Evening star., 1955-03-15
3 Stakes EIigibIes
Competing Today in
Bowie's Headliner
BY Joseph B. Kelly

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Eight flllies and mares, three of
them eligible for Saturdays S25,-
600 added Barbara Frietchie
Handicap, will fight it out in the
$4,000 Hygro Purse. the fifth
race which headlines Bowie's
program today.
Howell E. Jackson's Subita,
Cedar Farms Wondrous Hour
and Mrs. Arthur Whites Battle
Wave are the Barbara Frietchie
nominees
Race fans will find difficulty in
naming the right one in today's
feature although three of the
nine entrants have had a race
over the Bowie track at the cur
rent meeting. Wondrous Hour
finished third behind Browse last
week and may be established the
choice.
Mrs. Samuel Lewin's Senga
scored impressively at a mile and
sixteenth last Friday and. de-
spite her top weight of lit
pounds, could lead again from
wire to wire. Subita. part of the
Howell E. Jackson entry with
Chateau. is a 4-year-old f1lly by
Fast and Fair and an excellent
sprinter. She will draw a good
share Of the backing.
Battle Wave won twice at
Bowie last fall and is usually re-
garded as a router as she is
a daughter of Battleship. S. D.
Gottlieb's First Served should be
in contention throughout the
6-furlong event, having finished
second at Hialeah in excellent
time in her last race.
Gallito and Tortilla, who ran
behind Browse opening day, COM
plete the field.
Ray Metcalf. trainer of Ifa-
body, the horse everybody
seemed to feel sorry for after
Saturdays disqualification, said
he was the most surprised man
at the track when Ifabodys
number came down.
He pointed out that the colt
had actually scraped the inside
rail when he made his move
through the stretch to finish
first and that he had no idea
a foul had occurred. He was
quick to add, however. that he
has complete faith in the
stewards and would make no
protest.
Brazen Brat, Mrs. Samuel
Pistorios accomplished mare,
and Mrs. Ada l.. Rice's Cerise
Refine have been given topweight .
of l24 pounds each for Satur-
days Barbara Frietchie by John
Turner, jr., Bowie's racing Sec
retary.
There is a S = pound drop
on the list of weights to Fair
way Farms Good Call and Hasty
House Farms Queen Hopeful,
who were assigned ll9 pounds
each. Next is Lily Ann Stables
Guyana at lib and Walter j.
Appel's Another World at 116
Twenty-Five fillies and mares
were assigned weights and at
least Is are now regarded as
likely starters in the seven-fur-
long event, the third of Bowie's
1855 eight stakes.
Every one anticipated ruling
from the stewards against Jockey |
Walter Blum, who rode Ifabody
IN Saturdays Burch Memorial, |
but the officials announced yes
terday that the young rider had
been exonerated of any blame.
An error in reading the tracks
program proofs caused the in
advertent scratching in The
Stars selections column yester-
day of Fearnaught, long-shot
winner of the first race. The
horses name the afternoon pre-
viously had been spelled Fear
Not. In correcting the spelling,
the track crossed out the horses
name on the page proofs of it's
program yesterday morning, /
causing The Stars Handicapped
to think the horse had been
scratched. The mistake was dis
covered too late to catch it in the
first edition of The Star.