The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-27
odds and Ends" Culled
at the Meeting in
Progress.
Those Who Struck Luck
on Hundred-to-One
Shot.
One Man Knows a Girl
With Name Like the
Winner.

HO DDS and ends of tie meet
ing. said an old stager at
the Benning track. you are
looking for odds and ends.
That's just the way it always is on =
track. first the odds and then the ends
II you don't look for anything else out
here you win. 1 can't remember when
that combination of words originated
but il must have been shortly after the
bOokmakers began 10 sit up and take
notice. Ever since that time tia
booluies have put up the odds and the
rest OF as have come in strong on the
ends.
Il won't say. however. that there
haven't been chances FOR killings in this
meeting. but which of as has had the
gumption TO come down strong on the
right thing, and the old man sighed,
not one Of those lOvelorn signs, but the
kind OF a gasp a man gives up after he
has seen good thing land on which
he had no more money than a rabbit
And he was right, for Mary Glenn
Won the first race of the fan meeting
at prices ranging from 200 10 1 10 100 &c
10 I. and Massa, the 2-year-old maiden
made the pikers happy at 60 and 40 to
J.
The opening of a race meeting at Ben
ming has always been the signal fOI
Washington 10 drop its easy-going. moth
erests-me-very-much style. The
present event has proved no exception
10 the rule. Hundreds who don't know
a race horse from a papal bull. take
hurried peeps into the famous dope
sheet. the Morning Telegraph" beg or
borrow enough Of the long green 10 cut
a dash. and are or 20 the track on an
early car There is an influx Of de-
cidedly racy individuals from other
cities. Society gets the horse
craze and the verandas OF the Wash
blgton Jockey Club are crowded with
TIE elite. All sets OF the Capitals
varied society are 10 be found there
ii the Afternoon is bright and good
card is offered. The smart set-Wash-
iugton has one as well as New York
the Army and Navy sets, the old resi-
dent set the Diplomatic set, and the
Official set all are represented there
Vive le spOr equine! Washington has
awakened.
No one is too good or too bad to 20
10 the races at Benning. In the row Of
buildings which stretch along the west
side q the track from the paddock 70
the betting ring you can find the --latest
and most innocent debutante and tough.
est tout that ever leased a hve-spOt out
OF the jeans or an easy mark. A golden
haired debutante OF another city who ls
visiting here leaned over the rail r.
front Of the Jockey Club. watching the
races
ct ike fbe races 81. much aha ssfs
hut it is wicked 10 bet. Think Of the
poor men whose money you must take If
you win
Her escort mildly suggested that Ia
Lets are made with the boOkmakers
who depend upon betting for theis
daily bread. But this did not chang,
her attitude
Il would much rather lose than win
she declared vehemently.
Did "a hear that" said a commits
sioner Ia ala gWed voice. He was stand
ing just outside the club fence. mn
eye, my eye. 1 wish dey was all ike
dat"
FioweTy Horses Win.
one Of tho most popular victories Of |
the meeting 50 far was DandeIf0u.s An |
the Grand Consolation, the richest stake /
offered this fall. This fast colt is owned /
by Frank r. Hitchcock. steward OF the
Jockey club. and president of The sara |
toga Racing Association. Among Dan
delion's fanciers was a tall. much be- /
whiskered, farmer from Maryland |
When the betting was we'll under way 4
he sided up 10 take a look at the /
Drices. The names of Kassil. Gamara.
Pasadena. and oxford had no attrac- /
tion fOr him
Il dunno" said he. ''whar they got /
these here names. They may Dc alright !