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COPPER DEMON VICTOR ♦ ■ Takes the Principal Bowie Race of Third Day of Meeting. • Forest Queen Wins at a Long Price — A. J. Buja Scores in a Hot Finish — Track Talk. ♦ BOWIE. Md.. April 4.— Copper Demon, a son of Otmondale. that formerly raced in the colors of fthe Quincy Stable, won the best offering at Howie this afternoon when he was first home in the Benning Purse, at a mile and seventy yards. Copper Demon now iaces for Howard Etchison of Washington and his victory was achieved in a way to suggest that he is a really useful horse just now. The racing today was excellent and a big crowd witnessed it. There came a disqualification during the day when Joseph Brant, after finishing third in the fourth race, was disqualified for having fouled both Minute Man and Day Lily in the racing through the stretch. In making this disqualification the stewards did not even permit the display of the Joseph Brant number on the result board, but it was Day Lilly, the one that rinished fourth, that was posted. This prompt action was pleasing to the crowd. The Denning Purse brought out a half-dozen starters. Master Hand and Copper Demon were the two that attracted the most attention before post time. The others of the field were Top Sergeant, Saddle and Hoots. Hama and Rouleau. EASY FOR COPPER DEMON. Prom a good start Master Hand. Top Sergeant and Copper Demon were first away. On the first turn Saddle and Boots ran out badly and Mein rushed Top Sergeant out until he had a lead of a couple of lengths. Master Hand was just showing in front of Copper Demon. llama headed the others, but was lengths back. Leaving the back stretch both Master Hand and Copper Demon moved up on Top Sergeant and the latter soon raced into the lead. Copper Demon and Top Sergeant swung into the stretch closely lapped, but in the last eighth Top Sergeant tired badly and Copper Demon drew away "to win easily, while Jlama and Rouleau both beat Master Hand home. A. J. Buja. one of the New Orleans two-year-olds was the winner of the opening half-mile dash for two-year-olds, but at the end he was doing his level best to withstand the rush of Vanity Bag. while Julia M. was third before the Audley Farms Star Cudgel, the first of the progeny of Cudgel that has been seen at the races. The start was rather ragged and it was the fact that A. J. Buja had considerable education at New Orleans that gave him a big advantage. He lost no time in taking the lead and was always in the front division. Star Cudgel for a time was showing the way. but before the stretch was reached A. J. Buja had raced into the le.id :ind kept it. J. IK. Skinkers Poor Sport beat some slow racers in the six and a half furlongs of the second race when he worked his way through in the stretch to beat Water dirl and Felicitous home, with A. Swenkes Belphrizonia fourth. JOSEPH BRANT SET BACK. Forest Queen, racing for J. M. Hubbell. furnished the thrill of the afternoon when she won the fourth race, paying the bountiful price of 11.80 for each investment. This was also the race in which the disqualification came when Joseph Brant, after having finished third f.»r a stretch foul, was set back to last place. In this Minute Man made C.ie early pace, but Forest Queen was never far away and on the outside of him. In the stretch, when the leader began to tire. Forest Queen drew alongside and took the lead to win with speed to spare. W. V. Caseys Bravo stuck it out in the lead for a mile and three-sixteenths to beat the other platers that made up the field in the sixth race. At the end he was showing Natural the way by a length and Ettahe was a rather distant third. Bravo cut out the running from the start and Sagamook, Natural anil Kttahe were not far away. When swiiiRing for home Bravo ran out slightly and Natural doti up with a rush on the inside and when an eighth out seemed the winner, but right in the closing strides Bravo came again to save the day. The mare had no trouble in holding Kttahe safe. Joseph K. Davis, president of the National Steeplechase ;ltid Hunt Association, came over from Washington for a day of racing, alter having looked at his horses that Matt Brady has at Penning. He expressed himself as well pleased with his horses and also spoke optimistically of the steeplechase prospects for this year. The scratch rule made it possible for Forest Queen to win at her long price, for early in the day an effort was made to s-ratch her. but the limit of scratches had been made and she was sentenced to run and win.
