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BETTER TRANSPORTATION TO BOWIE Results in a Good Attendance Despite Cooler Weather Racing Proves Interesting Bowie Mil November 20 Improved transporta ¬ tion facilities and an attractive card drew a good attendance to Prince Georges Park and in spite of the bad track and colder weather witnessed some good racing racingGame Game Cock won tlio Autumn Consolation Purse the principal race of the day after a brilliant stretch run in which the son of Ballot caught and passed Deckmate to win in the final strides Walls outrode Kelsay at the end and contributed in a great measure to Gam Cocks success successTlie Tlie Standard Handicap proved an exciting contest AVithdrawals left only three to go Yank Kahsmir and Slippery Kim making up the field Each had his admireres and all got a good run for their money Kashmir essayed to set the pace and did so at a fast clip considering the deep goinjj The three raced closely together and when Cnmk challenged in the stretch was forced wide by Kashmir but overcoming this disadvantage the Ross representa ¬ tive came on to score by a safe margin Kashmir was tiring near the finish and Slippery Elm coming again after falling back on the far turn just failed to get up for second place placeKing King Plaudit was best in the opener and won in commanding style while in the second nice Flora Finch showed suddenly improved form to beat the favorite Fairly which suffered at the start startBlue Blue Thistle earned a welldeserved victory in the third race outstaying Luther after a terrific stretch drive driveThe The defeat of Piedra in the sixth race was the biggest disappointment of the day as he appeared to outclass his opposition and was backed accord ¬ ingly Bravado won the race with Valspar second and the favorite third thirdSteward Steward E C Smith and Presiding Judge Joseph Murphy leave tonight for New Orleans to Iw on hand for the opening of Jefferson Park Saturday For the remainder of the Bowie meeting Josedi Mc ¬ Lennan will act as presiding judge and Harry Price will be clerk of the scales scalesThe The management has decided to couple horses of different ownership in the hands of the same trainer Therefore the SweuneyFarrell and the DavisIrice entries will be found coupled in tomorrows entries This determination has found favor for it relieves any doubt of sharp practice practiceJockey Jockey TCnsor was compelled to cancel his en ¬ gagements because of a severe attaifk of neuralgia In the event of his early recovery he will depart for Jefferson Park to participate in the opening there
