The Washington times., 1903-04-03
Large and Well Balanced
Fields to Select From.
DEMURRER TO TRY AGAIN
The SteePlechase Yesterday the Fea-
ture Of Card-Five of Six Start
ers Take a Tumble.

The overcast sky today strikes terror
TO the hearts cf the officials and own
ers al Benning. The track Is now in q
hrst-cIass condition. and one or Two
more days Of Sunshine would make It
lightning fast.
The events today are well filed and
evenly balanced.
IN the first race. Demurrer OrIcr- and
GloTiosa should finish one. two. three
In the second. Listaway, Woodshade. and
Oriza appear as likely 10 earn their
brackets.
Shrine. Lord Advocate and Star and
Garter are The choice of the lot Tor the
third, while True Blue Anfmosity. and
Ben Not look good for the fourth.
CheTubim, Flo Russell. and Prancer
should finish in the order named in the
dfth race. with H L. Coleman. Sir Flo
rian, and Benckardt in the last.
An Enthusiastic Crowd.
Yesterdays crowd was one of the most
enthusiastic and speculative that has
yet visited Benning, ard each winner as
he flashed by the stand was greeted with
round after round of applause.
Three heavily played favorItes. TWO Of
them odds-on, and three outsiders won.
and ii consequence II was standon be-
tween the talent and the ring, with the
chances Slightly in favor OF the latter.
IN nearly every race each horse entered
came il for a following. stable and pad
dock tips flying thick and fast. aud il
some instances certain amount OF ere
dence was placed in them
The most exciting race Of the day was
The steeplechase. in which there were
six starters. five of whom fell at some
stage Of the race, the winner. Arius
alone completing the course with a per
feet performance Bernhard on Gold
Ray came q nasty cropper at next TO the
last jump and broke his collar bone. He
pluckily remounted, caught up 10
strikeaHght, and in . drive beat her. our
FOR the place. His bride arm was prac-
tically useless after his fall.
AFius. FiDnegan up, even: Ivan ridden
by Mr.. DunneH, 3 70 I; Tankard fG.
Green, S; Decameron (Parson). s 10 !:
Geld Raw tBernhardt}. 4. and strikea-
Light. ridden by her owner, Mr.. TAYLOR.
~ l. were the starters
Tankard cut out the running Tor the
half mile. meanwhile StrikeaIiaht fall
ius at the frst jump. Nr. Taylor was
soon up again, or again and zone
again" however. and after the flying
field
Arius took the lead at the upper
turn and never afterward reIlnqufzhed
II. At The second jump Decameron came
TO grief. but jumped uD and riderIesz
kept up with the field fencing bezutI-
fully. until driven of the course.
Ivan and Tankard we're keeping side
by side until the jump opposite the
leId stand on the second round was
reached, when both went down in
heap and were hoPeIeszIy out Of IT,
Bernhardt's traditional hard luck at
last overcame him and as he few the
last jump Cold RAY went 10 his knees
and 8crnhardt went ever his head. He
WIS in tEe saddle again in an instant
and overhauIed s-rikealirht and gc-
place money. Arius ten lengths 10 the
good.
A Mediocre Gard.
The oJher events were fea-ureIess and
the card the poorest yet shown General
niles in gray riding suit was an
interested Spectator and viewed the
steeplechase from the inheId as the /
guest of Mars Cassidy. who pointed out
the jumps and the form of their con
struction 10 the general commanding
the United States army. The usual quota
Of women were present in tho latest
spring millinery, which lent color TO the
scene.
The first race went to Louise EIsron +
4cCaffeTty up, 10 10 ]: Mezzo CViIker- .
som, s 10 I, second; Trapezist fSheal. /
90. Is, S. third Fourteen started.
Peter Paul Hicks I 10 g. ran a.s-
from Pleasant Memories lBurnsl. n.
;, and Sunglint fIinder). % 10 ]. in the
thlFd, The three constituting the field
The third event vas the steepIechase
and il the fourth. Gelsha Girl walsh
= beet our Pearl Diver Cannon. 30
., and Plantagaaat tBlcej. 2 TO J. 5a
The order namsd, ten starting.
Mrs Frank Foster. Bedferu I'D. az
10 ;, barely managed 10 stagger home
under Ehip and spar ahead Of Shrine
r"alsh}. 10 /. and Lady WclbecI
tBlake), 20; Tenagra 5Burusg. 10 to j.
a bad fourth.
Rough Rider lHicksj. pc. beat out
knight of the Garter Cash sIoan3.
70 . and Banckart TO ]. in rhe la=t
Paddock Notes.
again Lowly was Ie5t al the post