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BOWIE TRACK MUCH FASTER AND SAFER Baltimore Md November 7 It is not probable that the Bowie course will be a great deal faster this fall than it has bccn in the past but it will IK i ilcal safer The constant harrowing to which it has been subjected these four or five weeks under the direction of Track Superintendent Kichard Pending has jilnmt smoothed over the rough places sinrt filled up the holes And a couple of thrtvy rains would iHtnefit it still more There is nothing like a Ji ivy downpour to pack and solidify a cuppy racf course courseThe The slowest part of the Bowie course has always been tin first quarter of a mile extending from the cwards stand around to the 1 cginiiing of the backstrclch 1ending has paid particular attention lo this part of the course He has done some scraping as well as considerable harrowing and he believes that he has brought the first turn as regards the consistency of its soil up lo the stand ¬ ard of the other parts of The course courseBowie Bowie entertained a thoroughbred colony of great aggregate value last winter the brilliant Eternal and his 10000 stable companion The Wanderer l leing eing two of the tracks guests Managing Director James K OHani is seeking to further popularize Prince Georges Park as a wintering place by build ¬ ing a couple of hundred new stalls
