The Washington times., 1904-11-27

Champion SteeplecLase, and five we'll
filed overnight races drew another
large crowd TO Benning yesterday after
noON.
Not so large by several thousand as
the Thanksgiving Day attendance. but
a good crowd nevertheless. and one in
tent on getting all the enjoyment pos
sible out OF the waning racing season.
And il was a lucky crowd, also. as
four favorites won for the form follow
ers, while the victories Of Oclawaha at
loo to / and Cedarstrome at 90 70 1
brought joy to a small army of pikers.
Real Feature
The Hunters Champion was the real
feature Of the day, but a series Of &C
eidents, one OF which looked for time
as II il would have a serious If not
fatal ending. detracted much from the
interest of the race. Three horses fell.
The first TO go down was Charles o Nal
ley. who fell at the Liverpool. with Otto
Hetd-r, who, though badly stunned. was
quickly revived. There was no further
trouble until the run through the front
stretch began the second time. At the
first fence r. 3. Sack fell with Mr..
Holloway, who sustained a badly bruised
shoulder, but was otherwise unhurt.
II was at the next fence that the
really serious accident OF the run oc-
CURED Mr. Stone had the mount on
Libretto II. and In the run to the fence
the horse wedged in between Ogress
and Landslide. He was IN no position
TO take Off properly for the jump tore
through il and fell heavily to the ground.
Mr.. stone went over his head ana fell
heavily at full length on the sod. He
never moved. and II was feared that
he was seriously injured. The accident
occurred almost directly in front Of the
stand and IN plain sight of the entire
crowd. which gave a shudder OF appre-
hension as il realized that the fall was
nasty one.
Carried on Stretcher.
Mr.. stone was taken to the Jockeys
room on stretcher He recovered
consciousness on arrival there, and an
examination revealed the fact that he
was only suffering from shock and a
slight scalp wound. The crowd could
hardly believe that he had got of so
lightly and was inclined 10 doubt the
truth OF the report until the popular
rider had dressed and walked into the
grandstand inclosure just before the
last race
The Chan pion. as its name indicates,
was for qualified hunters. Nine hunt
clubs from various sections OF the
country We're represented, as follows:
Pine HIN Hunt. by Charles OMalley;
Essex Hunt. by Libretto III and Silent
Bliss. running as Charles Phzer's en-
try; Green Spring Valley by Land
slide: Meadow Brook, by Pure Pepper;
Cameron Run. by Conflicting Evidence;
Warrenton, by Richelieu II; Overland.
by Ogress, and Westchester. by r. B.
Sack. The Maryland folk had all the
best OF il as the race resulted in a
two-hoTse affair between Ogness and
Landslide. Ogress was piloted BY Mr..
Taylor. and was the 10 / favorite.
Mr.. Spencer rode Landslide. who was
backed from tens To sevens on the
strength Of q reputation gained at the
small meetings in Maryland and Penn
sylvaDIa.
Two Drew Away.
After Silent Bills had led for more
than "a mile. and had then retired. Og-
ress and Landslide drew away from
the others and fought II out to the
end. Ogress winning by a length.
Pure Pepper was third. a hundred
lengths back. A piece Of plate valued
at Sl00 went To the rider OF the win
ner.
The Vestal was a three-hOrse race,
with two Of the starters running in the
interest OF the Albemarle Stable. They
were Dimple and Marjoram, and coupled
as an entry They so far Outclassed
Ruby Hampstead. the other starter. that
the books would only lay 1 to 3. Ruby
Hampstead was backed on the report Of
good work, but il was a false alarm
The distance was one and one-half
miles Marjoram. after leading half the
route. gave way 20 Dimple who won
very easily from her stable companion
The race was worth $3.50 90 the winner
Opened at 100 to 1.
The sport began with the success of
OclaWaha, who was backed from 100 to
] 10 90 10 /. Arsenal, 80 San, and Young
Henry carried the wise money, but with
the exception of Yo san, who led for
FIVE furlongs. the choices cut no figure
la the running. Yo San passed it up at
the stretch turn, while OclaWaha and
Won Rosen, a % 10 / chance, fought IL
out 70 the wire. the former winning by
a few inches. There had been a lot OF
small play on the winner. and the yell
OF the pikers woke up all the rabbits
and birds In the hills and woods IN the
neighborh0od.
II looked like a lJng-shOt day. for
Cedarstrome. quoted at 80 TO /. galloped
away with the second event. winning
10y half "a length from NOvenu, who beat
the even money favorite, Woman, by
the same scaut margin.
Dekaber Favonte.
Pasadena was passed by for the nth
race in favor OF Dekubcr. who was
backed down from 10 ] TO = 10 I.
while the quotations against the former
went 20 threes from twos- The smart
players We're badly fooled in this in
stance. for Pasadena went to the front
al the end of the first quarter and gal
loped on 10 an easy victory over
Gamara, who beat the favOrite a length.
Raikal and POseur, the public choices
for the sixth and seventh races, respec-
lively. had little difficulty 10 win. They
were both we'll played.
Summaries.
First race-Selling: for thTee-ycar-Olds
and upward. seven fuTlOng5. Oc.aWaha.
lO5 tHoifierj 90 10 ]. won; Won Roseu. 50
tWalsh) % 20 ], second; Woodshade, 50
henderson,. Z 90 ], third Time 1870
Arsenal Young Henry, Miuotaur, Bur
dette, Memphis. Clear the Arena. 70
San, and TWister also ran.