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GREAT INTEREST IN MILITARY RACE Event Yill Be Run on Final Day of Bowie Meeting With Army Officers in Saddle Baltimore Md November 20 Col W R For sythe chief of the Eleventh Division Col R Chris ¬ tian Ilumber division inspector Col H T Bull train headquarters chief and LieutCol J A Barry division adjutant motored from Camp Meade to Bowie track on Saturday and made final arrange ¬ ments for the military nice that will be the star attraction of the last day of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Associations fall meeting at Prince Georges Park The officers all belong to tlie cavalry service in the regular military establishment and Col Ilumber has been a noted horseman in his day dayThe The military race according to the agreement reached between Col Barry on the part of the officers of Camp Meade and Manager James F OHara and Clerk of the Course Joseph McLennan on the part of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association is to be at seveneighths of a mile for threeyearolds and over iill starters to carry 1455 pounds or over Whether the race is to be governed bv selling conditions or not is yet to be decided But it will be run on the last day of the meeting Saturday November 30 as the feature of a seven race program programThe The race will be the richest event of the after ¬ noon of its decision None save officers of the Tnited States military service will be permitted to ride but the riders will hot be restricted to the Camp Meade post Any officer from any post is welcome to a mount The officers will ride in their uniforms LieutCol Barry probably will lie the officer highest in rank taking a mount in this nice but there will lie several majors and captains in tlie event Tlie proportion of former cavalry officers at Camp Meade is unusually heavy heavyThe The nice has aroused keen interest among the officers and soldiers of the mjlitary posts about Baltimore and Washington and indications are that there will be a big attendance of men in khaki at Bowie track on the last day of the meeting Two horses certain to start are Frank Herolds Master Kev and G W Dodges Dervish both of which will race at Howie this week Dervish is used to imateur racing He has participated in half a dozen and won several Mr McLennan expects to lie able to announce the names of the prospective starters the end of tins weck
