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I i | I ; I I , I , I 1 | I I j MUSKALLONGE WINNER * Eight-Year-Old Meelick Gelding Takes Feature at Bowie. ♦ Hidalgo Outlasts Dernier Sou in Best Finish of Day — Espanol in Close Fit ♦ BOWIE. Md.. April 12.— With six of the seven races framed for platers and the othe-r race a dash for maiden two-year-old fillies, the racing at Bowie was devoid of feature-today. Many of the horses have already-moved to the Havre de Grace track and it was with some difficulty that Joseph 11c-I-ennati filled his races that brings the- sport at Bowie to a close tomorrow. There was a chill in the air. but the- going was fast and, while the fields lacked uunUty, there was no lack of enthusiasm and good contests came out of the various dashes. • Old Muskallonge uuickly left the post In the fourth race at six and a half furlongs and when Sun Rajah left sluggishly the old son of Meelick did not have a great deal to fear. He raced along in front for the entire way and he was still a li-ngth clear at the end. Macbeth ran second throughout and Sun Rajah was along in time t save third from Hyelash with little difficulty. It is possible there would have bee-n .. different tale to tell of the running had it not been that Sun Rajah met with just about all the misfortune that could come to a horse in a six and a half furlong journey. Afte-r he was away so slowly. Tammaro ran him into no end of trouble and at the head of tin-stretch, when he was on the inside and looked a possible winner, Tammaro. fearful of being put off, brought him to the outside of Macbeth " and Muskallonge. PTRMSIl THRILLING STItrGGLR. The best finish of the day came out of the mile and a sixteenth of the sixth race when Hidalgo just nosed out Dernier Sou. with Invictus only a head farther back. Barney "Wells had much to do with the defeat of Invictus. He carried that old gelding along at a lively clip and the two of them were a couple of lengths clear, of the others, while Dernier Sou was a distant last and particularly slow to make up any ground. It was leaving the back stretch that Dernier Sou was rushed along on the outside until he was right with the leaders and he was still gaining in the run home, but Hidalgo had saved ground and in the final test he was just winner by a nose. Invictus hung on exceptionally well after having gone with all the pace, while Harney Wells quit to be a bad last. From a good start Marygrace moved out from the- bunch until she had opened ?i lead of almost half a dozen lengths, with Sox just showing the way to Haze and leading the-others. Adieu was just a bit slow to find her racing legs and she was one of the- rear guard, though Kickapoo almost at once dropped completely out of contention. Before the stretch was reached Marygrace had begun to follow up and it was apparent that she was to be beaten. Then it was Haze that took command and at the same [time Green Blazes saving ground on the rail, came into contention. Adieu had been raced upon the outside by Thompson and she lost some- ground on the turn. This probably cost her the rae-e. Green Blazes, by saving ground, had BOSSSthfasg on the others and. unde-r a hustling ride, was winner by a length, while Haze only beat Adieu a half le-ngth. KSIWOL VAKKOWLV. It was a great finish came out of tin- Becloud rae-e- when Frank Kearns Kspanol just beat Cspt G. C. Bennetts Button Bright by |S nose-. Six lengths back of these W. Trovers Triumph outfinished John I-arrell. Jr.s White Marsh, to take down third mone-y Button Bright was the- one to fores all the pace-, but Kspanol was never far away anil through the stre-tch the pair were e-losely lapped in a l»ng battle-, with the- Kearns slater proving gamer. White Marsh was partie-ularly slow to b-under way and. after being far out of th" | running in the early racing, he circled around |OU the- outside, but tired badly in the final e-ighth just when it seemed that In- was sun-to be- third. R. W. Carters Sea Moss, a daughter of Wrack and Mousse-dc-s-Hois. was winne-r of the- opening dash for maiden two-year-old fillies. At the end she enjoyed a lead of half a length over H. I. Whitneys Pyrex and right at her heels came Dangerous Kitty from the Psstlme stable- with Pandora, another of the Whitney fillies, finishing fourth. Se-a Moss showed an ability to leave the barrier and she- forced most of the running In the- early running Foreclose went after here while- Pyrex began well enough but dropped out of it almost at once and soemtd I to have no speed. Iandora had left from the I outside- position and she- was going around, but her post position was a distinct handicap Se-a Moss continued to show the wav unti utiutie-it on tui-lftli BSge MUSK ALLONGE WINNER Continued from first page* well into the stretch. There Pandora had gone around until she was right with the contenders. McAcc roused her with the whip and ahe swerved in BO sharply that he had to take hold of her and as a result she lost her chance to share in the purse. In the meantime Byrex had found her racing legs and she was clositm arlth a rush. She wa: citching Sea .Moss at every stride, but the challenge came too late when the Carter filly still had a half a length to spare at the finish, liangerous Kitty finished fast, but she was only third because of the swerving of Pandora. B. K. Brysons Creeti Blazes showed improved form when she was home winner of the third race from H. O, Bedwells HjUM an 1 .1. A. Coburns Adieu. The three finished in fairly close order, with A. Mounces Son a distant fourth and Marygrace and Kickapoo following as named. The fifth was a mile and seventy yards fi r cheap ones and it was marred to a degree by inexperienced riders. It fell to M. J. CreSJH n"s Zeod, with Sam Louis llarrv Carroll finishing second, with A. S -biros Buttercup third. This finish would probably have boon reversed had a Jockej of more experience been tiding Buttercup She was ridden by II. MevJonigle. a Iitll- fellow of no experience and while he did well for a beg:mi. r, he was not able to give the filly the support she sh uul have enjoyed. V. oil cut out the pace from tin- rise of tin- barrier and. while Harry Carroll was closing on him resolutely through tie- stretch, he stuck it out to be winter. Buttercup was last all through the earl racing and McGonigle araa forced logo around the others with hei . She closed an Immense gap and when in ih- stretch she bore over witlt the little fell w until In- had to straighten bet to avoid an accident. This cos! her saaae ground and still she was vv.-n lapped on Harry Carroll at the end.
