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Q Rowe Memorial Big Attraction of First Saturday at Bowie 191 Even Dozen Named to Compete in This Event Stubbs Favorite. BOWIE, Md., April 3. The Rowe Memorial, a six furlongs dash for three-year-olds, which each spring honors the memory of James Rowe, Senior, and Junior, will be the headline attraction on the first Saturday program at this Prince Georges course. An even dozen have been named overnight for the 3,500 added event and it would not be surprising to see ten starters. Jack Campbells weight arrangement has made the sprint a most puzzling affair, and the choice should be no less than 3 to 1. That preference promises to go to Stubbs, a gelded son of Sir Gallahad III. and Marie Odile, which was the runner-up to Singing Wood in Wednesdays Inaugural Handicap. There is scant chance that the mile course will be good for week-end competition, as it has been thoroughly drenched by recent rains, and the cold winds which swept across the track today were not of the drying sort. Despite the fact that the track promises to be slow at the best, an attractive program has been arranged for the half holiday sport. While the fields are not large, each event should furnish sharp competition. At least that is the testimony offered by the form sheets. Stubbs gained much favor among handi-cappers when he finished second to Singing Wood a couple of days back, leading older horses on that occasion. This gelding journeyed to Miami a maiden and while there was swift enough to win three races against handy opponents. He has shown ability to run in the mud, so the off track will not dull his speed. Its going to take a sharp and fit horse to catch him. Mrs. Payne Whitney, whose Greentree colors were carried to victory two years back by Soon Over, has entered both of her eligibles Jamboree and Torita. The first named appears the better prospect of the two, for the filly ran a dull race in an overnight event on Wednesday, and may not favor the track. Jamboree, though being by High Time, is a questionable mud runner. He whipped Dnieper on a fast track at Hialeah Park, and then came back with a Continued on eighth page. ROWE MEMORIAL ATTRACTION AT BOWIE SATURDAY Continued from first page. poor effort in the slop in the Bahama Handicap. However, he has worked in fine style at this point, and has been pointed especially for the race. Maryland will have three representatives in the Rowe. Speed to Spare and Winter Sport will appear for Alfred Vanderbilt; Challephen will flaunt the banner of Brann-castle. The first named pair has been conditioned at the Sagamore Farm, and so little is known of their present condition, although both appear to be excellent first-out horses. Challephen raced at Hialeah Park, where he bled in his final appearance. Still, he has worked well at Bowie during recent weeks, and appears to be functioning perfectly. Bright and Early, which ran a sharp race in the Eastern Shore Handicap last autumn, and more recently was a Hot Springs winner, had a nice conditioning effort Wednesday. He packed 120 pounds on that occasion and showed plenty of speed, but tailed off as if short. The Golden Broom colt should show to better advantage tomorrow. Chicagos colorbearer will be Bright Light, a member of the Shandon Farm outfit. He did little running in the Inaugural, his first appearance since leaving this park last November. In his 1935 Bowie final he won in a romp over a muddy track. He also accounted for the Kindergarten Stakes at this point last spring. Those efforts suggest he may be ready tomorrow. Night Play, Deliberate, Detonator and Galloglass round out the entry list of a dozen. It is impossible to give any of this quartette a chance. The Sir Greysteel Handicap, the mile and seventy yards secondary attraction, has drawn nine entrants, and this may prove an even more interesting race than the stake. Top weight of the field will be the Green-tree Stables First Minstrel, which is being asked to tote 120 pounds. Other good winners named are Peradventure, New Deal, Lynx Eye, Chatmoss and Old Story. Despite the fact that the tracks will be off, the program is one which should draw a capacity crowd, providing, of course, that the weather is favorable.
