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BOWIE AFFECTED BY RAIN UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS IMPAIR THE ATTENDANCE BUT RACING IS EXCELLENT. Fenmouse Defeats King Worth in a Closely -Contested Race — Bon Otis and Garnet Winners — Horses Gathering at Havre de Grace. Baltimore. Md., April 3. — Fenmouse. racing in the colors of G. A. Muller, and ridden by jockey E. Ambrose, accounted for the Queen Anne purse, which was offered as the feature race at Bowie today. The race was a seven-eighths sprint and brought together a representative field. King Worth, a recent arrival from Havana, set a fast pace witli Fair Helen and Fenmouse in close pursuit. On the turn for home Ambrose moved up and. in a driving finish, got Fenmouse up in the last twenty yards. A sudden change in weather conditions, due to overnight rain, reduced the attendance to enthusiasts and regulars. The going, however, was not greatly affected by the rain and there were few scratches. Well balanced fields faced the starter and spirited racing resulted. F. J. Pons scored his first victory of the meeting when Bon Otis was returned the winner in the opening dash. Garnet graduated from the maiden class during the afternoon by defeating a poor class of non-winners. Horses from Havana monopolized the places in the fifth race. James Rowe has made an application for stalls at Havre de Grace and it is probable that the colors of Harry Payne Whitney will not be shown in Maryland until the opening of that meeting. The horses of Dr. J. S. Tyree. whose King Neptune is rated as one of the likely three-year-olds of the year, are at Havre de Grace. John O. Talbott. with his stable of seventeen; W. L. Oliver, with a likely string, including his good sprinter Kewossa and the three-year-old Ed Bond: W. R. Mizell. with Robert Bradley and a useful string: the E. Mnrrone stable, with Charles-tonian and others; John Powers, with the good handicap horse Harry Shaw and others of lesser renown; A. R. Bresler and James McClelland are others already quartered at Havre de Grace. John Pangle will shortly receive a couple of two-year-olds from the Richard T. Wilson stable that he will race during the year. Pangle has had others from trainer T. J. Healey that he has raced with success and sold to advantage. John Mayberry was an arrival from Belmont Park this morning. He is here in search of exercise Ixiys. Mayberry reports the horses he is training for George F. Johnson, Jr., are backward, owing to the late spring. A stable at Pimlieo has been prepared for the Henry Waterson string, which is due to arrive in Baltimore from Gravesend tomorrow. There are twelve in the string and all but three are two-year-olds. Edward Tribe, whose home is in Baltimore, will leave for San Diego, April 5, to be on hand for the opening of the Tijuana meeting, for which Tribe has been engaged to do the starting. The big stable that Capt. W. F. Presgrave wintered in New Jersey is due to arrive at Pimlieo in a few days. Jule C. rson reports that the four-year-old Half Bock, by Rock Sand — -Half Sovereign, has wintered in grand condition and is one of the best looking horses at Gravesend. Garson went over to New York Saturday night to look the horse over and arrange to have him put into active training. John P. Mclnerney, who is here taking in the races, will leave for California the latter part of the week. He will be associated with Jack Atkin in a book nt Tijuana. N. K. Beal reports that his old campaigner El Oro. which has been turned out at the W. Jennings farm at Mount Washington. Md.. has wintered well and that his legs are in good condition again. El Oro will be taken up and put in training next week. Biihard Pending has succeeded Tom Strahan as track superintendent at Bowie. Despite the rain that fell last night the footing was in excellent condition, thanks to Pendings untiring efforts. A few years back Ptnding was a successful steeplechase rider. R. A. White has purchased Marshon of J. M. Zimmer and turned the horse over to H. Tansey to train. James Johnston asked to have Republican excused from starting in the Queen Anne purse. The horse ran away two and a quarter miles before his race on Saturday. The stewards, however, insisted on the starting of the horse today and Republican ran a dull race.
