Evening star., 1902-03-04
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Benning Meeting Gives
Promise Of Big Success.
HORSES WORKING DAILY
sAENGERBUND BoWLERs WON
TWO GAMES.
Golf Championship Dates-Pillsbury
Now Leads in Chess Mas
ters' Tourney.

The spring meeting of the Washington
Jockey Club is but four weeks off, and all
at Benning Is life and hustle each fine day
The hard winter and late spring have made
horses rather backward, but now that the
snow and ice have all gone track work
can be daily indulged in. Already there
are $50 horses at the track, and by March
% opening day. there will be fully 400 on
hand The sandy soil is admirably adapted
for the early spring and late autumn meet
ings, as. except when frozen. there is not
day that good stiff gallops cannot be
given, and the track does not bake and get
lumpy; so the earlier horses are sent down
from the metropolitan tracks, the better
their chances.
Among the stables now at Benning are
James McLaughlin's W. P. Burch's, Buck
ley & Baileys. E. H. Hannas, Columbia
stables. Lotos stables. V. W. Powers,
GWynn Tompkins'. q. w. Cooks, Fred Mil
ler's and several smaller ones.
The entries in the Bennng handicaps
show the interest felt in the Washington
Jockey Club by horsemen. The entry list
thlrty-seven) is not only larger than ever
before. but the class is much better. The
Benning handicapS are the first Of the spring
handicaps. and are often a line on the big
features of the metropolitan tracks In 1900
the first of the Benning handicaps saw a
battle royal between Boney Boy. Charen-
tuS and the great Imp. A few weeks later
Boney Boy was nosed out in the Garter
handicap by Box. and all remember the
wonderful turf career of Imp and the great
races of the game little Charentus.
Last spring the first of the Benning handt-
caps was Won by Knight of Rhodes. one of
the favorites in the Metropolitan. Aislke
was second and Charentus third.
The American Derby winners Sidney Lu-
cas- and Robert Waddell. also made their
first appearance Of the year at Washington.
More Interesting Than Ever.
This year these races should prove more
interesting than ever before, as there are
several candidates that are apt to prove
bright particular stars of the racing sea-
son of 1902. This is also true in the two
year-old division. Some new colors will
G. W. Cook and others never having
started at Benning Both these should
prove prominent. In the Iotos stables are
fourteen two-year-olds and two maiden
three-year-olds Collectively they are as
grandly bred and good-looking as any
stable in the country. Pa" Bradley has
engaged twenty-three stalls. and he always
has his fit and ready, and he always has Il
great horse in his string. Just what 1t Is
generally keeps the rail birds guessing
The Goughacre stables will get up from
Cape Charles. Va. IN great shape. since
such training facilities are afforded at
Atspt SlldI1eS dlt Seluoli SttI III any poi +
of the country.
The New Orleans winter meeting does not
close until March -, stables from there
will not arrive In great numbers until just
before the meeting.
The Benning spring handicap (seven fur
longs will be one of the best races of the
meeting. 1t will be at seven furlongs. and
according to the weights allotted by w. S.
Vcsburg, the Handicapped, Unmasked will
carry the heaviest impost. 126 pounds. The
entries and weights are as follows: