The Washington herald., 1920-04-08
Jockey Rodriguez
Pilots Bolster to .
Victory at Bowie
BY HIGHWAY.

Bolster, packing top weight OF ll5
pounds, but benefited by mastery
ride by Jockey Rodriguez, accounted
for the Capitol Purse, the feature
race of a good card offerd' at the
Bowie race course yesterday aft
ernoon. The race was as good
one as has been run over the Bowie
course at the present meeting. Each
of the seven horses which paraded
had a host of supporters. They
were pretty well punched the entire
route until Bolster made his move
in the stretch to win with plenty
of room to spare. Wood Violet,
which. horse won his last start
easily, made the early pace, closely
pursued by War Mask, Tantalus and
Chief. Tailor Maid made a poor
showing and at no time was fac
tor. Tantalus came right back from
her good move of Saturday to run
could not get up.
Rodriguez. Good Ride.
Jockey Rodriguez received an
ovation when he came back to the
Judges stand and several trainers
in the field declared that, in their
opinion, Rodriguez is as good a
jockey as there is in the country.
He made another excellent showing
yesterday, winning two races and
only being out of the money once in
his five starts.
Just how good Jockey Troxler is
in hustling a 2-year-old down. the
stretch to win the decision was
seen in the opener yesterday when
he brought Sacajawea home a win
ner. Within a few more strides
Cullinan, ridden by Coltiletti, would
and Troxler alone. was able to keep
his mount in front.
Hope mt Long, Odds.
Another notable long shot was
chalked up alongside MaIlowmot
yesterday when d. r. Jones Hope.
ridden by Jockey Hunt, won the
sixth race. HopSHPaid s91 for ?.
This 5-year-old. 6fe. incidentally.
is the first whi~ campaigned in
Cuba to win at the Bowie meet.
Her form in Cuba was excellent
and was only weakly supported,
probably. because of the public's
lack of faith in the horses who
have been subjected to the tedious
trip to the States
Jockey Hunt is riding in fine form
at Bowie. He came very near
putting another long shot over in
the nightcap with Places Mildred
Euretta. but was forced to be satis-
fed with second place when Jockey
Rodriguez made his bid with Et-
tahe, a horse which really out
classed the field.
Bright Gold Wins.
Bright Gold surprised the form
students in the third race when she
managed to get down in front of a
fairly good field. Ragazza. favored
in the speculation. ran a dull race.
Mumbo Jumbo accounted for the
second race, overhauling the fast
breaking Marmite in the stretch.
and Mock Orange trimmed a good
field to win the Terminal purse.
Both Mumbo Jumbo and Mock
Orange were ridden by Jockey
Zoeller.
A typical Bowie card is offered
today. the feature of which is the
fourth race in which seven are
scheduled to start, among them
being Fort Bliss. Heroisme, Arrow
head and Kings Champion.
The condition book for the con-
cluding six days of the Bowie meet
ing was distributed yesterday and
a number of feature purses are of
fered. The Army and Navy purse.
the Candidate purse, the Marlboro
handicap and the Bowie handicap
will all be run off Saturday making
an excellent card.
A stin March wind blew over the
track yesterday and caused a bit
Of havoc by bringing clouds of dust
from the track over among the
crowd in attendance. The track
was fast yesterday, although most
Of the races were run off in slow
time.