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SOUTHERN MARYLAND HANDICAP FINALE AT BOWIE MEETING BIG SUCCESS Calumet Dick Heads Field of Seven in ,000 Added Stake. Bryson Representative Asked to Carry 121 Pounds to Victory Over an "Off" Track. BOWIE, Md., April 9. The most successful spring meeting at Bowie in many years will be brought to a close tomorrow when the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association meeting of nine days terminates at Prince Georges Park. Winding up the season in which attractive programs have been instrumental in attracting increased attendance and mutuel handle, the meeting is brought to a finish with the presentation of a program that is topped by the Southern Maryland Handicap. The headliner is a test at one and one-sixteenth mile3 for three-year-olds and upwards, with a prize of ,000 added. While many of the outstanding- eligibles are missing from the list of those that have been nominated, the seven which appear in the entries are of a calibre sufficient to warrant an interesting contest. Five of the seven prospective starters In the Southern Maryland met in the mile and seventy yards of the Bowie Handicap, which was decided last Saturday. In that test, E. K. Brysons Calumet Dick showed clean heels to his opposition when he scampered home three easy lengths before his nearest rival. In the Bowie, the consistent son of Gallant Fox and Martha Snow shouldered 116 pounds, overcame some interference and toyed with his opponents in the final quarter mile. TRACK MAY BE OFF. The Bowie wa3 run over a fast track and Calumet Dick negotiated the route in 1:45, which is the fastest time recorded for the distance at the meeting. Tomorrow there is a likelihood that the track will be "off" and racing secretary John B. Campbell is asking Calumet Dick to carry 121 pounds as an appreciation of his prowess. Thi3 impost gives the E. K. Bryson representative the honor of being the most heavily burdened entrant in the race. Jockey Harry Richards, who piloted Calumet Dick to success in the Bowie, has again been engaged to handle the Bryson color-bearer and the combination will likely carry the bulk of public support. Closest to Calumet Dick in the matter of weights is Araho Stables Mucho Gusto, which finished third to the winner of the Bowie. In that test Mucho Gusto carried 116 pounds, an equal burden to that of the winner. Today the son of Marvin May and Sweetheart Time carries 115 pounds, which gives him the advantage of a six-pound difference in weights over Calumet Dick. Mucho Gusto gave evidence of his present fit condition when he drove to victory in the Rowe Memorial Handicap, opening day six-furlong feature at Bowie. The Araho ace has displayed an ability to show speed over any kind of a track and, under the weight allotment, he can be expected to make it Interesting for Calumet Dick. NEW DEAL DANGEROUS. New Deal, stablemate of Mucho Gusto was closest to Calumet Dick at the finish of the Bowie. Under 114 pounds today, the same weight that he carried in the Bowie, New Deal is In receipt of seven pounds from Calumet Dick. In his race previous to the Continued on twenty-second page. HANDICAP FINALE AT BOWIE1 SOUTHERN MARYLAND Continued from first page. Bowie, New Deal turned In a creditable third in the Rowe Memorial. Weston will carry the silks of the California sportsman, A. C. Compton. Weston appeared in both the Bowie and the Rowe Memorial, finishing fourth in both of those races. Under 107 pounds today, Weston will carry three pounds less than his impost in the Bowie and one pound more than he carried in the Rowe Memorial. In the Bowie Weston showed a nice flight of speed to set the early pace, and while no match for Calumet Dick at the finish, was closely lapped on New Deal and Mucho Gusto. Kenty, which will carry the silks and the hopes of E. R. Pike, appears to be overmatched in the Southern Maryland, when considerd on his showing in the Bowie, in which he was beaten off. He is, however lightly rigged today under ninety-seven pounds. The Shandon Farms Quincy completes the field in the Southern Maryland. Quincy gets into the race under ninety-eight pounds. The feature Is the only real attraction on the final program today, but the conditions of the supporting races, while catering to the cheaper grade of horses, are so arranged that very evenly matched fields have been brought together.
