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, I JACK HIGGINS WINS « Louisiana Derby Winner Captures Capitol Handicap at Bowie. ♦. Largest Crowd of Meeting in Attendance to Witness Excellent Half -Holiday Program. BOWIE, Md., April 7.— W. Currans Louisiana Derby winner Jack Higgins, was winner of the seven-eighths mile Capitol Handicap here this afternoon. It was the feature race of an excellent half-holiday program that had been prepared by Joseph McLennan for the first Saturday of the Bowie meeting. The crowd was an immense one and larger than that of the great gathering on the opening day of the meeting. It was another summer-like day and the track was at its best, though a high wind militated against fast time in the running through the back stretch, while, of course, it favored the front stretch and enabled the two-year-old Too High to establish a new half mile track record of :46*5. Besides the Capitol Handicap, for three-year-olds, which had a value of ,930 to the winner, there were also the Highway Handicap for the sprinters, and the Old Dominion Handicap of a mile and seventy yards. Both of these brought excellent contests. Jack Higgins was top-weight in the Capitol Handicap under 117 pounds and, in an excellently run race, he was winner by a length from G. C. Winfreys Manchu, with Ancient Mariner and False Modesty, the Greentree Stable pair, following third and fourth. Charles II., beginning well, was the one to set the early pace, but Manchu and Ancient Mariner were right with him while Peternel had Jack Higgins down on the inner rail and, while outrun early, he had plenty of racing room. WORKS WAY UP. Charles II. did not last long and Manchu and Ancient Mariner kept him hard at work while he was showing the way. All the time Jack Higgins was gradually working his way up on the inside and it was apparent, at the turn out of the back stretch, that he was to be. at least, a close contender. At the head of the stretch Manchu went out a bit and carried Ancient Mariner with him. This gave Jack Higgins his opportunity and Peternel was quick to rush him up until, at the eighth post, he was through and showing the way. Through the last eighth the son of Sweep easily held hi3 command to be winner by a length, while Manchu. under a drive, beat Ancient Mariner a like distance for second place. False Modesty made up some ground and the others followed along in strung-out order. An interesting feature of the day was the five and a half furlongs Highway Handicap. This brought victory to Indian Love Call from the Island Farm Stable, when he led home Joseph E. Davis Polish by a narrow margin, with Jefferson Livingstons Son of John, winner of the Inaugural Handicap, saving third from the Greentree Stables Rosinante. From a good start Flitter Mouse was first to show, but Polish was right with her and Rosinante was not far away. Son of John began well enough from the inside position, but he could not keep step with the early pace and dropped back slightly. PACEMAKER QUITS. Flitter Mouse soon gave way to Polish, but Rosinante was right there and Indian Love Call had moved to a close contending position. Son of John was still forced to run along on the inside. He was losing ground, while Senator Norris. which showed so much speed in his previous effort, was far back. It was not until well into the stretch that Polish began to tire and there Indian Love Call finished with a rush on the outside, while Son of John had come through on the I inside to reach third and Rosinante was dropping back. Through the last eighth. Polish had Son of John in rather close i quarters on the rail and, in a close finish. [ Indian Love Call was winner by a half i length while the Davis sprinter had beaten I Son of Joh:i by a length and a half for I second place. Too High, a swift running two-year-old, daughter o: High Time and High Born Lady, which races for Samuel Ross, the Washington sportsman, clipped the half-mile track record from :47 to :4G*s to win the opening race of todays program. William Garth, " the Virginia veteran, fitted this miss for her 1 effort and was naturally elated over the per- forma nee. To be winner. Too High led home Rapid " Transit, which established the track record a few days since, while Harry Payne Whitneys Lotalone was a close third and well in front of Walter J. Salmons Glacial. There was sonr delay at the barrier during which Talaris, the J. E. Davis starter, un-• seated Shanks, but the start was a good one. 1 Too High was away from an outside posi-" tion, and ODonnell rode her to such good I . Continued on teutu page. JACK HIGGINS WINS Continued from first page. I advantage that she was soon clear of her opponents and going easily. Both Rapid Transit and Letalone moved up threateningly going to the stretch turn, hut Too High had plenty left for the run home and. at the end, was still a length and a half clear, while If pM Transit heat the Whitney colt a head for second place. The performance of Too High was a decidedly impressive one. She is a well made chestnut filly with a tremendous turn of .s|»eed. and the manner in which she finished suggvsted that she may prove a re.-.lly good one in even hetter company. There came something of a form upset in the second race, at six and one-half furlongs, when E. R. Morehouses Lady Marie was an easy winner from Boh Smiths Little Asbestos, with Samuel Ross Lassa saving third from Fairyman, while Gracious Gift, which had beaten Lady Marie, Lassa and Little Ashes! os. was well hack in the company. It w:cs a form reversal in the poor showing of Grarious iift. and also in the greatly improved form of Lady Marie, which had raced in handages in her previous start. There was little to it after the start, for Tady Marie quickly went into a long lead an. I. hustled right along hy Leonard, she ne/.-r left the result in douht. Little Ashestos, always a bit sluggish in the early stages, finished with becoming speeil when he found his racing legs. Lassa :ilw tys meed forwardly, while Gracious Gift, after being away well, was never able to 1 I I improve his position and was tiring badly in the stretch. The Old Dominion Handicap brought about a good finish when, under a good ride by Schaefer, C. C. Smithsons Aucilla scored from the Greentree Stables Peter Peter, with Mrs. B. K. Chapmans Nealon Kay the one to save third place. In this, Peter Peter and Afterglow were the ones to set the pace, while Nealon Kay, on the inside, had an exceedingly rough race and was repeatedly cut off when Long attempted to go through. Afterglow held to Peter Peter until well into the stretch, but by that time Aucilla had moved up and, when Afterglow tired, he and Peter Peter went on, Aucilla winning in the closing strides by a head. Nealon Kay, after all his racing misfortunes, came with a rush to beat Afterglow by a head for third place, and his race indicated that it was only his misfortunes and the mistakes of jockey Long that brought about his defeat. Prank Fogarty has been added to starter Miltons schooling list. There are ninety-five on the preferred list, eighty-one of them in races at distances less than one mile. EL G. Bed wells white and green colors were carried to a sensational victory when Kanduit. matching strides with five other long distance performers in the sixth o%*er the one and one-sixteenth miles route, was up in the last few strides of the race to score hy a half length from Edward Arlingtons Grand Bey, the choice, while Nama and Priceman staged a spectacular duel for the minor awards, with the former proving a neck the better of the pair. Kanduit lost considerable ground in the early running when Leonard took her wide to avoid the softer footing that prevails along the inner rail.
