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DOUBLE FOR F. T. WILSON 5 Yellow Hand and Dry Moon Win for Him at Bowie. First Mentioned Scores Notable Triumph Over Game Tippity Witchet in Close Finish. BOWIE, Md., November 20. The Southern Maryland Handicap for all ages at one and one-sixteenth miles featured a good program at the Bowie track today and attracted the usual half-holiday throng of Baltimore and Washington lovers of the thoroughbreds. Withdrawals reduced the field to four and Yellow Hand was returned the winner, making it a double for the R. T. Wilson stable, Dry Moon having carried the colors of the New York sportsman to victory in the opening dash. It was a sparkling contest and the result in doubt until the final strides. Soon after the start J. Mooney sent Ballet Dancefl II. into a lig lead, but Johnson, on Tippity Witchet, went after the leader and overhauled 3i!im on the far turn. There Johnson made the mistake of keeping the game little Loft Gelding next to the rail in the deepest going, with the result that when Yellow Hand challenged Tippity Witchet was not equal to the grueling task asked of him and only his wonderful gameness enabled him to hang on as he did. Yellow Hand was well ridden, Weiner keeping a stout hold on him while Ballet Dancer. II., and Tippity Witchet were racing each other into exhaustion. Entering the stretch the Wilson racer moved up with a great burst of speed and, after overtaking Tippity Witchet, held on to his slight-advantage, gradually drawing away in the last few strides. Favorite backers started off well in the opener, when they selected It. T. Wilsons Dry Moon to win. Curfew started to make the pace, but soon gave way to Billy McLaughlin, which led until well down the stretch, when Weiner sent the favorite to the front, to draw away to win, with speed in reserve. Billy McLaughlin held op well and easily outstayed Due de Morny, which out-gamed Curfew for third place. The Sunnyland stables Ultra Gold accounted for the second race. Germa and the winner alternated in pacemaking, with Ultra Gold proving the gamer at the end to win by a length. Germa was tiring and just lasted to save second place from Nightstick, which was going fast at the finish. The third race, at one and a sixteenth miles, was won by A. Brents Rouen, from Bagnarok and Favour, which finished as named. Bagnarok set all the pace and looked to he winning easily, but wns in the deep going next to the rail in the stretch racing and tired badly. Rouen, which made his move rounding the far turn, easily raced the leader into defeat, to win by three lengths. Rag-narok was easily much best, while Favour, Vhich had chased the pair throughout, tired badly. The largest field of the day went to the post in the sixth race, which was won by J. W. Beans Siesta. Waukeag, the heavily backed horse, was second, with Great Gull third. The winner set all the pace, but had to be ridden out to withstand the fast rush of Waukeag in the final eighth. Waukeag kept close up all the way and hung on well to get second place from Great Gull, which closed rapidly from a slow beginning. C. A. Stonehams Recount was returned winner of the fifth race, defeating Flibbertygibbet and Ralco. Flibbertygibbet rushed to the front shortly after the start and was raced into defeat by Recount, which drew away to win easily by three lengths. Flibbertygibbet hung on gamely and held second place safe; Ralco, slow to get going, made up "ground gamely and outstayed Chasseur for the short end of the purse.
