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EVERGOLD AND COUCCI Prove Winning Combination in Mondays IVlain Race at Bowie. Takes Measure of Star Porter With "Sonny" Workman Up Large Crowd Despite Weather. BOWIE, Md., April 8. Evergold, from the Shandon Farm Stable, and benefited with Silvio Coucci in the saddle, was winner of the best offering of the Southern Maryland Association here this afternoon. He took the measure of Ral ParrsStar Porter, on which "Sonny" Workman made his first appearance of the meeting, and an odds-on choice for the six furlongs dash. Well back of the pair, E. F. Seagrams Stand Pat, another that had raced in Florida with signal success, was third, followed by Brown Twig and Identify, the only other starters. This was christened the Wallace Beery Purse, and it was run over a track that was deep in sloppy mud. The time, 1:14, was excellent, considering the footing. The race also chalked up a double for Coucci, who had won the previous race with Xandra for W. Elliott. Weather conditions were the most disagreeable of the meeting. Until mid-afternoon there was a cold, drizzling rain that naturally had an effect on the attendance, though it was surprisingly large. Again the "Daily Double" went to five figures when it showed a total of 1,056. It was natural that track conditions should bring several scratches, and the feature sprint was reduced to five runners by the withdrawal of Our Mae and Ladfield, but it resulted in an excellent contest. The skill of Coucci played an important part in the result. As the small field left the stalls Workman went to the front with Star Porter, a gelding well suited in the soft footing. Brown Twig raced along with the son of The Porter, and through the opening furlong Identify was in third place, while Ever-gold, slower to be under way, was last of the lot. UNDER EARLY RESTRAINT. This order was not for long and Identify was first to weaken. As he dropped back Coucci moved into third place with Ever-gold, and he had the old son of Ladkin under a nice restraint, and he closed on the leaders. In the meantime Star Porter had put Brown Twig away but, swinging for home, it was evident that Evergold would run him down. Coucci was in no hurry with the winner. A furlong out Workman went to the whip on Star Porter. From there to the finish Coucci had only to hold his mount together in the treacherous footing to have him the winner by a length and going away. Star Porter saved second place from Stand Pat by four lengths, and the Seagram colt was half a dozen lengths before Brown Twig, while the soundly beaten Identify was being eased up in last place. Frank Horn rode one of his really good races when he brought the Wheatley Stables Distract home the winner in the opening half-mile dash for maiden juveniles. His mount went in the air at the break and it cost some ground. Horn worked his way up handily after this bit of misfortune, and through the stretch kept the son of Distraction straight and true through the slippery, sloppy going. Galla, from the Calumet Farm Stable, was well lapped on the Wheatley colt at the line, and D. A. Woods Clarksdale was only another neck away, having closed with a determined rush on the outside. HOWS CHANCES EASILY. Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Hows Chances splashed his way to rather an easy victory in the second, a six furlongs dash, for three-year-olds. He had plenty to spare over Al-fred Gwynne Vanderbilts Glyndon Belle and Chief Mourner, which now races for Robert Stone, saved third from Mrs. R. H. Heighes Zay. From a good start Zay rushed into command and Glyndon Belle went after her, with Hows Chances in third place. This order was maintained to the head of the stretch, where the leading pair swung wide, while Bobby Jones chose the inside with Mrs. Whitneys colt. He raced through before the eighth post was reached, and at the end had four lengths to spare. Glyndon Belle stuck it out to save second place by two lengths, while Chief Mourner readily ran down the tired Zay to be third by two lengths. The unruly actions of Proteus caused a Continued on eighteenth page.. , j EVERGOLD AND COUCCI Continued from first page. delay of more than ten minutes- at the post in the third, another six furlongs dash. Eventually he was sent to a position outside the stalls. The nine left in good alignment. This race fell to Mrs. J. M. Blacks Waterset, the favorite of the company, and the "Double" which this completed paid 5.10. The daughter of Upset was doing her best to beat Twidgets, a long shot of the party, which paid 0.00 to place, and third was the portion of Impromptu. The fourth was at a mile and a sixteenth, which brought six ordinary platers together, and it went to W. Elliotts Xandra under a patient and well-judged ride by Coucci. Through the early running the Chatterton mare was far back of the pace, but in the final quarter, under a vigorous ride, she ran down W. C. Winfreys Stone Martin, to be winner by half a length. A. C. Comp-tons Beyond Doubt was third far back of the first two, but he had played an important part in the defeat of Stone Martin. DuPre made the mistake of sending Stone Martin after Beyond Doubt, the one that went into an early lead of two lengths. This effort to run down the three-year-old left the Winfrey campaigner with little to withstand the final challenge of the winner. Coucci had avoided all that early pace and through the back stretch the mare was ten lengths back, Prince Pompey racing in third place, back of the leading pair. Before the stretch was reached Stone Martin put Beyond Doubt away, but it had cost him too much and as Xandra came alongside in the last furlong he battled along gamely only to lose by half a length. Beyond Doubt was seven lengths back to beat Post Brigade for third. , Mrs. P. Kandells Bye Bye Mary came back with another good race to be winner of the sixth, a gallop of a mile and seventy yards. Earl Porter rated her back of the pace set by Foreign Lady and Bird Lore, and in the stretch she took command with little effort to be winner by five lengths. Bellator, outrun early, raced past the leaders in the stretch to nose out Eastern Ruler for second place, and that gelding in turn beat the pacemaking Foreign Lady by half a length for third. Bird Lore quit after having raced along with Foreign Lady, and the others cut no figure in the running. At the end of the program H. Lindberg completed a riding double when he scored with "Whitey" Abels Idle Flirt in a gallop of a mile and a furlong for -cheap ones. Rated back of the pace furnished by Cherokee Sal and Walkalong, the St. Henry filly came through easily in the stretch. Mrs. J. M. Blacks Canimar saved second place by a narrow margin from the tiring Walk-along, and Cherokee Sal was fourth.
