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MAIN RACE TO RAMA « -. Triumphs Over Setting Sun and Opperman Decisively. ♦ Kilbowie Meets Death After Crashing Into Fence — Jockeys Escape Unhurt. , BOWIE, Md., April 9 — C. A. Ooyles Rama was winner of the best offering at Bowie this afternoon, when he took the Fairfax Purse rather handily from a fairly good band. Setting Sun, the cast-off from the stable of Richard T. Wilson, raced to second place and third was the portion of the Triple Springs Farms Opperman. It was j a mile and seventy yards and a good race from end to end. Kama was good enough to make all the [ pace and although Setting Sun was under a I nice steadying restraint and not far away in I the early stages he failed badly when called I on the stretch and while he beat all the j others he had no chance with the winner. i Opperman ran a greatly improved race, j racing forwardly all the way, but in the j stretch weakened and Setting Sun ran away from him easily to take second place, but I he was two lengths back of llama. Edward I Cray, Llewellyn. Soggarth Aroon. and Henry ! Dattner the other starters at no time cut j any serious figure in the running. There was another change in the weather land with an occasional shower and a chill In the air, the day was not altogether comfortable for the out-or-door sport, but a big crowd was present and there was the | usual enthusiasm for which Bowie has always been famous. A chapter of incidents resulted from the j running of the sixth race which was at a I mile and seventy yards W. Y. Caseys Kil-bewie ran out rounding the first turn and j crashed through the fence near the three-j quarter post inflicting injuries which caused j his death. Jockey D. Bandall escaped injury. A few j yar "te further on Don Juan stumbled and unabated jockey II. Callahan; the latter also escaped injury. The winner turned up in • H. S. Downs Anne, ridden by Jockey IIow-! ard in a drive from J. McMillens Ag-jgravating Papa, while the Xevada Stock j Farms Wood I ady was third. The winner , was a forward factor from the start and at the end withstood the challenge of the JIc-| Millen starter. FOYLE AT FIRST ASKING. Mrs. J. P. Mayberrys recent acquisition Foyle made good in a handsome manner in J her first asking under new colors when she led home an even dozen maidens over the half mile route. R. Scherrers Kumonin was the one to finish second, while J. S. Cosdeiis Boiler finished third. There was no time lest at the barrier and when the start came Helen Condon was the quickest to begin. Her ad vantage however, was of brief duration for L. Lang sent Foyle to the front and she quickly assumed command to dominate the running for the remainder of the Way. Kumonih, away well, raced forwardly on the ; oi.tside and at the finish had a safe margin | over Boiler, which barely managed to out-fmish Helen Condon for the small end of | the purse. The winner wa5 a pronounced choice. The second race brought together a field of fourteen maiden three-year-olds and over under claiming conditions and it was a rather poor band. The winner turned up in D. L. Rices Dancing Fool, ridden by F. Coftiletti, in a drive from O. C. Dennys Bethlehem Steel, while S. Xuckols Polly Leighton was third. The whmer followed the early pace closely and it was not until he had circled the leaders at the stretch turn, where he closed resolutely under pressure and gaining i on the leaders, drew clear in the final drive. j Bethlehem Steel ran well from the start and. after disposing of Conscript, tired when the winner challenged. Polly Leighton was well I up all the way and finished resolutely. Poedfe unseated his rider at the far turn, but W. I Milner, who was astride him, escaped injury. Mis. E. Truemans Sea Sand accounted j for his second purse of the meeting when jo. key ]. Stirling landed him home winner j by a short margin ahead of S. X. Dolmans Arsndal with J. P. Folks Poppye third. The | race engaged a well balanced field over the six and a half furlongs mil II. Sea Sand was the popular choice and he assumed COSB- i mand shortly after the start, but at the end was doing his best to stall off the fast finishing ArendaL Popaajmi, after showing good early speed, began to tire through the final Sixteenth and at the end was doing her best to stall off the rush of Cote dOr. J. B. Skinner supplied the winner of the fourth race which engag-d a bulky band of sprinters at six and a half furlongs in Boca-do from J. J. Herts Fifty-Fifty, while J. II. Tevis" Veniselea was third. The winner, ridden by L. Lang, was away forwardly and dominated the running from the start. Fifty-Fifty from a slow beginning worked bis way up through the field and probably ran the best race of all. Venizelos was away well and had no excuses. Bucado was second choice in the wagering.
