Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-07
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Good Weather and Card
Draw Crowds to Benning.
THE TRACK rs SLOW
MADDEN'S FAST FILLY LATTE
LOWERED TRACK RECORD.
Another Victory for Georgetown-Golf
at Pinehurst-Sands and Crane
in Tennis Finals

events gave the betters a chance to do some
picking. Last nights rain softened up the
track considerable, and the going was slow,
although Superintendent Strahan worked
diligently on the course all morning. The
weather today was about the best of the
meeting, 1t being the first tine that the
spectators could enjoy sitting in the grand
stand without wraps. The attendance was
large.
Contrary to general expectations, the
sport at Benning yesterday afternoon was
disappointing, but one finish being close
enough to rouse enthusiasm. The other
finishes saw the winner in front from one
and a half to ten lengths. AS a betting
proposition the card was a good one, three
favorites getting the money, while the other
winners were quite freely backed.
In the first race Illyria made Pa Daily
| happy by winning with four lengths day
light between him and the second horse, The
Bowery~ The latter acted like a crazy
horse going to the post, but when once I'M
der way he led the field well into the
stretch, but could not last long enough to
win.
When Lalite dashed home winner of the
second race four-fifths of a second under
the track record time it marked not only the
first success of the season for John +. Mad
den, but it meant many thousands OF dol
lars to him. He is credited with winning
SIS, OOO on the result. But Madden's gain was
John ]. Ryan's loss. Thu amount the noted
trainer took out of the ring represented the
sum lost by the plunger. 1t was an ex-
change of money, with the bookmakerS as
the medium of transmission
While Madden was pounding the ODDS
down on Lalite Ryan was busily engaged
playing Melrose to beat her. With a loss of
S11 900 staring him in the face from Tues
day. Ryan sought to even no by a bold
plunge on Melrose. The colt failed after a
faint-hearted bluff. and Ryan. disgruntled
at his losses, packed up his things and
boarded a train for Hot Springs.
Track Record Lowered.
Lalite, a handsome brown filly by Plaudit
Lola A, bred by Madden at Hamburg
Place, KY, won in commanding style for
her owner. Those who bet early got as high
as 20 to 1 against her, but the average price
was s and 10 to 1.
She made her field look very cheap by TAX
ing the lead with a great burst of speed in
the stretch and romping home hard held IN
the new track record time of SO 10 seconds
for the four and a half furlongs.
Madden was so confident that she would
win that he refused to claim a five-pound
maiden allowance for her, and permitted
her to take up that extra weight IN order
to give the mount to g.. Thompson, VINO
rode for w X. Vanderbilt in France last
year. Wonderly on Allen Avon, the second
horse, claimed a foul against Lalite, but IL
was dismissed by the stewards as TOO IT.
diculous to entertain.
Paul Clifford was oddS-on favorite In the
third and he won in the easiest styie
Imaginable by ten lengths. The fourth
event was the Steeplechase, and the winner
turned up in Boney Boy. He ana Manliian
| ran together as a team over the greater
part of the course. but on the run nome
the Bradley horse proved the best ana
| wor: out by eight lengths. Duke of Grass
land fell and Lepida refused to take the
| Liverpool jump on the last time around
The fifth race furnished a most exciting
finish. the only one of the afternoon, she
nine contestants coming down TO the wire
in a bunch. Little Woods got a good posi-
| ton on the rail coming down the stretch
and got up just in time to win out by q
head. Metallic finished second, but was
| disqualified for fouling, Jockey Dreamer
finding Ii impossible to keep his mount
| from swerving all over the track in the
rush for home. This disqualification
| showed Fergus into second place and gave
third to First Born.
| Queen Elizabeth was the favorite In tne
last race, and this selection proved a good
one, as she made every post a winner ana
went under the wire first by a length ana
a half. Eclectic finished with a great rush
and beat Red Light out for the place.
Paul Clifford Changes Hands.
That wonderfully improved horse. Paul
Clifford. was the storm center of a lot Oh
action yesterday afternoon. Paul Clifford,
with three straight victories and no de-
feats to his credit for the meeting. WAS
an entry for the third race. and looked TO
be the good thing. which the running OF the
race eventually proved him to be. Befoie
the race c.. Fellowes, jr., made Billy Garth
an offer for the horse. which. after a biz
o. dickering, was accepted, ana the cnahse
In ownership was noted on the bulletin
board. The horse was an odds-on-favorite,
and won in the easiest sort OF a gallop ny
as many lengths as Micnaels cared to make
t. II urac n calling "a 20 and PAul OllIOEu
was entered TO be sold for Sl,2U. When
bids were asked for. A. l.. Aste mace
prompt reply with a boost which was car
ried up by advances of $500 to $2,1OO. Wnan
this figure was reached. Mr.. Fellowes de-
| clined to protect the horse any further, aho
he became Astets property.
Wonderly and McCafferty We're each
given a vacation Of three days by Starter
Cassidy for misbehavior at the post.
After Blush had made a great bluff. but
to no avail, in the fifth race Monday. Fred
Presgrave said: Il am going TO run MN
right back tomorrow. witt McCafferty up,
and IL he doesn't do any better III sell him
to Father Bill DAILY" Blush did no better
on Tuesday, but Father Bil1' did not seem
anxious to buy. Another purchaser showed
up, however, in the person Of Little Mike
DAILY. and when Blush starts again he will
be running for Daily. He will take the horse
to either st. Louis or the northern circuit.
and there Is little doubt Dut tnat ne VIII
pay his way.
The society folk on the club house We
randa and lawn had an exciting diversion
while the field engaged in the fifth race
was skirmishing at the post. Some one
carelessly threw a lighted cigarette into q
barrel containing a dead dwarfed pine.
There were a number of discarded pro
grams in the barrel, and they caught fire,
setting the dwarfed pine ablaze. The flames
in a ~twinkling jumped as high as the upper
tier of the club house stairs, and momen-
tarily drew the attention of three-fourths
of the people at the track from the race
The fire would have spread, too, If half a
dozen young men had not beat it out with
planks torn from the fence.
First race, five and one-half furlongs;
three : year olds and up-Illyria, III
CMichaels). even and 2 to >, won; The Bow.
cry, 104 (Hurley). 30 to 1 and 4 to l.. sec.
ond: Typhonic, III (iicks). 3 to 2. third
Time, Lilo 2-5. Maru and Arachue also ran
Second race. four and one-half furlongs
two-year-olds-Lalite. lo4 &c. Thompson)
6 to l and 2 to 1. won; Allen Avon, 10,
(Wonderly9. . to / and Z to 10, second: Del
avail. 107 DEAN, 7 to 1, third. Time. sc 10
Dulcibella and Melrose also ran.
Third race, seven furlongs; four-year-olds
and up; selling Paul Clifford. 1m
Michaels). 3 to ) and / to 4. won: Belle oi
Milford, 114 IN. Phillips, Z to / and I to 8