Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-25
BAD DAY FOR FAvORITEs.
Results at Benning's Yesterday De
Wolf Hopper's Trip.

Ballyhoo was the only favorite that won yes
terday at the Benning's races The muddy
track made going uncertain, and the talent was
at sea. 1t was bOokmakers day A feature Of
the day was the spread" given by the officials
of the race track, to attend which Dc Wolf
Hopper, the comedian, had come down from
Philadelphia with Misses Della Fox and Anna
OKeefe, members Of his company
FAST TINE TO PHILADELPHIA.
The party left Broad street station, Philadel-
phia, at $50 Am, on tho regular train, and
returned on special train consisting of locomo-
tive aud one car, Of which Mr.. Hopper and the
three ladies were the sole occupants. They
left Washington 1T 4:3l pm. and arrived at
Broad street at 7:l3 just in time to make up
anu dress for their evening performance. On
each side of the car was stretched huge ban
ner bearing the words: ''De Wolf Hopper
Opera Bouffc Company, Philadelphia, tonight"
This attracted much attention on the side track
at Washington. and at baltimore, where a brief
stop was made for oIling the wheels. The time
TO Philadelphia was hours and ~ minutes.
The quickest time there tOfOro had been that
made by A. VI. Palmer's Madison Square COM
pany when il made its famous trip from New
York to Washington and back, playing in both
cities on the same day. The companys tIrno
between Washington and Philadelphia was
hours and A minutes.
THE RESULTS YESTERDAY.
The results OF the first two races were an
nounced in The STAR. The others follow:
Third race, handicap sweepstakes, with $500
added. divided, one mile and furlong-Vlvid
j, Tanner 2, Prather 3. Ciamor also ran.
Time. Z.02. Betting: Tanner, . to 1; Prathor.
TO j; Vivid, to /; Clamor, 2 to /. Mutuals
paid eli. 40
Fourth race. purse s40O winner TO be sold
for $4,000, weight allowances. six furlongs-
Shotovcr Rustic, =; Cold Streams; Waldo John
son. Boutwell,, PerIcles, Cornelia, Samaritan
Harry Russell, Otalece, Leander and Silleck
also ran. Time. 1.l9lE Betting-COrnelia. 5
TO ,; Cold Stream7 TO 2; Shotover. to /; Peri
cles and Harry Russell. 6 to l each, and from
~ to 90 to each against the others, Rustic
beng one of those ut the outside figure
Mutuals paid $500. Rustic for place. Sl7. TO-
Fifth race. steep!ecase, purse $3.50. divided.
about two mies-McKenzIe. /; Killarney. 2;
Zangbar. g. Eiphln, EvanSeIne, Lee Christy
Village Boy. Schoolmastc- and Stonewall also
stR-uD1. lime, 1.55 BettiDg-Elphin and
Lee CErlsty. TO each; Mckenzie, to /;
Zangbar, TO l. and II to co to l against the
others. Mutuals paid sl0.70
ESIRIEs FOR TO-DAY.
The following are the entries for today's
races:
First race, threc-quartors mile, two-year-
oids-Sequence colt. los: Sinaloa colt, 1913;
Marys;One, l0J; Virgil, 100: Cerberus. los; Low
lander. los; bellevue. los; BEN amin, 10S; Helen
Rose tIate Helen wallace 1iiy), IOJ.
Second race. one and e-Slxteenth miles
kanesvil!e. l12; Glenfalon. 1O2; Busteed. liz;
Count Dudley. l02: Cdrtaret. 1902; King Hazen
los; Lady f.. SO; COrNcellI, 10.
Third race. seven furlongs -Wyndham. III;
waterman late W. e.. BurnsD. III; Blue Jeans
121: Rupert. III; swift. ia; CIsmor. III; ST.
John, III; ParthIan, III; Ofalece, III; Mando-
lin colt. III: FleetwIng. III: Foxmede. III; The
Raven. III; Branch, III; Bian:yrc, III; syria
euse. III.
Fourth race. handicap. one and one-fourth
mlles-Prdther. los: bradford, 40; ST. Luke,
los; Elite. l05; Salvlne. liz: Retrieve II0;
General BouIanger, I02; Trousers, 50; Larch-
mont. l04.
Fifth race. one mile-Leontine, 80; Rustic
Jos; Dover. %; syracuse, l02; Code Reel lO9:
shotover, SO; Rupert. 90; Larchmont IO4;
Vivid 81