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EASTERN SEASON IS OPEN BOWIE MEETING BEGINS UNDER CONDITIONS THAT ARE HIGHLY PROMISING Ideal Weather Kelps to Attract Big Crowd to the theCourse Course Isidora Wins Inaugural Handicap in inExciting1 Exciting1 Drive with Brave Curnarder Valtimore Mil April 1 Captain P M Walkers Isidora won the Inaugural Handicap the feature event of the opening lavs card at the Bowls track 1rwu select opposition in a hard drive through the strelch She scored by a short head over Brave Ciinanler and Harry Shaw It was the closest finish of the afternoon and the winner re ¬ mained undecided till the official placing was dis ¬ played Isidora followed the fast pace sot out by Mm Basey and Harry Shaw and although losing much ground at the head of the stretch by going wide closed with a great burst of s eed and got up in the closing strides Brave Ciinanler a keen factor from the start disposed of Harry Shnw in the linal twenty feet The latter ran a remarkable race and appeared as if he was not keyed up for the gruelling lest lestIdeal Ideal summerlike weather favored the manage ¬ ment and a recordbreaking crowd journeyed to t he Ctiurse Form students had n good line on the horses engaged and most of the winners were warmly supported by the talent Twentynine layers were in line and all reported that specula ¬ tion was brisk throughout the afternoon afternoonThe The opening dash of thy lay lor maiden two yearolds saw the largest field of the day parade to the post fifteen in number The winner turned up In a handsome ttlly from the stable of C T Patterson Sand Pocket which beat II 1 Whit ¬ neys lolitc by a good margin lolite did not re ¬ ceive any the best of the break and overcome a lot of Interference but her chances of scoring were ruined when the winner swerved down to the iu side rail in the stretch stretchThe The talent received a setback when Samuel Ross Ida Claire was returned th winner of the second Ilnda Payne was the popular choice and ran a disappointing race showing at no time any of her usual sixied Large sixiedLarge fields went to the post there being few withdrawal and contention was of the keenest Jockey keenestJockey Tommy McTaggart made his reappearance ilithe waddle after a lapse of over a year when lie hud the mount on Tom 1lward in the opening dash dashAmong Among the numerous visitors today was Preston Illirch who recently arrived from France FranceJohn John Croaker well known to racing followers wlrj has been in the Johns Hopkins hospital for the best part of the winter suffering with a complica ¬ tion of diseases expects to be able to leave the in ¬ stitution and join the regulars soon soonHigh High Class a plater in the stable of A II Brandt died at tlie track a few days ago from pneumonia contracted while en route from New Orleans to Washington WashingtonMrs Mrs Hart Dcrnham wife of a wellknown racing official on the Maryland half mile tracks died at a local hospital this morning
