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. ! , i I 1 BOWIE MEETING CURTAILED Heavy Snowstorm and Freezing Weather Cut Off Four Days. Two Rich Stake Races Go By the Boards-Mrs. Louise Viau Heads Winning Owners List. Bowie staged an abbreviated meeting of nine days from November 16 to November 25, curtailed by one of the worst snowstorms in years, followed by freezing weather that effectually halted any further chance of completing the thirteen days scheduled. Two rich stake races, the 0,000 Bryan and OHara Memorial, and the ,000 added Endurance Handicaps went by the board and were canceled. During the nine days of sport which actually were completed, the management gave away 6,290, a daily average of ,476.67, which indicated a severe loss to horsemen through the loss of the four days of sport. Mrs. L. Viau had the most success among the owners when she won ,132, Mrs. A. J. Abel faring next best with ,537 in winnings. Conquer overshadowed Honey Cloud in a money winning way of ,132 to ,087. Charley Stevenson and Warren Yarberry had a close fight for riding laurels, with the former topping Yarberry nine winners to eight. J. Byer and Hirsch Jacobs had a stalemate, with four winners each, in the training division. Following are the owners whose horses won ,600 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Viau, Mrs. L 2 0 0 ,132 Abel, Mrs. A. J 2 2 1 3,537 Bieber, I. ... 3 0 1 2,320 Winfrey, W. C 2 1 3 1,860 Philips, H 2 0 0 1,785 Brann, W. L 2 1 0 1,780 Paragon Stables 2 0 0 1,760 Elliott, W 2 1 0 1,730 Buhl, T. D ....2 0 0 1,600 Following are the horses which won 00 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Conquer 2 0 0 ,132 Honey Cloud 2 0 0 3,087 Duel 2 1 0 1,580 Clodion 0 1 1 1,250 Infidox 1 1 0 1,075 Ghost Queen 1 1,0 1,050 Charles F. 1 1 0 1,000 Prowl 1 1 0 980 Scrooge 1 0 0 935 Caught 1 0 1 920 Deep End 1 0 0 910 Aethelwold 1 0 0 900 Following are the jockeys who rode three or more winners each: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp.P.C. Stevenson, C 50 9 5 9 27 .18 Yarberry, W 59 8 7 6 38 .14 Nash, R 25 7 2 4 12 .28 Peters, M 28 6 3 2 17 .21 Dupps, L 34 4 2 1 27 .12 Seabo, G 39 4 7 4 24 .10 Dabson, H 22 3 1 0 18 JL4 Donoso, R 16 3 3 2 8 .19 Following are the trainers who saddled two or more winners each: Trainer. Wins. Trainer. Wins. Byer, J 4 Jones, J. P 2 Jacobs, H 4 Pelleteri, A 2 Abel, A. J 2 Ponce, C 2 Elliott, W 2 Schaefer, L. J 2 Hirsch, Mary 2 Wilson, A. G 2 Hirsch, Max....... 2 Winfrey, W. C.... . 2 Following is the list of stakes that were decided: Stake. Date. Winner. Value. W. P. Burch Memorial Handicap, Nov. 16; Honey Cloud ,755 Prince George Handicap, Nov. 19; Honey Cloud-Conquer, each. 1,332 Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap, Nov. 24; Conquer 4,675 Dead heat. The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 9 Number of races . . 63 Winning favorites 21 Winning second choices 11 Winning outsiders 32 Winners at odds-on 1 Defeated at odds-on .2 Percentage of winning favorites 33 One dead heat was run.
