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TRED AVON WINS INAUGURAL ♦ Labrot Mare Carries 126 Pounds to Bowie Victory. ♦ Action Is Disqualified After Finishing Second — Meeting Opens Under Auspicious Weather Conditions. ♦— BOWIE, Md., May 18.— Racing for her owner and breeder, Sylvester Labrot, and carrying the crushing burden of 126 pounds, Tred Avon, the sterling daughter of Sir Greysteel — La Muiron added more laurels to her wonderful record when she administered a decisive defeat to seven other handicap performers that opposed her in the renewal of the Inaugural Handicap that featured the opening day program of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Associations spring meeting today. Ridden by E. Steffen and overcoming interference in a roughly run race, the Labrot miss never faltered under her burden and raced past her opponents to take the major awards. At the end the Labrot filly was a length before Action, but the latter was later set back for interf ence with his opponents during the race and Springsteel, a stablemate of the winner, was moved into second place. Clotho, originally fourth, was given third and Rehoboth, from the J. F. Adams stable, placed before the others. Approximately 6,000 spectators witnessed the running of the Inaugural. The meeting got under way with bright and summerlike weather prevailing. Action behaved badly at the post before the start of the feature and finally was sent to the outside. The field of eight got away in almost a perfect line. Rehoboth went to the front and Canron dropped into second place. Action, with J. Renick up, cut across and on th3 clubhouse turn bumped Spring-steel. Steffen took his time with Tred Avon and at the three-quarters mile mark she and Springsteel were back of Action, which had gone to the front with Scotch Gold, Canron and Rehoboth. Tred Avon came outside the leaders with ease when asked and won under a strong hand ride by a length. Action, after racing Rehoboth and Canron into submission, held on stubbornly. Springsteel, after regaining stride after being bumped, finished fast. Clotho was in the fight most of the way and finished well. Rehoboth showed fine speed for three-quarters. Canron and Scotch Gold tired. Can-toria never was a factor. The race was run in good time — 1:45%. Players of favorites took a whipping in the opener when E. Carvers Soupcon finished second to G. Teznews The Gen, a rank outsider in the betting. Mrs. S. N. Collins Cordoba finished third and Mrs. Ben Chapmans Calgary Kay fourth. So little was the winner liked that he returned 3 for . Cordoba left the post fast and was closely accompanied by Allanah. Just behind them, running abreast, came The Gen and Wise Money. Soupcon was back in the ruck, unable to get clear passage. Johnny Gilbert took The Gen to the front on the turn for the stretch. At the same time V. W. Wisner went around a half dozen horses trying to get Soupcon clear of interference. He cut in again at the head of the stretch and the favorite finished with good speed. He was gaining on The Gen with every stride and seemed to be much the best. Cordoba hung on tenaciously and just lasted to get third money irom the fast-finishing Calgary Kay. The players of favorites were rewarded in the second, another three-quarters sprint for three-year-olds and over, when P. H. Faul-coners Instigator got down in front. J. C. Jones Revonah was second, Grant Rennas Mordrom third and W. B. Marshalls Clear Knight fourth. Clear Knight, a field horse, cut out the running to the head of the stretch, where Instigator, stoutly ridden by "Sonny" Workman, went to the front. The choice was hard pressed from the eighth pole to the end, but made the grade. Revonah, which never was far back, finished with good speed to get place money from Mordrom, which had been well up from the start. The early pacemaker barely lasted to get the fourth award. P. E. Brown has taken over Lampoon and Ward-in-Chancery to train for S. Mason. R. Stoneburner and R. Nixon had their first mounts of the eastern racing season in Maryland on Thursday.
