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SHANDON STABLE DAY Evergold Victor in ,000 Added Southern Maryland Handicap. Bright Light Triumphs in the Bowie Kindergarten Stakes 15,000 See Final Days Program. BOWIE, Md., April 13 Patrick Nashs Shandon Farm silks wound up the Bowie meeting of the Southern Maryland Association auspiciously this afternoon when they were triumphant in both of the final features. The useful campaigner, Evergold, was winner of the ,000 Southern Maryland Handicap, adding just ,675 to his score, while the Bowie Kindergarten went to Bright Light and it added ,480 to the stable earnings. It was unfortunate that the Southern Maryland Handicap was marred at the start when R. Robertsons Lynx Eye wheeled with Workman and was left, while Dust Girl, a stablemate to the winner, was off badly when her unruly actions caused her to be sent to a position outside the machine. Weather conditions had improved for the final day of the meeting and a tremendous half-holiday crowd estimated at 15,000 attended. There was considerable activity in the mutuels and a total in excess of 00,000 was reached, while the popularity of the "Daily Double" held up well when that pool reached 7,174. DUST GIRL MISBEHAVES. The Southern Maryland Handicap, which was a gallop of a mile and a sixteenth, gave starter Milton trouble, for which Dust Girl was chiefly to blame. There was a delay of more than ten minutes and the start was only possible after she had been sent to the outside. Then, as has been told, there came the wheeling of Lynx Eye, which left him at the post. St. Moritz was sent out to make pace when he left in full stride, while Dust Girl, after being a bad last leaving, was sprinted along to reach second place rounding the first turn. Evergold left the post sluggishly and as a result he was four lengths back of the field when the back stretch was reached, but in the meantime Dust Girl was forcing a pace to take care of the speed in the field. Good Harvest was up near the leaders and he soon put Dust Girl away, but St. Moritz held resolutely to his lead and he was showing the way by two lengths. Coucci made no move with Evergold until nearing the turn from the back stretch. There he asked the old son of Ladkin to run and, moving up on the outside, he raced around the company smoothly. At the three-furlong pole he had taken a lead of a couple of lengths and Coucci took him in hand to give him a breather. St. Moritz was battling along gamely in second place and, leading Good Harvest by two lengths, while Dogmata, the other "Van-derbilt starter, was unable to improve his position and had shown nothing at any stage of the running. GOOD HARVEST CHALLENGES. As Coucci eased Evergold slightly, St. Moritz moved on him to reach within half a length, but the son of St. James had given up his best and Coucci sat still on the winner to hold the advantage. Then, in the final furlong, Good Harvest was rushed by Sammy Renick and as he disposed of St. Moritz Coucci had only to shake his whip at Evergold to keep him straight and be over the line the winner by a length and a half. Good Harvest had beaten the tired St. Moritz by two lengths and the Abel three-year-old was six lengths before Dogmata, with Dust Girl being eased up in last place. Bright Light, the son of Sun Flag and Dark Hour that races for Patrick Nashs Shandon Farm Stable, moved a bit closer to the Aberdeen Stakes at Havre de Grace when he was winner of the Bowie Kindergarten, the second feature of the last day Continued on tiventy-secopd page, SHANDON STABLE DAY Continued from first page. of the meeting-. He raced as though easily best to take the measure of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Parade Girl, also in the Aberdeen, and back of these was the Wheatley Stables Distract, which just beat H. H. Hectors Wise Duke, winner of the Juvenile Champion at Hialeah. Every starter in the field, with the exception of Distract, Borsa and Victorious Ann, is an eligible for the Aberdeen, the big juvenile prize of the Havre de Grace meeting. E. K. Brysons old General Lejeune which, on other occasions has shown a great liking for the Bowie course, was an easy winner at six furlongs in the first race. It was the initial start of the year for the son of General Thatcher, but he was fit and ready for such company and, after being away slowly, he circled around his rivals to win with his ears pricking. H. Waldrops Oneill raced to second place, with Idlewild taking third from Blue Zip. Mrs. A. P. Doyles useful plater, Acautaw kept his record clean for the meeting when he was winner of the second race. It was his third start and his third victory at the meeting. In this, he showed remarkable gameness for, after being apparently beaten in the final furlong, he fought it out with rare courage to outlast Witan, which was claimed by W. Stuart, and far back of these Sfsowen, from the Shandon Farm Stable, was third over Prince Pompej
