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OPENING DAY AT BOW1I Immense Crowe at Prince Georg Park Despite Gloomy Weather Slippery Elm Wins Inaugural Han ¬ dicap Tan Son Takes First TwoYearOld Race KOWIE Md April Light showers am threatening weather marked the opening of tlh Powie meeting but it did not seem to have any decided effect on the patrons whose anxiety tr see a horse race apparently dominated over all possible discomforts The passage of the ISurki bill allayed the fears of those who anticipated the worst in i racing way and everything nov seems favorable for a great year of sport sportSo So eager were folks to get to the races that trains filled up quickly and were sent out long before the scheduled lime An estimate of the crowd can be made by these facts Kvery avail ¬ able spot where there was standing room was oc ¬ cupied and the machines were taxed to the limit limitSlippery Slippery Kim the horse that was so unfortunate at New Orleans won the Inaugural Handicap the principal attraction of todays opening program After he had raced Ormonda into subjection in the first half mile he never left the result in doubt winning by a goodly margin The contest for sec ¬ ond place was exceedingly close four horses finishing noses apart Ormonda holding on long enough to save second money from Komeo with Clean Gone and Chief only the smallest of margins away It was an enthusiastic crowd that cheered the winner home Slippery Kim being practically a 1 to 1 favorite and by the way everybody was aboard Itobby Smith the trainer of the winner was warmly congratulated and the victory was due as much to the condition of the horse as the good ride put up by Morris whose instructions were to get off and come home homeTan Tan Son from the stable of Mrs T W Ileaii of Washington accounted for the first race of the Maryland spring season after a spirited brush with Victor A which was a close contender all the way Attorney after being well back in the early running closed up with a rush in the stretch and ran easily the best race of all being only beaten by two heads after making up much ground groundMullet Mullet Proof from a slow beginning made up ground quickly and drew clear easily to win the second race Arrowhead entgamcd Lady Itrummel which ran out on the last turn and lost much ground while setting a fast pace paceWAR WAR MASK DEFEATS ARRAH GO ON ONT T Dundees War Mask captured the third dash by a head after a grueling stretch drive with Arrah Go On The latter was probably best in the race and ran in excellent form Iltra Gold lacked speed through the first half mile but fin ¬ ished with a rush through the stretch stretchAnother Another favorite to score was Irish Kiss which set the pace for the entire journey and just lasted to win from My Dear in the fiftli race Tantalus closed an enormous gap and took third place from Pelle Roberts which tired in the final strides stridesThe The train service was good notwithstanding the usual hustle and confusion on an opening day dayA A number of New Yorkers were on hand for the opening Among those noted were Charles Kein heimer Hilly Arnold James Murphy Charles Hooker Marlimer Lynch and his son Ned Joe Higgins S Abramson Claude Kyle Hilly Haynes Hilly Ar ¬ nold Chester Marshall Harry McKenna and Joe Iassidy IassidyFire Fire last night destroyed two stables at the Laurel Park course and the damage is estimated at SiM The barns burned were located at the head if the stretch stretchJ J K Nash arrived from Helmont Park and reports that all the horses that wintered at the big Westchester course w re in excellent condition there being practically no sickness among them Training operations were delayed until around March Hi on icconnt of the inclement weather but trainers are tending their charges along daily now nowCaptain Captain Dnhaiae of the Pinkcrton forces has ar ¬ rived and will as usual have charge of the policing f tin Maryland tracks tracksAl Al Priiue and Walter Pierce are arrivals from lacksonville Fla and will remain several days They reixirt much interest is being manifested in tho lew Florida Fair Association AssociationSam Sam Lewis arrived this morning from Havana where he spent most of the winter winterJudge Judge W W Lyles and starter James Milton irrived in Kaltimnre today Milton went direct to the hospital where his wife has been under treatment for some time timeMr Mr and Mrs Tom Lynch have arrived from Havana and gone to their Maryland farm near lUlicott City
