Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-21
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Thousands Journeyed to the
Benning Track Yesterday.
MANY GOOD TRIALS
BIG AUTOMOBILE SHOW STARTS
OFF TONIGHT.
Centrals Have Good Cross-Country Run
Interesting Bowling Averages
Tennis Fixtures.

The interest which Washingtonians are
taking in the racing season to be inaugu-
rated at Benning on Thursday was amply
shown yesterday. when several thousand
enthusiasts made the journey to the track.
The ideal spring weather, they knew, would
bring out all the horses in training, and
there was a rush for vantage points early
In the morning. Some arrived at the track
at q o'clock and perched on the rails From
that time until long past noon the crowd
continued to grow. The schooling of horses
on the steeplechase course in the infied
seemed to attract the greatest attention,
and probably 1000 people eventually found
their way to the obstacle Enclosure So
dense did the crowd become that it intr-
fered seriously with the work of the train
ers. When jumper was brought out the
crowd would gather about the first jump
he was to be sent over. AS soon as the
morse would take the obstacle there would
De a wild scramble among the men and
boys to reach the next bit of brush so as
to witness at close range the prowess of
the hunter. This state of affairs was go
ing on when Supt. Tom Strahan swooped
down upon the crowd. He first closed the
track gates, and then no trainer sent his
horses to the infield until the place was
cleared The action of the crowd was
enough to brighten the life out of the
chasers, and the sport is too dangerous to
allow such interference
In the grand stand, the paddock Enclosure
and about the stables the throngs swarmed
throughout the day. There were many
stylishiy dressed women in the crowd and
they evinced as much interest in the thor
oughpreds as did their male escorts.
Busy Day for Trainers.
htrsy do
practically every one of the hundreds of
nearby was given good, strong work. There
Were a number of arrivals from California,
New Orleans and Little Rock
For some reason a majority Of trainers
We're not inclined to send their horses along
at speed, evidently preferring to wait until
later when the conditions may be still more
favorable. Contrary to expectations the
handicap candidates did not play a particu-
larry prominent part in the days work
James Boden had Masterman out about II
O'Clock, and the son of Hastings stepped the
six-furlong route over the old track in LA.
John Madden gave Whorler another Ben
ring candidate, a four-furlong breeze in
80. This was nothing nut gallop for him.
If Whorler should be a starter he will have
many friends.
The best work of the morning or of the
season. for that matter. was that of Paul
L.
fiat as he crossed the line after a gallon of
six furlongs. This horse, which is now in
Billy Garth's barn, is as fit as any horse at
the track. but he has been gay deceiver
throughout his racing career, and his work
did not make the good impression of that
of a horse less of the morning glory type
than the son of Lissak.
Good Workouts.
Rain or Shine worked six furlongs in L. %.
ard is apparently able to give a good ac-
count of himself when called upon A set
OF W. P. Burchs two-year-olds were breezed
three-eighths in better than 80 Castalian,
His handicap eligible, has had no strong
work yet, and is not considered as at all
likely to start Thursday
Madden had out two big sets of young
sters. After trotting and cantering they
were breezed quarters in .241a and % and
showed a nice turn of speed.
In the absence of James Mclaughlin who
went to New York to look after the
stay-at-homes of the stable of which
Race King is one. the Richards and Nc
Laughlin horses We're Oh the slow side To-
morrow will he work day for this string
and some line on the merits of the juveniles
will be gained then. Mclaughlin was quite
successful here last spring with his young
er division and it is believed that the barn
again houses some good two-year-old ma
terial.
y number of the Farrell lot were shown
among them the good Splinter King Pepper
Half-mile gallops was all that was asked of
them, but they are apparently as fit as any