The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-06
SCURRY'S SPEEDY SPRINT
Al Twenty TO One He Runs Dead
Heat With AnecdOte.
Almost Equals the Track Record for
Half NiIe-PInto Beats COsm0-
Six Thousand People Witness the
Fourth Days sport at Benning.

Balmy weather, a fast track, and an eX-
ceptionally good card drew crowd Of over
5000 people to the Benning course yester-
day afternoon TO witness the fourth day 5
sport OF The spring meeting OF the Wash
iugton Jockey Club. Four well contested
races on the fiat and an exciting steeple-
chase made up the programme, and each
event called forth great applause from the
grand stand. The track was faster than
on any other day during the week, and the
time made in the second race fer ha {
mile. ~ A., came within $40 Of second
OF equaling he track record for the d.
lance made by Exotic. April rs, 1891.
The favorites failed to show yesterday,
and the outsiders took three OF the tve
events. There were a number Of good
things during the day, ard odds were fair
. ly liberal. Rov0nah at 70 ], started the
line by winning the first event from Lady
Lindsay. TO ., VINO finished fourth. Pa o,
3 TO l. ran away from Cosmopolitan, who
proved false fayorite- at even money il
the sJeeplechase. The talent Was PROBABLY
harder bit in this race than in any 9th r,
as everybody who laid was down On Cos
mopolitan and everybody winked at the
good thing they had. Very little cash
went on Plato. who simply outjumped and
outran the favorite and won by good
twenty lengths. On the second time around
Baby Bill stumbled on an easy jump and
threw his rider Jockey Douahue, who Ie-
ceived a bad shaking up. and was urampled
on by another horse. He was not seriously
/ injured. Purcell, who rode Nestor lost
his stirrups on a low jump, but he finished
the run. coming in third.
The best race OF the day vas he sec
ond, with field Of nine horses. ScurTy.
20 TO l. put up a beautiful race, and ran
a dead heat with Anerdote. the favorite.
at to ). The final event. a handicap for
! three year-olds, was two horse race.
| the other four entries being scratched.
! and Boney Boy. who defeated Imp on Mon
/ day. contested for first place with Robert
! Metcalfe. II was a pretty race. but BOney
/ Boy was the better horse
The scratches yesterday were News. in
| the first; Posthaste Robert Metcalfe.
/ Tourney and Kimmage, in the fourth. and
/ Brisk, Queen Of Song. Sidney Lucas, and
/ Sir Fitzhugh in the NTH.
Magic Light failed to run away when
/ brought to the post. and being played
/ heavily for third place. made good Jimmy
/ Michaels. the crack bicycle rider. had his
! first mount yesterday. and rode good
! race on Charles T. Hayman. getting away
( last and finishing fourth. Green Morris,
/ The noted turfman. was at the track for
/ the first time during the meeting. and YVES
cordially welcomed bv old friends
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