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OROS STARS AS BOWIE CLOSES Boston Mary Finally Drives Home in Front in Fifth Race. Daughter of Bostonian Takes Best Race on Ordinary Program Three Straight for Johnny Oros. BOWIE, Md., April 14. Sporting the purple and gold racing silks of Jack M. Brooks, Boston Mary, six-year-old daughter of Bostonian Mary Rose, earned her first victory after many disappointments in the past two years, when she triumphed over a rather cheap band of sprinters in the fifth and best offering on a featureless card that- brought the fourteen-day spring meeting of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Association at Bowie to a close today. Defeated in twelve attempts at brackets last year and three during the present 1939 season, Boston Mary made her accounting here after a tenacious drive, to be one length to the good of J. Kugelmans Sun Victor after running six furlongs in 1:14. Only six starters met in the race that was considered best on the getaway card, and it saw Mrs. M. E. Martins Little Drift driving into third place beaten a short head for second as she took the measure of Dissembler and the two others. The program was an ordinary one as the curtain was brought down on the first session of racing in the Old Line State. Jockey J. E. Oros, riding sensation of the winter months and present ace rider of the country, shared much of the spotlight when he scored a consecutive triple to increase his riding total since January 1 to 105 winners. He was aboard Royal Cross, Jack Sting and Evening Light, the first three winners of the afternoon. PLEASANT CONDITIONS. Conditions for the closing of the meeting at Prince Georges Park were pleasant de spite grey skies and the turnout was one of the best of the week. Racing was form-ful and several close and exciting finishes in addition to the riding of jockey J. E. Oros kept the gathering highly enthused. In the best race the six under colors were sent away from the gate after a short delay and it found Boston Mary and Wise Sister battling for the lead early in the running as Little Drift held third position with Sun Victor bringing up the rear. Wise Sister and Little Drift took turns at furnishing the pace after Boston Mary relinquished a short early advantage. With good judgment on the part of jockey H. Dupuy, the elderly J. M. Brooks mare came again to pass her rivals inside the final sixteenth post. In the opening race, ten, the largest field of the afternoon, entered the starting gate for a dash of six furlongs, and it gave Royal Cross, from the D. N. Gilpin stable, his first triumph of the season when he took the measure of his nine opponents in a drive. Under the handling of jockey J. E. Oros, the five-year-old son of Royal Canopy drove home half a length in advance of Wayout, which raced for J. B. Belk, and third was the portion of the purse for Mrs. E. R. Mitchells Unlimited when he took the measure of Masked Plane. In the running, jockey J. E. Oros had the D. N. Gilpin sprinter well up with the pace when the gray son of Royal Canopy raced at the heels of Romney Royal and Wayout as they established the early j pace. ROUNDS OUT A DOUBLE. Jockey J. E. Oros registered victory No. 17 for the meeting when he rounded out a double astride Jack Sting, heavily backed favorite, in the second event. The Mrs. F. West six-year-old ruled a top-heavy choice . for the six furlongs race, which attracted eight nondescript platers. His score came by a daylight advantage when he drove to the finish two lengths in advance of Mrs. D. Sheas Currants, while Shanteb had little difficulty landing third. In the early running Jack Sting lacked the speed to go along with Currants, Shanteb and Caidon as they raced abreast to set the early pace in that order. Oros gave his mount every chance to gain his best stride and, coming fast at the stretch turn to engage the tiring leaders, Jack Sting assumed the lead a furlong from the finish and sped on to enjoy a lead of two lengths at the end. Installed one of the shortest-priced favorites of the meeting, Evening Light, from the J. M. Welsh barn, registered a popular victory when she turned in a front-running score over five other cheap non-winners in the decision of the third race. The triumph, coming by three lengths, gave jockey Oros his third successive riding success and it marked the second favorite to take down a purse during the preliminary events. CARDELL PROVES BEST. Liberty Lane Stables Cardell was best of the two-year-olds that met in the fourth event, which was the juvenile test of the afternoon, and his score, coming in a mild drive, marked his third victory in five starts. One of the better-fancied starters of the half dozen under colors, the brown son of Dr. Cardenas led every stride of the four furlongs to cross the line two lengths before Millsdale Stables Oddsbodkin as Blue Covert, the disappointing favorite, barely overhauled Snobbish Lady for third. Topee, from the John E. Hughes stable, was another successful favorite on the program when he made a show ofa small field to account for the sixth race, which was decided at a mile and seventy yards. Entirely for three-year-olds,- only half a dozen met for the abbreviated journey, and it saw Topee galloping across the line to chalk up his second victory of the meeting, by four lengths. At the close of the race Pascua. from the J. Kugelman barn, was in second position, with Nicholas S. a driving third. The latter pair were separated by three lengths as Scoria, from the Liberty Lane Stable, led the two others. Jockey A. Shel-hamer rode the winner, which ruled at odds of 7 to 5. Emmett Murphy of Washington, D. C, a well-known follower of the thoroughbreds, was on hand for the final program at Bowie Friday. Murphy intends to take in some of the racing at Havre de Grace and Pimlico when time permits.
