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BANNER CROWD AT BOWIE Army and Navy Well Represented Representedin in the Big Gathering Dorcas Scores Her Second Vic ¬ tory of Meeting Obolus Wins Spectacular Race Bowie 3Id Novomlwr Military men from Camp Meade anil rival representatives from An ¬ napolis combined with racegoers from Washington and Baltimore to mike a banner crowd at Prince Georges Park this afternoon Transportation facili ¬ ties were considerably imroved but at that they were wholly inadequate to accommodate the big gathering that filled the Bowie stand and lawns to overflowingThe overflowing The racing feature of the afternoon was the Irinee George Handicap in which the Cleveland Stables Dorcas scored hrr second victory of the Meeting After being cntriin in the early stages Ihircas worked her way lip on the outside cauglit and disposed of Game Cock on the stretch turn nml Ilicn found easy sailing Salvestra had all the bail luck of the race being in close quarters on th first turn and knocked back She however cljsod up fast and almost overtook Game Cock CockSpectacular Spectacular was the finish of the sixth nice with the big crowd on its feet cheering wildly as Obolus beat Queen of the Sea in the final stride of a scn sationrl contest Obolus performance was a re ¬ markable one in many respects and stamps him as a Bailie and courageous old nicer Away last and outrun Turing the first mile Obolus moved up with a bril ¬ liant display of speed while rounding the far turn and under Stirlings powerful fiuisli wore down Queen of the Sea in the final eighth to get the de ¬ cision by the smallest of margins marginsItelario Itelario which won yesterday came right back anil scored in the opening dash today having no serious opposition oppositionShowing Showing a sudden reversal of form St Quentin experienced little trouble leading Lillian Shaw from start to finish the favorite at no time proving dangerous dangerousLouise Louise V was best in the third and won accord ingly with Pepper Housemaid and Onico finishing in the order named but having no chance with the winner winnerAfrican African Arrow was a huge disappointment to his many admirers who confidently expected him to annex the fifth race He ran prominently to the last eighth then tired Thorn Bloom was the win ¬ ner but only by a small margin after leading all the way Douglass S was gaining witli every stride and almost got up upPuts Puts and Calls outclassed those opposed to Iiini in the long distance nice that closed the days proceedings winning by six lengths for his new owner 5 W Forman FormanHart Hart Dernham has sold Bolster to Mrs T Francis Jas Arthur will continue as trainer trainerEdward Edward Nash claimed Court Gallant from J M Zimmer FridayWin on Friday Win Oliver has shipped New Haven and three others to his Lakewood farm to go into winter re ¬ tirement tirementJ J E Woods claimed Fountain Fay for 830 after the sixth race on Friday FridayManager Manager OHara announced an increase of purses for the remainder of the current meeting Here ¬ after the minimum value will be 700 added addedSteve Steve Judge claimed Veteran from the first race for 1900
