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IMMENSE CROWD AT BOWIE Marylanders Out in Large Num ¬ bers to See Saturdays Racing Arrah Go On Proves Best in Main MainRace Race Double Victory for forA A G Blakeley I50WIK Md April 3 The llnwio raciiis plant was taxed to capacity today when an unusually big Saturday crowd was present to witness the running off of a high class program The going had dried out perceptibly over night and while it was still soft in spots fair time was made in the majority of the races and mud runners had none the best of it itA A handicap at five and a half furlongs for three yearolds and over served as the feature and it brought out some speedy horses The winner proved to be Arrah Co On which racingback to his previous effort behind War Mask took the lead on the stretch turn and held sway easily to the end The winner was confidently supported in the muluels Arrowhead took second place and Mid ¬ night Sun making his first start of the vear was third thirdNew New Orleans horses were again much in evidence they accounting for the majority of the races racesriitribiis riitribiis the handsome son of Iluvious which raced well in the Crescent City was an easy winner of the twoyearold race over what was perhaps the best band that has faced the barrier this year among the twoyearolds He was sent into the lead shortly after the start and easily hcldhis oilpoiuinisoia ft Madeline I lliin finishing fast after being fairly prominent in the early rnnning outlasted Mogeus for place honors The latter was in rather close quarters on the inner rail all through the last threeeighths of a mile ISaby Crand Omor K and Repeat all of whom had shown good form at New Orleans were never serious factors factorsA A C Itlakeley saddled the winner in the second race in T II Cross The Archer which running forwardly from the start withstood the stretch challenge of Tattle and drew clear at the end Tattle was a warm favorite and but for a slow start might have won As it was lie closed a big gap and threatened seriously entering the stretch but tired in the final strides Dr Hall ran well for his first appearance under colors this year and was close up to the leader until passing the far turn where he swerved to the outside and then finished gamely under punishment Knrioo Caruso displayed a good turn of speed for a half mile then quit quitAfter After being well supported Franklin racing to liis best form took the third race by a narrow margin over Pibroch the old Jim Caffnoy gelding wearing the latter down in the closing strides Jockey i Fa tor astride Ioachor sustained a bad look ¬ ing fall when that racer stumbled at the fat turn dismounting the lad He afterward proved to be uninjured however and was able to ride the remainder of his mounts for the afternoon afternoonTANTALUS TANTALUS VICTORY POPULAR POPULARA A 5 Itlakeley scored a double win when Tan ¬ talus the popular choice amidst tremendous ap ¬ plause scored in the fifth race over Dorcas anil Cain de Cause Tantalus was away flatfooled but making up ground by degrees overhauled the leader at the quarter post and held sway to the end Dorcas held on gamely and was easily sec ¬ ond bist Cain de Cause which ran prominently throughout was best of the others othersNapthalins Napthalins racing back to his former good ef ¬ fort had no trouble annexing the purse in the sixth race Iilseii the early pacemaker after opening a gap on the hacksfrotch just lasted to take second place from Austral which closed fast from a slow beginning Waterproof tired badly after being a contender to the stretch turn turnThe The climatic conditions were ideal and the re ¬ cent rain lias probably benefited the track a great deal it being exceedingly deep on opening day dayThere There were two claims in for I room Peddler who ran In the third race K L Snelson and owner Hean both making bids He was returned to his owner J W Itean however for JliSiri JliSiriTodays Todays purses were increased in even race l7t as a result of the runup of Dorcas two days ago agoJockey Jockey C Kirschbaum is an arrival from Tijuana and will ride in the Kast for M J Murphy MurphyJockey Jockey Merritt Jtiixton contr rt rider of the M I Schwartz racing stable CKIIIP own from Itelinont Iark to visit his brother Clarence and incidentally take in a days racing racinglyiuis lyiuis Fenstel is a visitor and reports that he will ship the horses of the Clou Kiddle Farm to Pim lico shortly where Man o Var will be trained for his engagement in the 1reakness Stakes StakesM M Daly will take the horses of Mrs W M Jeffords to Lexington and will train Coldeii Broom the star threeyearold of this stable for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby Jockey Knsor will accompany the stable to Kentucky KentuckyK K I Miller judge advocate of the Army and Navv Club in Washington will this year train the horses owned by Mrs K 1 Miller He will ship the stable to Havre de Crace at the same time timeHenry Henry McDanicl former trainer of W S Kil ¬ mers stable and now handling K J Jerrys horses was a visitor today todayThere There are upward of 101 horses at Laurel Park They include fifty of the 1 K L Uoss establish ¬ ment in charge of trainer Itedwell Si Veitch Cary Winfrey and the McLean string in charge of J F Schorr are also quartered there thereTommy Tommy Nolan who has signed up to ride for the Ross establishment this year is galloping horses for trainer Itodwell at I iurel The horses that have wintered in this vicinity especially those that were at llonning have shown up well in their races at Howie HowieJockeys Jockeys Kodriguez and Coltllotti wore each fined 23 by starter Tribe for misbehavior at the post in the first race raceC C A Coodacre claimed Tantalus for L10ri out of the fifth race raceNapthalius Napthalius returned to S A Cloptons barn after his victory for 1533 by way of the claiming route
