The times., 1899-04-16
LAST DAY OF THE
BENNING RACES
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Madden's Colt ,DeLaey Wins
the Nursery Purse.
But One Favorite Comes Under The
Wire First.
A Large Crowd Present to Witness
the Closing scenes of the
Successful Meeting.

Successful Meeting.
crowd that completely filled the grand
stand, ring, and paddock attended the las
day of the spring meet at Benning yester
day. The sport was of an excellent quail
ity, and there were several close and ex
citing finishes. The Marine Band. unde
the direction of Prof. Santeimann, rendere
1 several selections from popular operas, ant
also many rag time" tunes which adde.
greatly 10 the afternoons enjoyment. Tn,
fair sex turned out in large numbers, anC
their bright colored spring gowns and hat:
made very pleasing picture in the stand
The feature of the day was the second
running of the Washington Nursery for q
purse of s6,060 and it was won by j. E
Madden's chestnut two-year- colt, De
Lacy, ridden by 0Leary. Jockey o'Leary
rode a very pretty race, and was loudly
cheered as he dismounted. He was cal ed
up by the stewarts and presented with a
handsome diamondse sepin, given by the
Washington Jockey Club.
The talent had bad day, but one favor
ite coming in first and all the other races
were won by outsiders, including the
Washington Nursery Stakes, which was
won by 6 to l shot.
| Starter Mars Cassidy's work was once
again up to the standard, and he got all
the races off on time and in good order
His work with the flag this spring has
been exceptionally praiseworthy, as there
has not. been a horse left at the post in
the two weeks of this meet, record of
which he has just cause to feel proud
The meet was an unqualified success in
every way, and too much praise cannot be
given to the board of directors of the
Washington Jockey Club for their efforts
10 give this city some clean, honest sport.
The first race six-furlong handicap.
Tor three-year- and upward had bur
three starters, being the Morris bay flly
Prestidigitatrice, II, E. Gardner's chestnut
mare Tallahassee, and, Mrs R. Bradley.s
chestnut gelding RediGia. The Morris filly
was hot favorite, at odds of to 5; Taxa
nassee second choice, at 16 TO 5, and a few
put their money on Red Gid, at 5 to /. AT
the drop of the flag Tallahassee took the
lead, closely followed by Prestidgitatrice
ana Red Gid. The three ran neck and neck
TO the thres-quarter post, where Prestidigi-
tatrlce came to the front and won from
Iakanassee by about length in ZIG Red
Gid carrying off last honors
The next event was the running of the
second Washington Nursery for purse of
$4,000, half-mile dash. for two-year-olds.
and five horses faced tAe starter, as fol-
lows: The Morris colts Prestidigtator.
Primrose Day, and Specific; J. E. Madden's
chestnut colt DeLacy, and Anderson &.
Woodfords bay flly Greeting. The three
Morris scelts went. 1.-THE post fayorites. at
even money; Greeting was second choice,
at b TO ., and DeLacy was posted at 6 to 1. |
On the second start Primrose Day DeLacy.
Prestidigitator, Specific, and Greeting got |
OH In the order named and ran well to- |
getner until the stretch where O'Leary. on |
DeLacy, forged to the front and beat out |
Prlmrose Day by head, in 0:49 3-5 Pres
tidigitator got third place and Specific and
Greeting finished in the order named.
The third race was the fourth running
OF the Washington Handicap, for three |
year-olds and upward which had six en-
tries; Thomas Cat, Nosey, Roysterer,
Premier Danforth, and Duke of Mid
1ieburg going to the post Thomas Cat
was the favorite, at to i; Nosey second
choice, at 3 to !, and the odds on the 9TH
ers were: Roysterer, TO /; Premier, 10
20 /; Danforth, to l. and Duke of
Danforth got off in the lead, followed by
he Duke of Middleburg. Nosey, Premier
and Thomas Cat, In the order named i
Duke OF Middleburg took the lead at the
quarter post and was never headed, win
1ing from Thomas Cat by about half
ength, in LA Nosey getting third place.
The other horses finished as follows:
Premier. Roysterer, and Danforth.
The next was selling race of six and a
ldlf furlonPg old |
ward, and seven horses went to the post
as follows: Bonnie Nell, Tinker, Mar
'ian, Christabella, Plantain, Sister Stella
and Lady Exile. Lady Exile was a well
backed favorite at TO 20. Marsian second
,hoice at to /, and Sister Stella also had
a large following at to /. The others
were posted: Tinker, II to /; Plantain,
Z to l; chris'abella. 90 TO 1, and Bonnie
Nell, 100 to l. On the fifth start Cassidy
got them off in good shape, with Bonnie
Nell in the lead, closely followed by Tink-
er and Lady Exile and the others well
punched Lady Exile took the lead at the
-hree-quarter post. but was beaten out in
he stretch by Sister Stella, who won by
-wo lengths in 1:29. Plantain coming In
hird- Marsian, Tinker Christabella, and
Bonnie Nell finished in the order named.
The last race was the Benning Steeple-
'hase Handicap for four year-olds and up-
ward, and eight horses went to the post.
Baby Bill, Trillion. Decapod, Vanity Fair,
Horseplay, Red Hackle. Liffy. and Beval
aced the starter, w. c. Hays bay mare
Virginia Dare being scratched TriIlion
was the favorite at 9 to and Baby was
also heavily backed at 2 to /. Decapod
IT to 2, Horseplay at u to /. Red HackIe
at II to l, Liffy at IL to l. and Beval ar
~ to l. had few adherents The horses
all got in bunch and ran well together
lntii the first jump, when Liffy fell Tril-
ION took the lead and was closely followed
1y Baby Bill, Decapod, and Red HackIe.
he others being a few lengths behind.
ted Hackle fell on, the second track jump
md Horseplay fell on the last hurdle De-
'apod gradually came to the front and won
rom Baby Bill by about two lengths, in
':l5 2-5, Trillion getting third place. Van
ty Fair and Beval finished fourth and fifth
Summary.
First race Handicap, for three-year-
dds and upward, six furlongs.
'restdigitatrice 1851. Odom. . 3 TO
Tallahassee 100), Mitchell. 16 to
Red Gid go, Seaton. n.......... > to
Time, lie.
Second race-Second Washington Nursery
or two-year- -olds half mile
DeLacy 115), O'Leary. TO l
'rimrose Day (l1et, Littlefield. ..1 10
'restidigitator Q1S), Odom. ..1 to
Time, 0:49 3-5.
Specific and Greeting also ran.
Third race-The fourth Washington