The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
JOCKEY BURNS GREAT DAY
In Four Consecutive Races His
Mounts Show First.
Boolsmakers Get Little the Best of
the Day-Speedmns Again Demon
strates That She Is n Good Mare
Passnic, nj 30 to 4, n Winner.

| Pleasant weather attracted 4 crowd Ia
! the Benning track yesterday large enough
| TO test the capacity Of the grandstand.
! The increased attendance goes to show
what the result IF the meeting would
| have been to the Washington Jockey Club
mad good weather favored it throughout.
but. as 1t was. the attendance was UNI
usually large every day The public has
| cause to be era teful 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
| drawdls, yet there was enough left to
make the finishes close and interesting.
The talent quit u shade the best of it on
| the day. but,at thu it is doubtful if the
pencilers 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 favorite, for
az the close two OF the entries practically
shared the betting honors. This was espe
cially true Of the third race, where The
Rhymer closed at 9 to 10. and WaddeH at
even. As there was no place betting on
either horse, 10 matter how the race went
it Was bound 70 break well for the books.
! II was d foregone conclusion that one of
| the two favorites would win, and while
the books did not stand to win a great
deal. as neither of the other starters had
much of 4 following. there was no way
they could lose to the race.
Inen, again, the sixth race broke well
for the books. three of the starters
were about equal neutrality-suspicious. at
2L2 to l. Scurry at to l, and Matt Simp-
son at TO l. Therefore 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 oue-half furIongs, for which
seven We're carded to go. As there were
three Withdrawals, only four went to the
post. and the Gougbacre's 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 Pr
rate second. Moor was ridden by Ian
dry and he showed a vast improvement in
form over his race of Wednesday. on
that day he was ridden by Dart. and the
ride looked so peculiar that the jockey
was called to account for it by the judges.
Yesterday Moor. wit. 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
furlongs, in which there were seven start
ers out Of ten originally carded. Kings
Favorite opened favorite at 7 to ), clos
ing two points lower. even money. The
second choice was BY George at 5 to 2,
with any old price against the others. As
the race was run Passaic was the best
OF the bunch. and led from start to finish.
1t was no fluke at all as the time fer
the distance: 29-equals the track record
made by Lindula, carrying 90 pounds. The
WIN was a creditable one. as it was won
by a local horse trained by II. Flip
pen, a well-known Virginian. it 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 were The Rhymer and Robert
Waddell They were almost equal favor
ties In the betting, and it is hard matter
to tell which had the most following.
At the end the race was between the two,
The KyhmeT getting the decision IN d
driving finish.
Tho fourth race was for two-year-olds.
and was won By the fayorite from end 10
IL l. F.FU FNr
trials in private, was heavily backed. and
men tumbled over each other to get the
opening odds. ? TO l. Maru was never a
contender, and vas beaten out for the
20 to shot Maru will do some other day.
The fifth race was maiden race for
tnree-year-olds and upward, and Rough
Rider with Burns up. was made an odds
on favorite. opening al to and closing
at to ;. The odds were justified by the
race, as Rough Rider won with plenty in
reserve.
The sixth and last race of the day was
won by Speedmas. at l3 to in the bet
ting She is a 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.
r Burns carried of the riding honors
Of the day, winning four races-the last
four on the card. Landry and Slack Gt-
yideG honOrs on the other two, winning
one each. There were twenty-six books
in line. and there was business enough
for ten more II was almost worth Il
mans life to get through the pavilion.
To-Day closes the meeting. and as fit
ting wind up the Jockey Club has an
uOunced the best card ever offered. There
viii be seven races. the first starting
promptly 1t 2.3J p. m. The features of
he day are the Hunters Steeplechase at
two and one-half miles, and the Benning
Handicap al seven furlougs, for which the
best horses in training have entered, and
are sure starters.
The following Is the summary:
First race-Handicap: for three-yeaT-
olds and upward; five and a half furlongs
Moor GandryD to - and out, won; Lex
ingtun Pirate (BuTnsi. 8 to . and out, sec
ond: Prosit slack. i to I and to /, /
third. Time. 1909 30.
ScOrpio also ran.
coupled as Goughacrc's entry.
Start good Prosit went out to do the
running. closely followed by the Pirate
and Scorpio. Moor trailing. In the stretch
there was - general closing up, and Moor I
gaining on the leaders. came away with |
out effort. There was z marked con-
trast in Moors race OF yesterday and
that Of Wednesday.
Second race-For three-year-olds and
upward: seven fuTlongs. Passaic slack, |
81 to / and 10 to /. won: Monmouth Boy
G-andryJ, to ! and TO l. second;
Charles Estes Miles, to l and to 1, /
third. Time, 1:29.
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 IA runaway race Of II. Nothing |
ever got near enough to bother him. |
Monmouth Boy was best Of the others |
Kings Favorite was a false favorite and !
ran z bad race. Neither she nor By !
George was ever coutenders. The time |
for the race equals the record for the !
track