The times., 1899-11-11

The autumn meeting Of the Washington
! Jockey Club Will open at the Benning track
this afternoon, and racing viii continue
daily until Thursday, November 80. An
exceptionally good programme has been
/ prepared for the closing meet of the sea
son in the East and the attendance promises
TO be a record breaker Five races are
scheduled for each day and stable room is
! already at premium at the track. The
number of entries in each event is very
large
The first race viii be called at 2:15 p. m.
each day and those who attend may return
to the city at an early hour Many of the
most prominent stables in the country will
be represented, and the jockey club has
spared neither time nor money to make the
meet a complete success, and TO care for
the comfort of those persons who may at
tend. Steeplechases will be a feature of
the meeting, and the card for each day
/ includes many well known horses.
During the first three days of the meet
ing the starting gate Will be dis
pensed with and those who favor the
! old flying start will be given an op-
4 portunity to commend the method. The
card for Thanksgiving Day, the closing day
! Of the meet, includes the Washington
! Cup race at two and one-fourth miles, as
a feature. The Hunters Champion Steeple-
chase will be the headliner on the card for
/ November % The distance is four miles,
and the following entries have already been
received: H. R. Dulaney Piedmont Hunt
! Club Virginia, Ochiltree and Athlete; H.
s. Page MeadowbrOCk Hunt New York
Nestor and DaybTeak; B. f. Clyde. Radnor
Hunt. Pennsylvania, Red HackeI and Liffy;
J. ". Colt Geneseo Valley Hunt New
York, Higbre and Quicksilver; Ed L.
Smith, Ballston Hunt New York, Diver
and Frosty; F. Il. NJ. Birckhead Elk Ridge
Hunt. Maryland De Garnette.
The card today at Bennings is an ex-
| ceptionally good one, and. as the horses
have been brought together in good shape,
through the weights the contests ought TO
be close and exciting. The track, never
a fast one. is as good as it can be made
and neither trouble nor expense has been
spared by the jockey club in putting the
course in frst-class condition. Despite
the amount OF careful preparation, how
ever. the track is slow and no such time
as that made at Sheepshead Bay or Morris
Park for corresponding distances can be
expected. To win at this meeting horses
viii have 10 be on edge particularly for
the first few days as the track is very
soft and deep.
In the all aged race consideration must
be given to the two-year- -olds. as while
the horses in this class are entitled to the
weights allotted them they are practically
three year -olds. and viii be actually so
within less than two months.
The entries for today are as follows:
First race-For all ages: six furlongs.-
Trough Rider 50; *Jucoma, Precursor. 98;
Golden Rattle, 102; First Whip Lucas, 105;
Lamp Globe, los; Or. Parker, Cormorant,
-21
"Rough Rider and Jucoma coupled.
Second race-For maiden two-year- -oIds;
FIVE furlongs.-Jamaica, Bermuda Hundred,
Give and Take Allaire, Spaldie, DuIheld.
lO7; Grandeur. G. F. Wightman, Thermas,
Hall Bell James Matt Simpson, Hermen-
cia Robert Metcalf, Ciales, 10.
Third race-Selling; steeplechase; about
two and One-half miles.-Rose Heimdai,
Sibley. 145; Mr.. Stoffel. l46; Decapod, l5l;
Hurry Up 154; Bevel, Governor Budd,
Baby Bill, Wild Weather II, 1871 Watch
man 100.
Fourth race-For four year olds; sell
ing; six furlongs. @Carbuncle, SO; Jucoma
Precursor, 100; Cupidity, 105.
Fifth TaCe-Selling, one and one-siX-
teenth miles.-"Village Pride, 80; Althea,
50; Our Nellie, tCharagrace, FKilt, 98;
Brisk 103; st. Lorenzo, Chivalrous. 1O4:
Atlantus, julius Caesar, Glenoine, Alvara-
do II. 106; Matanza, 107; Queen Of Song
Beau Ideal, 109
apprentice allowance claimed.
The selections given for the events today
have been made after careful consideration
and are not given as betting propositions
but with view to give The Times readers
an idea of what ought to be the finish
The selections follow:
First race-Sidney Lucas Jucoma, First
Whip.
Second race-Ciales. Give and Take
Grandeur.
Third race Governor Budd, Baby Bill
Mr. Stoffel
Fourth race-Carbuncle, Cupidity, Pre-
cursor.
Fifth race-Brisk, Village Pride, St Lo-
renzO