Evening star., 1936-11-29
BIC WIN At BOWIE
FOURTH TH|SFAL
Sets Stake-Victory Mark
for Notwithstanding
NettIes Stewards.
y, the Associated Press.

~ OWE Nd, November 2S,-
u Roman Soldier, second to
Omaha in last years Ken
IL lucky Derby, took the Bryan
and OHara Memorial Handicap, clos
ing day fixture, from Memory Book by
. length today to climax the greatest
Fall record any thoroughbred of the
handicap division ever made in Mary
land.
Already the 4-year-old coal black
son Of Cohort-Miamba had won the
Havre de Grace, Washington and
Riggs hAndicaps in a row-something
no other horse ever did. He required
only today's $4,000 stake, richest Of
the Bowie meeting, for a perfect tri-
umph.
The $4,000 fans who braved the
cold to watch the thoroughbreds got
q great thrill from Roman Soldiers
score. He won this race in the same
impressive manner as he did the
others, carrying 1913 pounds and COW
ering / 3/l6 miles in 1895, only
NTH of a second of the stake record
made by Kincsen in 1882. Kincsen's
score was accomplished with % pounds
less than Roman Soldier had up to-
day.
Runs Earnings to sol 1886.
IT WAS Roman Soldiers fourteenth
victory of his three seasons of
racing. He now has earned $9l,9 1886
in purses.
Jockey Jackie Westrope, who knows
how to handle Roman Soldier, brought
him up swiftly from fourth place to
take the lead at the last turn and
Withstand a rousing stretch chal-
lenge by Memory Book. Greentree
stable colt. r. A. Moor's Thursday,
7-year-old son of Mars, was third,
three lengths away. Next in order
were Caught, Reminding and Moon
Side.
Phil Reuter-, who trains Roman
Soldier for Elwood Sachsenmaier. an
nounced as he saddled the winner he
expected the sleek black racer soon
to be sold for $50,00O He explained
two California moving picture men,
whom he did not name, were bidding
for the colt. He said the Soldier
would ship out Of here for Florida
pending negotiations.
Another Sponging Case.
ROWIES stewards, who have been
busy for q week trying to thwart
o gambling ring tampering with the
racers, announced q sixth case OF
sponging had been uncovered on the
closing day. A sponge was discovered
In the nose Of Calumet Dick and
was believed to have been there when
the horse ran last in a race last
Saturday.
Although the obvious purpose OF
"sponging" is to keep a horse from
winning . race so that the gamblers
can clean up in the betting, only one
other Is known to have run with his
nostril plugged. That was j. H. j.
Townsend's Chatmoss, which like
wise finished last.
In the other four instances, the
sponges were detected before the
races went.
WSbOH 16AcS SOuIiHv SdhCs
"A c. COMPTON'S Weston and
A' Jockey Eddie De. Camillis
proved the winning combination in
the Johnny Cake Handicap. the days
secondary feature, run over the mile
and one-sixteenth route. Forcing the
pace the first five-eighths. Weston
was sent to the top and left the back
lane to win easily. The Erindale
Stables Greek Fire outgamed the
Cosgrave Stables Jack Patches for
the place.
The placing judges had to resort to
the camera to decide the winner Of
the days three quarter r-mile opener.
The picture showed the Greentree Sta
bles Allowance, favorite, nosing out
Brandywine Stables Broad XIII. AL
lowance paid $40.
Long-shot players collected in the
mile and one-half Of the second. when
A. Nader's Irish Vote stepped the dis
lance in 2.37. He paid $21.90. It
was his seventh victory in SO starts
this year.
The daily double paid $3.50, when
J. q. Summers Danarco won the
mile and 10 yards OF the third. DAN
arco paid $10.80. A regular parlay
on Danarco and Allowance would have
netted more than the double.
Qox.y.o Qoer,1+.