The times., 1901-04-13
JOCKEY BURNS GREAT DAY
In Four Consecutive Races His
Mounts Show First.
BooI1Iual1ers Get Little the Best of
the Day-Speedmns Again Demon
strates That She Is Il Good Mare
PasSaic, nj 30 to 1, IA Winner.


Pleasant weather attracted crowd to
the Benning track yesterday large enough
20 test the capacity of The grandStand.
The increased attendance goes to show
what the result Of the meeting would
have been to the Washington Jockey Club
mad good weather favored it throughout,
but. as Il was, the attendance was un-
usually large every day The public has
cause to be grateful. as the sport furnish
ed all through has been Of the highest
class. with not an objectionable feature
about IT,
The card Yesterday had the usual six
races. and. while the fields in some of the
events were materially reduced by with
drawals yet there was enough left to
make the finishes close and interesting.
The talent quit a shade the best of it on
the day hat al th9' it is doubtful if the
pencileIs separated themselves from any
large portion Of the wealth they gathered
in Thursday. In three Of the races, it was
difficult To tell which was the fayorite, for
at the close two OF the entries practically
shared the betting honors. This was espe-
cially true Of the third race whore The
Rhymer closed at 9 to TO- and Waddel al
even. As there was no place betting on
either horse no matter how the race went
ii was bound u break well for the books.
1t was a foregone conclusion that one of
the two fayorites would win. and while
the books did not stand to win a great
deal. as neither Of the other starters had
much of a following, there was no way
they could lose to the race.
Then, again. the sixth race broke well
for the books. as three of the starters
were about equal -Speedmas at
> at
son at , to l. Therefore no matter what
horse won the race, the books were bound
to have the best of it. As two of the
outsiders in the betting finished second
and third. and Matt Simpson and Scurry
in the also rams, the pencilers must have
quit good winners to the race.
The sport commenced With a handicap
at five and one-half furongs, for which
seven were carded TO go. As there were
three Withdrawals, only four went to the
post and the Goughacres entry, which
included Scorpio and Moor, was made an
odds-on favorite with Lexington Pirate
second choice. The talent figured the race
correctly as it was run, Moor, of the
stable entry. finishing first and the Pi-
rat- second. Moor was ridden by Ian
dry and he showed a vast improvement in
form over his race OF Wednesday. On
ride looked so peculiar that the jockey
was called to account for it by the judges.
Yesterday Moor. witt Landry up, galloped
over his horses in the stretch and could
have won by dozen lengths had he been
asked.
The second race furnished the surprise
of the day. A rank outsider in the bet
ting. closing at 80 to /, romped in. He
was the best horse in the race at that,
though on form, or rather on past per-
formances, he did not look TO have a
chance. 1t was a selling race at seven
furlougs, in which there were seven start
ers out Of ten originally carded. Kings
Favorite opened faVorite at I TO 5, clos
ing two points lower, even money. The
second choice was BY George at to ,,
with any old price against the others As
the race was run Passaic was the best
oC the bunch. and led from start to finish.
it was no fluke at all, as the time for
the distance :19-equals the track record
made by Lindula, carrying 90 pounds. The
WIN was a creditable one. as 1t was won
br a local horse trained by H. Flip
pen. weIl-known Virginian 1t is doubt
ful If either owner or trainer backed the
horse for any amount, as he closed in the
betting at long odds.
The third race was more Of a match
race than anything else, for although
four went TO the post. the only horses
considered We're The Rhymer and Robert
WaddeI They were almost equal favor
ties in the betting. and it is a hard matter
70 tell which had the most following
At the end the race was between the TWO,
The kyhmer getting the decision IN
driving finish.
Tho fourth race was for two-year-olds.
and was won by the fayorite from end TO
end. Maru. on the strength OF recent Iasi
trials in private was heavily packed, anu
men tumbed over each other to get the
opening odds. 10 / Maru was never
contender. and vas beaten out FOR The
Mace by Pa Bradley's SteWaTdess
50 TO shot Maru will do some other day.
The fifth race was a maiden race Tor
three-year-old and upward. and Rough
Rider, with Burns up was made an ODDS
on favorite. opening at 3 to and closing
al 10 . The odds were justified by the
race. as Rough Rider won with plenty IN
The sixth and last race OF the day was
won by Speedmas, at 13 to ; in the bet
ting She is q very consistent mare, and
has a large following in the pavilion She
is owned by local parties, and when
Speedmas starts the public feels assured
Of a run for the money laid.
T. Burns carried of the riding hOnOrs
Of the day winning four races-the last
four on the card. Landry and Slack di-
yideG houOrs on the other two, winning
one each. There were twenty-siX books
in line. and there was business enough
for ten more. 1t was almost worth Il
maus s life to get through the pavilion.
Today closes the meeting. and s a fit
ting wind Up the Jockey Club has an
u0uuceG the best card ever offered. There
will be seven races. the first starting
promptly at 2.5J %. N. The features Of
fhc day are the Hunters Steeplechase at
two and One-haf miles, and the B=nning
Handicap ~ seven furlDugs, for which the
best horses in training have entered, and
are sure starters
The following is the summary:
First race-Haudicap. for three-year-
olds and upward five and half furlongs.
Moor I.audry1 : to ID and out, won; Lex
iuutDu Pirate lBuIHSi, 10 and out sec
ond. Prosit lSlackl. J. TO J aad to /,
third. Time l.W 30.
ScorUiD also ran.
occupied rs Goughacrc's entry
start good. Prosit went ont TO do the
running closely followed by the Pirate
and ScCrpio, Moor trailing. In the stretch
there was = general closing up, and Moor,
gaining on the leaders. came away with
out an effort. There was marked con
trdst in Moor race of yesterday and
that Of Wednesday.
Second race-FOr three-year-olds and
upward. seven fuTlOugs Passaic tSlack),
36 90 / and ~ to J. won: Monmouth Boy
Charles Estes tAilesJ, to 1 and to /,
third. Time, l.E.
Spurs. BY George Kings Favorite and
Tony Licalzi also ran.
Start good. Coming out Of the chute
Passaic was in front and with clear sail
ing made a runaway race Of it. Nothing
ever got near enough to bother him.
Monmouth Boy was best Of the others.
Kings FdEOrit" was q false faVOritc and
ran a bad race. Neither she nor BY
for the race equals the record for the
ira