Evening star., 1900-12-04
SPORTS IN GENERAL
Four Favorites Again in Front at
Benning Track.
PROVOSTAND ROBUNrA THEoUFSIDERS
McGovern and Cans Preparing to
Battle Under Unusual Conditions.
LAWN TENNIS RATIN q S

! Yesterdays sport at the Benning track
horses is considered. The races were run
without special incident, and in four events
! of the six on the card the favorites came in
| first. This record of four favorites winning
| out of six events has been the sensational
| feature Of the meeting, as it has happened
| often as to become monotonous, espe-
cially to the "bookies." Nothing better
| could be said In favor Of the honesty Of the
| sport than to put forward this record, as 1t
| speaks for itself.
The bookmakers have been having an un-
usaully hard time Of it this fall. and with
| but five days left in which to make up their
! losses matters appear to be unusually rough
| for them. The two outsiders to win yester-
day-Provost and Robunta-were almost as
heavily backed the favorites in these re-
spective races. and at the odds quoted the
losses were as bad as though the first
choices had come In first.
In the first race Fluke was selected to
carry the money of the talent and once
| more they had 1t right. Getting of in the
| lead Michael held his horse safe, and
rounding into the stretch, for some unac-
countable reason, began using the whip
| with will. Fluke was four lengths to the
good and going we'll and yell at Michaels
| made him put up the whip. The horse kept
his pace to the end. winning by four
| lenSlnS. feQeTalSl managed 10 nose INTO
| second place with Uncle Josh third.
| Nelasquez WAS made the first choice for
| the second race. and. getting off second.
made a game race Of it until the stretch
| was reached. when he tired badly. Provost
then began coming up like the wind from
| the bunch in the rear. and landing in front
| by two or three jumps just managed to win
| by a neck from the favorite with Timothy
| Foley poor third.
The fourth race furnished some little con-
ISOLATION for the "bookies,' as the first
choices of the talent" were pushed to the
! rear and did not show at all. F4aneur was
made the favorite at first. with Lady Hay
man strong second choice but the know
ing ones were quietly swapping up the nice
odds laid against Robunta. Lady Haymans
| chances ended with the drop Of the flag,
| for when the start was made she was last
in the field. Michaels probably thought it
was false start and began to pull up his
| horse; but after Lady Hayman got started
she made up lot of lost ground finishing
| fourth. The other horses got of we'll Gam
non sent Lambkin to the FORE and at
the far turn was three lengths to the good.
IN the stretch there was a general closing
up, with Robunta noSing toward the front
and Kings Favorite close by These two
horses crept by the pacemaker. Lambkin,
and Robunta won out by three lengths
while the Kings Favorite got second place
| by only head.
The fifth race was quite easily Won by
mcleod or Dare, while Spurs had still an
easier thing of it in the sixth, the last
named winning with four lengths to the
! good.
First race. selling. seven furlongs-Fluke.
VA III Michaels), even. won. Federalist "a
| (E. HEWITT, to and to 5. second I'm
Gle JOSH 10 q. Slack, Is to L. third Time
l3U 10. Give and Take, Decimal Capt,
January, Sylvan Dell and Directum also
| ran.
Second race. maiden two-year-olds five
ana one-half furlongs-Provost, 81 (Rich-
| ards: to l. won. Velasquez 1O7 (McCue),
I to and 3 to O. second Timothy Foley
| X to . It'd rJ,yx~ In
5-3. kingsbrook, Pan, Jas J. Corbett
Mlcon, Golden Boy. Woodspike and Fresnei
also ran. Schoolmaster started but bled at
nose and failed to finish
Third race, two-year-olds and upward
mile and fifty yards-Sentry. 9s q. Sack1'
. TO = Won Amorita, 9S (Booker), 8 to 1 and
10 l. second. Blueskin. 95 (Brien) to 1
tnlrd. Time, 40 10. Toluca, Humboldt.
Lancewood, Harry McCoun and San Iuts
Fourth race. two-year-olds selling, six
furlongs; Rabunta. 92 (Brennen). to I
won. Kings Favorite SO Brien. 10 to I
and to l, second. Lambkin, "a Gannonl
d0 to l, third. Time, LII Is Lady Hav
man. Flaneur. Historian. Rubens. The
Brother, Lillian Hoffman and Obev alec
| ran. wv also
Fifth race, selling. one mile and civ
| teenth-McLeod of Dare, 115 IT. RnrnsI ?
10 lo won Charawind. 1O7 (McCue). 3 to
ana to 8, second. Evelyn Byrd 1o7
lMiles) to 1. third. Time 80 AZ chas w.
Estes, Judge Magee and Hold Up also ran
-, sixth race: mile and 100 yardsNsnurs
dO4 !Brien), to 5, won. Hopbrook. 81 ~
| Siack), 15 to 1 and to 1, second Row.
| man, l07 (Miles), to 1, third. Time = 70
90 beverage and Give and Take also ran