The New York herald., 1922-04-09
BEATS LUNETTA BY
CONVINCING MARGIN
Heavy Impost and Dumping
aI Star. No Bar to Favor
ties Victory.
RECORD CROWD ATTENDS
Chick Lang Has Great Day in
Saddle, Riding Four
Winners.
RECORD CROWD ATTENDS

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
BALTIMORE. April s.-Bunga Buck
did it again to-day. He overcame ali
sorts of handicaps and further con-
vinced that he Is one Of vulcan's most
capable sons by taking the feature.
Prince George Handicap, before the
largest crowd in the history Of Bowie
racing.
Handicapped McLennan had as
signed him the heavy impost Of 123
pounds. requiring the concession Of
Jumps OF weight to an opposing quar-
tet. Starter Miller required Kim to
stand for eight minutes at the barrie :.
always alert and sensible as COW
pony while being subjected to bump
rng and crowding by the perverse
Slippery Elm and Lunetta. Slippery
Elm required him to accept a fas'
pace for Ave furlongs. but at Chick
Lang's bidding he overcame all by
bounding dnto the lead and winning.
going away by three open lengths
from Lunetta, with BY Gone Days al
equal distance back and Slippery Elm
and Kings Champion distant trailers
The reception accorded horse and
rider upon returning to the scales was
worthy Of champion The good ma :
tured capacity crowd was kept in good
humor by Lang's brilliant horsemanship.
He won four races. Wellfinder. Our
Birthday and Attorney Muir, all favor
ties. being his other winning mounts.
The congestion in the mutuel shed and
the long delays at the start of the ser 4.
ond and fifth races caused the last race
to be run after sundown.
The program was the most pretentious
the association had been able to offer
at the meeting and produced its quota
Of surprises. chief Of which was Grace
Myers's capture OF the five and half
furlong Cinderella purse over a band
OF shffty three-year-old fillies and the
improved performances of Translate and
Pretender. runners up in their respective
races at long odds.
Obert followed a pace set by Bounti-
ful for a half mile and came away
through the stretch to win by length
and half in a drive from Pluchy, one
Of the G. c. Smithson pair. The tired
3ountiful was awarded third honors. a
half length back. though II appeared
that the Harry Payne Whitney candi-
date, Yashmalz, had raced her way into
that position after breaking last and
pursuing tortuous path, finishing on
the rail In close quarters.
Well Finder showed himself a game
son of Broomstick by taking the Capitol
Handicap. a six furlong sprint, in a
hard drive from the greatly improved
Translate. with Mercury a tired third.
Well Finder was the successful one in
the argument for the early pace. He
and Mercury disposed OF Knight Of the
Heather by pinching him back sharply
between them. rounding the turn and
then outgaming Mercury in the stretch
drive. Translate came from far back
and was going fastest at the end. beaten
a head. Brainstorm. another Whitney
color bearer, was away in a tangle and
received iistless handling when 1t be-
came evident that he could not overtake
the early pace.
J. b. Mcdonald. trainer OF Galiot and
Capt. Herschler, succumbed after an
attack of smallpox. contracted. accord
ing to attending Baltimore physicians.
at Mobile during the recent meet there.
Mcdonald was native Of Bay City.
Mich. and is survived by q wife and
brother.