Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-01


and she led almost all the way, winning by
half length from Incense.
Melrose. with Burns up, had an easy
thing of it in the third. winning by two
lengths. Several experts thought Preen
should have received a better ride from
McCafferty, but there Is no question but
that the Presgrave colt was staggering
in the last fifty yards. The distance was
little too much for him.
Great Tip on Go Between.
If ever there was crazy crowd of bet
ters in the ring at Benning there was one
yesterday when the prices went up for the
fourth race. A tip evidently from the
inside, had been circulated on Go Between,
and the bookmakers were almost knocked
off their chairs by the rush to get money
down on the Kerr horse. At first 80 to 1
was chalked up. but the rush was so eager
that bets were refused and quick cuts of
10 points at time dropped the price down
to TO- then 8, and when the bugle sounded
the odds were to and in many cases Go
Between was played off the books Andrew
Mack still continued the fayorite the big
betters being true to their choice. At the
start Andrew Mack got away first and re-
manned there most of the time winning by
about two length. Rice got Go Between
away In a sluggish manner being almost
left, and he had to fight his way through
the entire bunch when once under full sail
Turning into the stretch, several of the
Hoi SSo Wcut Wlue, ana 10 Between got In
close to the rail- with the result that in the
last rev jumps he was in second place and
1t looked as though he might have pushed
andrew Mack very hard with good ride
although the favorite was raced almost ali
the way under wraps
Handicap horses were entered in the fifth
event. and all were backed to win quite
Freely. although Peter Paul always ruled
the faVorite. The Bradley horse got away
In front and was never headed, winning nv
length and a half over Himself.
The Inc steeplechase closed the days sport
Boney Boy finishing first by about eight
lengths Agio was liked the best in the
early betting. but at post time Boney Boy
was at 10 O. while to l was wagered
against the other. Agio stood up and fin
ished second. while Chivington, well ridden
by g. Green, was third
Jockeys Henderson, O. Brien and Dreamer
suspension Of two days from Starter Cas-
sidy.
Lesher Well Thought OF.
john Madden thinks a lot of Lesher. the
Masetto-Wild Flower colt he started
against Preen and Melrose. Lesher ran a
good race until he reached the stretch bend.
At that point he turned bit wide. George
Thompson. the boy who rode Lesher and
Laiite and who made bit of reputation
In France. is rather slow at the post. and
too impa tient to make up quickly ground he
Madden lectured him after he got down OF
Lesher.
The horses which are getting the money
at Benning are the horses whose work in
the mornings single them out as the best.
AT no meetings in many years have the
trials and the workouts been so completely
indicated. In nine out of ten cases when
the trainers relate the result of works, the
horse that has worked the best either wins
or is vital contender. Possibly some one
then may fancy that the trainers are profit
ing much thereby. Not so much as one
might think. Their professional Judgment
tells them that, work aside the horses have
not yet matured. and hence there is re-
luctance on the part of the trainers to I'M
belt on them as they might otherwise do.
Melrose Game One.
Melrose is a colt the majority of trainers
predict will make his mark at the big
tracks. He is a slashing chestnut by The
Pepper, bred since that stallion was sold
into Kentucky by the estate of the late
Marcus Daily. He showed great courage
yesterday afternoon Tommy Burns said
after dismounting that he was never on a
gamer colt. Many of the spectators thought
that Burns was bluffing with his whip
through the stretch. Burns, however, de-
clared that he was not. He said he hit the
colt every time he let the whip fall and
that Melrose did not finch once.
From the race Sailing rode on Mr.. Pick
wick. there appears to be some foundation
for the prediction of Mike Danahar that
the New York public this summer will see
vast Improvement in this young man. 4
winter In New Orleans with the young
dare-devils who annually gather from all
parts of the country has done Sailing
lot of good. He was commercially alert at
the post with Mr.. Pickwick. and got the
Meadowthorpe colt away well in front. and
he did not ride his mount to death after
taking the lead. He husbanded Mr.. Pick