The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
-Four More Days Of Racing
At Prince Georges Course
ny HIGHWAY.

Only four more days of racing
win be enjoyed at the Bowie race
course, the only course outside Of
Laurel which is convenient to Wash
ington turf devotees. before the
ponies move on to Havre de Grsea
for a thirteen-day meeting. They
win come back to Pimlico May 1
for twelve-day meeting.
1t is idle to state that the present
race meeting at bowie IL the ban
ner one Of the Southern Maryland
Agricultural Association for it has
surpassed every other meeting in
every imaginable respect. For one
thing there has been no dearth Of
first-class horses, secondly ths
crowds have been capacity. really
too large to be comfortable, and
thirdly, the racing has been thrill
ing and clean.
Tribe Having Trouble.
The present Bowie meeting, for
instance. has not been marred by .
single disqualification IL one mD1
point to a flaw at the present meet
ing he would have to comment on
the starting of the fields by Starter
Tribe, which has not been of the
best. However. there are only a
very few capable starters in the
Icountry and even Starter Tribes En-
rors have called forth little censor
ship or quibbling among the genuine
sportsmen who follow the game
1t is worthy of mention that no
l. tt.
| Smith has placed on a field ticket
has won a purse. This speaks for
/ the ability OF Smith in estimating
the relative ability Of the horses at
the Bowie track.
Bullet Proof on Color.
The defeat of Bullet Proof in the
Bowie Handicap Saturday was a de-
cided blow to the talent, particularly
in that the highly-rated 3-year-ols
did not even save show money. Some
explained his poor showing to the
substituting of Jockey Walls for
Coltilletti However, when Jockey
Walls has the best horse under him
he generally brings him home and
it is our opinion that no other Jockey
| could have made Bullet Proof make
a better showing. He simply wasn't
there.
/ Irish Kiss showed a surprising
igood performance in this race and
will probably go on to better thingB-
Manoevre, the winner. certainly
should have been a close second
choice in the race on his two other
winning performances over tho
Bowie course. Any horse which
takes the measure of Slippery Elm
deserves careful consideration.
Good Card Today.
There are seven full fields on chs
card for this afternoons racing and
those who can pick out a winner
will probably come home happy for
there should be generous mutuel
numbers hung up in at least four
of the events. There are a number
of horses starting tomorrow which
have not been our for six or eight
months and they stand a good chance
OF upsetting things. This is true
of Widow Bedotte, Charles Francis
and Chimcra.
There will he an added value to
each OF the purses today owing 10
run-up of approximately $500
in the claiming races Saturday
/
in form and ready to start off on as
good season AS she had last year
will be decided. in measure. IN
the feature race today. Sh. viii
have Clean Gone. Lively and Widow
, Eedotte to dispose OF.
The Lamb Looks Good.
There is wealth of good racing
material. and evenly matched,
which will take the issue in the
fifth event. The Lamb. lightly
weighted. has 4 royal chance 10
win this race. Others who will be
noses apart are Star Realm. which
won his last start easily. EJtahe.
winner Of his last three starts. Tan
talus. Frank Monroe. Wood Violet
and Romeo.
The train service continues 10 be
intolerable but nothing else can be
expected when one company has a
monopoly in the way Of transpor-
/ tation and there are no roads for
automobiles to travel on worth
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