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BROOKS A BOWIE SURPRISE STEEPLECHASER BEATS FASTEST SPRINTERS AT THE TRACK IN A GAME FINISH. Pleasant Weather Induces the Best Attendance of the Meeting Jockey Ambrose Rides Three "Winners Flare and Kentucky Boy Finish First. Baltimore, 3Id., November 17. Joseph E. Davis, Brooks, which won a jumping race at Iimlico recently, accounted for todays feature race at Bowie, when he beat Marse Henry by a nose in the Higb-Aveight Handicap. The race was a dash of three-quarters to which a purse of 00 was added and it brought to the post a field of the best sprinters racing here. Marse Henry was a heavily backed favorite for the race. He began a bit slowly, but moved up with a rush while rounding the far turn and passed the pacemaker. Back Bay, in the homestretch. Just when he appeared to have the race won Brooks came from behind with a rusli and in sinew straining finish managed to get up in the final strides to win by the smallest of margins. Kewcssa was outpaced all the way and was never prominent. Brooks was ridden by E. Ambrose, who also had the mount tut Flare and Kentucky Boy, which won the first and third races. Pleasant weather resulted in a large crowd turning out, the attendance being the largest of the meeting. Speculation was heavy. A meeting of the eastern branch of the Thoroughbred Horse Association was held last night at a downtown hotel. Plans to establish a more harmonious and thorough relationship with the different associations were discussed. Several new applications for membership were forwarded to the parent body at Lexington, Ky. It was decided to hold the next meeting at Bowie next spring. "William Garth presided at the meeting. W. Fcmviek lias decided to remain at Bowie with Ills horses this winter. Ho has taken over J. McPhcrsons Mary Warren and will have her lired with the hope of bringing her back to the races next spring. Seuor A. H. Mojia has purchased the two-year-old Marblehead from 31. F. Sheedy and will ship him to Cuba. O. E. Pons received word, by wire from Nashville, this morning, that his brother, Francis J. Pons, is dangerously ill at his farm at 3Iadison, Tenu. He was stricken several days ago with an attack of pneumonia. F. E. Kraft has purchased at private sale from David Gideon, the selling plater Little Dipper and will ship her to Tijuana with the remainder of his stable. Capt. W. J. Press was an arrival from Detroit this morning and will remain for the rest of the meeting. Notice was posted in the secretarys office that a handicap at one mile and a sixteenth, for all ages, would be run on the closing day of the meeting, to be known as the Thanksgiving Handicap. The club will add a purse of ,000 to this race. The two-year-olds Swoon and Courtship II. were yesterday shipped to the Walter S. Payne Farm, near Lexington, Ky., where they will be retired for the winter. In the same car went Jacklena, owned by A. L. Aste; Fantam Bala, the property of R. T. Wilson; Caraquet, owned by J. JIarronc and two fillies belonging to Barney Schreiber. Caraquet was Kent to the J. S. Barbee Farm. The two-year-old Al Hudson is the only horse that the Kentucky Stable has at Bowie and traiuor Martin will dispose of him at private sale before the meeting comes to a close. A special train, made up of five steel express cars, will leave the Mount Washington station, adjoining the Iimlico race course, tomorrow morning for Havana. Like the special that left AYind-sor. it will go all the way through and the horses will be unloaded at the gates of Oriental Park race track. The consignment will be made up of sixty horses belonging to the following owners: Joseph Man-one, 31. Daly, 31. Kelly, H. Herdel, J. B. Partridge. A. B. Davidson. J. 31. Booker, N. L. Snelson, Peter Sheridan, C. Reynolds, P. Stephenson and J. IS. Harrison. Two more special trains will leave Bowie for Cuba at the conclusion of the meeting. This mornings work-outs on a fast track at Bowie included tlte following: Bar Frost Half mile in 52. Benevolent Half mile in 51. Blue Bock Half mile in .71. Brave Cunarder JHlo in J :52. Brooklyn Half mile in 53. Burbank Three-quarters in 1:22. Carlton !. 31ile i:i 1:55. Chemung Mile in 1:50. Col. Giitelius Three-quarters in 1:23. Curraghaleen 3lile in 1:1J. Devil Fish Five-eighths in 1:00. Eagle Half mile in 5:5. Gainer Half mile in 51. Humiliation 3Iile in 1:50. Jack Carl Half mile in 51. Kilday Five-eighths in 1:07. Little Nearer Mile in 1:52. Lord Fitz Hubert Five-eighths in 1:00. Moonlighter Three-quarters in 1:20. 3lr. 3Iack Three-quarters in 1:2G. Polroma Half mile in 50. Sandhill Half mile in 52. The Rump Three-quarters in 1:20. Thornhill Three-quarters in 1:23. Tiug-a-Ling Half mile in 52.
