage of racing material, owing
mainly to the fact that the weather was
bad until late in the spring and trainers
did not start to take up their horses until
the season was well advanced. Besides
these facts, horses that have been racing
at New Orleans, Juarez. Hot Springs an6
quite a few from California will be on
hand. and these horses are well seasoned
and ready for a winning effort
General Manager ]. F. O'Mara, of the
Bowie course, announces that applica
tions have been received from society
folk of Washington, Baltimore. Philadel-
phia and other contiguous points for the
reservation OF boxes for the meeting.
That Bowie Is fast taking the place OF
the old historical course at Benning is
evidenced by the fact that society Is bent
on attending the races, and as Bowie is
centrally located from the above-men.
toned cities, no trouble Is attached tc
reaching the course. Bowie is situated
half way between Baltimore and Wash
In ngton and can be reached IN forty min
utes from either city.
Starter A. B. Dade. who has been doing
such notable work at Hot Springs. will dc
the starting at Bowie. Mr.. Dade will
leave Immediately after the Hot Springs
races for Washington, and will arrive
here about April L
The Hartford Agricultural and Breed
ers' Association has issued its spring
book for the races which follow Bowie
Many new rules have been made regard
ing the selling races Some Of the new
rules are:
Every horse running m selling race
may be claimed by any one after the race
for his entered price plus the value OF
the race to the winner and as much
more in addition as tho clainer wishes
to bid
But, II It Ia the conditions of the selling
race that the winner shall be sold at
auction, the sale of the winner shall
take place Immediately after the race.
Beaten horses may be claimed only by
the owners Of starters in the race for
their entered selling price plus the value
Of the race to the winner and as much
more in addition as they may wish 70
bid. The surplus bid on a horse either
claimed or sold at auction shall go to
the association, to be added to the over
night events Of the second day follow
ing the sale.
The surplus. in claims. is the surplus
~ ohN ha rNrtN ha
value of the race to the winner.
A horse claimed shall go to the high
est bidder and if two persons bid the
same amount. the disposition of the
horse shall be decided by lot
In races where the winner may be
claimed after the race an owner may
claim his own horse.
No person shall submit moro than one
bid.
No person can claim more than one
horse.
The winner, II he is to be sold at auc-
ton, must not leave the paddock without
permission of the clerk of the course.
The Jockey Club of New York has
allotted the following dates for the sum
mer season:
Hartford Agricultural and Breeders AS.
sociation, Havre de Grace, Md, Monday
QS days..
Maryland Jockey Club. Ptmlico. Nd.
Tuesday, May l, to Thursday, May H.
Inclusive u5 days..
Metropolitan Jockey Club, Jamaica, l.
l.. Friday, May IS. to Monday. May 2s
Inclusive g days..
Westchester Racing Association. Bel
mont Park, Queens. L. l.. Tuesday, May
29, to Saturday, June 16 inclusive III
days..
Metropolitan Jockey Club. Jamaica, L.
l.. Monday, June IS, to Saturday, June
%, inclusive (6 days..
Queens County Jockey Club, Aqueduct
L. l., Monday, June 25. to Thursday
July Il, inclusive Q6 days..
Empire City Racing Association. Yon-
kers, N. Y. Friday, July 13. to Tuesday,
July 81, inclusive 06 days..
The Saratoga Association. Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, Wednesday, August /, to
Thursday, August 30, inclusive (26 days..
Westchester Racing Association, Bel
mont Park. Queens, l. l., Saturday, Sep
tember /, to Saturday. September Is. in
elusive (13 days..
HOT SPRINGS RESULTS.