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NEW GRANDSTAND AT MARLBORO TRACK. Will Be Larger Than One Burnod«— Hundred New Stalls to Be Constructed. Baltimore. Md., February S. — Announcement has been made by the Southern Maryland Agricultural and Fair Association that work will be started immediately on the erection of a new grandstand at the Marlboro course Which was recently destroyed by fire. The stand will be much larger than the old construction and will be built on the order of the one at the new Bowie traek. In addition to this over a hundred new stalls will lie erected and the course almost entirely rebuilt. These additional stalls are being erected to accommodate the horse show exhibitors who will take part in the annual horse show. James F. Ollara. the general manager of the course, said J I all ids J that it was the managements intention to make a feature of the horse show, and many prominent exhibitors from New York, Virginia and other contiguous points have already signified their intention of having their horses take part in the exhibition. In addition to the horse show a card of six or more running races will tie run off each day. The meeting will start on May 28 and continue until the lirst day of June. It is interesting to note that the Bowie raee course has fast become the Mecca for wintering horses. At the present time there are ISO horses quartered at this course, all of which have been at the track since the fall meeting, not one has ben on the sick list, thus testifying to the healthy condition of the cours.-. In speaking of a prominent horseman who has a large stable quartered there he said: "I consider the Bowie track the best track in the country to winter horses at, and is 011 par with, if not better than, anything south of the Carolinas. Of my stable with eighteen horses, every one is in tiptop condition and I expect to take them up shortly. The track itself has been in grand order and racing could be conducted within twenty-four hours notice." Walter House is there with five two-year-olds including a sister of Arnold. Among the other owners who are quartered ::t the track are: Tom Shannon. 18: Claude Freeman. 10: Nat Peal. 12: James Arthur. 1«: H. Pending. 0; V. H. Vivel. .: V.. Mi -Bride. 9; Bobort Boyle. 4: William Jennings. .S: W. Brooks, a: William Beckett. 4: Kentucky Stable. 25; J. .1. Farrell. 4; W. Foreman, 3. and Harry Bites. 13. Bowie will probably open the spring meeting here, and While no dates have been given out as yet by the Jockey Club, it is expected that they will be granted so as to usher in the spring meet -ing about the lirst of April. This will be followed by Havre de Grace and Piinlico. when the scene will shift to the metropolitan courses. Around Baltimore county there are at least four half mile coiirsi s which will run in between these dates. Many of the horsemen now quartered at the ta-ii. 011s old Penning course have taken up their horses. and it appears certain "that there will not lx- a liortage of material for early racing, such as existed last year. The shortage was caused by the extremely bid weather in the east, and many horsemen were unable to take up their horses until late in the spring, but now it looks as if there will be plenty of bones ready to face the barrier when the bugle sounds for the beginning of racing in the east.
