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1 1 1 1 BOWIES GREAT POPULARITY Requests for Stalls Far Exceed Number Available More Than 500 Horses Already 011 Grounds. BOWIE, Md., March 18 The popularity of the forthcoming eieyen-day meeting; of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association, beginning April 1, is best attested in the statement of track superintendent Hichard Pending that he has already received oyer 2,000 requests for the 1,300 available stalls here. Every mail brings additional requests, while other applications are coming by wire from the various winter tracks. Every important American and Canadian stable, not to mention "the horsemen, who have raced here since the track was first built have been granted whatever stall space they desired. The handsome barn, erected for Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree horses is aU ready to house the string which MarshaU Lilly is bringing down from winter .quarters at Red Bank, N. J. A green and yellow color scheme has been used on the Green-tree barn and it can be seen from any part of the track, due to its being located on the ground formerly used for the old seven-eighths mile chute. Races at seven-eighths have been abolished here and part of the ground has been used for a road for Baltimore motorists as well as a parking space. The Greentrec barn is located in the sector just off the new road for Washington motorists. The new roads built during the winter will speed up traffic from both Baltimore and Washington. In addition parking space for 7,000 cars is now available. Each parking-space has been lettered and a competent force of men will handle each section, so that motorists will have easy access to and from the grounds. General manager Joseph B. Boyle has been a daily visitor since his arrival from Florida and is keeping a force of carpenters busy making improvements in the club house and grandstand. The racing strip under superintendent Pending care is lightning fast. Thereare more than 500 horses already on the grounds and several, which wintered in this sector have shown fast time. Numerous stahles that wintered at Pim-lico are due to move in this week and from now until the opening bugle sounds on April 1 this course will be the scene daily of great activity. One of the largest strings on the grounds is that of Uncle Billy Garth, of Virginia, who came up from winter quarters at Charlottesville, Va., with twenty horses. The veteran is a great favorite with everyone and his friends are hoping that Lady Luck gives him a better break this year than fell to his lot the past few seasons. Others whose horses are ready for the opening bugle are Al Weston, a steward at Pimlico; John J. Farrell, Jr., C. P. Winfrey, Fritz Weiner, George Hamilton, Mayor Frank Hayes, of Waterbury, Conn., Peter E. Fitzgerald, P. Clausen, Fred J. Hughes, Hastings Stable, Brandon Stable, R. E. Potts, Ernest Hall, G. L. Goodacre, Norman Stanton, H. C. Brimmer, Bill Wright, j. C. Cremens and Tod Manley.
