The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
Lunetta Runs Second and
Rygone Days Gets
Third Money.
BETTER LUCK WINS
Forshala, Favorite, Falters in
Final Furlong-New At
tendance Record Set.
By HAWTHORNE.

DO" IL, Mu, Aprli c.-DuhBN DNNn'
a sturdy son of vulcan-Mary Orr.
added another victory to his East
ern conquests when he captured
with ease the Prince Georges Han
dicap. the outstanding attraction
of a better than average card at
Bowie this afternoon
Ridden by the scintillating
Chick" Lang. who incidentally
piloted four winners home during
the matinee. the western star was
-staunchly supported in the specuia-
tion and his score was the most
popular Of the afternoon Lunetta
was the one to place. while Bygone
Days was third.
Bygone Days was the victim of
poor start, which can be laid at
the door of Jockey Brooke. Slip
perry Elm and Lunetta. two no
torious bad actors. delayed the start
for seven minutes, and when the
field was finally aligned. Brooke
was unprepared and the others
were well in motion before he got
under way.
Slippery Elm was the one to cut
out the running during the early
stages. the pace being exceedingly
slow. When settled in the run
down the backstretch. Lang called
upon Buhga Buck and the Dattner
silk bearer responding in a courag-
eous manner drew away into a safe
lead
Lunetta. which was racing in a
forward position. doomed up with
a rush rounding the far turn, but
Lang alert to the possibilities went
to the whip and never left the
issue in doubt. Lunetta held c
safe margin over Bygone Days.
while Slippery Elm tailed of to a
whisper at the end. The winner
was accorded a noisy demonstration
by the crowd.
The seating capacity of the
Prince Georges County plant was
taxed to its utmost and the crowd
sweltered in a blazing midsummer
sun. The. attendance broke all
previous records for the Bowie
plant. The card, which was down
for decision. was the very best that
has been offered at the meeting
and spirited finishes was the re-
suit. The players were more or
less at sea when> II came to con-
centrating their operations on win
ners. but several well-backed sec
ond choices were returned.
Wellfinder, racing in the silks OF
r. I. Miller. the popular Washing
ton sportsman. was forced to stand
a severe stretch drive in order to
maintain an early advantage in dhe
running of the Capital Handicap,
the secondary feature of the pro-
gram He barely disposed of Trans
late in the iast few strides
During the early stages the race
developed into battle between
Mercury. Knight of the Heather and
Wellfnder, with the Casey starter
blocked at the fa- turn. WeIlfnder
was fast firing at the finish and
had to be ridden out to win from
Translate. Translate finished game
ly and would have won had the
distance been only a few yards
longer.
The form players went astray in
the opening number when the Har-
ry Payne Whitney entry. Forshala.
faltered in the last furlong and was
disposed Of by Albert Simon's Bet
ter Luck. The winners time for
the distance was As 2-5 seconds. Just
LIS a second under the track
record
Apprentice Chick" Lang assumed
a commanding lead over all the
jockeys performing at the track.
and for the meeting. by scoring with
four consecutive mounts. The
youngster. in all. had the leg up on
six starters His first two efforts
resulted in his being unplaced. but
from the fourth out he dominated
the running in each event.
The largest field OF the day went
to the post in the second. a dash
at six and one-half furlongs for
4-year-olds and upward. T. f.
CRISIS whalebone proved pounds
better than his company. Pinched
of at the very beginning he had
to work his way through a ragged
field in order to get up in the final
sixteenth to win by a length and
one-half.
The third race. styled the Gin
derella Purse. brought out the long
est priced winner of the day when
Grace Mayors. who had been given
but scant attention in the specu-
lation. broke on top and making
every post a winning one. flashed
under the wire an easy victor over
Plucky. Two dollar mutuels paid
s31 on Mayors score.
Claiming affairs. over a distance
of ground. completed the card. Our
Birthday and Attorney Mui=. both
ridden by Lang. went to the fore
after the break and accounted for
the sixth and seventh races, re-
spectively. in handy fashion.