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TRAFFIC JUDGE AGAIN . Fourth Victory in Five Starts for Watts Racer. t Variety of Weather at Bowie, With Thunderstorm, Wind, Lightning and Hail Track Changes. BOWIE, Md., May 24 R. P. Watts Traffic Judge was winner of the best offering at Bowie this afternoon when, in a game race, he won the Mayor J. C. Biggins Purse, named for the executive head of Norfolk, Va., who was present with a party of friends. This was a race of a mile and a sixteenth that was run during a heavy downpour of rain that later changed to a hailstorm. Sylvester W. Labrots Open Hearth took second in the feature and C. S. Bancrofts Idealist beat Home Work for third. There was every variety of weather during a day of excellent sport that was enjoyed by a big crowd. It was like mid-August for the first three races. Then there was a violent thunderstorm and, after the running of the fifth, came the hail. All of this changed the track surface and the sixth and seventh races were run through deep, sloppy going. Little time was lost in the Mayor Biggins Purse and the start was an excellent one. Idealist was more alert than the others and he rushed away to a lead of a length and a half in the first furlong. Traffic Judge followed him and then came Open Hearth. Ned O. was back of these, while Munden had taken Banderlog back right after the break, until the Whitney gelding was hopelessly out of the running. Idealist held to his lead through the back stretch, but Open Hearth and Traffic Judge were soon following him closely with Ned O. moving up on the inside of the three. It was shortly after rounding from the back stretch that Haines ran Ned O. up on the heels of Traffic Judge. This caused him to stumble badly and drop out of the contention when he appeared to have a royal winning chance. FINE PERFORMANCE. Open Hearth finally ran down Idealist, but at the same time Traffic Judge was circling around gallantly and in the run through the stretch he readily disposed of the Labrot gelding to be winner by a length and a- half. Open Hearth was four lengths before the tired Idealist, and he in turn beat Home Work for third by a length. Ned O. had excuse enough for finishing no better than fifth and Banderlog was last, by reason of the peculiar ride of Munden. There was a big surprise in the opening five furlongs dash, for plater juveniles, when E. K. Brysons Owen Martinez barely won over Sylvester W. Labrots The Bailiff. Third went to Campagna, a stablemate of The Bailiff. Owen Martinez was so neglected in the betting that he paid 69 for each investment, while the Labrot pair were held at odds-on. There was a long delay at the post, but the start was a good one and Indianole, a Joseph E. Davis starter, was more alert than the others, to go into an instant lead. The Bailiff had left the post rather slowly and was well back of the pace until near the stretch, where he moved up fast on the outside. In the meantime Indianole had enough of the pacemaking, and as she weakened, the Bryson gelding took command. A furlong from the finish he was showing the way, but The Bailiff was closing on him steadily. Then, when it seemed certain the Labrot youngster would win, he swerved in badly and Serio kept Owen Martinez going long enough to score by a nose. HUT SURPRISE WINNER. The second, a six furlongs dash for cheap three-year-old maidens, furnished another surprise when Leslie E. Keiffers Hut was the winner in an exciting finish over Archibald Barklies Big Toney, with F. P. Gross Too Late beating Too Gai for third. Hut paid 9.80 for each investment, while Big Toney was another of the long shots of the party. There was a long delay at the post and the start was a good one, though Golly was caugh; in close quarters and eased back by De Camillas until he was last of the big party. Eternal Maid was away in full stride and she was the one to set the pace, but she was not able to draw away nor was she able to carry the pace for long. Shenvalle moved into second place and Big Toney was racing third, showing the way to Seco. The leaders were racing in a close bunch and Shenvalle was forced to run along on the outside at the loss of some ground. Then, Continued on thirteenth page. TRAFFIC JUDGE AGAIN Continued from first page. as the stretch was reached, Big Toney for an instant showed in front, but Hut had been making up ground on the inside and, slipping through in the final stages, was past the line winner by a length and a half." Big Toney had saved second place by a length from Too Late, another that finished fast to save third by a nose from Too Gai. The second juvenile race of the day, a five-furlong dash run as the third, saw O. Blanks Lodorus winner over E. Wakoffs If Ida, with H. R. Dickens Chatterdoo a close third. This brought another long delay, and Lodorus and If Ida were the ones to dominate all the running. High and Mighty made one bid going to the stretch turn and for an instant he was close in the contention, but he faded out of it badly in the stretch run to finish far back. Steff en saved ground with Lodorus on the stretch turn and, though for a time she was headed by If Ida, she came again gamely and at the end was going away with a lead of a length and a half at the line. Chatterdoo in the meantime had been making up ground steadily from a slow beginning, and he was catching If Ida to be beaten only three parts of a length for the place. The others had cut no figure in the running. While the horses were at the post for the fourth there was a blinding thunderstorm and it was with difficulty that they could be distinguished. This fell to Ladino and it completed a double for O. Blank. The son of Ladkin finished with a rush in the stretch to outgame Mrs. W. H. Denhams Uncle Donald and airs. Elmer Trucmans II-chester beat English Knight for third. From a good start OMalley rushed English Knight into a long lead and as he galloped along on the back stretch five lengths before the others, it did not seem possible, he would be caught. Ilchester was heading" the others and then came Below Cost. Ladino followed the Bancroft colt. Near the stretch English Knight began to tire and there was a general closing up back of him. Ilchester was hanging on well, but Uncle Donald was coming with a great rush and Ladino, on the outside of the lot, was also making up ground at every stride. In the final seventy yards Ladino, Uncle Donald and Ilchester fought it out to finish in that order, with the Blank gelding winning by half a length and. Uncle Donald beating Ilchester a like distance. If the stewards had listened to the plea of O. Blank there would have been no double for the silks, for he had endeavored to have both of his winning starters excused. Edward J. Brennan distributed condition books for the five-day meeting to be conducted at Hagerstown to horsemen. The book caters to all classes and provides for seven races each day. Trainer C. T. Bonham has arranged to ship the horses owned by the Tedlu Stable to Canada at the conclusion of the Bowie meeting.
