The Washington times., 1894-11-11
FAvoRITEs HAD THEIR INNINGS.
Five First Choices Captured as Man!
Purses at St. Asaph Course.

Five First Choices Captured as Many
Purses at St. Asaph Course.
Yesterday was an ideal day for racing, and
the attendance was large at st. Asaph, while
five fayorites and one strong second choice
and discontinue Of the fifteen bookmakers.
VINO quit loser on the day. Cockade was the
only favorite to lose, and he was beaten
scant neck.
The closing event was for gentlemen riders,
and 1t provided any amount of fun for the
spectators. Several of the riders came out of
the paddock smoking cigarettes In the race
you ng Mr.. Holmes. who had the mount on
Vancluse. rode ass if afraid to let the horse
out. keeping him under a stout pull all the
way. The old horse should not be blamed.
as he was never given chance to show his
speed. Mr. Holmes could not prevent Van
cluse from getting third place, although he
pulled him up just before the finish. II a
professional jockey had done such a thing
ruling oil would have been the penalty. Sum
maries:
First race-one-half mi g. Maiden two-year-
olds Selling. Purse, $500. Time, 05114.
Parthenia, 10I, TO 10 (Bergen) ....-...........
Nineveh, l05 % 70 tGrlnin) in).-.....-..--.......
Pretence, 106 to PENN. Observation-Disclosures.
IGSllVhl 10 AlILLltuciAls 10 10 o. IEpEicA Btlt-
inE, l4 ,Johns', 40 to l, and Pearl, l04 (Hana-
Wat), 20 TO l, also ran.
Fair start Won easily by two lengths, head
between second and third. Pretence set the
pace to tue turn for home, when Parthenia drew
clear, Nineveh catching and beating out Pre-
tence for the place
Second race-SI and a half furlongs. Selling
Purse, 500 Time, l.2514
Prince George l08. / to SIMS !
Little Tom, lGI, so to ikeefe....
PoChino l0l, 1S to tGrifln}. ....-,.-......-..,
Hume, I0S (Midgely), 10 10 l, bolted.
Good start. Won easily by length and
Pochno and Little Tom were in front TO the
stretch, when Sims cut loose with P ince George
and the race over. Hume bolted after going
100 yards.
Third race-six furIongs Two-year-olds. Sell
ing. Purse $500 Time, 1919
King Gold, i02, lS TO Grimm. /
Coo iade, l0916; u 10 [DoFgetr) )............. 2
Phebus l09, II to Qittlefeld). ....-........... 8
Romping Girl, 95 (Keefe), 20 to /; Flush, e6
tNaceyl; 10 to !; DereI Ct, loO16 Penn, 10 9;
Ella Reed, 50 (R. DOggett) 5 10 !, and Sally Wood
ford 103 (E. Tribe, II TO /, also
Good start. Won driving by neck, two
lengths between second and third. King Gold
and Cockade were always in front and stayed
there 10 the end Derelict cut down and
will probably not start for some time.
Fourth race-six and one-half furlongs. Sell
ing. Purse, $500 Time, 1854
Galilee, ll2, to Doggett).
Mcintyre, l09 10 Sims Observation-Disclosures. 8
Indra, 102 (G ifdnl, TO l, also ran.
Good start Won easily pY length and
half, a neck between second and third. Galilee,
Mcintyre, and Pulitzer raced heads apart 10 the
far turn when Galilee drew away Pulitzer beat
Mcintyre in tue last twenty yards for the place
Fifth race-Ons mile. Selling Purse, 1900
Time, 1:45
Song and Dance, lO2, . to Grimm. ...........
Copyright, 107 Il TO (Nacey) )...........,......
Tom >kidmore, 107, 30 to (Hanawalt) ......... 8
Westchester, 1911 lE Tribe), % to /, and Star
Actress, 1Ol PENN, % TO l, also ran.
Fair start Won easily by two lengths, twelve
lengths between second and third. Star Actress
was IA front for a quarter and then gave way to
Song aud Dance and Copyright, who beat the
others eff.
Sixth race-Gentleman's race. Ono mile.
Purse, $780, Time, 2:G7
Elphin, $50, TO (Mr Nelson) ................ /
Cracksman, 1e0, to (Mr McCawIey)..... 2
Vancluse, 160, II to (Mr Holnes) .............
Sherry, 135 Or. Stone), to / and Fairfax, 145
Or. DelaRcey), to /, also ran.
Fair start Won galloping by six lengths, a
head between second and thiid. The race was
more OF a burlesque than anything else, and oc-
casioned great amusement Elphin won as he
pleased, the others being beaten of