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INAUGURAL HANDICAP Prospects Bright for Fine Field and Smashing Good Race Much Interest Displayed in Bowie BowieMeeting Meeting Opening Next NextMonday Monday April 2 BOWIE Md March 30 Three more days and the bugle call will be heard at Prince George Park announcing the opening of the spring racing season of 1923 in Maryland As this is the first of the big spring meetings to be held anywhere in the country more than local interest is being manifested Not alone will the crowds come from Baltimore and Washington but delegations are expected from New York and Philadelphia Never before at this early date has there been so much interest displayed in the approaching Maryland racing and it augurs well for suc ¬ cessful meetings at Prince George Park Havre de Grace and Pimlico PimlicoFrom From all indications the o000 Inaugural Handicap will prove to be a particularly at ¬ tractive opening day feature at Prince George Park next Monday Of the twentyseven nominations for this event it is expected that twelve will accept weights and meet in battle array arrayThat That the Montfort Jones stable is ready for an early start may be inferred by the fact that three from that establishment were named for the Inaugural Handicap No mat ¬ ter whether it be Rockminister Fair Phan ¬ tom or High Cloud that starts the Jones colors will be well represented representedL L T Bauer is prepared to make a strong bid for this prize with Tippity Witchet and Biff Bang both in fine fettle The Kenton Stable holds a good hand with Fair Gain Elemental Ethel Clayton and Seths Lemon LemonJmOOMSTEH JmOOMSTEH HEADY HEADYIt It is not improbable that the popular II P Whitney colors will be seen in this inaugural stake Broomsler having been named to carry them He is reported well advanced in train ¬ ing and a decidedly sensational work this morning sent his stock soaring He galloped three iuarters in 1 14 and finished out seven eighths in 128 The fractions were 48 101 114 and 1 2S Among the other eligibles from which the ficld will be made up are Opperman Tra janus Soggarlh Aroon Top Sergeant Master Hand Copper Demon Saddle and Boots Ven nie Setting Sun Draft Endor II Aiken Duke John Colando llama and Orcus OrcusCarey Carey Winfrey who won the New Orleans Business Mens Racing Associations split second watch the reward of the most suc ¬ cessful trainer of the last two weeks of the racing at the Fair Grounds has at Bowie one of the strongest stables that has come up from the South in the course of the last two weeks In Winfreys string are most of the horses with which he won 621 1G last year notably Trevelyan Cormac Pastoral Swain Servitor Belle of Blue Ridge Mom Camou ¬ flage Lady Boss Felicitous and Leochares II Winfrey will not have anything in the 55000 Inaugural Handicap in April because he does not believe any of his platers good onough to compete with such horses as Tip pity Witchet Broomster and the Jones color bearer But he will be betting on Trevelyan Servitor Pastoral Swain and Lady Boss in other races In addition to Opperman and other races In addition to Opperman and Tra janus Inaugural Handicap eligibles James Boden has brought to Bowie Ticacey West Pittston Pittston WilkesBarre Black field Pikesville and Corax and they are well advanced toward racing condition Boden reached Bowie last Saturday He wintered on a farm in Baltimore County To judge by tlie fine physical appearance of his horses he has had them doing plenty of useful work workA A S WOODIIFFKS STAH STAHSaddle Saddle and Boots is the star of the stable of nine A S Woodliffe has brought to Prince George Park Bowie for the spring meeting of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Asso ¬ ciation The immediate objective of Saddle and Ioots is the 5000 Inaugural Handicap Saddle and Boots is right He won twice at New Orleans Woodliffe is confident he will take plenty of beating next Monday Saddle and Boots is the property of L Lieb ling as are also Marie Maxim Monastery Ramkin Take Care and Sunny Girl of Wood lilTos string Monastery won four races at Now Orleans and is at the top of his form Kamkin won live times He also is good The others in the barn are Veto Episode and Service Star Jockey J McCoy is with AVoodliffe AVoodliffeSergeant Sergeant Mortemer Murphys Bowie string which will be served by master George Mein one of the riding sensations of the New Or ¬ leans meetings also H Thomas when Thomas is tit again and J Zoeller is made up of the veteran Jock Scot Thimble War Victor Billy Barton Feodor Etlahe Knight of the H oather lustesidc Mystic Lady Myra and Royal Charlie Jock Scot was lame at New Orleans but appears to be In pretty good condition again Thimble wintered at Bowie and will hardly be seen under silks until toward the end of the Southern Maryland meeting Ettahe a Jive times New Orleans winner is a bear in Bowies deep going Mystic won three times at Iowie last fall Quecreek is the star of the string of Archie Zimmor which has come up from Havana with Turbulent Bobbed Hair and Cork Elm Cork Kim a half brother of the famous little black horse Slippery Elm was not as sound as he might have boon when he left these parts last fall but lie is going well enough now
