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GOOD HARVEST VICTORIOUS IN ROWE MEMORIAL t -4 ; $ Silvio Coucci Takes Saddle Honors on Mayor Jackson Day Big Crowd Sets Mutuel Handle Record for Current Bowie Meeting Weather Uncomfortable but Thrilling Sport Atones for Discomfort BOWIE, Md., April 6. Good Harvest carried the silks of the B. B. Stable to a handy victory in the Rowe Memorial Handicap here this afternoon under a well-timed ride by Silvio Coucci, who in the secondary feature, the Marietta Purse, rode Manager Bill to a narrow victory. In the Rowe Memorial, Breckenridge Longs Legume raced to second place, and back of him was a pair of Kentucky Derby eligibles in Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Brannon and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Bachelor Dinner. It was Mayor Jackson 9 day at Bowie, in honor of the chief executive of Baltimore, and he and his party took a lively interest in the sport that attracted some 15,000 to the course of the Southern Maryland Association. The day was a dreary one and uncomfortably cold, but one of the most successful days of sport in the history of the association. The racing was marked by thrilling finishes, and the play in the mutuel. machines reached a high mark for the meeting. The "Daily Double" went to a total of 0,-934, pronounced by Mortimer Mahony as a greater pool than was ever known before in that mode of wagering. The Rowe Memorial carried a net value to the winner of ,630 and a valuable trophy donated by Mrs. Whitney was presented by John Garver, agent for the stable, to Hirsch Jacobs, trainer of the winner. It was fitting the winner should be ridden by a Greentree rider, Currants, the stable nominee, being scratched. As the six engaged left the stalls on the same stride Legume was just showing his nose in front and Wise Sister soon headed him to open up a lead of a length. Good-Harvest, slow to find his racing legs, was rather a bad last. Bejshak was content to rate Bachelor Dinner along back of the filly until turning out of the back stretch, where he permitted the son of Pompey to go to the front. He moved away so smoothly that he was soon two lengths clear and apparently racing well within himself. It was Legume that went after the Pompey colt. He was racing resolutely but did not appear to have a reasonable chance to catch the leader as the stretch was reached. As the leaders swung into the stretch, Coucci was moving up on the inside with Good Harvest and as an opening came he rushed the Epinard gelding through until he was close after the leaders. Then in the last furlong Bachelor Dinner suddenly tired and Bejshak went to the whip. It was of no avail for Good Harvest shot through to be past the line winner by a length and a half going away. Legume hung on with a degree of courage, but in another stride he would have surrendered the place to Brannon. This Continued on thirteenth page. GOOD HARVEST VICTORIOUS IN R0WE MEMORIAL Continued from first page. fellow, with a seasoning in Florida, waa lacking in early speed, but he finished determinedly through the final quarter. In a day of close finishes one of the most thrilling came in the Naughty Marietta Purse, when under a powerful ride, Silvio Coucci got the nose of A. C. Comptons Manager Bill down before Edward F. Seagrams Biography. But there came a claim of foul when Lindberg made a complaint against the Greentree rider. A patrol judge was called in from the head of the stretch and on his report the claim was not allowed. Right at the end Coucci had plainly outridden Lindberg and the pair finished fiye lengths before J. U. Grattons Hug Again, and Sun Monk was fourth. As the race was run the winner had to be much the best, but it took all of Couccis skill to have him score. Manager Bill had acted badly at the post and he had just been backed into his stall, the outside one, when the start was made. As a result, he was a bad last leaving and Coucci was forced to sprint him away. Around the first turn he had caught the leaders and in the back stretch he was showing the way. , As soon as he had taken command, Coucci took a slight hold of his mount and rated him along with an advantage of a length. Biography and Grainger followed him closely lapped and then came Flaming Mamie, while Hug Again was last of the small field and three lengths away from the others. Grainger was moving on the outside and Lindberg had the inner berth. As the Seagram gelding moved up on his rail-position there was no room to come through and he was eased back. A second effort met with no better success and as Coucci turned into the stretch with Manager Bill there was little room on the insider It was a battle all the way to the finish and Coucci, in his best form, earned the decision for his mount by a nose. As the pair fought along in the closing stages, they drew away five lengths from the others while Hug Again gained some ground to take third. Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore viewed this race from the stewards stand and after the finish presented H. Guy Bed-well, trainer of the winner for Mr. Compton, with a handsome trophy which was a part of the prize. There came a real thrill for the immense crowd in the opening six furlongs dash when. Mrs. J. M. Blacks Fervid barely lasted to win over Sparky, and Playfole,. making his first appearance since 1933, took third from Tell It. Justa Teacher rushed out from the good start and showed the way, with Jilted and Fervid following closely, Playfole following them, and as Jilted tired, Playfole moved up to third place. Fervid was racing oh the outside of Justa Teacher, but she was alongside the early leaders as they turned out of the back stretch. When the turn for home was reached, Fervid had taken command, then in the final furlong Sparky, which had met with some early interference, was rushing through and fairly running over the others. Right to the. end Sparky continued to gain, but Porter kept Fervid going long enough to earn the decision by a head. Playfole was at the heels of Sparky, and Tell It was only beaten a head for third. The Shandon Farms Bright Light, ridden by Johnny Gilbert, was winner of the half-mile dash for juveniles, which was the second offering. Lookabout raced to second place, and far back Someone Else took third from Playful Tour. The eight engaged left the stalls in excellent alignment, and Bright Light was just showing the way to. Deliberate, and Blue Donna was third. Turning from the back stretch Deliberate was rushed into a lead of a couple of lengths, and he raced away from his opponents in racehorse fashion. Someone Else also headed Bright Light, and Lookabout had moved into contention and was racing lapped on the Sun Flag colt. Deliberate swung into the stretch with a clear lead of three lengths, and a furlong from the finish seemed a sure winner. Then in that final furlong he tired and Bright Light and Look-about raced past to fight it out, Bright Light winning by a length. This final duel took the pair out five lengths before the tiring Someone Else, which saved third from Playful Tour by a length. A battling finish occurred in the third when Sisowen completed a double for the Shandon Farm silks by catching Candescent to earn a close victory. A length and a half back of them, Hogans Fox took third from Mad Beth. A delay of fifteen minutes occurred at the post in this for which Candescent was chiefly to blame, but the start was a good one and Stone Martin was first in motion, though he. almost at once gave way to Candescent, which had been taken to a position outside the stalls by reason of her bad behavior. Hogans Fox and Mad" Beth went after Candescent closely, and Sisowen was outside of these and also close in the contention. Candescent held to her lead around the bend and into the stretch, and Sisowen was forced to lose some ground by racing wide. As she moved, Mad Beth met with some interference, being crowded back rather badly. Then in the last furlong Sisowen steadily wore down Candescent to be winner by a head. Candescent was a length and a half before Hogans Fox, Mad Beth and Stone Martin, which followed in the order named and only noses apart. This race completed the "Double," which paid 3, the shortest price in the "Double" for the meeting.
