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I BOWIE TURF NOTES-""4 I Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who has close to fifty horses in training at his Sagamore Farm in the Worthington Valley, will van here on the days his horses are scheduled to race. Feter E. "Honest Pete" Fitzgerald was an arival from Lowell, Mass., with the horses of Mayor Frank Hayes, of Waterbury, Conn. : Jesse Bennet, custodian of the jockeys rpom,. reports, that "Sonny" Workman, Nick Wall, Jackie Westrope, Wayne D. Wright, Lloyd Knapp, Hilton. Dabson, Sammy Ren-ick, Joe Renick, Charlie ,Corbett, George Sea-bo, Al Shellhamer, Joe OMalley, B. Havker, Johnny Longden, Floyd, Smock and Johnny Gilbert would all don silks during the approaching twelve days of sport. Pari-mutuel manager Mortimer M. Ma-hony is due from Florida. In his absence Earl Walden has been setting up the "iron men." The "Daily Double" will be offered on the first and second races daily. Horsemen who have been working their charges over the. strip report it better than in recent years. Some fast times have been turned in and superintendent Pending has wagered several hats that at least one new track mark will be established before the session ends March 14. Jack Campbell announced Thursday that the weights for the Metropolitan Handicap would be released on Saturday. Penalties accrue from 5 oclock that afternoon. Jockey Lee Turner arrived from Hot Springs and reported to trainer R. E. Potts of the Bomar Stable. Wise Prince, owned by Felix Spatola, will be shipped from New York Thursday to fulfill his engagement in the Rowe Memorial on Saturday. Jockey Wayne Wright is due here from Miami and will ride Wise Prince in the Rowe Memorial. Following the close of this meeting, Wright will leave for New York to report to trainer Coyne of the J. E. Wide-ner stable. At private terms, George "Slim" Sully, acting for the Railroad Stable of Chicago, purchased the two-year-old Cupid Black from R. B. Walden. Eddie Brennan was tendered the position of racing secretary at Suffolk Downs. Brennan is undecided about the offer, due to the pressure of other engagements. William Harron, steward representing the Maryland State Racing Commission, was on hand Thursday morning to check over final details of the opening. Lieut.-Gov. Frank Hayes, of Connecticut, is due here over the week-end to witness several days of racing. Forty-two riders were granted licenses by the state racing commission. This number will be doubled by Saturday. Jockey J. Wagner was granted a marriage license in Baltimore Wednesday. He will wed a Maryland girl. , Humphrey Finney said Thursday that forty-five mares are quartered at Holly Beach Farm, the estate of S. W. Labrot Fifteen foaled to date and they are by Kan-tar, Happy Time and Athelstan. Bill Obert, oldest jockey in action, arrived and reported ready to ride. Obert is close to the half century-mark in age. A new tan bark flooring was laid In the paddock, a decided improvement over the former sand footing. Morty Mahony, in charge of the mutuels, will have ninety sellers and an equal number of cashiers on hand to cater to the wants of the speculatively inclined.
