The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-20
FAVORITES RUN IN 'FRONT.'
A Good Day for the Talent at the
Benning Course.
Pick Four Winners In the Six Races
'-Specdmas Again Rewards Her
Suspected False Ride ON Orientn
Good Card offered for Today.

More characteristic OF spring than OF
fail meeting was the delightfully."- balmy
weather which was factor in an after
noon of splendid sport at Benning yester-
day. Combined with this was fast track
and several fields of we'll matched horses.
The crowd was much larger than that on
the opening day, Saturday, when the at
tendance eclipsed that of any previous
opening day. From all Indications the
meeting will prove grand success in
every way.
Yesterdays racing was of the popular
horses most fancied by the Spectators
romped under the wire easy winners Lady
Contrary, Speodmas. The Puritan, and
Oneck Queen all taking their races with
out trouble. Speedmas, whose win of the
sixth race on Saturday, raised her from a
long shot to a favorite, fulfilled expeeta-
lions by her performance yesterday, head
ing the field from the break to the wire.
Walsh whose good work last week at
tracted considerable comment, added two
victories to his list yesterday. He was up
on Lady Contrary in the first and The
Puritan in the fourth races, and piloted
both under the wire well to the fore.
Burns, on 0rienta, the favorite in the
second race, was left at the post. The
judges thought they saw signs of crooked
work, for he was called to the stand and
fined 500.
The arrival of contingent of New York
men swelled the number of bookmakers in
the pavilion to thirty. Speculation
throughout the afternoon was unusually
brisk. The summaries follow:
First race-For all ages; five and one
half furlongs.-Lady Contrary walsh.
even and out. won; Mordelmo (BTtton). 40
to l and IL to ], second; Lexington Pirate
(Burns). 10 to l and to 1, third. Time.
1:10. Impartial. Fluke, Randy, Timothy
Foley, Decimal, Allaire, Tour Back Talk,
and Fresnal also ran. Bad start Decimal
off in front, closely followed by Lady Con-
trary, Mordelmo third. Coming around the
back stretch Lady Contrary went to the
front and was not headed, winning easily by
length and half, Mordelmo as easily
second. Lexington Pirate good third In
partial fourth. and Fluke fifth. Lady Con-
trary won galloping, and can beat better
ones
furlongs.-Sadie S. (Rutter), ) to 1 and to
5, won; Queen Carnival Henry, 9 20 5 and |
3 to 5, second; Gracious (McCue). Is to / I
and 4 TO !, third. Time, lis As Little |
Daisy. Fannie Maud, Anna Darling, and |
Orienta also ran. Bad start At the fall OF
the flag Sadie S. shot to the front fully I
in her stride, and was not headed. winning
in gallOp by six open lengths, Queen Car
nival second, head in front of Gracious,
third. Orienta was left at the post Burns.
who rode Orienta, fined 800 for pull
ing up at the start.
Third race-For three year-Oids and up
ward selling; one mile and forty yards
Speedmas (Burns), to 5 and to 5. won;
Petit Maitre (McCue), S to l and 3 to l.
second; Charawind Henry, to and to
/, third. Time, AT 1-2. Charles Estes,
Monmouth Boy. Miss Mitchell. Kirkwood.
and Tension also ran. Start good. on at
first break Speedmas went out in front and
made the running, and won in easy fashion
by three lengths. Petit Maitre second by six
lengths and Charawind third by head.
Petit Maitre ran good race, but could not
reach Speedmas -lt't
Fourth race-For two-year-olds: sell
ing; six fur1ongs.-The Puritan walsh. /
2 to 5 and out. won: Lecturer Burns),
3 1-2 to and to 5, second; Novelty
(Thompson), 40 to / and 2 to I. third.
Time. lis "a. Hija and Hinsdale also
ran. Off at the first break to good start
Novelty started running closely followed
by the favOrite. with Lecturer close up.
Once Strengthened out there was nothing
to it but The Puritan, and he won in a
romp by ten length, Lecturer easily sec
ond, and Novelty third.
Fifth race-For maiden three-year olds
and upward; one mile and sixty Yards
tMcCue), to and to l,
won; Perion Walsh), 40 to I and 10 to 1,
second Leon Ferguson (Burns). to 5
and out, third. Time, 40 As. Uncle
Josh. Old Tank, and Matctim also ran,
The flag dropped to a good start.
at once went to the front
and obtained a lead Of five open lengths.
This he maintained to the wire, and was
not urged to do his best. bad lot.
Leon Ferguson was a false favorite. and
is OF no account
Sixth race-FOr three year-olds and up
ward: selling; one mile and one hundred
Queen tBurns), to and
out, won; Dread slack, s to s and out,
Hardly Donegan), Is to / and Z
to 5. third. Time. /: 81 3-5. Althea also
ran. The favorite was much the best and
won hands down. Dread was second, and
Hardly third.
Entries for TOdny's Races.
First race-For three-year- and up