The times., 1901-04-05
PA DAILY MAKES A KILLING
Three of His Horses. Well Backed.
Land Purses h. .Benning.
Carroll ID. at - to I. Gets the De
cision in Close Finis.-Scorpio
After Battle Royal, Bests Lex
ington by Nose-Entries To-day.

ington by NOse-Entries To-day.
The attendance keeps up at Benning.
| though the weather has been so cold aud
! disagreeable during the past few days that
/ it was enough to deter the most cour-
/ ageous of the enthusiasts. Regardless Of
the conditions yesterday. there was
! large crowd present, and while the air was
/ chilly the sport was so exciting and in
teresting that the ma jority Of the patrons
in the grandstand were worked up over
the finishes.
Pa DAILY carried off the honors by win
ming three out of the six races on the card,
/ and at last accounts was holding a recep-
/ ton to which his numerous followers had
! free admission. He has certainly struck
a winning gait, and it is not. as many peo-
/ pie imagine, case of luck. His horses
! are in good form and winning races on
/ their merits If he keeps. up the clip he
| has set since the opening of the meeting,
he will have enough to retire on by the
closing day. He has won six races so far,
! finished second in three. and third in three,
! which is not a bad showing for one stable.
All told, he has pulled down about 1850
in purses alone, and it is not to be sup
posed that he let all six winners get away
from him without having bet down
half furlongs was a battle royal between
Scorpio and Lexington Pirate. Although
I there were three other starters, the horses
named had the race practically to them
selves, and the finish was so close that the
winner was not known until the numbers
were hung up, with Scorpio first and Lex
ington Pirate second.
The finish in the second event was just
as sensational, three horses finishing in
line and as the winner was close 10
the outer rail, directly under the judges
stand, IL was a difficult matter to place
them. The judges gave the race to Car
ron D.. from the Daily stable, placing
Dolce-far- -Niente, from the Morris stable,
second. and Wait-a- Minute third. Many
questioned the decision about the latter,
as they thought Randolphs entry got the
place but the judges are In the best po-
sition to see tire finish and undoubtedly
placed the horses correctly.
There were only four starters in the
race. The Morris entry was held at the
prohibitive odds of l to 10, Carroll d. at
25 to /. and Wait-a-Minute at 80 to /, with
Ten Hymns, the other starter at 10 10 l.
The judges decision, taking il all and all,
was popular, as the public does not take
kindly to horses at such odds as ] to 10
Nobody with a limited amount OF cash
can afford to take chances at those fig-
ures and as a general thing the majority
is glad to see such prohibitive favorites
beaten. When the numbers were hung
up proclaiming Carroll y. the winner
there were cheers from the grandstand.
Pa" Daily scored again in the third
race, with Matt Simpson, at the odds Of
10 to ! against him. 1t was no ''1uke,
either, as the horse was clearly the best
in, ~, u; t. n
the meeting and he has certainly earned
his oats for the balance of the season.
The fourth race on the card brought
out a very ordinary lot of maidens with
little form to base an opinion on. For
some unaccountable reason Obliged was
made the fayorite. opening at , 10 1, and
backed down TO ! to at close. Her race
did not warrant any such odds or back
ing as she finished in the also ran. The
winner turned up in Lady Padden, who
was backed down from u to ] to to /.
Her race was a startling reversal Of form.
as in her last three races she could not
raise a gallop. She is trained and owned
by Eddie Hughes, who also trains the
Sullivan, Harris & McGovern stable, and
It can be easily surmiscd why he de-
ferred shipping his horses back to New
York until today. He was supposed to go
gram from the Senator. He evidently
thought 1t worth while to remain over a
day or two and cut watermelon.
The fifth race was another maiden af
fair at seven furlongs and for the third
time OF the day Father Bit pulled
down the long end Of the purse, winning
with Ginki. He was confident OF win
ming, too. and told all his followers and
friends to get aboard, which they pro-
ceeded TO do. backing the horse down 10
faVorite in the betting at to l.
ba VI a nd Ia ct n 10
only three starters, and it was an easy
win for Knight OF the Garter. He was
heavily played at TO 2. and even that
was considered a good price, the plungers
getting down to man. Between the pen
oilers and the talent il would be difficult
to tell which got the better of the argu-
ment-it was case of horse and horse.
The piece OF plate which is to be pre-
sented, in addition to the purse of $500
to the winner of the Hunters Champion
Steeplechase, to be run off Saturday. is
on exhibition i'm the store of the Shaw
Berry Company, on f Street. 1t will
probably be brought to the track to- |
morrow.
The card for today is an excellent one
The fields are all large, Speculation |
should be brisk, and the finishes should !
be close The track will be good. and it |
is TO be hoped the weather viii be like |
wise The following is the summary:
First race-For three-year-olds and up |
ward; five and half furlongs. Scorpio |
Q.andry), TO ! and even, woni LeXfng-
ton Pirate CWonderly). 13 10 and to >, |
second; Charley Moore fVandusen), II to |
and to 5, third. Time. 1:l2
Roysterer, Eloim, and Blarneystone al |
ran.
Start fair Pirate and Scorpio were |
quickest on their feet and shot out of |
the bunch, leaving the others as if they |
were standing still. Scorpio went to the |
front, closely followed by the Pirate. It |
was fierce struggle through the stretch
ScOrpio winning at the end by a nose.
mainly through the superior ri/ng of
Landry Pirate ran a grand race Char
ley Moore did not get going until il was |
too late. Had the distance been another
furlong he would have won.
and a half furlongs. Carroll d (Miles).
20 to ! and to !, won; Dolce-far- Niente |
tWalsh) to 10 and out. second; WaitA-
Minute lMiller>. 80 to l and to !, third.
Time, 0:5S S-5.
Ten Hymns also rau.Uf
Carroll d. was best as the race was
run. lie ran out at the head of the
stretch and swerved over to the outer
rail. but withal finished 10 the good by
a head. Morris entry second. Wat-A-
Minute third. Hard race to decide. as
Carroll ID. finished right Under the judges
stand, but he won without question.
Third race-For three-year-olds and up
ward; selling; seven furlongs. Matt
Simpson (Brennanb, 10 to l and TO !,
Won Prosit H. Daly), to and to l.
to /. third. Time .33.
DTaughtsman, Robert Metcalf, Sentry.
and Toluca also ram and finished in the
order named.
closely followed By Prosit and Matt Simp-
son. Toluca died away TO nothing in the
stretch. About this time it looked as If |
Prosit would win, but Brennan brought
up Matt simpson with a rush ana IN a
driving finish won Iv half length. This |
should innTpya TplHeB