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CONQUER AND HONEY CLOUD IN DEAD HEAT i Viau and Abel Geldings Finish on Even Terms in Feature Race 1 Favorites Predominate Among Afternoons Successes Clouds and Light Rain Mar Sport, but Good Crowd Turns Out Prince George Attracts Five 4 BOWIE, Md., Nov. 19. The Prince George Handicap, feature of a dismal afternoons competition at Prince Georges Park, provided decidedly the most thrilling finish of the young meeting when Conquer and Honey Cloud drove past the winning post so closely aligned that the "Eye in the Sky" was unable to split em out, a dead-heat resulting. Racing through a light rain and over a slow track, the leading pair completed the distance in the excellent time of 1:47, with Clodion a length farther away as he saved third money by a four-length margin. The duel between the leading pair from the top of the stretch to the final pole was a thriller, with Conquer forcing: his nose to the front about a sixteenth of a mile from the finish, and Honey Cloud coming on again, under the urge of the whip, to divide major honors with Mrs. Louise Viaus colorbearer. It" was the third straight stake appearance for Mrs. A. J. Abels four-year-old, a gelded son of High Cloud and Honey Pot and, despite his Ritchie and Burch Memorial victories, he was second choice to Conquer. In the split of the pool the last-named son of Victorian and Note OLove paid .60, and the other gelding .30. Tle purse division gave 1,332.50 to each. CAPACITY CROWD. Despite threatening skies, which finally let forth a light rain, a capacity crowd was on hand. Form was observed fairly well through the victories of such choices as Billabong and Bounding Count, and the dead heat between the two stake favorites. The dead heat in the feature did not displease the majority of those present, as the two were decidedly the best-backed of the five contestants. This was just half of the number entered. Honey Cloud had the early foot of the field and set the pace to the half-mile ground under light restraint. Leaving the back stretch Gilbert sent Conquer up on the outside and the two made the final turn head and head. It was in this order that they raced into the final lane, with both boys driving hard. Urged with whip, hand and heel, Conquer managed to gain a nose advantage, but Peters, putting forth a powerful finish on the High Cloud gelding, brought him on again to save the day. Clodion, beaten by a length for principal honors, may have been best. The Phara-mohd n. gelding had to race on the inside through the deepest going for the greater part of the trip. This handicap was enough to beat him. High Velocity never was a factor, while Room Service was outclassed. SELMALAD BEST. Peters hustled Selmalad into the clear in the first quarter mile and the Paragon colorbearer held sway thereafter. He drew off to a two-length advantage on the turn, but through the stretch had to be driven vigorously to withstand the bid of Johns Heir, The latter took second place going to the far turn and remained there for the balance of the journey. He started around the leader at the top of the stretch and then ducked for the inside, closing steadily under punishment. Selmalad, the first horse sent to the post by Jake Byer since that young horseman Continued on eleventh page. t ? J" 13 11 1 1; I 1 r 1 a c s i I i J 1 1 1 i J i 1 I 1 j 1 1 . . : . J CONQUER AND HONEY CLOUD IN DEAD HEAT Continued Jrom first page. took over the Paragon Stables thoroughbreds, proved fleetest of the half a doaen youngsters which appeared in the six furlongs Marlboro Purse. Energetically ridden by "Moose" Peters, the gelded son of Jock Agnes Ayres, drove past the judges half a length in advance of Johns Heir, with Top Man three lengths farther away as he outlasted Chalmac for third money. The choice, Morstep, was a well-beaten fifth. The Long Island-owned two-year-old turned in a fine race to complete the distance in 1:13. Billabong, claimed by Cary Winfrey out of his Empire City final for ,750, made good at the first asking for the New York horseman, thanks to Bobby Dotter. The victory of the Ladkin Turf Queen gelding was scored in the initial mile and seventy yards, fashioned for non-winning juveniles of the plater division. There, Dotter plainly "hung it on" the apprentice boys, Dupps and Gon-ales, to have his mount half 3. length in advance of Ellacaw at the winning post, with Pascua a nose farther away. The sucess-ful youngster was best backed of the field, paying .35 to . Dizzy Dame, lightly regarded among the eleven sprinting platers which appeared in the second, furnished one of the usual Bowie surprises when she got up in the final furlong to catch Golden Silence a few yards from the wire and win going away. The daughter of Distraction Greedy Girl turned in a good race over a slow track when she finished in 1:14. Third honors went to Lady Orchid, which just managed to outlast the public choice, Great Haste. The winner was an 8.60 to 1 chance in the machines. Lady Orchid also went into contention on the turn and just managed to outstay Great Haste. The latter was making his first start since, the April meeting at Bowie and probably needed the race. English Harry, a recent arrival from New York, captured the mile and seventy yards maiden event for three-year-olds and upward, third on the program. The I. Romm gelding, a son of Mowlee Honesty, was able jto beat an indifferent field, scoring by a half-length over Simoon, with the public choice, Fine Airs, a distant third. Dabson Xushed English Harry away from the post to quickly dispose of Summer Hail and draw off to a long lead on the far side of the track. Making the final turn, Dabson gave him a breather, and this enabled Simoon to be within striking distance curving for home. Once in the stretch, Dabson went to a drive again and, under hard pressure, his charge turned back the Apprehension filly.
