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CONQUER DELIGHTS CROWD OF 15,000 AT BOWIE Carries Mrs. Louise Viaus Colors to Victory in Feature Attraction Outlasts Clodion by a Nose Under Gilberts Powerful Ride Unheralded Third, Beaten by Same Margin in Spectacular Finish BOWIE, Md., Nov. 24. Conquer, steady-going son of Victorian and Note o Love, in the establishment of Mrs. Louise Viau, brought Thanksgiving Day cheer to the majority of the 15,000 turf enthusiasts that braved wintery weather to participate in the holiday sport at Prince Georges Park this afternoon. Racing through a chilling rain and a breeze that cut the riders to the bone, the Virginia gelding, favored by a powerful finish from Johnny Gilbert, drove home, a scant nose in advance of Clodion, in the mile and a sixteenth Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap, with the latter taking a photo decision over the feather-weighted Unheralded for second place. The remaining five contestants were beaten off. The score was decidedly the most popular of the day, for Conquer was an 11 to 5 choice, and it followed a string of ten straight losing favorites. It also was the sixth victory in the last eight starts for the five-year-old, while in his previous appearance he had dead-heated Honey Cloud for chief honors in the Prince George Autumn Handicap. It was the most important of. all, netting his owner ,675 in prize money. The steadily falling rain had made the track slow by the time of the feature, with the winner travelling the distance in 1:49. VIGOROUS RIDE. Gilbert had to hustle Conquer along vigorously for practically the entire way. His charge broke in close quarters and the dark-faced rider was forced to put on pressure to escape interference going to the first turn. He drove the son of Victorian into second place making that bend and took around Scrooge once straightened away on jthe far side of the track. Racing along that lane, Mrs. Viaus representative was sent to the leader, under the urge of hand and heel, putting him away as they left the half mile ground. On the final curve, Conquer drew into the clear, but once in the homestretch, both Clodion and Unheralded made their runs at him and under a finish less powerful than that given by Gilbert would have been beaten. FRACTIOUS AT POST. Clodion, fractious at the post, finally was banished to the outside. He broke swiftly from that station to be in third place before a quarter had been completed. Dabson steadied him along in that position until the middle of the final turn and then drove him up on the outside in a determined challenge, one which would have resulted in a victory in a few more strides. Unheralded, also in hand early, closed stoutly through the stretch, finishing between the leading pair, but apparently untroubled. Mr. Canron, ran a steady race, while Busy K., a strong second choice, turned in a mighty dismal race. Scrooge quit all over after five-eighths of a mile. The holiday started badly for the public when Cruising and Epical, the two best played horses in the initial six furlongs claim-er, were unable to finish among the first three. Chief honors went to Mintson which finished swiftly in the final three-sixteenths Continued on twentu-sixth page. CONQUER DELIGHTS CROWD OF 15,000 AT BOWIE Continued from first page. to be going away at the end, as he passed the judges a length and a half in advance of Surprise Box, with Isaiah a tiring third. That the track was in good shape was proved by the final time, the Brandon Mint-Knickers colt completing the distance in 1:13. Mora had the Brandon Stable three-year-old away slowly and his charge dropped far off the leaders in the back stretch run. He did not loom as a contender until the stretch was reached and then he came through on the inside with a mighty rush. DOUBTFUL DISTINCTION. Vestale gained the somewhat doubtful distinction of being the eighth straight favorite to lose, the R. S. Clark filly running far below her good form to be beaten off in the mile and seventy yards three-year-old claimer. Victory in this race fell to The Story, well ridden by Charlie Stevenson. The Crescent Stable colt, a Maryland-bred son of Challenger II., was hustled into contention making the final turn and under persistent urging beat his company in the stretch to register by a length and a half. Closest to The Story at the end was Petit Jean, which finished with a powerful rush on the outside after being shy on early speed. He was going more swiftly than the winner at the end. ! 1 ; j l .
