The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-07
ANOTHER GREAT RACE
WON BY FOSTER.
He Beats Five Good Ones in Excit-
ing Race at Bennings.

He Beats Five Good Ones in Excit-
ing Race at Bennings.
In a close, exciting race, over seven
eighths of the Bennings track yester-
day afternoon, Tommy Foster, the
game little chestnut colt of Savannah
again ran under the wire a winner.
Working out of the back bunch when
the barrier shot up, he showed third
at the quarter, past the half post
in the lead and stayed there for the
rest of the journey.
The race as seen here at the local
turf exchange was almost as interest
ing and exciting, no doubt, as it was
at the track. 1t was the third of the
days card. seven furlongs, selling, and
of nine entries six went to the. post,
as follows. Tommy Foster, Merry
Maker, Meistersinger, Lady Radnor,
Locket and Animosity. All of these
horses are strong ones and have good
work to their credit, and picking d
winner was considered no easy task,
nor was there anything to give line
on any one of them as a sure thing.
AIeistersinger ran strong in Fosters
first race at the track ten days ago
ond race last Friday. Animosity ran
third in last Fridays race and be-
cause of his light weight yesterday
was considered good. Merry Maker,
Lady Radnor and Locket have done
equally well at times, and there was no
spotting the right one by dope" the
question resolving itself into one of
conditions.
Tommy Burns was posted to ride
Foster, Med Henderson, a Savannah
boy of riding reputation, had the mount
on MeiSterSinger, and Callahan was
to ride Animosity. Burns had mounts
in the first two races of the day, and
his finishing, first in one and third in
the other, gave a line upon his riding
form, but every entry looked pretty
good, and nobody felt that it was 60
ing to be like getting money from
home.
When the prices came they showed:
Locket, to l and to l, first and Sec
ond bettings; 3 to l for place and to
. to shom; Merry Maker 5 to 2 and to
>. to and 8 to 5; Meistersinger, 2
to 1, 2 to l and to 10, no bet FOR
show; Tommy Foster, to 1, to /,
to 10: Lady Radnor, to 1, II to /,
to l and to 1; Animosity, to 2, 5
to 2, to and to 5.
From the betting it was seen that
FOstor and Meistersinger were the faV-
orites at the track, with AnimOsity
close third and Merry Maker close
next. That settled it in the minds of
the local followers of Foster. If he
was the favorite, where all conditions
were known he Was good enough here.
where every confidence was had in his
natural ability. The odds were not as
large as had been hoped for, but as it
was, they were good enough. Every
body got down, by no means all play
ing the local horse, for others looked
good to many, but the majority invest
ed in Foster tickets.
When the operator announced
They're at the post every bet had
been made and the crowd Strengthened
up in eager anxiety. They're off,
came from behind the rail- and in the
quiet that followed the tick of the tele-
graph instrument, telling the abbre-
waited story of the race, sounded like a
steam trip hammer. "Meistersinger in
the lead, Lady Radnor second and
Locket third A murmur of disap-
pointed sounds "Radnor leads at
the quarter-a length ahead of Locket
Foster is third Hal" comes from
the room, then, Hell stay there now;
you can cash your checks" But that
was only one voice. Many were not too