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VICTORIOUS ANN SCORES Vanderbilt Stable Furnishes Two Losing Favorites at Bowie. Winter Sport Beaten by Narrow Margin by Wright Filly in Precocious Purse. BOWIE, Md., April 10 Warren Wrights Victorious Ann, a homerbred daughter of Victorian, upset some calculations here this afternoon when she took the measure of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Winter Sport in the running of the Precocious Purse, a four furlongs juvenile feature of the Southern Maryland Association. It was the second favorite of the day furnished by .the Vanderbilt stable that went down to defeat. The other offenders were two Kentucky Derby candidates Cold Shoulder arid Gum, that raced in a dash for maidens. In this two-year-old dash Victorious Ann showed an excellent degree of gameness to win by a narrow margin and Winter Sport saved second place from Mrs. C. Cranes Ste. Louise by a length and a half. And Winter Sport is one of the Vanderbilt hopes for the Aberdeen Stakes, while others of the com- pany that enjoy the same engagement were Ada Cruz, Lemont and Flying Falcon. There was a break in the weather and no rain fell to mar the sport, but the skies were overcast all days and there was still a winter chill in the air. The crowd remained faithful and the "Daily Double" has lo3t none of its appeal when the pool reached a total of 5,190. In the feature offering Ste. Louise was more alert than the others leaving the post and Pollard rushed her away at her best pace. Lemont went after her closely and then came Borsa, a starter from the stable of Mrs. John Hay Whitney. Winter Sport was caught in close quarters in the early stages and did not have a fair chance to stride freely but he held fourth place. As the leading pair raced along well lapped, Bejshak moved on the outside with Winter Sport. HOW RACE WAS RUN. For an instant he threatened to move up but he was carried wide at the cost of considerable ground. In the meantime, Victorious Ann was moving up resolutely to reach fourth place. It was not until the final furlong that Winter Sport finally caught the leaders but he had no sooner taken the lead than Mer-ritt brought Victorious Ann along with a rush that was to see her winner. It was a tiuel to the last stride but the fillys head was in front at the end. Ste. Louise stuck it out to be third but she was a length and a half away and only a length before Lemont. A six furlongs dash, for maiden three-year-olds, run as the second race, had big importance because A. G. Vanderbilt sent out Cold Shoulder, a colt which impressed greatly when he was second to a stablemate, City Slicker, and Gum, a son of Chicle and Continued on eighteenth page. VICTORIOUS ANN SCORES Continued from first page. Circus -Rider, which was making his first start. Eoth are eligible for the Kentucky Derby and they went to the post the shortest price shown during the meeting. They were soundly beaten, with Sula, from the Shandon Farm Stable, an easy winner, while P. M. Walkers Paradun raced to second place and Gum was third. Unfortunately, right at the finish Sula appeared to break down, and as soon as Johnny Gilbert could pull him up he" dismounted and walked back to the scales. The race run by the Vanderbilt team was a truly disappointing one, though it is just possible the track condition had something to do with their showing. In the first place they left the stalls so slowly they were last and next to last as they were under way, Cold Shoulder being last. Gilbert had Sula away in full stride, and he sent the son of Sun Flag along at a pace which soon carried him to a lead of two lengths. Paradun went along in second place, and Royal Command was third, but all were pretty well. strung out until it did not look well for the Vanderbilt silks before a furlong had been covered. Fallon had Gum racing on the inside, and for a time he moved up with a degree of courage, while Bejshak vas doing his best with Cold Shoulder bn the outside, but his mount would not respond, and it was evident he was to be beaten early in the action. All this time Sula was holding his long lead, and Paradun was a steady racer in second place. Under Fallons drive Gum moved through going to the stretch turn, and for an instant it seemed he might come through, but it had cost a big effort and he faltered. Sula was over the line winner by three lengths, but right in the closing strides a leg gave way and it was not many yards beyond the finish before Gilbert had him pulled up and jumped from the saddle. Paradun had taken the place by two lengths, and then came Gum, another two lengths before Cold Shoulder, which, on his previous race, was heralded as a worthy candidate for the Kentucky Derby. The sport opened with a six furlongs dash for platers foaled in Maryland, and D. Mc-Vey furnished the winner in Mr. Pete, a son of Claptrap and Sunflight. He was outrun to the stretch, where he came through under a vigorous ride by Fallon to, win going away. S. J. Simmons Evening Chimes raced to second place, and Mrs. K. Smarts I Happy Easter beat "Veritas for third. W. G. Merions Deliberate was dropped down where he belonged, among the ,000 platers, and he was an easy winner. This was the third offering, and a half mile dash. Breaking well, Lynch rushed the son of Bubbling Over into a good early lead, and he made every post a winning one, to score by two and a half lengths. F. J. Kearns John P. W. took second place by two lengths from G. Pattersons Playful Tour, and John Tio was a like distance back in fourth place. Squawker, after having unseated Porter at the post, left her stall running, and for a time she raced in second place only to quit badly in the stretch. John Tio also tired badly after racing forwardly. There was a close finish in the fifth when E. K. Brysons Ilchester won by a head from Miss A. Doris Midshipman and Aladdins Dream was an easy third before Dunbar. As the race was run Aladdins Dream - seemed easily best but when there was a threat of interference in the stretch, Pollard pulled him up when he appeared to have an opportunity to come on and win. This cost him second place as well as victory, when Midshipman finished with a determined rush. Big Show left his stall slowly, but the others were off in good alignment and Jonesi at once sent Ilchester into a lead of three lengths. Dunbar went after him and Aladdins Dream was a close third and racing along on the inside. This order was maintained to the stretch where both Ilchester and Dunbar swung wide, giving Aladdins Dream his opportunity. Jones then drove Ilchester and as he went over slightly, Pollard pulled up his mount to lose his winning chance. Dunbar tired under the drive while Midshipman finished resolutely to head Aladdins Dream and in a few more strides he would probably have beaten Ilchester.
