Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-28
BENNING RACES.
Four Favorites In Front Rewarded the
Bettors Saturday.

The racing Saturday afternoon at Ben
ming was highly satisfactory to everybody
concerned. four favorites pleased the regu-
the light bettors on edge for the afternoon.
shots capturing the first two events put
the light betters on edge for the afternoon.
The finishes were all close enough to fur
nish plenty Of excitement, and the big
crowd on hand was a unit in expressing
satisfaction over the high-class sport:
When Jack Adler officially called Off
the result of the Oclawaha race In the bet
ting ring three tall Virginians. each of
whom had 81 bet on the horse at 100 to 1,
lifted Adler bodily from the ground and
threw him six feet in the air as an evil
dence Of their joy. Groups of women in
the grand stand had each contributed
20 cents and sent down commissions of 81
on the horse. When he won there were
screeches all over the grand stand.
Robert NJ. Taylor. the noted gentleman
rider, won his fourteenth silver cup when
he came home first on Ogress in the Cham
pion steeplechase, after spirited contest
with Landslide on the last circuit of the
course. The race was marked by acct
dents to three of the riders, Mr.. H. s.
Stone, Mr.. Sydney Holloway and Heider
all receiving falls which for few mo-
ments appeared serious. Mr.. Stone seemed
the more seriously injured of the three,
and was carried away after his fall from
Libretto II. which threw him in the path
Of several of the oncoming horses. one Of
whom seemed to trample on the, fallen
riders right arm. Within half an hour,
however. both Messrs Holloway and Stone
rejoined their friends and reported them
selves as not badly hurt. Heider had pre-
viously walked home unhurt.
Silent Bliss held long lead for about a
mile and a half and then came back" to
his field. 1t Is not a certainty that Ii
brett!st II would have won but for his fall,
yet he was expected to win by his party
Ogress. who led Landslide home, Is a mod
crate sized mare. by Eon, and was as ft
as possible. She was handled we'll by Mr.
Taylor, as was Landslide by Mr.. Jervis
Spencer, these two being not more than
two lengths apart at any time in the last
half mile. This was the third silver cup
won at this meeting by Mr.. Taylor, his
previous victories here being on Impe-
rialst.
The Champion Steeplechase was 90 suc-
cessful that the Washington Jockey Club
has decided to put forward an additional
handicap steeplechase for next Saturday,
the distance being about three miles. The
race Will be for three-year -olds and upward
by subscription of $40 each, only IS IL de.
clared to the winner, with $75O added, of
which $50 to the second and 800 to the
third. Entries will close at IL m. OF
Wednesday. November 80. The weights will
be announced at . pm. on Thursday. De-
cember l. and the declarations made by Il
O'Clock Friday, December 2.
Following are the summaries of Satur-
days races:
First race selling. three-year-old and
up. seven furlongs. Columbia course-Ocla-
waha, l05 tHoffieD. 100 to / and 80 to /,
won; Won Rosen. 81 q. Walsh, 30 to / and
10 to |. second: Woodshade. 50 e. Hender-
SOM. to ! and to 1, third. Time 13O
Young Henry. Minotaur. Arsenal, Memphis
Clear the Arena, Burdette Twister and
Yo San also ran.
Second race. maiden two-year odds five
and one-half furlongs Columbia course
Cederstrome 40 (Romanell) 40 to / and
Is to 1, won; Novena. 107 Lee) 20 to 1 and
@ to 1. second; Yeoman. 112 (Odom) 6 to 3
and to ). third. Time, LOO l-5 Limerick.
Bob Mossom. Samuel II. Harris, Lady
Evaline. Bella Signora, Courier. Maid OF
Timbuctoo. Festoon. Little, Buttercup, Auc-
ton. Bedelia, The Seer and Del Coronado
also ran.
Third race. Hunters Champion Steeple-
chase, about three miles-Ogress, 15S {Mr.
Taylor, to 1 and even won; Landslide,
15S tMr. Spencer), to l and B. to 2, Sec
ond; Pure Pepper 100 CMr. Harris), to 1
and 8 to 3, third. Time. 6.15 Charles
O'Malley. Libretto ii, Silent Bliss, Conflict
ing Evidence, Richelieu II and r. b. Sack
also ran.
Fourth race. vestal stakes, three-year-
old FLIES: one and one-half miles-sDimple,
113 (Odom). to and out. won; sMarjoram,
113 tRomanellD, 2 to 8 and out, second;
Ruby Hampstead. lib SHAW, to / and
out. third. Time-2.41.
sCoupled Declared to win with DImple
Fifth race. two-year-olds and up; mile