Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Everything Ready for Open
ing at Benning Tomorrow.
HORSES GLASS HIGH
MORE AND BETTER RUNNERS ON
HAND THAN EVER BEFORE.
Centrals Showed Under Business Boys
-Harvard-Yale Game-Women
Extraordinarily Billiards.

With anything like an even break in the
weather conditions for the next three weeks
the Washington Jockey Club will probably
pull off one of the most successful fall
meetings, starting with tomorrow, in the
history of the organization. There has
never before been quartered at the track
such a large field of first-class running
thorOughbreds. and in big majority of
the races each day the battle for first place
should be exceptionally close and exciting.
Superintendent Strahan has been a very
busy official for the past month, and when
seen this morning by a Star reporter was
in a pleasant frame of mind over the con-
ditions at the track.
Should todays splendid weather con-
tinue." said Mr.. Strahan. Il look for three
weeks of great sport. The track has been
my special work for the past three months
or more. and from now on Washington need
not tip its hat to any course In the country.
Heretofore 1t has been the general re-
mark of racegoers all over the country that
certain horses had an easy thing of 1t at
Benning account of It's sandy track,
which made the going slow and hard. At
present the track is simply lightning fast.
and | would not be surprised to see the big
handicap won tomorrow in record time.
OF course 1t is not In my place to speak of
trials that have been taking place for the
past two weeks. but had the checkers been
On mana tney WOulQ nave witnessed some
running that would have made them blink
their eyes"
Although Superintendent Strahan has paid
particular attention to the track. he has
not neglected a foot of space inside the
Enclosure. and everything is in apple pie
order for the big crowd that Is expected to-
morrow.
Another busy man at the track this morn
ing was Secretary Walton, and he had his
hands full attending to the wants and an
swering questions of the multitude.
The entries for tomorrow's races closed
at II O'Clock today, and big group OF
newspaper men were hanging around wait
ing for the list to be given out.
The metropolitan racing season closed
yesterday with the last day at Aqueduct,
and the close followers of the sport began
making arrangements to come to this city
or New Orleans and western tracks At
noon today the activity around the big
hotels showed that the advance guard had
already reached the CITY, and by tonight
every hostelry will be filled to overlooking.
A visit to the different hotels demonstrated
that a much larger attendance of out-of-
town people is on hand this fall than re-
corded a year ago. prosperous days at the
cuse.
The Cavanagh special train over the
Pennsylvania road leaves Jersey City at
$3.50 this afternoon, and it will bring over
a big delegation of owners, trainers, book
makers, jockeys, plungers pikers and
others who will be in line tomorrow when
the first race is run at BennlnS.
Several car loads of horses left the Aque-
duct track last evening, making up spe-
cial train of express cars, and these ami
mails were unloaded this morning at the
Benning siding. 1t will be good news to
many that majority of the best jockeys
who have been riding around New York
will come to Benning this fall, which Will
add considerable to the class and sport.
1t is expected that at least fifteen first
class timber toppers will be starters in the
third Bladensburg steeplechase tomorrow,
and as this class of sport has become quite
a fad with the society people of the capital
the club house attendance is expected to be
very large. The roadways from Washing
ton to Benning are In prime condition for
automobiling. and although the police will
keep the speeders down to that required by
law a big majority will probably go to the
race track in the "choO -choo" wagons.
Close followers of the horses already in
the city have about pa ssed up the Columbia
handicap as betting proposition on &C
count of the tight squeeze between about
six of the probable starters. The wise
money" bettors always like to be able to
figure out horse several pounds to the
good before placing their BETS but all the
dope possible makes the Columbia ding
dong contest from start to finish. Sport of
this sort is what enthuses the regular at
tendants and makes horse racing the sport
of kings" Several of the top-weight thor
oughbreds will probably be withdrawn. but
there is no question but that the field that
will be sent away in this event will be one
of the best on the records Of the Washing
ton Jockey Club.
Entries for Opening Day.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BENNING, d. c., November 16.-Follow-
ing are the entries for tomorrow's races:
First race-For three-year-olds and up
ward: selling: six and half furlongs; old
course Foxy Kane, lib; Young Henry, 112:
Poseur. no; Beauregard. 10; Andrew
Mack. 1OS; "Seaforth, 105; MARY Slenn,
105; 'Tenny Belle, 105; 'Thistle Heather.
1O4.
Second race. for maiden two-year-olds,
five furlongs (old course)-Yoeman LINER
Sweep, Worthwhile. Knight of Weston each
112: Linda Rosa. Pat Dumphy. Ever Near,
]. N. O'Brien. Smiling Alice, Courier May
Not. Grand Duchess. The Seer, Cabin,
Loney Haskell. Novena. Garment 100.
Third race. Bladensburg Steeplechase;
| 2h miles. Lavator. 1853; Black Death, $50;
Conover 168: Imperialist. 165; Walter
Cleary. 14S; Spencer Reiff, 1876; Ivan, 142;
Gascar, 1875; Perion, 1872
Fourth race. Columbia handicap: seven
furlongs columbia course)-Ascension. 125:
III; Damon. 112: Greencrest, no; War
Whoop. 1OS; New York. 1O7: Minotaur, 1O8;
Proceeds. 9s; Race King. o.
Fifth race. two-year-olds: 6h furlongs,
Columbia course. Amberjack.- Allumeur,
no; Myopia, Sheen, Tarpon, Scarecrow, 1O7:
| Cabin. 1O2
Sixth race-Three-year-ol and upward;
one mile; Columbia course Irish Witch,
| 1O7; Greencrest. 105: Arrahgowan 1903; I'm
| 80: 'Thespian, 1903; 'Baikal. 1O2; eagle.
100: sWOOdshade. 90