The Washington times., 1928-04-05
BY Paddock

Joe McLennan, race secre
bary and Handicapped, is work
inc overtime to make SatuEs
days program at Bowie wei
Of attracting ever
larger attendance than was On
hand Tuesday.
McIennan will use the Z furlona
Of the CAPITOL Handicap as q tryOlf
for the Preakness and Kentucky
Derby candidates.
Elmer Truennan. Of Arlington, win
send Charles III. after the purse and
this one will surely improve off hi4
race Of Tuesday.
water Lad, Sunny Saint ant
Molly Elizabeth, Preakness candi4
dates. which are Quartered at Bowie
viii very likely parade. Other good Z
3-year-olds on the ground Will 10
postward and a slashing race II ~
prospect.
Backing up the Capitol Handicap
Is the Junior Purse, a haH-mile dash
for 2-year-oIds; the Highway Hand.
cap. q 5K -furlong sprint for 3-ycaf-
olds and upward. and the Old Do.
minion Handicap. mile and To-
yard affair for 3-year-olds and w.
ward.
The best horses In training &
will start and II the track b
fast those in attendance win
witness some high-cIass racing.
Never was better. That IL what
the horsemen are saying about the
starting Of Jim Milton.
Rhode Campbell. who has Reghs
Iarity. False, and Uncertain quar-
tered at PimIico, will ship on sat-
urday to Beulah Park. Ohio, where
they will await the opening at thal
point.
Lester Penman, who Is making
the book for Jockey Al. Robertson
clever jockey at the recent Cube
meeting, says the boy can do az
pounds.
Bill BringIOe, trainer Of the
Seagram Stable, win ship rs y
horses from PimIicO to Havrc
de Grace on Friday.
Charles Hagen, agent for Jockey
o. Bourassa, who is under contract
to the ,Seagram Stable is an ar
rival from New Orleans
The board OF directors Of the
Maryland Jockey Club are now
studying the plans Of the r. AZ
Waite starting gate and are very
likely to report favorably on the ma
chine.
Uncle Jim Arthur, of the Long
Green Valley, Is the latest hOrseN
man to put in d boost for the gate
Various members Of the Arthur
string broke from the gate when i
was operated the past winter at JeI-
ferson Park, New Orleans, and he
says it is a big aid to starting.
In addition. it keeps horses from
cutting down one another while,
awaiting the start.
There are 81 horses on the pre-
ferred list. They have been enteredt
in races, but due to the large fieldss3
have not had a chance to start.
Fifty are listed for less than q
mile, while the remainder are await
ing a chance at mile or over.
Happy Gordon was all smiles. All
three of his boys were in the rum
ming Tuesday, l.. Steinhart winning
with Gracious Gift, Eddie Ambrose
was third with Bucky Harris in the
Inaugural. and J. Josiah finished
second with King Carter.
Eleven 2.year-olds, 10 3-year-
Odds and the 5-year-OId CRUSADER
were included in the Glen Riddle
Stable, which Trainer George I
Conway brought into Havre de
Grace from winter quarters at
Berlin, Md.
The Q. year Odds In Conway
charge, Naomi, Golden Fruit. On
Her Toes, Battleship Grey, Amer
can Navy, Jack Tar. Gobs, Var
Woman, Shipmasters War Horss.
and Marine Compass.
Three-year-old division IS con-
posed of Toxic, War Whoop, High
ness, Vespers. Gem OF the Oceans
San Reddicker, Admirars Lasslss'
Miss Shrapnel, Marble Blue any
Canteen.
A report reached here today tnas
Ionic Tyron. the boy plunger q
the West, died yesterday IN AT
IONA. Tyron was on his way from
Tia Juana when he was stricken
with appendicitis. He was taken:
from a train at Choenis and neVsrl
recovered from the operation.
Jockeys Albert Hunt, Sonny
Workman and #. Stevens nm
tile road this morning in an Il
effort to reduce. As soon as -
the weather warns up the
jockey colony will heave q sign
Of relief.
Elk Jockey Jimmy Wallace
reached Baltimore today from New
Orleans. He soon will become Ri
patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He is suffering from stomach
trouble.
Al Opperman, well-known handi-
capper, was an arrival today from \
Miami. AL has fully recovered from
a recent illness and he was given !
a hearty welcome by the regulars
There is no more popular fol-
lowers Of the thoroughbred than
Opperman.