The Washington herald., 1918-03-24
BOWIESTABLES
FAST FILLING
Prince Georges Park Opens
the Racing Season in
the East.

Baltimore. March ,z.-Before the
MIDDLE of the current week there VIII
De upward Of 300 horses OF various
ages and kinds at Prince Georges
Park. Bowss. where. on April ]. the
Eastern racing season OF 1918 will be
nshered IN by the Southern Maryland
Agricultural Association. Nearly 100
runners of various Eastern stables
wtntered theer and there has been a
steady influx Of reinforcements from
various parts OF the country In the
cynrse Of the last ten days. Most
kof the new eomers are from the
south. but many have come from
the Maryland and District Of Column
ola tracks. from private training
places in Maryland. Virginia and
Pennsylvania and from the race
courses OF New York. The horses
that have come up from the South are
the seasoned campaigners that took
part In the two meetings at New Or
leans, and the session still in prog
ress at Hot Springs. These horses
viii cut a conspicuous part In the
Southern Maryland meeting, but they
viii have their work cut out to beat
the horses that have wintered In
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania
Alu ENSN 1Orh-
The Atlantic seaboard State expert
enced some rough weather in Decem-
Der and January and part OF Febru-
ary to be sure, but there has been
upward OF seven weeks Of splendid
training weather since the 10th of Feb
uary, and the trainers of the stables
that took not part In winter racing
have improved their opportunities to
the utmost. The horses at Benning.
the Gentlemen's Driving Park and
Bowie are further advanced toward
real racing form than one would sus-
pect. and the runners from Belmont
Park and Grayesend are not far be-
hind them Days before the time for
the exodus from Bowie to Havre de
Grace, where the second meeting OF
che year will be staged. will have ar
rived only the better runners Of the
winter track strings will be able to
hold their own. because the horses
that have wintered in the East are
taking them by and large, animals Of
better quality than the winter cam
paigners.
Among the arrivals at Bowie from
the South in the course OF the last
fortnight are A. G. Weston, with the
stable of Thomas Clyde, Of Philadel-
phia; William Shields, with the stable
of Paul Powers and Fart Of the Brigh-
ton stable, J. F. Sweeney with the
veteran Hauberk and a dozen others;
Clyde winfrey, Jack Thornby. with a
Helmet fiily that can run like the wind;
John Phillips, W. C. Caps, Harvey
Royle, 9. R. Bryson. James Arthur
with Bondage. Water Lady, Buzz
u
Farrar. Isidor Grannz and Michael
Felby
Archie Ziamer. Kimban Patterson.
with James McCIelland's $4,000 Vul-
cain-Rosetree. I'd, 2-year-old: Ernest
Hall. with an own brother to Eyebrow,
which is pointing for the Preakness:
Walter s. House. with a smart half
brother Of Arnold and the promising
3-year-old Fragonard; Harry Ritt, with
r.. E Grifith's promising Preakness
candidate Ballast and Amackassin:
w. r. Misell. with the earratic Robert
Bradley and several others; ]. s.
Owenby. 'Puddin'' Mcdaniel with
twenty old runners of the stable OF
Grant Hugh Browne. Of New York:
snapper" Garrison with eight others
belonging to Browne, and four or five
others.
The stable Of Capt. Philip II. Wilkes.
l. s A.. retired, has already ar
rived from the Shenandoah Valley and
Henry 7. Oxnard, proprietor of the
Blue Ridge stud, which Is in Fauquier
County, Va, has notified the Prince
Georges Park management that he
VIII want stabling for a string of
half a dozen Bowie track IA in
splendid condition already and a
couple of days rain will make IL