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NO PURSE LESS THAN ,000 AT BOWIE Distribution of ,500 Daily Planned— Already Too Many Applications for Stable Room. M.W VOUK. N. V.. March 4. Joe McLennan, who ha- fUled the Office of secretary at the New Orleans tracks tiii- wiater, ha- j 11 -1 returned te arrange for the apeaiag at Bowie aa April 1. At | the pie-.ent time there are plenty of harae s being prepared for the Bowie opening, there being npwnrd of 2M at Bowie and the Benaiug track. According to McLennan- count applications for stabling are -e numerous that at least |3f cnaaol !«• accoasBBO-dated Ie-ide- the great number that will ship in this direction from tin- south, there are many prospects from Kentucky. Horsemen there are likely to ship a few of their eUgfbtes prior to the opening ai Lcxiagtoa, which will occur the latter part of April. "Amoeg the horae s that will e e up from New Orlean-."" said Mr. Mel.ennaii. "will be Marie Miller, an unbeaten mare at New Orleans. What will please horsemen most, however, will be the value o. the parses at Bowie. There will be nothing leas Ihan Sl.lMlO offered and the arrangements are to ;;!,■ s7.eM» away each day after the opeaiag day. when the purse- will ainount to |11,0QS, due to a surplus from claims and selling races that was left ,,i/i from 1 1-1 tall." The program book- will be out ia a few days. being already compiled and in the printers hand-. Ill speaking Of Mr. 11. 1. Whitney- colt Inm.i-k. which ha- won hi- way into prominence thi- winter and 1- spoken of a- a Derby propo-ilion. Mr. McLennan believe- he i- a fifteen pounds better borne than lie was when he left thi- section. "In tie race when he Was baten by Iktor and Slippery Kim wane time ago." said the secretary. "he would probably have won had he nut happened t strike a muddy part of the track an eighth of a mile from home. It caused him to flounder and I belive coat him the race. While he may not be a- go id a- some of the stars, he is a much better coll than i- generally thought and has gotten over all hi- habit- of swerving in and running ii. a moody way. Albiit Simons look a lot of pains with him and has built him into a line Bert of .. .. It." A- —
