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AETHELWOLD TRIUMPHS Outfinishes At Play by Head at Popular Bowie Track. Third Victory of Brann Racers Career Favored by Maryland Fans at 5 to 4. BOWIE, Md., Nov. 18. Aethelwold, Maryland-bred son of Challenger II. and Khara, in the stable of William L. Brann, registered the third favorite success of the afternoon at Prince Georges Park, when he drove to a head victory over At Play in the mile and seventy yards Meadows Purse, a condition event for three-year-olds, which featured the days sport. The two were well in advance of their company, with Brown Moth two lengths away, as he took third money from Transmitter. The Golden colt from Frederick County turned in a fair race to round out the. distance in 1:47, as straight as a string at the end. A graduate from the maiden ranks at Laurel early in October, the victory was the third of his-career. He went to the post a 5 to 4 favorite. Seabo had Aethelwold under light restraint for about five-eighths of a mile, as No Ending first set the pace, then Brown Moth. He drove the Marylander smartly on the turn to come past Brown Moth swinging into the front stretch and move away to what promised to be a handy victory. Then, in the final eighth, along came At Play with a belated rush, and "the Challenger II. colt had to be driven with whip, hand and heel to turn back the New Yorker. WORKED WELL. At Play had worked well for the race and performed to trial promise. He was an early trailer and did not fall into his best stride until the last quarter. Then, he loosed a spurt when fell only a slight margin short of victory. Brown Moth, partial to the track, was rushed through on the inside going to the far turn, to take the lead from No Ending. In the last three-sixteenths she tired. No Ending had speed, but was done early, while Transmitter, under restraint for half a mile, had nothing when Dotter called on him. i j Ghost Queen, a winner over the Bowie oval , in April, came back to the local grounds to , whip a good field of fillies and mares in the six-furlong Princess Anne Purse. The three-year-old daughter of Dunlin and Lucie Ann enjoyed fairer fortune than Toddle On, by taking the measure of that miss by a scant neck, with Fair Knightess a weary third, five lengths farther away. The Medway Sta- Contmued on tuentu-stxth pagt. AETHELWOLDTRIUMPHS Continued from first page. ble filly turned in a good race, to complete the distance in 1:13, showing 6 1-2 to 1 in the machines. The Toronto-owned maid was outpaced in the run along the far side of the track, but Schmidl sent her up steadily on the outside, i Tnaking the turn to join Fair Knightess swinging for home. She disposed of the daughter of Bright Knight after a brief tussle to draw into the clear at the furlong ground. However, she had to be driven out smartly in the last sixteenth, to gain the award. Dona Dulcin provided a surprise when she bested the ,200 top and bottom platers- in the mile and a furlong of the second, with French Trap, the public choice, a well-beaten fourth. At the winning post the seven-year- old Donnacona mare was just clear of Bright Chance, with the swiftly closing Playing Dan three lengths farther away. The representative of Miss E. M. Hayman paid 0.85 to in the machines. A fair lot of juvenile non-winners appeared in the initial five and a half furlongs, with principal honors going to the Texas-owned One-Tenth. The King Ranch color-bearer, a well-supported choice at 9 to 5, was up in the closing strides to snatch the award from Sir Mowlee, with Key Man a length and a half farther away. There was a dead heat for the trifling fourth money, Cariel and Coronado splitting that award. The successful son of Cohort and Sunset Gun completed the distance in 1:08. I Herman Frank, supervisor of the mutuel j department at Havre de Grace, Laurel and j Delaware Park, is a daily visitor here.
