The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
MAJOR RACING
TRACK OPENS
TOMORROW
Hayre de Grace Features
Eastern Shore Handicap
on First Day
~ HARRY sTRINGER

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The autumn racing season on the
major Maryland tracks viii start
tomorrow when Havre de Grace,
the picturesque course on the upper
reaches of Chesapeake Bay. throws
open its gate for a ten-day session.
Featuring the opening days pro-
gram will be the annual renewal Of
the Eastern Shore Handicap, =
sprint of six furlongs for two-year-
ODDS, which has q $4,000 purse as
The race has attracted 4 galaxy
az Juvenile stars Chief among
their number is Edward e, Brad
ley's sensational colt, Bubbling Over.
regarded by many shrewd turf ex-
perts as the superior Of Pompeys
winner of the Hopeful at Saratoga,
and the Belmont Futurity, and the
champion OF the year.
The colt Is bound 70 rule an
overwhelming favorite for the
classic if the track remains fast.
Should it turn muddy IL il doubt
full liz he viii start as he has never
shown any keen relish for soft
going.
Samuel Ross, Of Washington,
win make 8 bid for the rich purse
with Cinema. This filly made
her debut in Bowie racing this
spring, winning an overnight
race.
Since then she has gone on to
better things and now ranks with
the topmost Of her sex. While she
can run on any kind Of a track.
she has a preference for mud and
with the track in her favor she
stands q smart chance Of carrying
off the days honors.
If the crowds entertained at the
Ieaky roof meetings at Tim0nium
and Marlboro are an augury. the
big Maryland tracks. Havre De
Grace. Laurel, Pimlico and Bowie
are going to have the biggest
season in their history At Timon-
iurff there were 80 many people in
the course on the opening day that
1t was almost impossible to move.
The heat was terrific and several
were overcome and removed from
the stands on stretchers.
At Marlboro, the same situation
prevailed though the Prince
Georges course is more cOmOdlOW
and there was less crOwding and
no casualties from the heat were
recorded. fr
The same horses raced at both
points. There was scarcely q hand
full Of them and to fill the pro-
grams they had to race against one
another every day. They presented
q graphic illustration Of the uncer-
tainties Of the sport from b spe-
culative standpoint. as nearly every
time the same fields met the win
ner turned UP from new quarter.
Such enthusiasm as was dis
PLAYED at Marlboro and Timonium,
deserves better sport. The man
agements of the tracks cannot be
blamed altogether for its poor
quality. The purses they hung out
were as large as those offered by
similar tracks elsewhere but with
so many running in opposition they
failed to draw enough horses to
make up one good race a day not
to mention seven. Happily, there
will be relief from this evil on the
big circuit. Stabling facilities at
Havre De Grace have been taxed
to accommodate the thoroughbred
while at Laurel the reservations
nave Deem I1LI6u IOF WEEKS cS1t0
horses are being turned away.
Meetings such as those at Tim.
oniium and Marlboro do nothing
but work an injury on the sport.
no matter what the responsibility or
their promoters may be. It is axio-
matte that consistency cannot be
expected in cheap horses and when
this class of horses are raced under
the conditions obtaining at these
two tracks, form is almost entirely
lacking.
Still it is difficult for a casual
race patron to understand why
a horse who beat the same field
one day cannot do it the next, and
when il fails his suspfciOns of the
honesty of the sport are at once
aroused.
This condition can be overcome.
If the racing organizations working
among themselves cannot remedy 1t
by setting up central body to allot
dates to the various tracks so that
they will not conflict and cause a
shortage OF horses all around, the
State with it's racing commission,
has the power to deal with the
matter effectively.