The Washington times., 1902-04-12

stride she ran up to Squid and Benduro,
but she tired in the stretch, and the sec
ond place was left to Benduro and the
Daily horse. and Benduro proved the bet
ter of the two.
All six of the horses carded in the third
event seemed to be pretty evenly matched,
and il was another good betting race. The
Hoyden opened up favorite in the betting,
but there was strong play on Essene.
which made her the choice at post time.
Trump, The Hoyden. Men-o'-War, and
Rome we're all heavily played. however,
and there was not much to choose when
the bugle sounded.
The horses were in a bunch when the
barrier raised. but The Hoyden was the
first to settle down to racing, and she led
for a sixteenth, when she was passed by
Trump and Roue. who showed the way
head and head TO the turn, with The Hoy
den running third. and Man o'War. slow
to get going, several lengths behind.
One Furious Drive.
A good race resulted when Strengthened
out in the stretch. 1t looked as if The
Hoyden would have a comfortably easy
victory at the furlong pole, but Man
o'War came like streak in the final fur
long and the race resulted in furious
drive between The Hoyden and McLaugh-
Inns horse, The Hoyden winning only IN
the last jump. A stride past the wire
Man o'War was in front. Essene was
beaten only short distance for the
place, and in turn was but head in front
of Roue.
In the second -year-old race Red
knight was selected as the most promis-
ing one of the youngsters, and the Wal
den horse was always favorite- Gloriosa
was played down point from twos. and
All Souls was also fancied. The rest were
at good odds. Red Knight. Geisha Girl.
and Antarctic was the order of the start.
and Geisha Girl went out at once to set
the pace.
Turning for home she was leading
GIoriosa by a length. with Red Knight at
GIoriosa's S head. A furlong from home it
looked as If Geisha~ Girl would get the
money but Landry rode vigorous finish
on GIoriosa and landed his mount win
ner by a scant half length. Red knight
came fast at the end and was only beaten
for the place by neck.
Money on Merry Hours.
Because of Merry Hours good perform
auce in race last week, she was made
strong choice in the maiden race. Of the
others. Nala was most fancied. but the
DAILY Pair. odds and Ends, and Father
Den. and Flo Russell both had a follow
ing.
Eminence and Father Den were the first
away TO good start. The DAILY horses
went out to make the pace. and led by
length TO the turn. with Nala lying third.
a head before Merry Hours. Turning into
the stretch Odds and Ends drew away,
and Merry Hours appeared TO be beaten.
At the eighth pole odds and Ends was
running easily length or more in front
of Flo Russell. who was two lengths be-
fore Father Den.
In the last sixteenth Flo Russell
dropped out OF it. and it looked as If
Father Bill" would annex another purse
but Smith on Merry Hours had not given
up. He rode the favorite hard in the last
hundred yards, and the hlly gradually
crept up gaining inch by inch on the
leader She got on even terms with Odds
and Ends just one jump from the wire,
and as they passed the winning post she
made mighty EFFORT and got the verdict
by breath. amid intense excitement.
Lamp O'Lee looked the real thing in the
last race OF the day. selling af1air at
mile and fifty yards. and he was always
the odds on favorite. Alack was steadily
played at fours. and All Saints went back
except by few who took chance for
third.
Lamp O'Lee in Front.
Lamp O.Lee was away running, with All
Saints and Alack close up. Philma Paxton
left Lamp O'Lee turned into the back
stretch in front, with All Saints and
Cherished close together, IA length away.
Alack at their heels. On the far turn All
Saints Joined the leader. and was quickly
followed by Cherished.
As they rounded for home. the three in
front went wide and Creamer stole up
on the rail with Alack. thereby saving
lot OF ground. At the furlong pole Alack
was I'm front, and the fayorite appeared to
be in difficulty. The race resulted in a
hard drive between all four, and, although
Alack swerved badly ia the last 100 yards.
he managed to get 10 the wire in front.
All Saints just beat out Cherished for the