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ANEROID RETURNS TO RACES 1 Impresses in Debut at Bowie by Win- ning Severn Handicap. Favorites Ilavo Good Day at Maryland Track Claiming Races Make Up Afternoons Card. BOWIE, Md., April 9. J. A. Manfusos Aneroid returned to the races this afternoon after a four months rest and demon- ; strated that he will be among the top flight sprinters this season. The four-year-old The Porter colt, handicapped under 120 pounds, carried his impost and delivered a particularly impressive effort, defeating Mrs. B. F. Christmas Sunned by a head in the Severn Handicap, a ,200 added prize that occupied the position of honor on an otherwise ordinary program of seven races. The The Porter colt, after assuming a comfortable lead midway in the stretch, had to be ridden out sharply to achieve victory, but despite this it was a sparkling first time out performance. Master Lad raced into third position for W. E. Johnson when that gelding easily took the measure of Vote Boy and Good Omen, the only other starters. The latter was the one to set and force the pace for a half mile but tired badly in the last half mile and was beaten fourteen lengths at the finish. roruiAB TKICMPIL Aneroid ruled as the best supported entrant In the small field, and his popular triumph was one of the many successes that attended the favorites during a .bleak afternoon of entertainment. The Manfuso-owned colt had the services of C. Rosengarten and negotiated the six furlongs in 1:14. There was a short delay at the post before the five starters were sent away from the stalls and, as the bell sounded, Goad Omen, from the outside position, swung into the lead. Vote Boy led the pursuit of the Miss IsC. White filly and Sunned held third place as the ultimate winner was racing in fourth position, having only the slow striding Master Lad beaten. Good Omen did not last long in the lead, however, as Sunned was sent up with a rush on the turn to gain a short lead, but Aneroid had begun his charge andwas abreast of the pair. Making the final turn Aneroid took command and in the final furlong Rosengarten applied strong pressure to the four-year-old and in a testing drive had but a head to spare as he reached the finish. In fighting It out with Aneroid, Sunned had half a dozen lengths to spare over Master Lad, while Vote Boy was beaten a greater margin as he led the only other starter, Good Omen. IIARFORD STARTER. The race served remarkably well as a "tightener" for Aneroid, which will, In all probability, appear among the field that will start in the Harford Handicap at Havre de Grace on opening day. Despite the change in weather and track conditions, another good crowd gathered at the course for the Friday entertainment, which was for the most part made up of claiming events. Form students began the afternoon advantageously when Graceful Flight, a first time Starter from the Ral Parr stable, made a Bhow of eight other maiden home-breds of Maryland parentage in the six furlongs test" that started the entertainment. Ruling at 8 to 10 and handled expertly by apprentice H. Le Blanc, the daughter of the splendid matron, Her Grace, made every part of the journey a winning one, to graduate by three lengths. Moving into command immediately after the start, the Ral Parr miss showed becoming ability In the soft going, to shake off Trostar after negotiating five furlongs, then swept out into a winning lead during the stretch drive to win easily. Black Boo landed second part of the purse, coming from sixth place to be three lengths before the tiring Trostar. SMOKE SIGNAL GRADUATES. Manhasset Stables Smoke Signal, seasoned by racing during the winter months, graduated out of the non-winning ranks when he scored a hollow victory, in turning back six other youngsters in the four furlongs test for Juveniles. This was the second race on the card and the winner was so much the best that little interest came with the decision of the contest Held at the extremely short price of 11 to 20 and handled by the veteran Johnny Gilbert, the ebony-coated son of Transmute dashed into the lead after the opening" sixteenth and, covering ground at a rapid clip over the slippery surface, reached the end of the half-mile journey eight lengths in advance of Ral Parrs Legal Light, a first time starter, while third went to J. B. Belks Way Out Ten lowly plater sprinters met in the third race that was another test at six furlongs and it brought the first upset of the afternoon when Bounding from the J. Coleman barn uncovered her best speed to score her first racing victory. In this a field of ten answered the call for supremacy and it was Sunline, another at liberal odds, that landed into second position, while A. C. Comptons Pomposity under a weak ride by A. Shclhamer took third. Bounding had the services of H. Lindberg and she made her presence felt immediately when she followed close to the heels of Grierlad, which was rushed out by R. Root to furnish the pace. TEDSEVI SURPRISES. Another upset marked the program when Tedsim, from the Shandon Farm graced the charmed circle for the first time in his racing career when he proved best in the first of the long distance races that was the fifth offering. In this contestants were of lowly grade and It was Wise Bun from the Mrs. C. E. Coates stable that took second place, suffering defeat by a head, while back of the pair and beaten three lengths came Touche, rating choice of the mile and one-sixteenth journey for which only six were contestants. . , . Pencader, the favorite drove to a half length victory at the end of the nine furlongs race that was sixth on the card and which attracted eight cheap platers. The winner, after being slow to settle into his fctrlde, moved up close to the pace which had been set by Popo after a half mile. From that mark until the finish the leading pair staged a duel for supremacy, that was not i decided until when well into the stretch. Pencader was able to take a lead of a half length which he held to the finish. Popo, I while unable to withstand the challenge of the winner, was easily best of the others and Post Brigade was two and a half lengths away, to take third honors.
