Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29
Campbell Field
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Late Scratches
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

Guar RaChuB GuAtoi
Iron Liege was an even
money favorite to win the
richest race ever run at Bowie
today-the $113,300 John B.
Campbell Memorial Handicap.
At long last-the very last
day-Bowie was getting the
balmy breezes and sunshine it
waited for In vain since Febru-
airy at the weather-jinxed
meeting as early arrivals sought
out vantage spots for the fifth
running of the Campbell.
The racing strip, deluged
with rain earlier in the week,
was drying out gradually to a
fast condition for the LIE mile
classic, which honors the late
racing secretary par excellence,
John Blanks Campbell.
The crowd was expected to
total some $4,000. The Camp
bell field, reduced to seven
starters after three scratches
this morning, was due to reach
the post at 4::30 pm. There was
no television or radio sched-
uled.
Two Late Entries
Roslyn Farms Go Lightly
and Brookf1eld Farms Imagem,
surprise entries yesterday, and
Livingston Stables Ournav, who
was looking for mud, were with
drawn apparently when their
connections thought they had
no chance today.
Iron Liege, whose last ap-
lpearance in Maryland resulted
in a sad letdown when he took
It on the chin from Bold Ruler
N the Preakness last spring
after winning the Kentucky
Derby, was again packing 1875
pounds today.
But there were no Bold
Rulers" in the lineup against
him today. There was also a
switch in riders. Dave Erb was
slated to handle the reins
astride Iron Liege instead of
Bill Hartack, who was riding
Tim Tam in Florida.
Plotting the upset of Iron
Liege today was soft spoken
trainer Hirsch Jacobs with his
gray 4-year-old colt Promised
Land, and Paper Tiger, a vet
eran, who if he could talk,
would be Bowie's loudeSt
booster.
Promised Land Familiar
Promised Land, no stranger
to Bowie either. having won
the Gold Cup last spring, was
making his first appearance
in the East after capturing
Santa Anita's 100000 added
San Juan Capistrano on the
grass. Ismael Valenzuela was
on hand to ride Promised
Land, second lightweight with
121 pounds.
Paper Tiger, 116, was taking
another shot at the Campbell.
Last year he was fourth be-
hind the victorious Dedicate.
Two weeks ago the 7-year-old
Paper Tiger, sired by Stymie,
made his customary late rush
and won the Bowie Handicap
by way of a warmup.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt had
hopes of winning his second
Campbell with his consistent
oldtimer, Find. an 8-year-old
who invariably manages to get
part of the purse. He has
been freshened at Sycamore
Farm following campaign at
Santa Anita. Find, with 119
pounds. was being ridden by
Joe Culmone, who has enjoyed
singular success at Bowie dur
ing this meeting.
Vanderbilt won perhaps the
best remembered Campbell in
1855, when Social Outcast
noSed out Fisherman on the
wire after all four starters
raced like they were dashed to-
gether through the home
stretch.
LOngShOts in Field
Longshot shoppers were Of
fered varied fare with the bal
ance to today's Campbell field.
There were Ruffalo Brothers
Flying Chief, lis CMonocelli)
and William H. Bishops Bern
burgoo, ITO Meaux).
Perhaps even longer is Wayne
Hendricks King Challa, 102
(Catalano).
Pinch-hitting for Trainer
Jimmy Jones today was Stable
Foreman Dee Brooks, who was
scheduled to tighten the g;rth
on Iron Liege. The Calumet
colt arrived in Maryland last
week after his head loss to
L.