The Washington herald., 1920-04-13
Skmker,s Midnight Sun Runs
First in Mt. Royal Handicap
BY HIGHWAY.

onOWluB CACCllchh OOoAo6O eHe
benefited by a hustiing ride by
Jockey Sneideman, ]. r. Skinkers
Midnight Sun won the Mount Royal
purse. a seven furlong affair. from
John FarrelIs Clean Gone by a
nose at the Bowie race course yes
terday afternoon.
Midnight Sun forced all the pace
and racing Brother MacLean and
Lively into submission, hung on
with great courage in the stretch.
while Sneideman rode a most con-
fident race. sitting still after rous-
fng the winner with the whip at
the final furlong pole. Clean Gone
outrun early. closed a big gap on
the outside and would have been
winner in another stride. Tippo
Sahib saved ground In the stretch
and finished strong. Widow Bedotte
closed some ground Lively ana
Brother MacLean stopped badly.
Both Midnight Sun and Clean Gone
carried the same fmpost, us
pounds.
Ettahe Scores AEnfn-
Ettahe, 5-year-old gelding
which John Kennedy claimed after
he won his first race at Bowie,
shared honors with Midnight Sun
when she found herself good
enough to take down the Annapolis
Purse and incidentally her fourth
straight victory at the present
Bowie meeting. Ettahe had never
gone a mile in any OF her other
three starts, and Goodacre's Tan
talus was favored to beat her.
Ettahe always had the foot of
his company and forcing pace
throughout raced Romeo and Amer
ic.n Boy into submission and hung
on we'll at the end though ridden
out smartly by Jockey Burke.
Tantalus broke slowly, was rushed
up on the outside and weakened IN
the final drive. Star Realm bore
out badly in the stretch My Dear
can do better. Romeo stopped
badly.
Burke fin Lfmeffghf.
Jockeys Burke and Walls shared
riding honors yesterday afternoon.
both of them winning two races
Jockey Burke won with Aunt Deda
and Ettahe, while Walls came home
in front with Sandy Mac and Red
Domino.
T. Hodges Aunt Deda showed
she was quite a classy 2-year-old
when she won the opening race in
the best time yet made at the
present meeting over the baby
route. The time was - rs or
within ono second of the track
record.
ButweII Spills
Jockey Jimmy Butwell had bit OF
misfortune in his first mount at
the Bowie course when Dora, the
h.yh ~ rrIa in ha
bumped and he was unseated. He
came right back in his next mount
on Chimere though and came within
a neck of putting over a winner.
One of the several surprises of the
afternoon came in the sixth race
when Red Domino won her second
victory, defeating the useful Dorcas
by three lengths Mountain Rose III
ran a disappointing race. She can do
better.
Deckhand. saddled by s. Polk, one
of the horses which had been racing
in Cuba, took the decision from the
large field which went to the post
In the third race.
Deckhand worked his way up to
the head OF the stretch and, lucky
win, going away. Courcelles had a
rough trip and was catching the
winner. Kingling II outgamed
Grumpy. Marmite quit badly in the
stretch
Purses in the second and seventh
were taken down by Sandy Mac and
Little Ed, who scored from large
fields Sandy Mac finished with
good courage and outgamed Chi
mera right at the end. Due de
Guise had no excuse and tired in
the final drive. Little Ed hung be-
hind the pace for the majority of
the route and came on to win by a
neck in the stretch drive. Charles
Francis and John J. Casey made the
early pace, bat tired.
a mediocre card Is booked for this
afternoon, the feature OF which will
be a race in which Slippery Elm,
Manoevre and Ormando will take
the issue. Large fields are promis-
ed for the balance of the meeting
and several more feature purses,
which will bring out the classiest
horses at the track.