The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-08
Today's Gard a Good One,
and Talent Should Get Its
Revenge on the Bookies
for Long-Suffering Ills.
Mrs. Frank Foster Suffers
Her First Defeat of Pres
ent Meet-To Little Hack
Belongs All the Glory.

spirits OF ali interested in the racing
game now IN progress At BenniDg are
Al the zero mark. A good card is the
Offering today and the mud larles should
fairly reveI in the heavy and sloppy
going
IN the first race DR.. -sayIor should re
peat his late performance and land the
money. with Turnpike and Merriment
second and third.
Contentious Magic Flute and Mica will
probably be the order in which they
viii finish in the second race. while
Ahumada. Shrine. and Orion will doubt
less run in the order named in the third.
Aaimo@ity is possible winner in the
fourth. with slIdeH and Daily within the
money.
Loelzet locks ali over . winner in the
fifth, with ZirI and Moderator as con
tenders. while AtheIroy, April Shower,
and Yellow Tail are likely 20 finish in
the order named in the sixth.
An Even Break
The penciers and The talent broke
about even yesterday. with the chances
slightly in favor Of the former The de-
feat of Mrs. Frank Foster in the fourth
race by the Columbia Stables chestnut
FLY GIorfosa was the chief topic Of
conversation for the remainder of the
afternoon The bookmakers have only
themselves to blame for not Teaping a
golden harvest on this race Had they
posted anything like reasonable odds on
the game little mare, a strong play
would have gone IN on her. but 10 >
scared the SPECTATORS of. and they let
the race alone. To little Hack belongs
the glory of the victory He outrode Red
fern from start TO finish He rode a
waiting race, while Redeem was pump
ing Mrs. Frank Foster along at clip
ping gait. and when he brought GloriOsa
up with the Ben StTome- Princess Reve-
nue. hIIy, he held her safe, and rated
Gloriosa along at a comfortable gait,
passing under the wire half length to
The good. RedfeTn. when colIared. bored
ia with Mrs Foster. and laid up to
Gloriosa SO close. that there wasn't a
chance IN a hundred Of the mare passing
Hacks flying whip
About = 500 OF the good and faithful
deyotees We're IN attendance. and despite
the damp, murky atmosphere. and the
slippery track. the sport was first class
and speculation brisk.
How They Were Run
The races in detail were as follows:
Eight starters faced the barrier in the
first race. selling. for three ear-oIds
and upward. at seven furlongs The race
was conspicuous fer the number OF stable
boys It brought out in the saddle
Alado lBurton), and TO 8 Rough
Rider fsaihngl. and 10 .; Ben How
ard E walsh. AZ and ,: Jove fRed-
dingtong, ~ and ,: eLord Advocate
hurley. / and >; Nuptial tChappeln
i ana 4; Whiten tCharIesJ. u and 8
and Breaker (O'BrienJ. 10 and 4, consti-
tuted the field.
A heavy play went II on Howard
Rough Rider. and AIado. with Jove we'll
backed for the place Lord Advocate
had his admirers. and again disap-
f''ii''1 'ii7i'i' S'i''s is.- 10 ou .
me way ioun.' VIZ" -Ais''o Se1o'iu' = ~
IA mn = a . pV'' o'-''
ana he should have landed the money.
me seeono race iouI u long
sprint, for t"o-EeaF-olds. brought out
The pick Of The lot At he track, Peter
Pant fRurnsl 10 10. Petunia fGdonI
s,v,.;,-- 5r4a,c1,, - f,,,,..,.,,
Xslsn and - comnrrisinp The
field. Peter Paul was heavily played by
the sure money players, while PetunIa
and Spring both had following. Wheu
the barrier lifted 10 poor start il
showed Peter Paul first closely fol-
lowed BIZ Petunfa and Spring, in which
order they finished
The fhird Face ~ 3 mile and a half
over six flights Of hurdles appealed
more strongly 70 fhe feminine portion
q the aua,ence the starters Dick