Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
Favorites Have Their Innings at
Brighton Beach.
ALL BOWLED OVER At SARATOGA
Most Successful Meeting Ever
Held at Columbus.
POTOMAC'S RACES TONIGHT

FavoriteS had their innings at Brighton
Eeach yesterday, four out of six getting
first to the wire. Finishes were close AMI
the racing spirited. There We're no fix
lures on the card but a steeplechase and
handicap made up for it, Kamard won
the handicap.
Pink Coats mile in the fifth race at Chi
cage yesterday was the feature of the day
at Hawthorne. Pushed hard by Mint
Sauce, he ran a gallant race, and his time,
1-:Eh4, equals the track record.
The Grand Circuit meeting, which closed
yesterday at Columbus. Ohio was the most
successful ever he'd under the auspices of
the Columbus Driving Park AsSocidt ton.
The weather throughout was fine, the at
teIdance large and the racing unusually
good. The Columbus association viii give
Il meeting September II to Il, the open
week in the Grand Circuit.
John Herkes established a new track rec
ord for mile and a sixteenth at Highland
Park. Detroit. Thursday. when he won the
third race in 146A. He the first mile
III 1i934 and made the running from end to
end.
AT Munich yesterday the results in the
chess games We're: Showalter beat Colts
chall Berger beat Popiel. Janowski van
pushed Billboard Burn defeated Bardelben.
Wolf lost to MarocZy. while the games be-
tween Jakob and Halprin. Cohn and Marco
and Schlechter and Pillsbury were drawn.
Jockey Fennemore received a bad fall in
the fifth race at Detroit Thursday. His
mount, Juggiery, fell soon after the start.
The horse rolled over him and the boy re-
CelNed internal injuries, from the results Of
which he died later.
The two-mile unpaced professional bicy.
Gle record of A. b. Hughes. made at Den
Yer, was lowered two seconds to Ala, by
John r. Dubois at Brockton. Mass, on
Wednesday. Dubois, in the evening, tried
t. lower the mile record of 80 10 made by
Hamilton in Denver bllt he failed thai
it taking him 1.J9a4 to cover the distance.
The cricket game between the Cambridge
Long Vacation eleven and the Haverford
College team, begun Thursday. was con-
tinued yesterday. In their innings Thurs
day the Long Vacation players scored 30
runs, while the Americans at the close of
play had made 81 runs for nine wickets
down. The innings Were completed yeSter-
day with the addition of i runs. making 4
total of ~. The Haverfords continued on
for their second innings, aud when eight
wickets were down had made POS runs. The
game was then called.
The form players had rough tima of it
yesterday at the Saratoga track. not a sin
gle favorite passing the winning post The
selling race was brought out during the
afternoon, William FleiShman bidding up
Peaceful to ST. 4u0 after he had Won the
last race of the day. Peaceful was entered
II be sold for $1.Iv Jockeys Burns and
Shaw We're each fined so for disobedience
while at the post in the third race. In the
following race Burns continued refusal to
obey Starter Caldwell earned him a sus-
pension of three days.
Al the fourth days racing of the Good
wood. England, meeting yesterday the
Chesterfield cup Ohandicap) for three-year-
olds and upward. one mile and quarter,
was won by William c. Whitney's Spec
trum. ridden by J. Reiff. L. Cartons
chestnut colt Flavus was second and f.
C. Cartons chestnut colt Heckler was
third.
The Chichester stakes (handicap) for
three-year-olds and upward. five furlongs.
was won by Lord Wolverton's bay colt
Horton. by Hawkstone, out of White Veil.
also ridden by ]. Reiff.
The Molecomb stakes for two-year-olds.
three-quarters Of a mile. was won by ].
Musker's bay filly Princess Melton, by Mel
ton. out of Schoolbook. guided by L. Reiff,
and Lord William Beresford's bay geiding
Brcnzewing. by Goldfinch, out of Reclare.
ran second. J. Reiff having the mount.
The Nassau stakes for three year-old
fillies. one mile and a half. was won by w.
H. Walkers bay filly Merry Gal. by Gallo
pin, out of Mary Scaton. L. ReiH again be-
ing the rider. Lord Ellesmeres Inquisitive.
OIL which ]. Reiff had the mount, came in
second.