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BOWIE MEETING COMES TO AN END ENDMilitary Military Race Attracts One of the largest Crowds Ever Seen at Prince Georges Park Bowie Mil November 30 The eastern racing season closed today with the running of the eight Rice program at Bowie attracted by the Military Cup Race the Autumn Farewell Purse and six other promising contests One of the greatest crowds the Bowie track has ever entertained was in attendance Scores of military men of all rank were present to witness the running of the Military Race Almost all the horses Jn this event were ridden by officers from Camp Meade MeadeBolster Bolster coupled with Bondage as the Arthur and Francis entry accounted for the farewell feature after a driving finish witli Deckmate The latter was compelled to run through the heavy going near the inside rail for the greater part of the race and the effort told upon him when he was called upon to withstand Bolsters closing rush Minto II which had set the early pace lasted long enough to gain show honors from Bondage which weed closer to the early pacemaker than usual and closed gamely at the end endThe The starters in the military race were led to the post bv a rider holding aloft the Star Spangled Banner and to the strains of the National Anthem the vast assemblage saluted this colors The race proved a great success Lieut White rider of the winner is a Virginian and wellknown in hunt circles in his native state He was presented with a beautiful silver trophy trophyThis This has been the most successful meeting the Bowie track has ever experienced from all view ¬ points Increased patronage and greater volume of speculation by far than has ever been their portion have caused Manager James F OHara much grati ¬ fication With a return of normal prewar traffic conditions Bowie may look forward to continued prosperity prosperityW W ii Karrick further reduced his Maryland string by selling W R Coes Mr Mack to James Johnson and the Oneck Stables Wilfreda to J w Pangle G W Forman purchased J E Griffiths Sea Beach while G W Lofts representative took over Blazeaway and Baby Sister from R F Car ¬ man for Cuban racing All sales were at private terms termsThe The good filly Pe Hose has been on the ailing list Her temperature rose to 103 on Thursday Tames Arthur A Zimnier W R Kennedy Milton Grey and others will leave some of their horses here for the winter Superintendent Pending expects about fifty will remain on the grounds groundsJefferson Jefferson Parks official family will be au mented on Monday by Starter Ed Tribe and Super ¬ intendent Richard Pending who departed from here tonight tonightJockey Jockey J Butwell appeared at the course today in civilian attire pridefully exhibiting his credentials of honorable discharge from the army He will be seen in the saddle at New Orleans after the holi ¬ day season A seasonA Pleasing feature of the meeting has been Starter Tribes work at the barrier His control over the riders was such that he found it unneces ¬ sary to suspend a rider during the entire meeting
