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STARS OF BOWIE CARD Fillies and Mares in Limelight at Prince Georges Park. ♦ Belphrizonia First in Martha Washington Handicap — Double for Swenke Silks. BOWIE, Md., April 3.— Fillies and mares were stars of the Bowie program this afternoon with the Martha Washington Handicap of a mile as the offering. It resulted in a well earned victory for Mrs. A. Swenkes Belphrizonia with Polly Wale racing to second place, while Sun Lady saved third readily from Thimble. The only other starters were Rose Cloud and Wish I Win. There was a return of summer-like weather and as a result the crowd was a surprisingly large one for Friday. The track was better than at any time since the opening of the meeting and the sport first class. There was a considerable delay at the post in the Martha Washington for which Belphrizonia was chiefly to blame. The.n when the barrier arose she swerved badly to the outside and had all the worst of the send off. Sun Lady and Polly Wale were the ones to go out in the lead and Wish I Win was racing third. Thimble, though she began well, would not extend herself and she raced sourly far form the pace but two lengths before Belphrizonia going into the back stretch. Through the back strecth Sun Lady had a two lengths lead over Polly Wale but the Atkinson mare was under a mild restraint and when called on she readily went to the front until swinging into the stretch she was two lengths clear and racing well under restraint. In the meantime Belphrizonia had worked her way up on the outside and when straightened for the run home she had reached third place. Under the hustling tactics of W. Harvey she continued to wear down Sun Lady and Polly Wale and in the last sixteenth she had both beaten to come on and win going away. Polly Wale was four lengths before Sun Lady and the Farrar filly in turn beat Thimble by a length and a half. Thimble simply ran one of her sour races and Fields could not rouse her to a real effort at any stag;; of the journey. CLIQUE CLOSES BIG GAP. It was two in a row for the Swenke silks when Clique was winner of the mile and seventy yards of the sixth race. Like Belphrizonia this one closed a big gap to beat home Storm Cloud, and Villager, after cutting out the pace, just lasted to save third from Gipsy Flyer and Dorothy Adams. There was a long delay at the post, for which Chief Tierney was to blame. When the barrier rose Villager went to the front, and he was the one to show the way until well into the stretch. Rodeo raced in second place and Storm Cloud and Chief Tierney were not far away. Chief Tierney had lost several lengths on the first turn, but he was rushed into contention in the back stretch. Through this early running Clique was far out of it and his chances appeared to bo hopeless. From the half-mile ground he began to draw up on his company and he was a close fourth swinging into the straight. In the last eighth Villager tired badly, while Clique continued to gain and at the end he fought it out to boat Storm Cloud by a half length. Back of the first two Villager, Gipsy Flyer and Dorothy Adams were so closely lapped that it was almost impossible to split on the third horse. VICTORY FOR ROSS COLORS. The juvenile race, which was the opening attraction at a half mile, for two-year-old maidens, resulted in a dose finish when Sam Ross Cinema, a daughter of Sweep Magic Lantern 11., was winner from H. P. Whitneys Pandy by a half a length, while Iiomnay and : Green Blazes were cl sely lapped on her. It was a good start and while Ima Way I showed in front it was only for a couple ,f strides when Pandy took command and Ata-Iante, crossing from the outside, was in second place and showing the way to Green Blazes, with Pomn;:y a close fourth. Cinema j was working her way up and b fore the j stretch was reached she was a good second to Pandy. Then in the run horn. she nut-gamed the Whitney filly to win going away. In the stretch run both Domnay and Atalante were cut off when an effort was made to send them through on the inside. It was i rather a likely lot of fillies that made up I the field and most of them will surely improve with more education. Ral Parr won his first race of the meeting when Roth, r was triumphant in the five; and a half furlongs of the second, from 10. Tufts Grace Tttwler, with rrtncoa Johnson saving third from Huey and the others well strung out. Dress Goods was the one to show the way in the early stages, whilo Harvey took Mother hack slightly after being away running. Grace Troxler raced for-wardly while Frances Johns on. after beginning a bit slowly, at once dashed into contention. While Frances Johnson was showing Continued on sixteenth puse.J STARS 0FB0W1E CARD Continued from first page. the way in the stretch it was there that Harvey called on her and, finishing with a rush, was first home by a neck, while Maiben outrode Liebgold to have Grace Troxler in second place, three lengths before Frances Johnson. B. A. Lanes Monday Morning was best of the platers in the three-quarters of the third and leading from end to end, he was winner by a length and a half from Mrs. E. True-mans Sea Sand, with J. H. Steffens Despair a close third. Monday Morning left the post running and it was Despair that went after him but the son of King James was always master of the situation and would not surrender his command. Eagerness raced along in third place well into the stretch where Sea Sand made his rush that landed him in the place. North Breeze had scant chance in this contest when he was away sluggishly. Arabian, from the stable of J. Magnus. was winner of the mile and seventy yards of ■ the Prospect Purse from J. H. Stotlers Faenza, with Mrs. C. Hyde Smiths Quotation saving third from D. S. Rouss West-wood. In this race it was Faenza that cut out the pace while Arabian, a badly gaited horse, was well back of the leaders all through the early stages. Westwood went after the Stotler colt and Quotation was heading the others with Pixola rather a distant follower. Before the stretch was reached Wallace worked his way up on the outside with Arabian and an eighth from the end he had taken the command but Faenza gave him something of a battle though right at the end Arabian was going away a length to the good. Quotation was tiring at the end but she readily beat Westwood and Pixola was the only other starter, two lengths further back.
