Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-30

esterday was the fourth and last day of
track. near Benning's station, and after the
first race had been run (as reported in yes
terday's STAB the following trials of speed
THE SECOND RACE
was for purse of $3.50, mile heats. best two
In three; S225 to first, SIS to second, and $50
to third. Jack Harkaway, 3. F. Carver,
First Chance, Jest, Moses Primrose, Jack
Twig, Nettie b, and Century were entered,
and First Chance was the favorite In the
pools.
On the first heat. Jack Harkaway took the
lead but at the half-mile post lest had taken
the hrst place, with First Chance striving
with him for the lead, which he gained be-
down TO the string in the following order:
First Chance (winDer), Nettie q. Jest. Jack
Harkaway, Primrose, Century, b. F. Carver,
On the second heat the start was a cool one,
Chance taking the lead at once, aud main-
tanning it in passing the quarter, haif-mile
by Jest and Nettie L, with Jack lHarkaway
in the seventh position. In coming down
the home stretch, IL was noticed that the
rider of First Chance pulled in his animal,
while Jack Harkaway shot ahead and came
In winner in E4S1, with Century second,
Twtg third, Jest fourth, Nettie B fifth, First
Oh ance sixth, Primrose seventh. and Carver
last. II was asserted that the rider of First
Chance pulled him back. causing him 10 lose
the heat, and another rider was elected.
On the third heat the other horses having
got good start, and Harkaway took the
lead and won in three lengths In 1885, and
the race was given to him, First Chance re-
ceivlng the second money and Century the
third.
The feature of the day was
THE FOUR MILE RACE
for purse of Al 900. q dash OF four miles,
winner of first mile, Sl00; OF second mile, Sl50,
OF third mile, 500; of race, S400. Fairy
Queen. Nettie Norton, Ozark, Gayo, Gal
way, Busy Bee and Caroline were the entries
VI % m no a
good start was made, Ozark at once taking
the front, with Busy Bee second, Queen
third Caroline fourth, Galway fifth, Gayo
sixth, Norton seventh. Ozark maintained
the lead. and at the end of the first mile the
horses passed the stand in the following or
der: Ozark, Caroline, Busy Bee, Galway and
Fairy queen. Before the quarter pole was
reached in the second mile GayO gave oat, ,
and took no more part in the contest. Thz
second mile was finished as follows: Ozark
first, Norton second. Caroline third, Galway
fourth, Queen fifth, aud Busy Bee sixth. The
third mile. Ozark ahead Nettle Norton
pressing him, Busy Bee third, Galway
fourth, Caroline fifth, and the Queen sixth
Ozark came in winner at the end OF the
fourth mile, 80 yards ahead of Nettie Nor
ton, with Busy Bee third, Fairy Queen
fourth, Caroline fifth, and Galway last. The
winning horse scarcely showed any signs of
fatigue, and the easy manner in which he
carried off the honOrs was the subject OF
much comment Time, 7:+0.
RACE OF LOCAL HORSES.
For the one mile dash OF local horses. Purse
So, Yellow Jacket was entered by j. f.
MantZ, and Skirmisher by r.. II. BTengle.
On the first contest the rider of Skirm Isher
was seen to hold his horse in, and ia coming
down the quarter stretch he was also noticed
saving at the bit in singular manner. His
competitor came in ahead, but the put up
Job was so evident that the Judges declared
all bets OIL. On the second contest tie horses
were close together, and Yellow Jacket CANE
IN slightly ahead. 1t was charged that Skin
misher had been filled with water between
the heats. The rider of Sklrmisher claimed
a foul, because the rider of Yellow Jacket
had jOstled against him in coming down the
back stretch. The latter stated that such
was the case, but it was unintentional. Un-
der the rules of the National Association the
race was given TO Skirmisher, and Yellow
Jacket declared distanced. Time, 20l.
CLOSING WORDS.
This closed the running meeting. and Col
Hill is to be congratulated on the successful
management of his track. During the week
the attendance averaged over two thousand
daily. During that time the most of the Wis
ltOrs went out on the Baltimore and POto-
mac railroad, which ran besides the regular
trains at IL 50 and u.s. specials al 1890 and 2
o'clock, and this arrangement will be con-
tinued next week during the trotting meei-
ing On Tuesday the trotting meeting will
be opened, and on that day and the three fol-
lowing there will be three trials daily, the
nurses being from 500 N