New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Bowie Is Ready
for Opening Of
Race Meeting
Eastern Season Will Begin
Tomorrow at Track in
Maryland


ern racing season of 1918 will be ush
cred in at Prince Georges Park, Bowie,
Md. tomorrow by the Southern Mary
land Agricultural Association under
tho most promising conditions. The
thoroughbred has won his bitter fight
in the Maryland Legislature. and there
are upward of 1000 of his kind at
Bowie. Benning, Pimlico and the Gen.
.lemer's Driving Park ready for the
colors.
Moreover, the runners in Maryland
this spring are the best lot Maryland
has ever had They are ready for rae
5rr because trainers generally have
taken full advantage of the soft spring
weather Of the last seven weeks and
nut them through course of training
such as they DO not. in less favorable
training seasons, have before the mid
die of May.
This Will be a season in which the
stables that come up from the winter
and early spring tracks Of New Or
leans, Hot Springs and Havana will
have absolutely nothing on the horses
that have wintered in Maryland and
farther north even. 1t is doubtful
indeed whether the winter track per-
formers will be able to do better than
win races of the cheaper sort.
Big Purses offered
The Prince Georges Park meeting,
which will run through the first fort
night of April, will be followed by the
meeting IF the Hartford Agricultural
and Breeding Association at Havre de
Grace ard the Havre de Grace session
of fortnight will be followed by the
May meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club. which will be marked this year
by the running Of 5000 Pimlico
Spring Handicap, $4,000 Green Spring
Valley Steeplechase, a $1,000 Spring
Juvenile and 900 Preakness, the
last named being the most valuable
turf prize, barring the Kentucky Derby
Stakes, advertised for decision any
where in the United States in the
course of the coming racing year.
The Bowie meeting will draw its
support mainly from Washington and
Baltimore, Prince Georges Park being
situated midway between Washington
and Baltimore on the interurban alec-
tric railroad line. Havre de Grace,
which is situated about midway be-
tween Baltimore and Wilmington on
the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsyl
vania roads and within an hour of
Philadelphia, will derive most Of its
support from Philadelphia and New
York.
Pimlico's support will come from all
over, for the PimIico meetings under
the skilful management OF the Mary
land Jockey Club have become national
affairs and the raising Of the values of
the Pinlico Spring Handicap, the
Preakness and the Green Spring Valley
xill have the effect OF increasing their
popularity.
Prince Georges Park will have the
support this spring of the stables of
]. X. L. Ross, of MONTREAL; John Lums-
den, of Ottawa Wiifrid Viau, of Mont
real; Captain William J. Press, OF
Toronto; Samuel Ross and J. S. Tyree,
of Washington; II. G. Bedwell, Cap
tain Joseph E. Davis. L. s. A; Captain
Raj Parr, L. S. A; J. s. Cosden. Thomas
Clyde, Richard F. Carman, Richard T.
Carman, jr., and Edward Beaie Mclean,
of Washington; J. I. Zimmerman, Of
Washington; J ". McClelland, w. L.
Maupin Captain Philip NJ. Walker, U.
S. A, William Garth, Lewis Garth, and
C. L. Clement, of Roston; Edward Nc
Bride, James Arthur, George Smlrn,
Richard T. Wilson, John Farrell, jr.,
Cspt-.9 Philip NJ. Walker, L. 5. A. (r--
tired: Major Charles K. EocAUe.i, U.
S. A; Grant Hugh Browne and Walter
Dupee. of California; Z. 7. Zoliiccffer
of Washington; William A. Burtscheil
William P. Burch, J. Z. Griffith, ". T.
House, William l.. Oliver, James F.
Johnson, Bert Williams. G. r. Bryson.
J. F. Sweeney, Peter Sheridan. L. G..
Vivell, c. y. Darke, Clarence buxton
and others.
1t is possible also that Harry Payne
Whitney will show at the Prince
Georges Park county track some of
the two-year-olds Albert Simons win
tered for him at Benning. The train
interrupted by an epidemic of in
fuenza. but they are going well again,
and Simons believes they will be ready
for the colors before the end of the
month.
Noted Veterans to Run
Prominent among the veteran run
ners that viii be seen under colors are
H&upere, Fiittergo d. UlCimatum, Al
v%rd, Brooks. Startling. Trial by Jury
Weety Hogan, Omar Khayyam, Crank
Crimper, The Belgian, Kingly, Yodeling
Fragonard, Mary Maud, Kylon, Jem
Producer, Amackessln, Ballast, High
land Lad. I1ncie Bryn, Bondage, Water
Lady, Firing Line, Kewessa. Ed Bond
Irish Kiss. Winsomvera, Top o the
Morning. Moosehead, Murphy, Sandale
King Worth, Wanda Pitzer. MauokIn
Hwfa. Back Bay, Sweep Up, I'd, Tbs
Porter, Colonel Cluf. Etruscan, He
viii. Celtic, Tea Caddy, etc
The most forward -year-olds that
E-Ill take part IN the meeting will come
fro~l the stables o. Thomas Clyde
William Garth, Lewis Garth. Edward
Il. Mclean, the Carmaus. Wilfrid Niau
Edward Mcbride. C. +. Clement, J S
TYree, Grant Hugh Browne, J. ". Nc
Ciella1d. J. r. Zimmerman and W p
BGreh. Mr. Burch, who wintered MS
own and the Rose horses at Benning
recently declared thai he had not in
twenty years seen at thc old Washing
tor Jockey Club track as many smart
two -yea--olds az are there this spring
and he expressed the opinion Of Mary
and trainers generally.