The times., 1898-11-25
JjfErrGGIR'ggaN Wins THH CUP
He Easily Outruns Warrenton
From Start to Finish.
DAN MAHER'S GOOD RIDING
He Takes the Gallant Son of Bu-
and Scores IA Clever Victory With
out Using Whip or spur-The Card
for To-day.

The Washington Jockey Club people,
though a submissive and usually content
ed lot. had little reason to be thankful
for Thanksgiving Day weather. With a
card that would on almost any day when
the elements were friendly draw an i'm
mense attendance of the lovers of horse
racing, the crowd at Benning yesterday
did not exceed 1000 persons, and the per-
centage of the fair sex, whose presence
on any occasion always adds TO its at
tractiveness and enjoyment did not eS-
ceed one in ten.
Danny Maher did another good day )
work He had four mounts and landed
three horses under the wire first. Thu ee
of his mounts-Banquo III, Terrorist and
Bardella were favorites. Terrorist and
BardeIla he brought home in front. but
the best he could do with Banquo IL was
TO place him third. His other mount was
jefferson in the Washington cup race,
and his victory with the good son of
Buchanan was a splendidly executed and
most creditable one.
Though the time for the Washington
cup race was not fast-something like
nine seconds slower than the record for
Jenersons victory was a very praise
worthy one. AT best The Benning cou Sc
is a slow one, and its condition yester-
day, and the weather considered, il
raised the Beard horse many notches in
the estimation OF the racing public.
There was but one mishap during the
afternoon and that not serious one
After running about two miles in the
steeplechase, and as the horses made the
first jump after taking to the track, Mar
Bile went down. Ray who had the mount
was thrown. but neither he nor the horse
was hurt As far as Marbles chances for
winning We're concerned, the fall did not
effect them seriously. He was far behind
and stood no show when the accident ac-
Cured
Nine horses faced Starter Cassidy in the
first race, selling. for thTee-year-olds and
upward one mile and a sixteenth. BAN
QUO Maher was the choice Of the talent
at to 5, and to for the place. Knight
of the Garter, McCue. sold at and to
:; Her own. O'Connor, brought and ?;
Wordsworth. Ryan. : and ,: Premier.
Clawson. and Niger Baby. Michael, each
brought s and 3. The others ranged from
% to 50. Premier went away with the lead,
and held il through the back stretch.
Rounding the turn for the stretch he was
Joined by Banquo and Knight Of the Gar
ter. Coming home, the pace was not TO
Premier's liking, aud he dropped out OF
it, and Beau Ideal came through on the
rail and took a lead of length closely
followed by Knight of the Garter and
Banquo Until within 100 yards of the
wire il looked like Beau Ideals race, but
here he tired and Knight of the Garter
beat him out by two lengths. Banquo a
close third. The time was I:52 2-5.
OF the twenty entries for the second
event ten went TO the post. II was a
dash of six furlongs for maiden two-year-
oids Terrorist Maher / to .: Judge Md
gee McCue, and to 5, and Shiek, Dean,
s and ?, were the horses played to make
the race, and they Were rated right by
the talent Shiek set the pace to the
turn Of the stretch. with Terrorist and
MaEee close up. Strengthened for the run
home Maher brought Terrorist through.
followed by Magee. and they finished this
way. with Shiek third. The time was l:l1.
White Carriers was an TO 5 favorite for
tila steeplechase two and a half miles.
sTrillion brought 9 to 3 and to 3; Baby
Bin and !; Decapod, and to ;. and
Marble. Ben Bolt. Beval and Last Fel-
low each. % and 3. There was no doubt
about the result after a quarter of mile
had been covered Trillion went off with
the lead and made the jump first. Then
" nllt 'IdTIeTS f1llut lot MIN, caught anu
passed him. and the race was practically
over. Marble. next TO the last horse, and
fifty yards behind the bunch, fell at the
first hurdle after taking the track White
Carriers won ny five lengths eased up De
capod second. and Last Fellow third. The
time was 5:23 2-5.
Warrenton, Clawson. TO .; jefferson,
Maher. II to ; and ; to 5; Thomas Cat.
Hamilton. to and to }; Maurice,
Blake 10 and g. and Nosey 20 and 5. were
the startersfor the big race of the meet
ing-the Washington Cup. The value to
the winner 81 200; TO the second horse
500, and the third $500 There was much
discussion as to the probable result OF
this event. The experts were sure that
Warrenton SO far outclassed his field that
there was little chance of his losing, and
the belief soon become pretty general
that the race was as good as run. so far
as the outcome was concerned. There
were some skeptics. however. These
after thinking over Jefferson's good races
during the meeting. thought he had a
chance. and took flyer or two on him.
while Thomas Cat and Maurice were little
thought of. and Nosey was considered
entirely out of it. They were sent away
to magnificent start. When they had
covered the first quarter they were all
in bunch. Jefferson had settled down
to his long. steady, powerful stride, and
making the turn for the back stretch he
took a lead of two good lengths. Warren
ton and Maurice running evenly, with
Thomas Cat TWO lengths back and Nosev
four lengths behind him. As they ap-
preached the turn for the stretch Jeffer-
son seemed to falter, but when Warren
ton and Maurice moved up he again let