The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-16
.BENNING LANDS
BROWN ENTRIES
Millionaire Will Race There
for First Time.
QUALITY OF SPORT BETTER
high Class Horses For Fail Meeting.
Stud Of Stake Winners
Only

For the nrst time in the history of
the Benning race track capt. Sam S.
Brown, the PittsbuTg millionaire. and
turIman. VIII race his thoroughbreds
there.
This string alone wlII greatly elevate
the sport at the local course, for it con
tains some OF the best performers ia
America. the most prominent Of which
IS the great BrOomstick the shifty
three-year-Oid that broke the mile ana
a quarter record in the Brighton Haudi-
cap, In which he defeated the cracks Of
the Eastern turf. including Irish Lad
and Eugenia Burch. His record OF
2.0IA still stands
Some Good Ones.
Along with BroomsticIx, winner OF $685.
900 this season and about So 600 last
year. when twO-year-Old. viii come
agile two-year-Old. winner of the
first Astoria Dinner Stakes; BroadcI0th.
another two-year-0ld stake winner;
Thirty-third which has won four of his
last six races Auditor. with two stakes
20 bis credit Druid. q uW0-year-OId fun
sister 20 Memories and Black Dick by
DiXon-Merdin. which won her first race
a Few days ago from a field of twenty
four maidens; Ascot Belle, a maiden
twO-y ear-Old. which has finished ia the
money ia several OF the minor stakes,
and Maynard Lass a shifty miss. by
Sir DiZon-Lady WayWard. In all he
VIII stable ten horses here.
Capta.n Brown made known his in
tention OF racing his stable here TO
Secretary S. T.. Walton Of the Wash
ington Jockey Club, on one OF the lat
ter's visits 90 the metropolitan tracks.
IL has been the practice OF several OF
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and not race them, but the smoky City
turtle assured Mr.. Walton that his
cracks would be raced
Sport Improved.
The quality OF the sport at Beunlng
Las gradually improved, and the meet
ing this fail promises TO be the banner
one ia the history Of the course. In
years past BenninE was considered a
'wiud-up" track, when turfmen whose
horses could not win around New York
shipped their charges 10 pick up a couple
Of purses for the winter. Last fail a
reform was iuauEurated when some OF
the best horses were sent here and
raced. Including Ort Wells, the sensa-
ti0nal three-year-oId of John r. Drake,
which can dispute the title of cham
pi0R with any of the three-ye ar-Olds of
The present day. High Chancellor
another frequent winner on the metro
poitau tracks, also helped place the
"sporu Of king on a higher plane.
In Captain Brown the " asnlugL ton
Jockey club has obtained she support
OF one of the richest and most popular
sp0rtsmeu known 90 hOrsedOu. About
eight years ago Captain Brown was
TO the turf what James r. ke-ue and
The late William G.. Whitney were, buL
allowed bis stable 20 dWiudle until three
years ago when he renewed operations
OE a large basis
Stake Horses In Stud.
He has recently bought a breeding
farm in Kentucky. near Lexington. In
il he viii house nothing but stake win
uers. This IS the frsr instance In the
history Of American racing that nothing
but stake winners were placed la q sim
gle stud.
Ia order to promote racing 10 still
higher standard he has bought the old
Lexington race track. He VIII have IL
nodded into she pc again. and I'm the
early spring VIII hold a meeting there.
IL is his intention 10 continue the meet
ings from now on. holding one in the
spring and one in the fall AT this
course he viii give all OF his youngsters
their preliminary races.
Ia his stud are QuarJered already such
good sires as TrOubadOur, Blue Wing
and Garry Hermann.
NJ ArrsvyeTs