Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-06
S2O2,5OO in Stakes
Offered, Doubling
Last Years Outlay
By Lewis F. AtehiSon

in the neighboring State. 1t is
the earliest opening in Maryland
history, and for the first time in
its Al years Bowie will take all of
its dates in one lump.
Post time for the first race will
be 1880 pm. daily.
From Bowie the horses move
to Laurel for II days, and thence
to Pimlico for the final Is days Of
spring competition. Laurel and
Pimlico will divide 80 days in the
fall. when Bowie will be inactive.
but everybody with a stake in
Maryland racing will be watch
ing the Bowie experiment.
Rich Program Offered.
With an opportunity to reap
the benefits of a long meeting,
Bowie officials are offering a
$2O2,500 stakes program. almost
double last years outlay, topped
by the $75,000-added John B.
Campbell Memorial at a mile and
one-sixteenth. The response
from horsemen was good enough
to forecast the most attractive
spring racing Maryland has wit
messed in years.
Such outstanding handicap
horses as c. V. Whitney's Fisher
man. winner of last years Wash
ington. D. c., International, at
Laurel. King Ranch's High Gun.
Hasty House Farms Hasty Road,
William G. Helis' Helioscope.
Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Joe Jones,
Calumet Farms threesome of
Mark Ye Well, Fleet Bird and
Dukes Lea and Brookmeade
Stables Capeador are among
the Campbell nominees.
Years Top Handicap.
The Campbell will be the rich
est handicap race of the year
in Maryland, and well might be
one of the most appealing races
presented in recent Maryland
turf history. Hasty Road won
last years Preakness and more
recently the Widener, and Hello
scope won the Pimlico Special,
defeating Fisherman. Joe Jones
took last years inaugural run
ming of the Campbell with late
rush under Jockey Conn Nc
Creary, and last Saturday ran
second to Poona II in the Santa
Anita Handicap.
Because of the early start
only one 2-year-old stake. the
$500 Bowie Breeders Az fur
long sprint, and one stake for
3-year-old fillies, the Miss Mary
land Handicap at 5l2 furlongs
next Wednesday, have been
scheduled. The other races will
be for 3-year-olds and up ex-
cept for the Gold Cup. $4,000
6-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds
on closing day.
The 6-furlong Burch Memorial
next Saturday. and the mile and
one-sixteenth Bowie Handicap
April 2, are stepping stones to
the Campbell. The races are
worth $4,000 and $4,000, re-
spectively.
$4,000 Filly Race Offered.
Other stakes scheduled are the
$4,000 = added Barbara Friet-
chic at 7 furlongs for fllies and
mares March 10 and the $4,000
added Southern Maryland at 7
furlongs March 26.
Mrs. Marion dupont SCOTS
Saratoga, second to the highly
touted Nashua in the Flamingo
a week ago. has been named
for the Gold Cup and Bowie fans
undoubtedly will get a chance
to watch him run in a tight
ener" before the race.
Warmer weather during the
past month enabled horsemen
to get their charges in shape
for the meeting and Starter
Eddie Blind has been schooling
horses out of the gate for the
last two weeks. More than 800
horses are quartered at Bowie,
with space reserved for the
larger stables that will ship in
from Florida. The overflow has
been sent to surrounding tracks
and will be vanned to Bowie.
One Major Change Made.
Alan T. Clarke, with 25 hope
fuls; j. Bowes Bond, with more.
than 30; Bernie Bond with 40
and w. H. Foales with % were
among the early arrivals.
Among those expected over the
week end were Hirsch Jacobs,
with a stable public stable;
Jimmy MCGEE. who trains Art
Rooneys Shamrock Stable, and
Frank Bonsal with 40 or more
head.
Only one major change has
been made in Bowie's physical
appearance, but it is an import
ant one, moving the paddock
from behind the grandstand to
the clubhouse turn adjoining the
administration building and
jockeys quarters. 1t should be
more popular with the fans and
will be much more convenient
for the riders and trainers.
Lake Has MOtOrbOat.
For a ecorative motif, a
motorboat has been launched on
one of the two inf1eld leagues, but
otherwise the place looks pretty
much as it did when the horses
departed last December.
Bowie will have competition
only from Charles Town, w. Va,
during the first 10 days, but from
past experience the little track
in the hills will feel it most. The
Maryland track is getting away
from the New Jersey and New
York competition that has hurt
racing severely in this area.
Charles Town showed the way
in early openings this year by
starting February q and enioV-