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BOWIE HANDICAP ENDS IN SPECTACULAR FINISH -a- : ; a Count Arthur Furnishes Surprise in Earning a Neck Decision 1 Regal Lily and Aneroid Dead Heat for Second Place, but Latter Is Disqualified for Bearing Over and Eliminating Good Mare, Esposa , -. i BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 15 Count Arthur, a good Cup winner of other seasons, but only a class "D" performer earlier in the fall on the metropolitan circuit, registered his initial stake triumph of 1938 and his second of the year when he provided a surprise in this afternoons renewal of the Bowie Handicap, the mile and five furlongs test which featured the finale of the autumn season at the Pimlico course. At the finish of this trying journey Mrs. John Hertz home-bred was a neck in advance of Aneroid and Regal Lily, that pair racing to a dead heat for the place, with Jolly Tar a head farther away. The number of Aneroid did not remain up long, as the Manfuso five-year-old was disqualified for bearing over on Esposa about a sixteenth of a mile from the finish, forcing Wall to snatch up sharply, while his mount was lapped on the winner and the offending horse, as she raced between the two. The victory of the Chicago-owned son of Reigh Count and Abbatissa, netted his owner ,400 in prize money in addition to the usual trophy award. To earn it he travelled the distance in 2:46, time which was four-fifths of a second off the track record Esposa - hung out in this race last November. A heady and steady ride by Johnny Longden played no small part in the score. SPARKLING CONTEST. The Bowie was an interesting contest from start to finish, with Two Bob cutting out the pace, attended closely by Esposa, which was racing on the outside, while Count Arthur galloped along in third place, saving ground along the rail. The three raced closely bunched for the first mile and a furlong and then Aneroid and Mr. Canron started their charges on the outside. As they did, Two Bob faded out of the picture, with the Reigh Count horse and the Espino mare drawing off to battle head-and-head around the final turn. Turning for home they were joined by Aneroid, which moved up on the outside, and the three came down the front stretch closely lapped, with the winner in doubt until the final yards. Count Arthur had a slight advantage a furlong from the finish and he hung to this with great tenacity, being aided when Aneroid went, lame just inside the sixteenth post. The Washing-tonian swerved over on Esposa and eliminated that mare, enabling the Westerner to hold his advantage to the end. GAME PERFORMANCE. Aneroid, despite his lameness, continued gamely to the end to hold Regal Lily to a dead heat for the place and then lose the award through the official ruling. The son of The Porter had been rated cleverly for the first mile and an eighth, moving up swiftly when called on, to be a serious menace from the three-eighths post to the winning post. Regal Lily was lacking in early speed, but closed with excellent courage, to be nose-and-nose with Aneroid as they passed the judges. Jolly Tar, running mate of that filly, Continued on twenty-seventh vupe.. BOWIE HANDICAP ENDS IN SPECTACULAR FINISH Continued from first page. ran a remarkable race. He was a dozen lengths out of it in the early stages and came from a distant last to miss the main money by about half a length. At the end he was going swiftest of all. Esposa was rated in close attendance to the pace of Two Bob, with Wall making his move from the half-mile ground as Aneroid started his run on the outside. The Espino mare was right with the winner from the three-eighths post until she was shut off sharply and Wall was forced to snatch up. She might have won only for the trouble, though the writer is inclined to doubt it. Two Bob had early speed and led under sufferance, while Mr. Canron performed considerably below general expectations. He was in hand back of the pace for the first mile and then made a brief bluff at the turn out of the back stretch, retiring steadily thereafter. PERNLE BY NOSE. A spirited contest was provided in the Stewart Handicap, the secondary feature, with Pernie, sporting the silks of Mrs. Colin MacLeod nosing out Mrs. Emil Denemarks Finance and Woolford Farms Robert L., as Your Buddy was a well-beaten fourth among I the eleven grade "C" horses clashing at a mile and seventy yards. Pernie was made a slight favorite in the open wagering affair j and he was the fifth straight choice of the, afternoon to greet the judges. Nick Walls splendid handling of the three- : year-old son of Brown Bud and Apparition, was an important factor in the colts victory. He rated Pernie carefully in the pacemaking role all the way and then roused him sharply through the stretch to outgame Finance and Robert L. Finance forced the pace until reaching the stretch where he hung slightly as Robert L. came forward on the outside to reach second position, but through the final furfong the Denemark gelding came again and finished strongest of all. He was caught between Pernie and Robert L. so that his last moment challenge was all the more worthy. Your Buddy came from well back to be fourth before Infidox. The time was 1:43.
