The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-27
PREVARTCATE WINS
AND PAYS $17S.4O
Soldiers and Sailors Among
Few Who Wager on Long
Shot at Bowie.
Special Despotcn TO TEE sur.

BALTIMORE, Nov 26.-The biggest sur
prise of the fall racing season In Mary
land was furnished by Prevaricate In the
first race at the Bowie track to-day.
The two-year-old son OF Ben Trovato.
coupled In the betting with Fostorla,
won the race for maidens and paid the
record price OF t17s4o for each 81
ticket held on him. The racegoers who
always play the long shots obtained all
the money in the pool. Among the happy
winners were two soldiers and two
sailors. They invested 81 each on that
good old liar as Uncle Sans men
gieefully nicknamed the winner.
Prevaricate was far back in the early
running. but closed up a big gap In the
stretch and beat out Loyal Peter. the
early pacemaker, in the last ten yards
When King Plaudit won a race for
inaidens last week In a gallop and won
thousands of dollars from the poclroom
men OF the West horse1ner here were
in a quandary as to his real class.
George Odom. his trainer. was not. He
knew that ne had a fast colt I'll drop
him in another race next week." said
Odom to his friends, land he will win
that race as easily as he did the one Tor
maidens."
Odom proved to be turf prophet, for
In a romp by two lengths after racing
along with Marmite for the first half
mile.
George Walls and r. Moore were
lucky to escape with few bruises when
their respective mounts, Enterpe and
Sam Hill. fell in the third race. Horses
and Jockeys fell in the middle OF big
bunch OF horses. but the hoofs of the
horses failed to touch them. They were
only bruised. The results:
First Race-Two-y ear-olds; claiming; purse
@ s1 , lstSn p.cs @ :scx - pGaEs
Loyal Peter: 1oe tMcAteel: place SEQ. show
SS second; sGym,ns 10 ts Stake 1s ssSr
Blue Devil .Maior Domo FcseTis. Agnes
Geek second md RS TsN2ss M sG Tn sd
KinE flaudi,, iii, Rice straight g 90 place
Duchess lace. zig ,NcTaEEar!). chow $50.
M Warm an% Mormon Eider S.o ran coe
| entry.
Third Race-Tnree. year; olds and upward /;
claiming; s pure goo; one NILE and seventy
shfs plsss S ,s show sS ff.i Bar r' one.
los n, W EcOiKRsOn)' gace S2io shew So sec,
.:Kingline II: Eiih Bsumsnn, weld, 'Dsy
| break. 'Blaokford Homeland. DR.. Charcot.
Rhadames. Sam Hill, Euterpe and Crump-
| SAL also ran. 'Field
| Fourth Rsce-Threc-year- olds ard upward
| clsiming: purse $500: one mile and seventy
yards zouave. 100 (stalker) straight 81. 20.
| plsce IS. so. show 80 FIRST: FL Plaudit io5
| tMcAtee). place $50. show. $40 second :
lie Dinosssure. Ioi tMcCrann,, show 50 So
| third. T1me--.:f7 s.5. Chemung Safrano,
ssandon; Ray o. Lrhi, RLsponde. Jake
Boston Alma B., korboro H., JaVata and
| Derrish also ran. Field.
| Fifth Rsce-Thrce- year-olds and onward:
selling: purse SEQ: ono mile and seventy
yards. slippery Elm. III 1stslLer), straight
$50. place $40. show $3.50, hrst: Bolster.
| lH Rodriguez. place 4.io. show $50. sec.
| ord: Douglas 8, l0s (Preecel. show So third
Tlme-,:E. African Arrow, Prunes and Val.
Sixth RACE THREE -year.olis and inward.
TIs,nnr purse 5000; one mile and a quar- er
| Luther los tRicel. straight tsS0 place s, a.,
| show S?S hrst: Bucknajl JOS tPaulev, plan,
| $50 show 81 40, second: Baby sister "a
| tMyersl show sac, third. THmt-..i q NJ
Miller, Christie. Royal, Too;sic and Es,noit
Seventh Racc-Three- year .olds and iry,-d.
| claiming; purse SeHn: ona m, le an5 n ono-. sr
| Grey Eagle. loS ,MCAtee). straight g. a rlacc
70 show $50 hrst: Gensvievc H. +,
| G. Rooinsonl. place 81. show g.: 90. second
Time-2n. Manslsyer nan. Goblin D,Iroso
senator broderick and SILK Bird also ran