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WHITNEY SILKS IN FRONT Capsheaf Easily Outruns Standout at -Popular Bowie Course. Fifth Successive Choice to Win During Afternoon Major General and Lodorus Score. 4 BOWIE, Md., May 29. Cornelius Vander-bilt Whitneys eton blue silks were carried to victory in the best race furnished for the semi-final day of the spring term of racing at Bowie today when Capsheaf, ridden by F. Munden, captured major honors in the Glenburnie Purse, which attracted eight of the better class three-year-olds at the Prince Georges County course. Following the winner to the end of the journey and suffering defeat by five lengths came Mrs. W. W. Vaughans Standout, while in a close finish for third Swinhaven, from the P. A. Markey barn, beat out M. Lowensteins My Counsellor and the four others. Capsheaf was the fifth successive choice to make good, and his triumph resulted in easy fashion. Shuffled back going to the first turn when unable to get into his best stride quickly enough, Munden wisely went to the outside after reaching the back stretch and had his mount within striking distance of the pacemakers. Continuing at a rapid pace, the C. V. Whitney racer readily overtook the swift running Bally Bay as the field turned out of the back stretch and, permitted to move right along, the son of Blohdin galloped away until he was safely past the line. Standout saved second place by two and one-half lengths, while Swinhaven, My Counsellor and Hut furnished a stirring duel for third. Favorites were in the majority during the afternoon, when the first five races were accounted for by popular horses. Ideal conditions prevailed for the sport and the crowd in attendance was of excellent size, with the fair sex prominent. Juvenile maiden fillies raced in the initial event, and this saw Gilbert Herkness supplying the winner when his swift running Mad Eagle graduated from the non-winning ranks to score in easy fashion. Opposed by ten others of her sex, the Harkness miss sped along in advance and at the end held a four-length margin over Mrs. J. H. Whitneys Yap, with Source Circle a driving third as she met defeat by three lengths for second honors. The winner was a strongly backed choice, and, while her score came in clean cut fashion, there was considerable excuse for W. G. Merions Marge, which was second in demand with the players. Marge, while racing along in third place and kept on the inside when reaching the home stretch, was badly blocked by Indian-ole, which was chasing the winner.
