Evening star., 1902-04-12
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
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A Good Day for the Book
makers at Benning.
TWO FAV0RITEs WON
SENATORS PLAY UP TO FORM AND
DEFEAT JERSEY CITY.
Catcher Drill Suspended by George
town-o'Brien Easily Defeats Wal
colt - Base Ball Notes.

| The fine weather Of yesterday and the
| good card presented drew a good-sized
crowd to the Benning races, and the spec
! tators were rewarded with a day of the
finest sport. Three of the six events fur
| nshed extremely close finishes, and the
other three were close enough to be excit-
| ing. AS the meeting draws to a close the
| betting talent finds it extremely hard to
| pick winners on account of several evenly
| matched horses getting into the same race.
| The first race yesterday illustrated this
fact, there being fully six horses in this
event which many believed had even
| chances Of winning. This opinion was veri-
fed by the result, the entire bunch coming
down the stretch together and finishing
heads apart
The track had dried out considerably as
| the result of the sunshine and the stiff
breeze that blew over the course, but the
going was still hard and the time conse-
quently slow.
Winner by Short Head.
In the first race Eloim managed to get
home winner by the shortest Of heads,
with Meistersinger, Pigeon Post, Dolce Far
Niente and Merriment necks apart. Eloim
drew out directly after the start and was
not afterward headed. Pigeon Post was
right at his heels in the stretch and look
ed a winner until McCue called on him for
the final struggle. The favorite's unsound
leg evidently stopped him. for he fatered
as as let down. Under the whip,
Eloim swerved and manifested a disposi-
tion to stop.
When the barrier went up Mestersinger
accidentally ran against Merriment, and
Jockey Blake was compelled to almost stop
the filly. There was big bundle bet on
Merriment and a groan went up yhen the
interference was noted
Data
the second race, but Benduro made him ex-
tend himself, although he won by length.
The second race brought out good specu-
lation for the bookmakers, as three of the
horses were almost equal favorites. The
Hcyden was the best thought of at first,
but by post time Essene was the favorite
Trump was also played heavily. The Hoy
den got off first and then Roue went to
the stretch. But Roue died away altogeth-
er. the Hoyden winning by a head from
Man OWar, while Essene had to be con-
tent with third money.
OF the seven starters in the fourth race
only Gloriosa, Geisha Girl and Red Knight
cut any figure In the race. Red Knight
was the favorite. Geisha Girl cut out
the running, but in the end was handily
beaten by Gloriosa, the favorite finishing
third.
An Exciting Finish.
10 Odds and Ends led to the last stride In
the fifth race, and his stable companion,
Father Den, was close third. The pair
did lot Of. rough riding, Father Den OBJ
structing the favorite, Merry Hours, who
won in spite Of the Interference by a nose
| from Odds and Ends. This finish was a
heart breaker, and everybody was yelling
Ike MAD as the horses flashed by the
| judges stand.
| 1t looked like an easy spot for Lamp
u Lee IN the last race, and he was an odds
| on favorite. When the barrier went up
| { al fn he
position until well into the stretch. when his
| weight began to tell on him, and he finished
outside the money, Alack getting the de-
| cision by a length and a half over All
| Saints.
Starter Cassidy had an unusually good
day. the fields being hard to manage, but
ne got the horses in every race away in
| splendid style
Summaries.
| Following are the summarizes:
| First race, five and a half furlones. nurse
S4OO-Eloim- 12O Gandry), to 1. won:
Meistersinger, 119 (Burns), 8 to 1, second;
Pigeon Post 125 (McCue), to 1. third.
| Time, 1.1O 4-5. Alpaca, Dolce Far Niente
| Princess Otillie. Merriment Apple Jack and
Ante Up also ran.
Second race, four and a half furlongs:
purse, $4Oo-Blue Peter, 112 (Bullman), 1 to
4, won; Benduro, 1O7 (Odom). 80 to /. sec
| ond; Squid, 1O4 (Miles), 40 to 1, third. Time
81 80. Optima also ran.
Third race, six furlongs; purse, s4OO-
The Hoyden, 9S Booker). 3 to 1, won;
Man O. War, 1O3 CWonderly) to l. sec
ond Essene, 100 (SheD. 13 to 5, third
Time, 1.16 40. Trump. Roue and Happy
| also ran.
Fourth race, half mile; purse. s4Oo-Glo-
ROSA, 109 Uandry). 3 to g. won; Geisha
Girl, 109 (Burns), II to 1, second; Red
| Knight, 112 Odom) to 5, third Time
30 10. The Climber, All Souls, Ahola and
Antarctic also ran.
Fifth race. seven furlongs; purse s4OO-
Merry Hours, 81 O.. SMITH 6 to 5, won;
*Odds and Ends. 96 (Creamer) 6 to l, sec
! ond; *Father Den, 96 Cd. O'Connor), 6 to l.
| third. Time. 132. Leslie Bruce. Nala,
| Eminence II, Flo Russell and Inkling also
ran.
*Coupled.
| Sixth race, one mile and fifty yards;
purse, SfOo-Alack, 90 (Creamer, to =,
won; All Saints, 106 WonderlD, to 1.