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SPECTACULAR CONTEST Silver King Outlasts Chartres by Nose in Shirley Temple Handicap. Motley Third OnlyBeaten by a Hea.d for Second Money Large Crowd Despite Cold Weather. BOWIE, Md., April 11. "Sport" Haymakers Slipper King, the four-year-old son of Infinite and Iolanthe, in a desperately fought finish, was winner of the Shirley Temple Handicap here this afternoon. Aa M. Peters drove him over the line he wa3 closely locked with J. M. Jones Chartres and H. Masseys Motley. This was a gallop of a mile and seventy yards, and a part of the award was a silver cup presented by a Baltimore theater. Well back of the battling trio, fourth went to Prince Abbot, which had beaten Manager Bill for that position. Another cold day did not prevent a big crowd from being out for the sport and, while the favorites had rather a rough time of it, there was plenty of entertainment in the sport furnished; In the feature Long Bit went out to set the pace from the stalls, but he could never shake off Slipper King, and Miss Careful was being rated along in third place, with Manager Bill racing closely after her, while Chartres was slow to find his racing legs and he was well back of the pace. This order of running was maintained almost to the half-mile ground, where Mis3 Careful tired, and as she dropped back Workman went into third place with Manager Bill, and Motley moved into the contention. But Slipper King was hanging on closely to Long Bit and he finally put her away. Swinging into the stretch Motley flashed to the front to give the Haymaker colt no respite. FURIOUS DRIVE WINS. The Massey gelding had a lead of a length a furlong from the finish but Slipper King came again under a furious drive and though at the end, Chartres had charged through magnificently, he still had his nose in front at the line and Chartres had only beaten Motley a head. Mrs. Belmont Evans Douglas F., one that was sold in the "field" group, was winner of the opening six furlongs dash when he scored rather easily over W. Elliotts Kalola, and Sun Cloister was a close third, with Playfole closing a big gap to be fourth. Ethan Allen was more alert leaving tha stalls than the others, and he and Justa Teacher rushed into the early lead, and Douglas F. followed them. Playfole, favorite in the field, had the inside stall," and when she dwelt slightly she was off badly and forced to find racing room on the outside when settled into her stride. Kalola, racing along on the inside, moved up slightly after leaving the back stretch, but Douglas F. moved at the same time, and when both Ethan Allen and Justa Teacher tired, it was Douglas F. that took command. He was rushed into a lead of four lengths in the stretch and still had a winning margin of two lengths at the line. Kalola had to be hard ridden to save second place by a head, and Sun Cloister finished strongly to be only a head away and three lengths before Playfole, which had finished with a rush through the final quarter. COUCCI MAKES AMENDS. Silvio Coucci made amends for being beaten with the B. B. Stables Playfole when he scored with Bright Don from the. same stable in the second, another six furlongs dash. J. F. Sweeneys Hogans Fox took second place, but only by inches from the Everglade Stables Witan, the favorite. The Everglade Stable lost more than the race "when R. Stuart claimed the son of Wise Counsellor. It was a bit surprising wrien Bright Don went away from the post with more speed than two such fast ones as Witan and Hogans Fox, and when Coucci had the son of Bright Knight clear he took hold of his head and rated him along at a pace that held the lead secure. Making every post a Continued or- twenty-second page. SPECTACULAR CONTEST Continued from first page. winning one, he was over the line with a length advantage. There was no excuse for either Witan or Hogans Fox. They raced after the winner all the way and then, right at the end, Hogans Fox proved the gamer to take second place by a nose. Ross closed some ground to be fourth, while Raycart and Liebchen, the other starters, cut no figure in the running. The most exciting finish of the day came out of the third, a half-mile dash for plater juveniles in which E. K. Brysons Canrock, under a vigorous drive by Earl Porter, just dropped his nose down before Starborough, from the Howe Stable, and at their heels J. U. Grattons Free Spirit had almost as close a fit to take third from Warren j Wrights Galla, the favorite in the big field. 1 This race completed the "Double" and with a pool that reached 5,932 the winning combination of Douglas F. and Canrock paid ; 67.90. : There was an unusual delay at the post, 1 and more than eight minutes elapsed before 1 the start was effected. Galla broke in mo- tion, and no excuse could be offered for her defeat. She held command into the stretch, J but in the final furlong tired badly as f irst f I Starborough and then Canrock raced past her in the drive. It was just in the last few i strides that Free Spirit beat her for second place by a scant head. H. Masseys Gifted Lady came back with i another good effort to take the mile and i seventy yards race for platers that was run fourth. She won with something to spare from the favorite, J. P. Mayberrys Master i Lad, and Mrs. C. M. Hendersons Fan was a a distant third. The only other starters were 1 Station Bellet Only Foolin and Merry Bud, L and they followed as named. Gifted Lady 3printed to the lead at the start, racing :losely lapped with Fan to the back stretch, where the former went to the front. Master Lad was under restraint back of the pair f them and was moving so smoothly at the lalf-mile ground that he appeared able to jo to the front at the first asking. On the stretch turn Gifted Lady drew into a lead of a length and a half, while Master Lad quickly disposed of Fan, but lifted Lady readily held her lead in the stretch. All through the stretch Master Lad was under a drive in a vain effort to run lown the daughter of Bright Knight, but me was past the line winner by a length md a half. Fan had quit so badly that she vas beaten ten lengths for second place, jut she was a full two lengths before Station Belle. 4
