The Washington times., 1901-11-19
FAV0RITES BEATEN
IN FIVE EVENTS.
TALENT HARD Hit At BENBING.
Rose of May, n Long Shot Heavily
Played. Delivers the Goods In
the Fourth Race-Some
q Lively Betting.

There was a slight falling off in the
attendance at the Benning track yesterday
compared with that of Saturday. The
crowd in the grandstand was nevertheless
fairly good, and the betting ring was
packed
1t was a lively day for speculation, and
thirty-eight bookmakers had all they could
attend to. As only one favorite won on
the day, it is to be assumed that the
pencilers came away with most of the
money.
| The re- ing was all that could be desired.
and the finishes close and exciting; espe-
ciaIly so in the third and fourth races, the
winners only getting the decision in the
last jump by a neck. Nothing out of the
ordinary occurred as far as speculation on
the winners was concerned.
| 1t is the usual thing every day for some
particular horse, opening at long price,,
! 10 be heavily played, going out and as
| the talent express it. delivering the
goods" Yesterday was no exception. The
! fourth race was selected by the wise ones
with which TO give the bookmakers jolt.
| Rose of May, filly from the stable of ].
| J. McCafferty, was one of those carded to
start, and opened in the betting at 10 to
l. The ring was simply flooded with
money, forcing her price down to 4 to
at close. She won all right. and as the
race was run was pounds the best.
Some Lucky PIunging.
4 remarkable feature about those every
day coups is that they go through to an
select as their medium seems to have no
u in, tha ie
no dishonesty or crookedness about it
they simply have the best horse.
The feature of yesterdays card was the
handicap at a mile and three -siXteenths,
in which there were originally twelve
horses carded to start. The field was
badly cut by scratching, nine refusing the
issue, leaving only three to go.
1t was practically a twO-horse race be-
tween Potente and Carbuncle, the other
starter, Raffaello. not considered as hay-
ing chance. The race furnished mild
kind of surprise as Carbuncle showed
startling improvement over his last race,
winning from beginning to end. 1t is
true he had weight off and Potente had
weight on, and that he reduced mis- own
record for the track made by him at the
fall meeting of 1900 three seconds. Never
theless, his effort was far different from
that of Friday last.
julius Baur trainer for A. Feather
stone, was visitor at the track to see
how his colt Missile would perform in
the second race Missile ran a fair race,
but the best he could do was to finish
Rfth.
The card for today is the usual one of
six races. 4 The entries in five of the
events are unusually large, and will, no
doubt, give the talent considerable
trouble in naming the winners.
The following are the results:
First Three year-olds; selling;
seven furlongs. Tour tWonderly), 3 to 1
and even, won; Balloon Rice), to 1 and
to 5, second: Rabunta d. MARTINI, 10 to
l and to !, third. Time, 1:29 20.
Garter Ban, Beundless, Flara, King
stelle, Land of Glover, Woolgatherer,
Beggar Lady, Anna Darling. Florad and
]. A. Warner also ran and finished as
named Scratched-Bin. Start good; won
handily. Balloon interfered with. but it
is doubtful if she could have beaten the
winner
Second race-Maiden -year-olds:
five and one-half furlongs. Waswift
(Burns). 13 to and 1 to ., won; Justice
tRooker), 10 to l and to 1, second; Long
love tRedferR), 9 to . and 8 to ., third.
Time. 1:09 4-5.
SwamplanGs, Missile. Lemoyne, Little I
Arrow. Bruh Triton also ran. Start good. /
won oleverly by a length and a half. JUS /
tice as easily second by three lengths. I
Bruff got of badly, could not get up. Is /
evidently not UP to z race.
Third racial ages; ore mile and fif- |
ty yards. Andy Williams IT. Burns), l to |
2 and out, won; Ohnet tH. Cochranel to /
and even. second; Lord Quex (Redfern), !
10 TO / and to l. third. Time, 1:47 10.
Rightaway. Playiike, Presgrave, James 1
Fitz, Goldaga, and Himself also ran and 4
finished as named. ScTatched-Justice /
and Blue Ridge. Start good. Won driv-
ing by a head. Winner the best at the
weights. Time within a fifth of the rec
ord for the track. Ohnet made too much
use of in the early part of the race;
swerved in she stretch
Fourth race-Two-year-o -olds; selling;
six furlongs. Rose of May III MichaelsD.
4 to l and to ., won; Hans Wagner (H /
Cochrane), to 1 and even, second; Mis-
leader IL Smith. 10 to / and 8 to l.
third. The. 1:16.
Locket, Hot, Gold Braid. Succasunna,
Pride of Surrey Ernest Parham. Zoraide
and Lac also ran Scratched
The Four Hundred Mary j., Andy Will
liams, and Playlike. Start good Won
easily. The winner came away when
called upon. Hans Wagner much the
best of the others. Opening price on win
ner, 10 to 1.
Fifth race -Three-y -year-olds and up
upward; selling; one and one-sixteenth
miles. Warranted (Redfern), to l and
to 1, won; Mynheer (DoggetO. to 10