The Washington times., 1901-11-12

space and the misery of pushing and
crowdinG which made the old ring den
of discomfort has been entirely done
away with. During the six events thou
sands of men managed to place bets wlth
the various boOkmakers and yet no as
comfort was cNpetifnced. Aside from thls'
tie new ring has become a favorite lounS-
ing place, where the merits OF the entries
may be debated and yesterday witnessed
a comparatively vacant space IN front Oh
the Erandstand between races.
All in ali, the opening yesterday Was
the most auspicious in the history OF the
local jockey club. and as the WASHINGTON
pubic appreciates good. clean sport Wntn Wnt
served up in attractive shape, the IAN
ting should prove roGordInfea ia
point OF attendance and wherein finances
are concerned. 49,,
\ feature pf the day was the cigan tTt,,n
starting furnished by Mars CASSIDY; IN ~
getaway in every event was Sovu VIII
Ibe execution OF the ifth race, Wheh - IT
nest Parham was left at the post. m "
start was good for the balance OF Ihe
field. however. ,s fol
lows. Stewards-S. 5. Howland, Sahuel
Ross. Jesse Brown: SecrStarEl 80, 90
Haulon. Racing officials-Jud6e' ,is,,o l.i ~
Mcdowell. assistant judge s Flseiii ii.,,, no"
Daingertie Ia starter. Mars CASSIDY, nan
dicabper. WIS. NosburSh; paddock dlH
natroi nudge. j. l.. Han; timer, W. IL
Barretto; clerk of the course ana scaies'
II G. CriCkmore.
The summaries follow: M,
First racial ages; six furlongs: ire
Puritan tII Nfiehaelsl, to ] ana 10 .;
won. Sister Juliet CT. Burns), , 10 " any
to ., second; Extinguisher CBoGker), ~
TO and to l, third. Time, "a 90 ,..,o
Dewey, Carol D., Rightaway' Little
Arrow, Pigeon Post, Gormorailt' anu anu
Tannis also ran, and finished in the ordsr
named ScratChod-ktynOte ana ffosil.
start good Sister juliet was hrst 10
show, closely pressed by 1he furltaIl, lS tl5
others close up. The fulltah 49,
tn he
headed a true-run race, Puritan eiislis
| tho best at the weights The unie eq:I. equ%ls
| th,s track record made by Tinse, carfylhb
| l(E pounds, l3 pounds less than carflen oS
! second race-Aiaiden two-year-olds; 1lve
fl,rIougs Happy ct. Burns, TO anu
! even won: Hot (R. Henderson,, Io TO
| and 4 to ! second; F'ying Buttress tMc-
/ Cil,l TO i and . to ). third 1ln!:s, l.vo,
Traiuer, Longiove. si-ah SlheeuEf; f}ii.h
swamplands, Triton THe BSch RLndii Liod MoIIie
MOTIFS and sunny Port also ran, ana
finished as named. Scratchod-Lord
Badge Somersault, ana BaIIleaGe. -,,a
start good for all Dut Molhs MOTIFS anu
sunny Port who were left at the post;
Happy was best Of rauher poor 'o'' anu
won easily at the end -.
Third race-Steeplechase for three-ytar-
oids and inward; two and one-half miles.
BoiSterous (BraziD, Q to and out Won,
Rabv Bill dayton. to and out. second
Cheesemite (Aionahan), TO anu out
C.nlv three starters. The race was only
a procession, BCisterous taking com
manding lead, and winning at the end py
twenty lengths. Cheesemlte was never
a contender and was beaten mile All
fenced well and made no mistakes.
Scratched, Salesman and Hurry Up. >,
Fourth race-New Grandstand il.lt,ui. l.l...I
cap: for three year OldS ana upWdiu,
seven furlongs. The Amazon tBookei)' .
to ] and 9 TO >, won. Cnmasked { W ohuiI- r
lyl to l and to ., second, On-l.I VI
Cochranel 20 TO and to /. third 1lIne'
lexington Pirate. Knight OF Rhodes.
Carbuncle Scarlet Lily, and RoNane also
ran Scratched. Prosper La Cal Addsu
starters, Knight Of Rhodes, Carouhcie'
Start good Coming out Of the chute
on to the main track. the first to snow was
The Amazon. Lexington PIRATE Atth
I away They ran punched to the head OF
the stretch. where there was consideranle
Crowding. Knight Of Rhodes ana Caf-
bunCle suffering the most IN the IN -, lli
home The Amazon proved to oe much the
best and won cleVeriy. Ohnet ran a good
race. and Will win when properly piaceu.
/ Lexington Pirate looks better than ever
and on a muddy track will be a nara
horse to beat at five and haf or SIX
The time in this race lowers the record
| by one-fifth Of a second.
Fifth race-Two-ye year-Oldsi sellngi SIX
flrlongs. Fonsoluca CNonderly), to D
| ana out. won; Hans Wagner u Coch-
! RAM - TO and to l, second; Lady Godl-
/ va henderson,, 6 TO l and 10 !, third
| Iocket. Little Gem, Rose of May. James
I Fitz and Ernest Parham. Scratched, Con
! certina.
start good for all but Ernest Parham,
! who was left at the post. Little Gem led
/ for half, but only on sLiferance. When
! let down Fonsoluca went 20 the front and
won handily. Hans Wagner was much
/ the best Of the others.
/ Sixth ace-Three-year-olds and up
ward: selling: one and one-sixteenth
miles Cherished L. Smith, 20 TO ], won;
/ Death (T Burns), to l, second; Curtsey
/ (Redfern). Z 60 ;. third. Time, l:52.
/ Piederich. Jack McGinn, Lou Rey. and
/ Gray Daily also ran. Scratched, SpTy,
, Beggar Lady. and Sentry.
start good: won driving. For time
! il looked as If the favorite would win
| easily but coming around the back
/ stretch she began to back up. Cherished
! won handily at the end without urging.
! and was well ridden. Death was played
] by his stabie-followers for good thing,
but evidently was trfie short. He ran
I a good race and viii beat this kind The
next time they meet