The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
gFollowers Are Look
ing Forward to a Great
Day Of Sport.
by HIGHWAY.

With what promises 10 be ideal
weather prevailing. followers OF the
sport Of kings are looking forward
10 a great day OF sport attending the
ushering in Of the racing season IN
the East at the Bowie race course
this afternoon, where a thirteen-day
meeting Will be conducted.
The Southern Maryland Association
has plenty OF high class material for
its opening and a bang Up card will
be run OF today.
As has been the custom for several
years. the feature race Of the DAY, the
/, Bowie Inaugural Handicap, holds
eleven entries among which will he
found such horses OF class a. St.
lsidore. Tea Csddy. Hauberk. Bon
dage, Water Lady and FlittergoId,
an old fsvorite in Maryland.
The winter tracks-New Orleans
and Hot Springs-will contribute a
strong contingent and with the To-
cally trained ponies. and those from
Benning and New York. there will
be plenty OF good ones on hand
| ready to race from the first tap
Of the bell.
1t is expected that the two-yesr
old events will prove star features
! this spring. A lot OF really good
/ youngsters are in sight. Several
at Bowie are regarded by the eN-
perts as much above the average,
and word comes from BenninE that
Garth. Carmsn. Burch and Simons
will show some babies OF real stake
class.
The mild weather has been an in
!
their charges into rsceable shane.
and the two-year olds. which will
face the barrier for the first time,
have been thoroughly schOoIed under
the personal instruction Of Starter
Edward Tribe.
In addition to the feature Inaugu-
raj Handicap. the Eclipse. at five
and a half furlong. has been added
as a special attraction. and . num-
Der Of old favorites in the sprintinE
division are to be noted among the
entries. The stewards for the
meeting announced are Z. c. Smith.
W. p. Spurgeon and c. c. Han, The
former representative OF the Jockey
Club.
Joseph A. Murphy. N. T. Miller ana
J. H Anderson will act as placing
judges. The entry clerk and the clerk
of the scales will be Joseph McBen-
non. Judge Z. c. Smith was one of
the dsy's arrivals, and AlCernon
Daingerfeld, who is TO accept appli-
cations for owners and trainers Ii
censes. will be on hand before the
opening today.
Joseph A. Murphy arrived yesterday
from st. Louis. It has been definitely
decided by the management 70 start
the first race on Monday at 2:5O 2. m,
Woodrow Wilson time. This will az
ford the crowds an opportunity to en-
JOY the sport while IL Is still light.
and get home at an early hour.
The management has ruled that the
fields OF horses starting in the coming
events will be limited. owing 10 the
number Of races on the grounds.
Where the distance is six and a hsls
furlongs or under. thirteen horses will
be permitted to start, while at seven
eighths or over. fifteen will be al
lowed 20 face the barrier
That there will be no dearth -
good riders is evidenced by the num-
Der OF jockeys now on hand.
Jockey ]. Butwell. who recently
contracted TO ride for Wilfrid Niau.
has received notification by his draft
board to present himself for military
duty on April s, but will be seen IN
the saddle here before his departure.
Jockeys Frank Robinson, ID. and ?.
Stirling. TroXler. McAtee, Rodriguez.
Louder and Lyke are among the best
known Of the riders here at present.
Jockey T. Parrington. who has
been riding for Henry Watterson for
the past few seasons, has had his
contract purchased by Messrs Glenn
ents and Mcbride. and will be seen
in these colors during the present
season.
Excellent train service will be pro-
vided both on the two specials which
will leave each day from the White
House Station at Fifteenth and n
streets northwest, and on the regular
Baltimore and Annapolis electric
cars.
Dick Pending. the track superin-
tcndent has got the course into first
class condition. and with continued
fair weather the track Will be fast
on opening day. Yesterday q hiE
crowd was out TO watch the ponies In
their honing-up stunts. and get a line
on the good things that are coming.
Most OF the trainers worked some
thing and a really good showing was
made by a lot OF them.
Some OF the work noticed follows:
Goblin. liz -; Murphy. 80 2-5; An
Smiles, l.l9; ChemUnG, In 3-5; Maud
Bacon. lis 2-5; Fragonard. I.SS: Freda
johnson. l.ls; Sky Pilot. 20: Filter
gold. 50; silk Bird. 80: George ".
Avery, l.2S; May W. .5Ol-2: Master
Karma, III So: CrepUscle, 80 -:
Mary Maud. liz 3-5; Charlie LydeCScr.
1.f5: YodelinE. l.49: Blackford. LIS:
Thrift. lis %: Luther. Ia 2-5: Pksir.
l.l9; Lady London. liz: Judge Wing
field, 10 3-5: Obolus. 81; Jem. -:
Arizona, 80 2-5; Josefina Zarate, l.sO
rs; Busybody, los: Tit for Tat. III:
Joseph p. Murphy. l.o7: Firing Line.
- as: Sleepy James, 50, and Arbitrs-
tor, l.4S 2-S.