The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-27
SLOW 4IME At BENNENG
Recent Rains Make the jockey
Club Track Heavy.
tnfayornb1e Conditions, However.
tcrest in the SpOrt-.AnOther Good
Day for the TRlent-FOur Favor
ties Finish First-TOdRy's Entries.

Considering the unfavorable weather of
yesterday, there was very fair attend
ance at the Benning track, larger than is
usually seen under similar conditions.
Washington. always noted as 4 fair
weather city. gave ample proof yesterday
that dark skies or chilly winds will not
deter lovers of the sport from witness
ing good racing. The grandstand was
fairly we'll filled with ladies' and their
escorts.
The track was heavy from recent rains,
which accounts for the slow time made in
every race, but the running was meme the
less interesting. Every one of the six
| events was holly contested from the drop
of the flag The starts were made
promptly. and were all good. and there
was nothing left to be desired from a
weighed in and had plenty of business
the talent getting much the better of the
argument. four favorites winning. 1t is
doubtful if the bOokmakers quit even on
the third race, where the outsiders in the
betting. Dandy Boy and Isaac Hopper.
finished first and second. as both were
we'll backed by their stable connections
and few books escaped without being
ScOrched.
In addition to the already attractive
card for Thanksgiving Day. the Jockey
Club has added a hurdle race at mile
and one half. over six hurdles. for three
ycar-olds and upward. 1t is to be run
as the first race-starting at p. III.
sharp. The card for today is Il good one.
The fields have filed well and at the
weights the talent will have to do some
figuring and guessing to pick the winners.
Following is summary of yesterdays
racing:
First race-For three-year- olds; selling;
seven furlongs.-Randy tThompson,. to
| and . to l. won; Beverage tH Michaels).
! to and to 5. second; Mordelmo lBren-
nam, 6 To and to >. third. Time, "a.
Elsie Skip. Uncle JOSH Tenderloin. Fed
eralist and Sportive also ran. Good start,
out of the chute. First TO show on main
track was Mordelmo, Federalist. and Ten
deTi0in in the order named. Same posi-
lions coming into the stretch. Strengthened
out for home Randy came with rush on
the inside, and in a driving finish passed
under the wire winner by a neck; Bev-
erage second by three lengths, Mordelmo
third by head Elsie fourth. the rest bad
ly strung out. Federa:st was an odds on
favGrie going TO the post. and false one
at that. He ran bad race. The rest OF
no account.
Second race-For maiden two-year- olds;
five and one-half furlOngs.-Automato
walsh. Q 10 10. won; Eeiasquez tMccue),
to l and 10 >. second; Timothy Foley
(RutterJ, TO | and to 3 third. Time,
1:13 1-2. Fresnal Arverne Craven Ru-
bens, and Dame also ran The flag dropped
to struggling start. Automaton going to
the front. closely followed by Velasquez
and Craven. Coming into the stretch the
positions were the same. excepting that
Timothy Foley had moved up and was run
ming third. AutOmaton won easily by two
lengths from FelasQuez. who was four
lengths in front of Timothy Foley. The
latter made up much ground, and ran
good race.
Third race-For maiden wo-year- ODDS: