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STAND BY VICTORIOUS i r Trompe le Mort Gelding Scores in Magnolia Purse. Easily Defeats Genuine and My Sis at Bowie Foxim Makes Auspicious Debut. 1 1 i BOWIE, Sid., April 2. Stand By, freshened up since his campaign in Florida, was winner of the best offering at Bowie this afternoon -whn he won the Magnolia Purse, which brought out the best -sprinters that could be mustered. It was Mrs. W. J. Potters Genu- j ine, a stablemate of Bocaratone, winner of .the Inaugural Handicap, that took second, , place, while William F. Scheids My Sis beat ; Clean Play for third. It was the first start j since last year for both Genuine and My Sis. It was another day of ideal weather for the sport, though a high wind militated against 1 fast time in the races. The crowd was a surprisingly large one and there was the , customary Bowie enthusiasm for each of the seven races. Stand By was the first of the . winter campaigners to score during the day, , the opening race going to Billy Blake, which had riot been seen under silks since the Aqueduct racing. The second was won by Foxim, a two-year-old filly, starting for the first time, while the third was won by Burlap, one that had not raced since the Empire City meeting in New York in 1929. NO DELAY AT POST. Eight started in the feature and five of them had not been campaigned during the winter. They showed good form and no time was lost at the starting post. As they dashed away from the stalls, Toki, Genuine and My Sis were the first three to show. It was a good start, but this trio outran the others and they made the pace a fast one. Stand By was lengths back of them, but in a good position and Eddie Barnes was not asking him for his best in that first quarter. Toki was first to tire and as he shortened strides Genuine and My Sis continued gamely. Barnes was moving up with the Frank Bray gelding and he was making up ground rapidly as he raced on the outside an eighth out he was close after the first two and from there to the finish he gained on them and finally took the lead to get home an easy winner by a length. Genuine had outgamed My Sis for second place by a head, while the filly was slightly more than a length before Clean Play as he wore down the tired Toki. Five, and a half furlongs for maiden three-year-old colts and geldings was the first offering of the day and it resulted in a rattling finish when Billy Blake, a son of Ladkin, racing for the Meadow Farms Stable, just lasted to win over R. A. Smiths Master Star, with Mrs. Louise Viaus Rumor saving third from Edward Kanes Belli Casus. BAD POST MANNERS. There was a long delay at the post. Some of the starters might possibly still be maidens by, reason of their bad post manners. The start was good enough, but the field was soon strung out, with Brown Erin the one to show the way. He was rushed right along, but near the turn out of the back stretch, Bethel moved up with a rush on Billy Blake, electing to go to the outside. The son of Ladkin raced wide until he had Brown Erin headed and beaten at the three-eighths post. Billy Blake drew away slightly, hut after turning into the stretch there was a closing up back of him, and Bethel went to a drive. Master Star had been working his way up rapidly and in the last eighth seemed to have Billy Blake beaten, but J. Mann was of little help and Billy Blake stuck it out to be winner by a head. Master Star had beaten Pvumpr by a length and a half, while he, in turn, was only a nose before Belli Casus. The two-year-old race of the day was a four furlong dash under claiming conditions and Dr. J. P. Jones saddled the winner when he sent Foxim to the post under the silks of the Morven Stud Stable. Johnny McTaggart had the mount on the daughter of Jim Gaff-ney and Fox Trot and he displayed his old time alertness at the start. He sent the filly into the lead as she left her stall and she had speed enough to hold command throughout. Aweless and Norma Conlon were never far back in the early stages, while Glidelia was in early difficulties and did not have racing room. McTaggart kept hard at work on the winner and she was doing her best all through the stretch and at the end she was ridden out, but she was good enough to be winner by a half length. Fast Life, which had some racing education, was the one to save second place, but Broad A., from the B. B. Bice Stable, was running fast when too late to be closely lapped on the In Memoriam gelding. Fourteen started in the third race and N. E. Stantons Burlap was the winner from G. W. Continued on twelfth page. STAND BY VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. Campbells Encamp, with W. H. Snyders Matins Minister beating L. O. Sawyers One Cent for third. Robertson beat the others away with Burlap and he set a fast p?.ce, but it was not long before Cannon was rushing Hogans Alley past him into a good lead. Robertson wisely refrained from following the son of Westy Hogan closely, though he kept Burlap within striking distance. Hogans Alley tired badly before the stretch was reached as a result of the tactics of Cannon and as he tired Burlap again took the lead. Encamp finished fast in the final furlong, but Burlap was the winner by a length. Four lengths further back was Matins Minister. Both One Cent and Yosan finished resolutely back of him.
