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C EDWARD McERIDE HAS GOOD STRING. Former Owner of George Smith Will Race Reprobate in Bowie Inaugural. Baltimore. Md.. March 28. — Edward Mi-Bride, tinman who sold George Smith, lust years Kentucky Derby winner to John Baaford of New York, for 20,000, lias about as strong u ■table at Howie readying up for the coming siring meeting of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association as can be found in Maryland. McBride did not ship to the ■oathera tracks at the beginning of last winter. He kept his horses at Bowie, where they had shed work whin the weather was bad and track work when they could get out from under abetter. MeBrhtea candidate for the Howie Inaugural and the other races of importance arranged by the Southern Maryland Association for three-year-olds and over is Reprobate, a son of The Commoner — liert usia. which he purchased last summer from Barry K. Kaapp. Reprobate, fast in any sari of going, was a good-looking two-year-old and is a better looking three-year-old. He is a typical Hanover in cat, and with a fine turn of spied, lie has the smooth action that promises to make a ling distance runner of Mm. Mcl.rides two -year-olds are Mary Maud, a daugh-ti r of Irish I. el —Fibs tte and a half-sister of Crimper and Frizzle. Iaul Connelly, a brown colt by Ballot— Lampover. Charlie Lydcckor. a bay colt by .Ink Atkin — Folly 1.. and Lady Moore, a daugh-ter of Sapid Water BflDe Patoa. Every one of these yoaagsten will be seen under colors at Howie. and. after the Southern Maryland meeting, they will rae" ;it Havre !e Qrace and Pamlico, Mary Maud and Lady MOOTC have the reputation of being the fastest Iww-ycar-osia at Bowie. All Smiles and Fruit Cake Promising. All Sniibs. and Fruit Cake are the most promising performers in the stable of E. T. EoBicoffer of Washington, which W. BactteeheD has btaaghl bach to Howie from New Orleans, ."nil it is by no means i certainly that there is a three-year-old filly in America that is going to make a better reputation he speed and long distance running this coming ■eaaoa than Fruit Cake. limit Cake will be the Eel-Uroffer representative in the Howie laaagaraL Karttscbel] beliere* that All Smiles wants to go farther than se en -eighths. Fruit Cake showed good form at Howie last fall, first when she took up llti pounds and sh njred a lean pair of beds to Handy Dude. Beprobate and Hrooklyn at sK and a half furlongs, and again when she conceded two pounds to the efficient Hondage and boat him at sevt li-oighths. When Hurttschell took Fruit Cake lo New Orleans last winter her admirers feared for her future. Hut Hurttschell refrained from ovcr-raeing her at the Fair irotinds and sic has come back to Howie a bigger and better filly than she was last fall. All Smiles, which developed nalook d for capacity as a long distance runner in Canada last summer, also is at the top of his form. He will be busy from the first day on. W. Fit tellers Skiles Knob, a son of Hurst Park --Fi lieity Marrat, which won same consideration as a sprinter in the west list year, will race ;t Howie tliis spring. This short distance performer is a chestnut gelding and a brother of Felicid.il. on" •*" the liest two year olds that bore the silks of Price McKianey on the tracks of New York -late lest year. C. N. Dark" iuls wintered the three-year-olds lie.;. I Din. a BBB of Meettck Bay and Festive; Aimce I., a daughter of Carry Herrmann Ostra, and Sleepy Sam. a bob of Tony Boaera v. ., Joli. splendidly and they arc ready for the colore at Howie. Hey have been at Prince Georges Park some weeks and Daaga Din. which trained off early last summer, after praasfadng to aerelop into a two year old of good esaaa, appears to bnve recovered his torn, lie i n.e the arergrowa, awkward young iter he was at the end of last year.
