The Washington times., 1901-11-14
ATTRACTIVE RACING CARD.
The Day at Benning Track Mark
ed by Queer Accident.
Two Horses Yokcd Together by the
barrier mt the Start of the Fifth
EVent-itans Outsider Came Near
WinninE-SeveraI Close Finishes

| An attractive card and clear, bracing
! weather drew a large crowd to the Ben
| hing track yesterday, in point of num-
| pers big Improvement over that of the
| DAY previous. The racing was very good
and there was quite enough excitement
| during the afternoon to make everyone
forget all about the weather conditions
miniature selling race war was waged
| by C. Murphy. who had Alard taken from
him out of selling race on Tuesday. He
started in by boosting the selling price
on Royal Sterling $500 over the amount he
was entered tor, and came back again
| when Satire won, raising it 500 over the
selling price. The horses in each case
were retained b. their owners raising the
bid by an additional s..
The excitement of the afternoon oc-
CURED in the fifth race something the
| ilke OF which has never been seen on a
| racetrack- Four horses were to start
and as they came up to the barrier all
| well aligned and got the word to come
| on, through some unaccountable means
the jockeys on Carbuncle and knight of
Rhodes got entangled in the barrier and
both horses ran for over quarter of a
mile as if yoked together. wonderly was
| first to extricate himself slipping the
| barrier over his head and passing it to
| Burns. While Carbuncle and Rhodes
We're having this trouble Handcuff and
! Tannis were sailing out In front, and 1t
looked as If Handcuff, on whom there was
| 60 to /, would come alone. However
when Wonderly got free with Carbuncle
| he set sail for the leaders, gradually over
| hauling them, and after a fierce struggle
| through the stretch won a good race.
| When Wonderly came to weigh out he
was loudly cheered by the occupants of
| the grandstand for his gallant effort in
| plucking victory out of what looked like
sure defeat.
Burns, on Knight Of Rhodes, did not
clear himself of the barrier until he had
! gone over three parts of the route and
when he did get clear he had no chance
whatever to win. He made race of it,
however and got the small end of the
purse.
There is no blame to be attached to the
starter, but there is considerable discus
sion as to what constitutes a start. There
ought to be some means to prevent an
occurrence of this kind so far as the pub
lie is concerned. and some device in case
of accident whereby the horses could be
recalled. The system of starting is all
right, but what is to protect the public
which speculates? The people who bet on
Knight of Rhodes had no chance to win
and if Handcuff had won the bookmakers
would have kept every dollar wagered on
the race, as Handcuff and Tennis were
friendless in the betting.
Aside from this unfortunate occurrence
all the other events were run off prompt
ly and the finishes were good. This was
particularly true of the fourth race.
Satire winning in the last jump by a
scant head. The card for today is an un-
usually good one. The fields are all large
and the horses evenly matched.
The summaries follow:
First race-Hurdle; for three-year-olds
and upward; one mile and three-quarters.
Cousin Jess BraziD, 9 to 5 and 3 to 3,
won; Mr.. stoffel GHeider), 3 to l and even.
second; Tankard dayton, 10 to l and 4
to l, third. Time 3:23
McFonso, Very Light. and Roysterer
also ran. Scratched-Charag grace Bois-
ferrous, Flaccus.
The winner much the best. Went to the
frCnt on call. and wss never headed. Mr..
Stoffel was best of the others. McFoaso
was ridden all over the track. aud was
never contender. Brown, on Roysterer,
was kicked while at the post, and Mona
han substituted.
Second race-For maiden two-year-olds;
five furlongs.
won; Colonel Bill (RedferTil, , to 2 and 4
to ;, second; Somersault Oh. Cochran,
z to and TO l third. Time 1903 S-5.
Thoth. Wild Bess, Hot Siah. Nuptial,
The Hartford, Anak, and Ski Runner also
ran. Scratched-IlIuminate, Trauer. Lady
Teazle, Lemoyne, Succassunna, Avis.
Good start for all but Anal;, The Bart
"
up in the barrier The winner was much
best, was well ridden, and won cl1v
erly. Colonel Bin came very fast at the
end.
Third race-For three-year-o and up
ward; selling; seven furlongs.
Royal Sterling (Wonderly), 8 to and 8
to 3. second Passaic IT. Burns), 6 to l and
2 to /. third. Time 80 10.
AVIATOR, Nitrate, Land of Glover. Lex
ington Pirate. Cheval dor. Arganauta.
and Gautama also ran. Scratched-Cor-
morant, Lou Rey,
Coed start. AS usual, Lexington Pirate
shot to the froI~, closely followed by
Death Around the turn for home Sterl-
ing went TO the front and won cleverly.
Fourth acc-Three-year-olds and up
ward; seven furlOngs. Satire tDoggettl,
Burnsl, to l and to |, second; Shark
(Redfern. 40 to l and 10 TO l. third Time,
Punctual. Bastile, Tenderloin, Vesuvia,
Conrie and Tonicum also ran. Scratched
Start good and prompt; won in drive
By a head; very close finish. Winner the
best. Federalist ran bang-up race
Connie started out to do the running,
but blew up at the half
Fifth race-Four- -year-olds and upward:
one mile and sixty yards Carbuncle
fWonderIy) to 3 and out won; Hand
cuff III Cochran, 60 to l and to l, Sec
ond: knight of Rhodes IT. Burns), to
10 and out, third. Time. 1.49 rs.
Tannis also ran. Scratched-Henry Nc
Coun. Ohnet
Start bad knight of Rhodes and Car
buncle getting away all tangled up in
the barrier. 1t seemed as If they never
could get clear of it. and knight Of
Rhodes carried part of IT for at least
three-quarters of mile. After a gallant
struggle Carbuncle wore down the lead
ers. and won cleverly.
Sixth race-Handicap; three-year-O(
and upward; one and one-sixteenth mil
Potente CH. Michaels), 2l2 to and even.
won; Alfred Nargraye (Hayden), 10 TO /
and 4 to l. second Ohnet (Wonderly). ,
to / and to TO- third. Time, L50 SO.
Handlcapper Red Path and Oudenarde
also ran. Standardization and Scarlet
Lily
Oudenarde stumbled at start. and threw
his jockey. Start good; won driving. Po-
tente handled his impost well, and ran
Benning Entries.
The following are the entries at Ben
ming for today:
First race-For all ages; six and half
furlongs. Dewey, los; Man o. War. IS;
The Puritan. '12S; Lord Quex, 1O5; Homo
lula l06; Keynote. JOG.
Second race-For two-year-olds; FIVE
and a half furlongs. Lord Badge, lO9;
Rocky, III; Rightaway. III. High Carni-
val, l09; Messina 109; Early Eve, lGl;
i09; Ice Water, 100; Ben Howard, 1l2
IongloVe. ll2; COaCOa, 100.