The morning times., 1896-05-01

1t was tame days sport furnished
the five or six hundred people who jour
neyed TO the Benning track yesterday.
With card originally good, reduced to
a skeleton by scratching and only one finish
that could really be called finish
from a racing standpoint, there was not
enough excitement 10 keep alive down
South county fair.
cold, raw wind and cloudy sky,
with every prospect of shower before
the last event, sufficed TO frighten or
goodly number of the fair sex, who usually
grace the grand stand and ladies' club
house And those who did journey out
chose the plebeian mode OF conveyance
the railroad specials, In preference 10 the
natty turnouls that are wont TO carry
them TO the course.
WEATHER LOOKED THREATENING.
The outlook for shower also hao
depressing effect upon the masculine pa
irons as, Judging from the attendance
many OF them refused the issue.
1t was not much fun from Spectacular
standpoint that they missed, npWenet 49,;
starter Flynn was not III Ills usuai IerIect
forn and having some bad boys ana worse
horses to contend with kept the spectators
waiting in a couple Of races a htt!e longer
than was exactly conYenlent.
Only two favorites, kinglet and war
den, succeeded IN catching the eye OF Tie
Judges in the van, and the latter being q
i
of much use to the suffering talent. On
Kinglet however, nearly all OF them
landed, he being hot choice at even
moaey. Eclipse was only shade better,
selling at 6 TO 3, but II was more the
sookinakers' lear of his prowess than
any great amount of public money THAT
kept MS price within bounds.
EclipSe ran such bad looking race,
fiUlSniug absolutely last. to Kinglet, Mrs
Stuart. and Saliva, that Jockey Ballard
who rode him, was called into the stand
! and asked To explain the why and where
fore OF the lack of speed shown. This
ne did TO The satisfaction OF all concerned
There is no doubt but what he was per
fectly guiltless, as the horse could not
get out OF his own way.
GREEN SHOWS PLUCK.
Jockey Green, for whom the fair maids
shed Copious tears, when he took croppel
over Gold Dollars head, on Wednesday
and was carried off the field for dead, Aad
the mount on Golden Gate IN the Mary
land hurdle handicap.
He had been taken TO Providence Hos
pital 10 recuperatc, but decided IL was toe
slow there, and turned up early In the
day ready TO have another try at the
game. He was put up on Golden Gate
Fortune favored him clear TO the last jump
where he repeated his performance of the
previous day. Horse and rider went down
in heap, but were up in an instant ana
when Green remounted and riding up 10 the
| the Judges obtained permission TO dismount,
he was greeted with a round OF applause
from the spectators
The Hurdle Handicap was the feature OF
! the DAYS sport. 1t was at two and one
| fourth miles over ten flights or hurdles.
| There were but three starters In the event,
Caracas, Woodford and Golden Gate. Ii
looked TO be virtually a gift for Garaccas
and ! to Z was about the best price IN
| sight against him.
Golden Gate ruled second choice at to 2,
| with WOodford the outsider at fives.
Golden Gate was the first to show at the
star. I.ui 'ia.i q bad habit OF stopping ateach
| jump and the first time past the stand was
| dead last. with Woodford and Caracas
within a length of each other in the order
named.
] wo0DFORD HUNG ON.
This order was maintained the second
| time around Caracas going into the lead
| on the turn into the back stretch. Golden
| Gate had fallen way out OF the running, but
commenced TO move up at this Juncture.
Into the stretch they swung with Caracas
| still in the lead, WoodfOrd pressing him
| close, and Golden Gate six lengths away.
| Green hurried the latter too fast at the
| last jump and down they went. The other
| two went over all right with Caracas still
| in front, but whipping. Once on the flat
| Wuodford closed fast and managed to win
| at the end by five lengths.
| There were but two youngsters in the
| opening race that received any support
worth mentioning, Lizzie B. ii and Marsh
| Harrier. The former closed at to D and
| the latter ut to 8. OF the Others Bicycle
| Girl was the most fancie1 at to /.
There was very tedious delay at the
| post. caused by the bad acting OF 1gnatius
| jr. The colt ran away several times, twice
running well into the stretch before the
boy succeeded in pulling him up. AT last
| he succeeded IN breaking one OF his strrup
| weddings and there WIS another long de-
| lay while it was being fixed.
He was led back TO the start and after n
| little more cavorting finally went away
| with the field. Marsh Harrier and Lizzie
| b. III at once opened up n gap of several
| lengths and raced neck and neck to the
| last furlong, where the former drew ava
| and won easily by two lengths. Bicycle
| Girl, who had been running back in the
| bunch, came fast at the finish and ran into
third place two lengths TO the good OF
| Hurl.
GOOD BETTING RACE.
There was some hot betting IN the sec
| ond event on Ktnglet and Eclipse Both
| were touted as sure winners, the former