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JOCKEY LE BLANC RIDES THREE WINNERS AT BOWIE 9 HIS RIDINFEATURES Continued Rain Changes Track Into Deep Slippery Quagmire. Johnny Gilbert and Bright and Early Form Winning Combination in Sagamore Handicap. BOWIE, Md., April 5. A decided change in overhead conditions prevailed at Bowie for the Monday program and mud runners were in demand. A steady downpour set in shortly before noon, and this caused a decided drop in the attendance. The track, which was deep and dry for the first three days of the meeting, was changed into a quagmire fetlock deep as the afternoon wore on. Jockey H. Le Blanc was the outstanding saddle star with a triple to his credit, and his successful riding lent brilliance to an otherwise drab afternoon. The carded feature of the day was the Sagamore Handicap, a dash of six furlongs, and R. Robertson furnished the winner when he saddled Bright and Early, which was entrusted to the guidance of jockey Johnny Gilbert. The victory marked the third of the meeting for the transplanted Scot. Sunned, which races for Mrs. B. F. Christmas, finished in second place, while T. F. Swords Vote Boy was third. Lemont and Sun Power completed the field and finished in that order. POPULAR CHOICE. The winner was the popular choice in the pre-race wagering and the victory proved a popular one with the crowd. The start was delayed several minutes by the fractious behavior of Lemont and Sunned, but the start was a good one. Vote Boy was rushed into command and he showed a high order of early speed for the first quarter mile. Bright and Early, however, was right after him, with Sunned and Sun Power racing lapped on each other, and the Shandon. Farms representative bringing up the rear. Sun Power was eased back as the field raced to the far turn in an effort to escape the deeper footing on the inside and sent up in a final effort to keep pace with the leaders on the outer fringe. Rounding the stretch turn. Bright and Early disposed of Vote Boy and then Sunned came through along the inner rail. The latter, however, was unequal to the task of wearing down the leader and the yellow colors of Robertson were carried to a half-length victory. Two lengths farther back came Sunned, and Vote Boy four lengths in front of Lemont, while Sun Power was last. COUNT ME EASILY. P. M. Ryans Count Me, enabled jockey H. Le Blanc to score a triple when the gelded son of Reigh Count galloped to an easy victory in the fifth race, which was over a distance of giound. The winner was an odds-on choice in the wagering and breaking alertly on the outside, followed the slow pace cut out by Engles Boy for the first quarter mile. After traversing that distance, Le Blanc permitted his mount to assume command and from then on it was a question of by how far he would win. At the end, the Ryan colorbearer had piled up a seven lengths lead over T. F. Swords Make-it while C. Fcltners Jobakheta was a distant third. Continued on eleventh page. JOCKEY LE BLANC RIDES THREE WINNERS AT BOWIE Continued from first rage. H. D. Cox Acautaw, making his first start at the meeting, found a track and opposition in his favor and led from start to finish to account for the opening race. The winner, was ridden by H. Le Blanc and was well supported by the public. Golden Vein, owned by Mrs. P. D. L. Watts, was the one to finish second, a neck in front of H. Utterbacks Ironbound. The latter refuted the old adage prevalent on the track, that an owner seeking to scratch at the last minute proves the winner. Owner Utterback made application to scratch his nominee, but this was denied by the stewards. VIGOROUS FINISH. The winner broke rapidly and drew away into an easy lead, followed by Sakuntala and Golden Vein, with Ironbound farther back. Rounding the stretch turn Le Blanc went to the whip to keep his mount going and although the veteran son of Trojan was tiring at the end he had a length lead over the others. Ironbound, which moved up in a menacing fashion in the stretch, faltered badly at the end. The race was run in a steady downpour, but the going was pronounced fast. The Bomar Stable, which wintered in Maryland, sent a sharp horse to the post for the second race when Frisco Kid, ridden by W. Saunders, came from the rear of the early pace to score a handy victory. The winner was the eighth horse which wintered in this section to account for a purse during the present meeting, and it marked the third victory for the Detroit-owned establishment Conservative, racing for W. W. Adams, was the one to finish second, while the third portion of the purse was gathered in by A. R. Manns Ipso Facto. Eight started here, with the winner somewhat neglected in the calculations. SAUNDERS WISE MOVE. From a good break which was effected after "a brief delay, Conservative was sent into command, pressed by Playnot and Miss Epe, while Frisco Kid was next to last, leading Statuesque. Rounding the far turn there was a general closing up and Saunders elected to go to the outside and the move, while costing ground, proved a wise one, for the leaders on the inside were shortening their strides through the muddy going which prevailed. Ipso Facto slipped through on the inside at the stretch turn and made a determined bid, but was unable to overhaul Conservative, and the latter, tired from racing Play-not into defeat fell an easy victim to the fast-closing Frisco Kid. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Marylands leading owner and breeder accounted for his first victory of the Eastern season when Victorian Star, ridden by Sammy Renick, led home John Hay Whitneys Francesco in the third race while in third place and lapped on Francesco was Black Boo which raced for A. Moore. VANDERBILT VICTORY. The start was a good one and Victorian Star broke alertly and was kept in a forward position while Francesco dropped back and was outrun to the far turn. The early pace was established by High Hedge, with Black Boo and Isadore racing forwardly. Victorian Star was close up and under restraint and he was not called upon for his victory challenge until well past the far turn. Swinging for home, Crius which lost ground i at both turns due to inexperience began to falter and when well straightened out for the stretch run, the Vanderbilt candidate found little opposition from the leaders. Francesco, in the meantime had improved his position and finished with a rush that caught him lapped on Black Boo in the final strides which necessitated the camera to decide the placing. An ordinary band of platers faced starter Milton in the fourth race, which was at a mile and seventy yards, and the winner was Khay which races for J. H. Logan. The winner was ridden by H. Le Blanc and the victory completed a double for that rider who previously guided Acautaw to the wire in the days opener. Brush Handle, owned by G. H. Marlman, was second while third place went to W. Zakoors Harrys Dream. Six started in the dash with the winner the choice, and but five finished. More Poise after racing prominently in the early running was pulled up after going five furlongs and jogged back to the unsaddling ring showing no outward injury. Khay followed the slow early pace until ready, assumed command at the far turn, and then drew far away to outlast his opposition under a drive. Brush Handle was an easy second over Harrys Dream, which faltered badly at the end. Bert Michell, in charge of the horses owned by Mrs. Emil Denemark of Chicago, arrived at Havre de Grace and will await that meeting. Francis Dunne arrived from Tropical Park and assumed his duties as assistant to J: B. Campbell. I j
