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MARYLAND RACING SEASON First of Eastern Spring Meetings to Begin at Bowie Today Opening Program Inviting and andPromises Promises Good Sport Plenty PlentyHorses Horses and Riders Available BALTIMORE Md April 1 The Maryland siring racing season of 1921 will be inaugurated it Bowie tomoriow when the Southern Maryland Ag ¬ ricultural Association throws open the piles of Prince Grorge Park for the twelve days of racing allotted it by the Maryland Racing Commission CommissionWhile While the prospects were never brighter for a groat meeting the Bacing Commission muddle hangs on the horizon with unpleasant complications pos ¬ sibly in store No one seems to know just where the matter stands so much has been done by the commission in a vain attempt to outline a set of rules that will cover the racing here hereSuffice Suffice to say the licenses issued by the New York Jockey Club and Kentucky Bacing Commis ¬ sion will be respected here and in case a horseman or jockey shows up who is not licensed by either of these bodies he will be given a temporary licenses and be allowed to ride Of course such extempor ¬ ized permits will be issued only to those who are known to be in good standing standingPlenty Plenty of horses and riders are on hand to insure large fields and expert handling throughout the twelve days the meeting is scheduled to run runThe The sun shone on a light layer of mud that covered the Bowie course thl ufternoonandlt will probably be muddy and holding tomorrow However the forecast is for clear warm weather and the Bowie officials are prepared to entertain one of the largest crowds that has ever visited Prince George Park ParkThe The Inaugural Handicap a dash of seveneighths of a mile for threeyearolds and over is the afternoons principal attraction Top weight has boon assigned to the Bauer stables Tippity Witchet with J Enos rejuvenated St Isidore the next high weight The two were the stars of the winter rac ¬ ing season at New Orleans Tippity Witchet will carry 122 pounds and St Isidore 117 if lie starts Ten pairThe others are carded to fight it out with this pair The opening dash will be a twoyearold contest at half a mile This race will bring out a field of eight juveniles all of which are making their first starts Alex II which will run in the interest of B Harding is highly regarded on the strength of private trials He is by E S McLeans Irish sire Lough Foyle the produce of which raced well as a first crop last year yearARMY ARMY AND NAVY PURSE PROMISING PROMISINGAnother Another of the attractive races of the card is the Army and Navy purse for threeyearolds at five and a half furlongs This has the smallest field of the day seven but all have been frequent winners and a good contest should come out of its running runningThe The Fidelity Purse is the fourth race and has attracted a good field It is for threeyearolds at one mile The second sixth and seventh races are claiming races and all have filled well wellThe The officials in charge of the racing will be as follows Stewards George Brown Jr H P Conkllng and C C Hall judges Joseph A Murphy Edwaid Tride and J S Anderson starter George T Miller handicappcr Joseph McLennan clerk oC course Joseph McLennan clerk of scales W B Norvell paddock and patrol judges G E lit W W Lyle and William H Wliitehurst timer William Jennings Representatives of Maryland Racing Commission George Brown Jr steward Carlos M De Sarniencia judgeatlarge judgeatlargeProminent Prominent among the jockeys present and avail ¬ able to accept mounts here are L Ensor F Keogh J McTaggart T Parrington A John ¬ son IleupelF J Rodriguez J Butwell C Ponce J Ileupel F Coltiletti G Babin R Holloway II Gregory and A Allen AllenEnsor Ensor will ride free lance although he is under contract to R T Wilson for the New York season seasonFrank Frank Keogh who recently underwent an opera ¬ tion for appendicitis is regaining his strength rapidly He is under contract to Samuel Ross with second call held by John Saiford SaifordMcTaggart McTaggart will ride for G W J Bissell and Johnson for Phil Cliinn Bodriguez for AV A Shea Butwell for K B McLean Ponce for G Peterson Heupel for 1 Shaw Coltiletti for S A Clopton Babin for Farnuin Fizer Holloway for Owen Pons Gregory for Patsy Bornman and Allen for T Clyde ClydeOther Other riders who will appear here are L Aron A Trvon S Sncidman H Myers A Richcreek H Erickson G Cory J H Burke F Lux M An ¬ derson J Connelly L Morris N Huff D Sharp S Brown J Brooke J Dreyer J Shelepcts M Harrison J J Mooney and J Bell BellThere MrsG There are some platers in the stable of Mrs G H Abbott which J I Heard Mrs Abbotts brother has brought to Bowie from New Orleans In the lot are Breeze Nebraska and Jack Mount AH look and are working well
