Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28
Best Sport of the Week.

Day by day the races at Benning grow In
interest. and yesterday furnished the best
sport OF the week. Pa" Daily captured an
other race. and there was not a happier
man at the track. The veteran has been
fortunate in getting Jockey Odom to ride
his lags for him. different story might
be told Dreamer and Miles are fully fifteen
pounds away from Odom, and this differ
ence helped to give Colonsay the fourth
race yesterday
When Tommy Foster, the 200 to 1 chance,
won the opening dash the exaggeration mi
crobe and the expansion bug went to work,
and soon the air was filled with stories of
fabulous fortunes won and lost. Cash"
Sloan. the jockey who rode him. was cred
tied with winning $4,000 AS a matter of
fact Cash won 81. 500 Many similar sto-
ries proved only dream.
While no individual won a large amount
the ring lost heavily-at least s1O,OOO-on
the success of Tommy Foster Many of the
regulars cashed big bets. virginia Brad
ley had wager which called for $3.50 to S.
A +. Doyle. said to be the owner of the
horse. and j. r. Hand, the trainer, each
won 81 600. Many 500 to s. wagers were
paid Frank McDougall, the bookmaker
lost S.pO on Tommy Foster and Sol I.tch-
tenstein nearly as much. Several other lay
ers paid out from 500 to 81 600 on the race
AT one time In the betting the winner was
quoted al 200 to l. but at post time his odds
were loo TO l. as given in yesterdays Star.
The men behind Tommy Foster were for
merly racing outlaws at the Charleston
meeting, but they were reinstated subse-
quently by the Jockey Club stewards when
the meeting ended. The horse had never
started at the track, and because he was
practically unknown the bookmakers laid
any old price against him. He had only a
poor lot or platers against him. and he
beat them most efrectually. leading from
start to finish.
ornature Destroyed
Tony Mecafferty lost his three-year-old
ornature Just after the finish in the last
race The colt stepped into hole a few
feet beyond the hnish and broke his near
hind leg so that 1t became necessary for a
policeman to Kill him. Little McCafferty
was lucky boy that Ornature did not
break down In the run through the stretch,
or else 1t might have been a double fatality
as he was In the front rank and would no
doubt. have been stepped on. While the
colt did not break down till after the finish,
the beginning OF his trouble was evidently
right after he turned into the stretch, for
at that point Ornature stumbled badly and
relinquished the lead.
Worth Remembering.
knight Of the Garter evidently believes
he has had enough racing, for when he
went to the post in the last race the old
fellow would not join the other horses and
face the barrier. He cavorted around, and
1t was with difficulty that Hack got him
close enough to the webbing to enable
Starter Cassidy to send them of. Even
then he was very SOW to move and Hack
had to whip him for nearly furlong be-
fore he raced up to his field. He was in
the rear ranks to the last furlong when he
woke up and closed with a good burst of
speed. The Knight came very fast. but
not last enough to get in the money. He
would have been third in another stride or
two. and. all in ALL his race was a good
one and worth remembering in the same
company.
Quite a Smart Performance.
Honolulu did not win the fifth race. but
The Star Ruby geldins displayed quite .