The Washington times., 1922-11-17


They have from time to time added
improvements to the plant until
Bowie's accommodations for It's pa
irons rank almost an high as those
offered by the other big time
tracks. What IL still better. they
have continually increased the
purses. This, in Itself, has served to
attract the more formidable OF the
country's racing establishments a.
Washington owners will be well
represented at the meeting, pracu'
cally every District turfman either
having shipped or is planning to ship
their stable reliances to the southern
Maryland course.
or considerable interest to race
devotees OF the National Capital will
be the information that Willis Sharpe
Kilmer, owner Of Americas greatest
gelding. Exterminator, Is seriously
contemplating shipping "Old Bones"
to Bowie for the express purpose OF
competing in the $4,000 Thankssiv-
ing handicap.
Mr.. Kilmer and ExterminatOs'
trainer, Eugene Wayland, are ex-
ceedingly desirOus that the famous
gelding eclipse~ Man o. Wars
money winning record. Right now
the big Train" IL but little more
than $4,000 short Of Man o. Wars
total. A score In the Thanlsgiv-
| ing. handicap and Exterminator
will have tOppled the great Fair
Play cot from his lofty pedestal.
"Slim" Is still quartered at PIN
leo, and many believe that had Mr..
Kilmer or Wayland any intention OF
retiring him for the season they
would have long since returned him
to winter quarters at Binghamton,
N. Y. While it is true that Extermi-
nator came out of the Pimlico Cup
race in bad shape, Wayland. at the
time, stated that It would only be
matter Of a week or so before the Old
campaigner would again be himself.
OF the more prominent stables
which have part or all of their es-
Establishments now quartered at Bowie
are those of Mrs. Payne Whitney.
Frank E. Brown, J. LEONARD Rep
| logic, Montfort Jones, Samuel Ross,
the Quincy stable. Walter ]. Salmon.
j. 8. ,Cosden, Samuel c. Hildreth
and many others.
Exercising over the strip each day
you will find Tryster. Knobbie, Mad
Halter, Captain Alcock,, Careful,
Hephaistos, Prince James. Best Pal,
Oceanic, Rockminster, Lucky Hour,
| Little Chief, John Paul Jones. Polly
Ann, Bit o. White, Horologe, Mar
! tinsale, My Own. Cyclops. etc. This
Is only a few Of the many stars
that are now there.
The impending meeting will be
characterized by the distribution
Of approximately $125,OOO among
the participating horsemen and
the renewals Of one $4,000 stake
and two OF $1,000 each. The
Thanksgiving handicap will carry
an added value Of $4,000, while
the Prince Georges handicap and
the Endurance have been en-
riched 5000 each.
Since last spring many new i'm.
provements have been made to the
plant. The clubhouse has been thor.
oughly renovated and additional
mutuel machines installed. A gen.
erous application of paint has given
the entire plant a most spick and
; span appearance. The track has
been. resoiled and Superintendent
Pending is confident that miles in
better than :39 will be the rule
rather than the exception.
The one and, only thing neces-
sary to. make the meeting by far
the most successful Bowie has ever
experienced will be for a contihu-
ance Of the weather conditions pre-
vailing during the past several