Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-30
OF ALL SORTS
Three Favorites Finished in
Front at Benning.
BETTORS WERE HAPPY.
VICTORIES MOSTLY EASY, THERE
BEING BUT ONE CLOSE FINISH.
Battling Nelson Whipped young
Corbetto-Fewer American League
Games-Bowling Battles.

The favorites split the card yesterday at
Benning with the outsiders. Applaud, in the
second: Bohemia, in the fourth, and Grazi-s
allo. In the sixth, who were thought the
most OF by the betting talent, won these
events with comparative ease. The out
siders who finished first were Australians.
In the initial event, at the good odds OF ID
to I: Wooden, In the steeplechase, at 10 to 1,
and Briarthorpe. in the fifth. at to 1. The
victories in a majority of the events were
quite easy, Applaud and Wooden being the
only exceptions, the former winning by
neck and the latter by half length
The greatest interest Of the afternoon
conferred in the last race. as Graziallo, who
is owned by Washington people. was Sc
Iected as the favorite. but for some unac-
conntable reason went back In the betting.
As good as IL to 5 could have been secured
at post time. Graziallo had been out be-
fore. but 1t was thought that his race on
Thanksgiving day had weakened him. In
stead that race was what he needed, as he
won handily
The Southerner was second in demand at
l6 to g. Matty Corbetts Commoner colt
was popular with the rank and file. His
earlier races had been SO creditable. many
of the old-line bettors figured that he
would, at the difference in weight, whip
Graziallo.
1t was not that any one believed that
GraziaIlo fit would find difficulty In con-
cedfng six pounds to The Southerner ana
taking him into camp, but that there was
well-founded opinion that the Columbia
stables three year-oid was not ready. Al
ster was backed from tens to fives; Jane
Holly. from 10 to .; Rough Rider, from 10
to Z. and Proceeds, from 10 to Z. The d.
versity of play was great thing Tor the
ring.
Graziallo's Bad Start.
Graziallo did not get away as cleverly as
he might have because the ugly-tempered
Jane Holly, swerving outward at the start.
knocked The Southerner against him. He
was thrown against the fence. Rightful,
Alster and Proceeds were the three away
best, and Rightful, because of his light bur-
den, opened a gap of two or three lengths
before passing the stand. Alster and Pro
eeeds, Jane Holly and Graziallo followed In
a compact bunch but Jane Holly, contin-
uing to worry Graziallo, carried him very
wide at the clubhouse. -
The RapaIlo colt came near losing his
balance so violently was he borne outward.
Redeem steadied him nicely however, and
entering the backstretch he began slowly to
make up his ground. Rightfufs turn of
leadership had been very brief. Hardly
sixteenth of mile of the backstretch had
been covered before he was supplanted by
Proceeds. Rightful stuck closely to Pro-
ceeds, however, and the two led Alster to
upper turn Redfern let Graziallo run bit,
and before the head OF the stretch was
reached he was at their TANKS. That seemed
to satisfy GraZiallo. He was content to re-
main there for an eighth Of a mile, but
when Redfern shook him up he drew away
and won in gallop.
There have been no more desperately con-
tested steeplechases anywhere than that
won by Wooden at 10 to from the well-back-
ed Woolgatherer. There was but one faH.
Billy Ray, and the rider was not hurt. Du-
pont, beginner at this branch of racing,
made a highly creditable display for two
thirds Of the journey, when Wooden Wene
on in the lead, and though Woolgatherer.
Walter Cleary and Black Death were all
close at his heels at the last obstacle. Wool
gatherer was the only one of Woden's pur-
suers to hang on. Gallagher whipped the
Canadian horse for the greater part of the
run through the stretch but while Gaia
CHER was hard at work on WOolgatherer
Connolly On Wooden rode a most confident
race. Gallagher stopped Furnishing Wool
gatherer when he saw how palpable 1t was
that Wooden would win. Woolgatherer pull
ed up little lame.
70 San Ran Away.
Andrew Mack and 70 San have been
added to tomorrows sale. Yo San ran
away for six furlongs before the first race,
in which she was starter.
W. p Burch has sold Panique to r. An
garcia, the owner of Darkle. Panique ran
In Mr. Burch's colors in the fifth race.
"I'il be afraid to go to the stable and
look at Wooden tomorrow morning., said
Jockey Jack Connolly after the steeple-
chase 1.-The last winner 1 rode was here
at Benning three years ago. The horse
was shipped to Chicago just afterward and
died. Hope Woden is not affected the same
way, for he is my meal ticket"