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MANY CLOSE FINISHES , t Despite Muddy Track Sport Thrills Bowie Spectators. Pennant Lass Beaten in Final Strides of Feature by Dinah Did Upset. BOWIE, Md.. April 3. After two days of delightful spring weather, the Bowie meeting ran into decidedly disagreeable weather conditions this afternoon when a cold rain fell all day. The track was muddy, but that did not prevent some thrilling sport and a crowd of good proportions was out. It was a day marked by close finishes and one of the most thrilling occurred at the end of the Attractive Purse, over six furlongs, for fillies and mares. S. W. Labrots Dinah Did Upset and A. W. Wntzels Pennant Lass were closely lapped at the finish, but the daughter of , Upset had won in the final strides. It may be track conditions were in her favor, but in the running of the Inaugural Handicap Tuesday, in which Pennant Lass was beaten by Bocaratone, Dinah Did Upset was far back. As the race was run, it appeared that Thurber, who rode Pennant Lass, was largely responsible for her defeat today. He made a weak finish after having the filly under steady restraint almost to the furlong post in the stretch. TWO-HORSE RACE. It was a two-horse race after H. P. Whitneys Rueful, and Mombasa, from the Dor-wood Stable, quit after a flash of early speed. Pennant Lass was setting an exceedingly fast pace, but she was under restraint and, in the stretch, still seemed to have t plenty left. Inside the final eighth and after Dinah Did Upset had threatened, Thurber continued to sit still on the daughter of Pennant and there was no evidence that he gave her the slightest help in the final strides. The finish was so close that many were of the opinion that Pennant Lass had lasted to win and it is possible that Thurber. had the same idea but that was no excuse for his not displaying greater energy. The others cut no figure in the running and Belle of Govans, which took third place, was five lengths back of the Pennant filly. Garlic, which had a winter racing education at the Agua Caliente course, took the opening purse for George Wingfields Nevada Stock Farm Stable. Sent to the post by Richard Carman, Jr., and ridden by R. Morrison, who piloted him at the Mexican course, the winter schooling stood him in good stead. This was a half-mile race for maiden juveniles and at the end the son of Pot au Feu was showing the way to Joseph Leiters Princess Tell, which raced at the Fair Ground, while third was the portion of another winter campaigner when Frank Brays Brandon Dare saved that part of the prize from E. F. Sanfords Marcheur. ABITIBI CROWDED BACK. The start was a good one, but as the field came out of the stalls, Abitibi was shut off and crowded back while Marcheur also met witli some interference. Princess Tell, leaving from the inside, was more alert than the others and she was the one to set the pace. Garlic. Brandon Dare and Fervid raced along after the filly but it was not until the stretch was reached that she showed signs of tiring. In the last eighth Garlic ran past her to be home winner by two lengths. Brandon Dare was also catching her but she lasted to save second place by a nose and Marcheur gained some ground to be fourth. R. A. Smith sent a winner to the post when his St. Tuscan scored easily in the second race, for three-year-old platers. Columbus, from the Rancocas Stable, raced to second place, and W. H. Snyders record-maker at St. Johns Park, Guilder, got up to save third from Y. W. Manns Mutual Friend. From a good start St. Tuscan, Columbus and Mutual Friend were the ones to race away into a good lead, while Guilder was soon in fourth place, but many lengths back, and Hicks, who had the mount, seemed to be content with his position. St. Tuscan forced the pace under a slight restraint until the stretch was reached, whpre he drew away without much effort, to be home the winner by three lengths. Columbus Continued on twelfth page. MANY CLOSE FINISHES Continued from first page. was an easy second and Mutual Friend tired so badly that Guilder raced into third place despite the listless riding of Hicks. The others were always outrun. A close finish resulted in the third race, a claiming affair, when Dick Pendings Judge Bartlett earned a close decision over J. Cos-tellos Algol and Mrs. A. E. Van Rees Stupendous was third before Frank Fullen. The start was a good one and, while Elizabeth Bolla was first to show, she was quickly passed by both Algol and Judge Bartlett. They raced away like a team and Hypnotism found his way into third place but well back of them. He in turn was followed by Stupendous and Harvard. Algol seemed to be holding Judge Bartlett safe as the pair turned into the stretch but Hypnotism had failed when called on and Stupendous was on even terms with her and racing in. better fashion. It was a battle all through the stretch and right in the final strides Judge Bartlett was coming again under a furious drive and just dropped his nose down in front. Algol was two lengths before Stupendous, which finished gamely, and she was just three-quarters of a length before Frank Fullen. Walter J. Salmons Annapolis won his second race of the meeting when he scored in the "White Marsh Purse, another claiming affair. In this he was not. confirmed as winner until the stewards had considered a claim of foul that was lodged by Quackenbush, who rode Strongheart. from the "Walbri Farms Stable, which finished second. Third fell to Arcturus, from the stable of Charles Graf-fagnini. News reached here this morning of the death of Charles Murray, in the Hotel Dieu Hospital in New Orleans as a result of injuries he sustained in an automobile accident a few days back.
