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BOWIE FOOTING SLOPPY Sure Miss Shows Decided Liking for Prevailing Conditions. Mayor Howard W. Jackson Purse Is Main Event of Card Hiblaze Surprises in Second Race. BOWIE, Md., April 6. Sure Miss, again manifesting a liking for a sloppy track, proved fleetest of the eight three-year-olds assembled in the Mayor Howard W. Jackson Purse, the, six furlongs claiming affair which featured a rainy days competition at Prince Georges Park. The race furnished the best contest of the afternoon with the three leaders speeding past the judges heads apart. Topee was going swiftest of all at the final post, as he deprived Romaunt of the place award. It was no more than fitting that the dash named for Baltimores popular chief executive should go to a president of Long Green Valley, just outside the city limits. The successful daughter of Swift and Sure and Barefoot carried the silks of Mrs. M. Nelson Bond. It was the second appearance of the meeting for the bay miss, a two-time Miami winner during the winter and she tossed mud at her rivals for the greater part of the trip. In view of her proven liking for the going, her price was a liberal one. She was a slight choice over Romaunt at that GETS AWAY QUICKLY. Seabo got Sure Miss away fast and drove her hard during the first quarter to hold a short lead. He continued driving making the turn to shake off Romaunt with the Bond filly drawing away at the head of the stretch in a manner which suggested a handy victory. However, inside the furlong mark she began to tire and had to be driven out vigorously with whip, hand and heel to score. Topee, winner of a distance race in his previous Bowie start, was shy on early speed and did not loom up as a contender until well in the stretch. In the final eighth he finished with a sharp burst of speed on the outside. Romaunt, well fancied by his connections, tried hard in the first half mile to wrest command from the winner, and hung on gamely when pressed in the stretch. My Day was done early while Blacky Bee, right there for half a mile, was beaten four lengths for third money. Eye High showed nothing. Lady Roma, which finished a nose in advance of Panorama on Monday, registered over that lady in more decisive fashion as she drove to a length and a half victory in the mile and a sixteenth claiming race which drew the second best field of the afternoon. It was the second straight in three local chances for the A. C. C. Stable colorbearer. . Closest to Panorama at the end was the tiring Franco Saxon, missing second place by Continued on sixteenth page. BOWIE FOOTING SLOPPY Continued from first page. a two lengths margin as he finished a length and a half in front of Knight Warrior. Far back was Old Jake, the only other starter. Polk had Lady Roma away rapidly and in closest pursuit of Franco Saxon to the half I mile ground. Then he sent Guy Bedwells plater up on the inside to take a short lead turning for home. This she increased under extreme pressure, bearing out considerably in the final furlong. ENTRY WINS. Oddsbodkin, one of the highly favored Millsdale entry in the initial half mile, raced to a driving victory over the pacemaker, Baltee, reaching the judges a head in advance of the runner-up, with Din in third place, five lengths back. Running coupled with Milltea, which finished fourth, the successful son of Pilate and Pic Lassie showed 7 to 10 in the machines. Eddie Smith had Tony Pelleteris charge away swiftly and close to the early pace while racings in tight quarters around the turn. His charge came between Baltee and Din in the stretch to be head and head with the first named at the furlong post and wear him down in the drive which followed. Hiblaze, showing a trifle better than 23 to 1 in the mutuels, drove to a length triumph in the second, a claming race for cheap ones of the four-year-old and upward division. Closest to the Blazes gelding at the finish was Currants, with Early Times, best horse in the race by a considerable margin, closing swiftly to be another half length away. HOLDS COMMAND. Machado put the colorbearer of T. Pres-graves in front at the start and held him there for the entire journey. Currants made a run which threatened his lead turning for home, but Hiblaze drew away in the stretch when called upon. Currants always was in a contending position and had no apparent excuse. Early Times left the post very slowly to be far out of contention during the back stretch run. He had to close a tremendous gap to earn third money. The sore-going Chief Cherokee refused to break. Jockey Berg and J. Shanks hooked up in the stretch in the claiming race for maidens which was third on the card and, by virtue of not riding as poorly as his adversary, the first named managed to have Miss Fix It, which couldnt win on the half-milers last year, a nose in advance of Master Howard, the public choice, at the final post. The tears of the faithful mingled with the gently falling rain after this happening, for the runner-up appeared decidedly best, while the winner was a 31 to 1 chance.
