Evening star., 1953-03-29
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NimbIe Fox Second;
Mutuel HundIe Not
Up to Expectations
BY Lewis r. Atchison

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Too lame to run after winning
his only two starts last year.
Tuscany picked UP yesterday
where he left of before going on
his extended vacation by vim
ming the 22nd running of the
$40. .000-added Rowe Memorial
Handicap at Bowie. It was the
second straight victory in the
Rowe for the f1ve-year-old son
of The Rhymer.
Backed down almost to even
money by the crowd of 10000.
Tuscany ran like the favorite in
beating eight others home.
Trainer Frank Bonsal conceded
the event had too much speed
for Samuel A. Peck's Potpourri
and scratched him about an
hour before the race. It was a
good race. but the competition
was strictly for second place as
Tuscany won by three lengths.
Fastest Time on New Strip.
Tuscany ran the six furlongS
in I'LL, best time recorded for
the distance since the Bowie
track was rebuilt last year.
Jockey Nick Shuk gave Mrs.
Samuel S. Pistorio's color bearer
q good, smart ride to win.
Eugene Constantin, jr.'s MINI
bic Fox, second choice in the
betting, was second by a neck,
with Bobanet Stables Brazen
Brat only a head farther back.
Max Kahlbaum's Jampol was
fourth.
Tuscany paid $3.50, So and
/ $3.50 across the board. Nimble
Fox returned $3.50 and $3.50.
j. Bowes Bond trained both
Tuscany and Brazen Brat, who
were coupled in the betting.
The victory was worth $7,7oo
Ito Mrs. PiStorio, who also re-
tceived silver trophy from Miss
Helen Lillis, daughter Of Bowie's
board Of directors, in ceremony
at the winners circle after the
/ race.
Handle Disappointing.
A good crowd turned out for
the second day of the 3l-day
combined Bowie-Laurel meeting,
but the days wagering added up
to disappointing total Of
81 ,295, 1928. The attendance was
well under the record of 23,640
established in 1916 and the bet
ting didn't come up to that of
last December 13, when $1,367,-
O65 went through the pari.
mutuel machines on the last day
OF the meeting.
Bowie's best day, financially.
was recorded December /, 1851.
when the track handled $685..
8l5. The plant at that time was
in the hands of receivers. The
betting record was made with
only 18.027 fans in the stands.
In yesterdays Rowe Memorial.
War Age set the early pace with
Tuscany right behind. The fa-
vorite took over going into thS
far turn and pulled away in the
stretch. !
Jockey Jimmy Combest, break.
ing alertly with Nimble Fox on
the outside. didn't have enough
room to get the Constantin
horse over near the rail and had
to race on the outer edge all the
way. When Shuk kept Tuscany
close to the rail coming around
the last bend, it was evident that
Nimble Fox couldn't win.
Field WelI-Bnnched.
Arthur Monteiro gave it a good
try on Brazen Brat and, after
laying fourth most Of the way.
staged a drive that almost caught
Nimble Fox.
Brazen Brat. however, was
threatened in turn by Joe Gull
none on Jampol, who was only
a nose ahead Of King Jolie, with
Sammy Boulmetis up. AS noted
before, 1t was well-bunched
field, with the exception Of the
winner. Tuscany evidently didn't
like traffic jams.
It was a sunny. typical spring
afternoon when the first race
got under way, 10 minutes late
for the second straight day. But
before the afternoon was over.
clouds blotted out the sun and
(See BOWIE. Page C.5o