The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
TPPTTY WTTCFIET DISAPPONTS
IN FEATURE AT BOWIE OPENING
Huge Crowd Jams Prince Georges Course
Brainstorm Captures Promenade Purse

Little Chick Lang. the ridinE
sensation Of the New Orleans nseef
had the leg NJ on the winner4nh J.,
At the break. Of the barrier hustled
bis mount away to a forward po-
sition in close pursuit Of the lead
ers. As. the field straightened out
on the backstretch. Lang elected 20
go to the front and under mild ure-
ing. Bungs Buck assumed the lead
From then on IL was merely a quer-
ton OF how far the Dzttner silk
bearer would out-ieg the contention.
slippery Film ChsIi~nEes.
Slippery Elm challenged in tbe
final sixteenth but Lang had hts
mount we'll In hand and going %
the whip. shook off the Sunhylana
stable entry. Tippity witchet. am
other popular idol Of washingtou
and Baltimore spectators. after re-
ceiving natterinG attention in the
mutuels. ran a most disappointing
race. The Bauer candidate was IN
close quarters during the early run
ming and was never able 60 get up
TO the leaders. finishing a bad LAST
To the racing establishment Of
Harry Payne whitney goes tlse
honor Of scoring the frst set OF
double brackets of the Eastern
season. In the opening event -
the afternoon. Trainer James
Rowe sent to the post a 2-year-
old-Forsf scored with
consummate ease over a field o.
eleven.
In the secondary feature Of tho
day. the Promenade Purse. a Eve
and 'one-haif furiong cash fash-
toned for 3-year-olds. Rowe COM
pletcd the double when he saddled
Brainstorm. another Nhitaey
sprInter. George ". For.man's
Elemental had been hacked rs a..
talent 10 almost prohibitive ode.
and I3rainStorm's victory came AZ
quite a surprise.
Upset ia Twin CHIe. Purse.
In the running Of the Twin cit
les Purse. the spectators received
another setback when Exodus.
racing in the solors Of Mrs Harry
Payne Whitney's Greentroe stable,
after seemingly having Tho race
won. swerved to the outer rail IN
the stretch run and was srrond To-
W. v. Casey's KNIGHT Of the
Heather by two lengths.
The second number on tho pro-
gram brought out only tho cheaper
grade Of horses FOR a sprint OF six
and one-half furlonEs and was
framed for 5-year-olds and up
wards. The veteran campaignsr
Ettahe. who seems to rovel en- tn.
Bowie going came around his field
during the run down the bach
stretch and won under wraps
The longest priced winner - tho
day went over in the sixth when
Our Birthday practically spread
eagled his field once he had taken
command at the far turn. J. a.
( Wilson's Joaquina and d Fali- 70
hey's Romeo were the targets Tor
a well directed play by the talent.
. but neither one ever threateaed
tn winner after half Of the dis
tance had been covered.
The final event Of the day
brought out the largest field that
faced Starter George Miller dur
ing the afternoons sport. F'iftee I
paraded. 4 tin had been circulated,
on SearchliEht III. even some 4
the handicappers having picked
the Weber color bearer as the one
best be- Of the day. Searchligh'
Ill rushed into an early lead and
heightened Il on the backstretch.
The outsider. Jack Reeves. made a
determined bid through the last
sixteenth. but the winner Ia 1
enough in reserve to Withstand th1
challenge.