Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-03
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Another Bad Day for the
Bookies at Benning.
FOUR FAVORITES WON
PENNSY DEFEATED BY GEORGE
TOWN IN EASY FASHION.
High-Class Bowling Contests-Jolly
Fat Men Make Team Record Score
Base Ball News and Gossip.
FOUR FAVORITES WON

The bookmakers had another bad day at
Benning yesterday, four favorites and one
heavily played second choice finishing first
in the six events on the card. Orontas, at
to 1, and but little played, came to the
bookies' relief in the last race OF the day.
There is no telling how big the shrinkage
in the line would have been when business
was resumed today had Lamp o'Lee
flashed by the judges stand in the lead.
First Chord. In the second race, and Cal
gary in the fourth. were odds on favorites,
but this made little difference with the bet
ting talent. After this event had been de-
cided It appeared to the observer that fully
nine-tenths of the people at the track were
lined up behind the bookmakers waiting to
be paid off.
The weather showed some slight improve
ment over that of Tuesday, and as q conse-
quence. a noticeable improvement in the at
tendance was a welcome sight to the club
officials. Many ladies were in the grand
stand and club house and it is the general
belief that NICE warm weather will run the
attendance up into recOrd-breaking figures.
First-Class Sport.
The sport furnished can be classed as
first-class, as three of the six finishes were
very close and exciting. The time made
"ttS ldiIIy 1dSls do the sun WIN udu III leu
out the track and 1t looked to be in per-
feet condition. The fields. with the excep-
tion Of the last, were fairly large and
Starter Cassidy got them all away from
the post in good style.
The first event on the card was the best
contest Of the day. the talent hitting 1t
right in selecting Fonsoluca and Gold Fox
as the two best horses in the field. Pa
Days Batyah was allowed to act as lead
er until turning into the stretch. when Fon-
saluca and Gold Fox shot to the front. step
for step. This pair finished heads apart,
Gold Fox getting the decision. while the
remainder Of the field was fully six lengths
in the rear.
The second race was hollow victory for
First Chord, the Walden colt making a
show of the other entries. six lengths sepa-
rating him from Agio, who finished second.
Tamarin, Farrell and ]. A. Warner were
almost equal favorites in the third, and
Warner was the only one of the trio to
finish outside the money, the first named
getting the first position by a couple of
lengths. The trainer of Farrell gave out
the information that he would have good
jockey up, but when R. Taylor's name went
on the board 1t was a foregone conclusion
that the aged gelding would get little as
sistance from his rider Some day a good
boy will be astride Farrell, and the plucky
old gelding will hang up purse to a moral
certainty.
In the fourth event Calgary got into
good position at the start, held on to it
until well in the stretch and then little
Shea shot him to the front, and it was all
over, two lengths separating him from Fa-
bus. who finished second.
Carroll d. and Meistersinger were about
equal favorites in the fifth race, and, like
the first, this pair fought 1t out to the end
the Worth colt getting the decision by half
a length.
Tumble for the Talent.
| Then came the big tumble for the talent
| In the last event of the day. Lamp O Lee
owing to four scratches and only two op-
| ponents, was made a one to two favorite
/ Ohnet was held at twos and Orontas went
| begging at Fights. Starter Cassidy got the
| trio off nicely, OLee and Ohnet racing to
| the front with Orontas fifteen lengths In
| the rear. Words of pity and sarca SIN were
| hurled at the poor trailer. but he proved
| the wisest nag of the three. The pair in
| front simply raced their legs off and as
| they both shut up and quit In the stretch.
| Orontas came through like flash and
| capped the purse by a half length. The
| finish was a great surprise to the specta-
| tors. but under the conditions the race was
| run there was no doubt but that the hest
/ horse won. Jockey Blake rode Orontas ac-
| cording to Instructions, and the clever
| trainer Of the Cook horse guessed the COM
! bination to nicely.
| The Summaries.
| Following are the summarizes:
First race, six and half furlongs; purse
s400-Gold Fox, 1O7 Booker) TO 8, won;
Fonsoluca, 100 CWonderly), even, second !;
| Hampshire. 105 (Seaton). 80 to 1, third
| Time 1:2i 40. Gwynnex, Ringleader,
Ginki, Batyah, Astery and Hendricks also
| ran.
Second race, four and a half furIongs.
purse, S400-First Chord, 1O7 (Odom). 2 to 5,
| won: Agio, 1O7 u. Daly), 4 to l. second A:
| Aurifer 104 UIandry). 30 to I, third Time,
| SO 80. Blue Miracle, Royal Ensign and
| Adele Harding also ran.
Third race. hurdle, one and one-half
| miles; purse, s40O-Tamarin. 149 (Finnegan).
to /. won; Farrell, IA (Taylor) 5 to q
second; Gould. 152 CHunt), % to /. third
| Time, 2:a5. Tankard, j. A. Warner, Hand
| vice Prince Plausible, Idle Ways also ran
| Cheyal dor fell.
! Fourth race, seven furlongs; purse 800
\ Calgary. 100 (Shea). 7 to 10 won: Fabius.
| 10I tBrennan). 10 to l. second; Woodchuck,
| lO2 (BOoker), to l. third Time "a
| The Blue Coat Florad, Will, Biff. pigeon
| Top. Foxy Curley and Buck Lodge also
| ran.
| Fifth race. six furlongs purse S4OO-Meis-
! tersinger. Sc (Shea). to 3, won; Carroll d
| 1Ol CWonderly). to g. second; Imperialist'
| los tOdom), to 1. third Time, lis.
| Trump, Rightaway. High Carnival and The
Bandit also ran.
Sixth race, mile and 100 yard; purse $500
-orontas. 123 (Blake), Z to l. won: Lamp
| o Lee, 119 (Wonderly), 2 to g. second: OH
| net 10 tOdom). Is to 3, third Time az
| 10. Three starters
EASY FOR GEORGETOWN.