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At Bowie One Best Bet — CORPORAL — In the Fifth Race. ; ! , ■ I 1 1 A fine half-holiday program has been arranged for todays racing with the sixth running of the Prince Georges Spring Handicap as the stellar attraction. Sixteen were named in the overnight entries for this stake feature and even if there is some scratching before pest time there is plenty of good material entered to make - for an interesting contest. H. P. Whitneys Afterglow has been assigned top impost of 126 pounds. Next in the handicappers estimation comes Aucilla, with 120 pounds, then Banton, whose assignment is 117 and Golden Spire with 116. Jack Higgins, the Louisiana Derby winner, gets in with 113. The secondary attraction is the Thorn-cliffe PvM, to be run as the fifth event and over the seven-eighths distance. This is an allowance affair and brings out a high-class field of sprinters. Corporal, which has won his last two starts here, is favored to win this number and appears to be the best betting proposition on the card. The Clifton Forge Purse, at five and a half furlongs, also brings a good field to the post. Three claiming races and the Expectation Purse, framed for two-year-olds and under allowance conditions, rounds out the fine Saturday program. LETALONE— RE A— SPORT. The winner of the Expectation Purse should be LETALO.NE. The Whitney colt has yet to win a race, but in both of his starts lie showed well and was able to land in third place in each event. He is favorably weighted today and we expect him to hand this field a beating. REA, winner of her last start, is tabbed to account for the place end of the coin. She only has to repeat her last effort to be the one to finish closest to the winner. SPORT, which now races for Clyde Phillips, is possibly best of the others for the show end of the purse. 1 LEV ATE--HIGH HOPE— SON A "I. The second, race brin~s out a large field to race over the six and a half furlongs distance and here we favor ELEVATE to prove best. The Patterson filly found the distance of her lac race a bit too long for her and. as a consequence, landed in third place after leading to the stretch. With the shorter distance and the weights in h:r favor, we think she may be good enough to land in front of this field. HIGH HOP3, another one wnich .aced well in her last start, is selected for second place. Her last effort duplicated today would make her dangerous company. SON AMI is liable to find his impost of 120 pounds too much for him, but we think he will be able to land the show end of the purse at least. SUNSARD— POLY— SENATOR NORRIS. SUNSARD turned in thj fastest three-quarters time of uie meeting in his last start and, basing on that performance, is possibly a shade the best o the starters in the Clifton Forge Purse. He raced in his best form on that occasion and only has to go in a like manner here to beat POLY, wrhich looms as the most dangerous contender. The latter is to pack 116 pounds, ten pounds off his initial start here, when he put up a good effort to land second money. He is bound to cause plenty of trouble, but if SUNSARD shows his best speed, we think the Smith gelding may prove best. SENATOR NORRIS is capable of landing the show money. WILLIE K.— CROSSCO— PETER PETER. In his race Thursday. WILLIE K. had to be content with second money, CROSSCO beating the latter by a head. The latter was possibly a bit lucky in : chieving her victory for, had the distance been a bit longer, there is no denying the Keating colt could have beaten the filly. The feature attraction today engages both of the above mentioned horses, but we 1 : for a reversal of the decision at the longer distance. WILLIE K. is in exceptionally good form at present and his impost is a most favorable one. CROSSCO, though degarded as an outsider, must be given due consideration on her showing Thursday and in her races at New Orleans. PETER PETER, from the Greentree Stable, figures next best. AFTERGLOW appears to have his work cut out for him. CORPORAL— BURNING GLASS-CHARLES H. Even though picking up eight pounds over his last winning effort, we favor CORPORAL to win again in the Thorncliffe Purse. The R. L. Freeman colt turned in two good winning races in his two last starts and either of those races duplicated here should see him adding another score to his credit. BURNING GLASS, which graduated from the non-winner ranks in his last start, appears to be the most probable danger. He turned in a fast three-quarters in his last race and only has to go in the same style here to land closest to CORPORAL. CHARLES H. is possibly the best of the others for the short end of the coin. GRAND BEY— ROBERT MANDEL— GOLDEN VOLT. The sixth race looks like a good spot for GRAND BEY to come down in front. He is favorably weighted for this event and he only has to race in his best style to take this band into camp. He was winner of his first start here and then landed in second place in his next two starts. ROBERT MANDEL won off by himself in his race Thursday in slow going. The track was more or less made to order for him then, but, even with a fast strip today, we look for him to give a good account of himself. GOLDEN VOLT seems to be slightly the best of the others for the remaining portion of the purse. FOREHEAD— ROWLANDS REQUEST— VALENTINO. The good night event is a rather open affair, for there are several which appear to have a good chance of winning. Because of her favorable impost, we expect FOREHEAD to take down top honors in this number. The Bedwell filly is in good form at the present and only has to show her best speed to beat this field. ROWLANDS REQUEST and VALENTINO, both winners of their last starts, figure close together for second place, with the former holding a slight edge. MAXIE, TAZEWELL and KNOW-ME-GNOME are others which are capable of winning.
