The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-28
PRESENT SEASON
SHOULD Be BEST
TRACK HAS HAD
Benning First Three
DAYS Offer Brilliant
Future Prospect.
2-YEAR-OLDS DO WELL
Jockeys Ride in Good Form.
Great Races Last Satur-
day Afternoon.

day Afternoon.
The first three days of the meeting
a. Bcuning proved successful in every
way.
True. the cards offered have not beer
OF the best but the racing every day
has been surprisingly good. and Il may
be expected TO improve as the meeting
Irogresses- Even on Friday. when the
small number of horses entered in the
various events gave to the program d
Cut-and-dried look. the racing turned
out TO be exceedingly interesting.
Better Entries Coming.
The coming week will doubtless pro-
vide much better racing. and as the
owners and trainers have had an OPP
portunity TO get "A line on the perform
aEce of other horses and the condition
OF the track, they viii probably not be
so backward in entering their -unners.
The program for the week contains no
stake events, unless the Spring Hunters
Steeplechase. which will be run on Sat
urday- The race is similar TO the
Chevy Chase Handicap, but professional
riders will be permitted to measure
ability with the gentlemen
Interest in Youngsters.
Whereas but three days racing has
been seen, the sport has given horse
men a chance TO judge somewhat OF
the merits of the horses and jockeys.
Naturally the most interest Is centered
in the youngsters. and while SO FAR
there have been no sensational per
formers disclosed, ii is probable that IN
the three baby races that have been
MN There We're several tWO-Vear-OldS
III re-rrfF
line The winners MOdredlaw. DR..
Swartz. and Filigree are all cookbook
ing colts with at least as much promise
as Race King, tWo-yedr-old which
surprised his trainer last spring and
armed out to be one of the best of the
season 5 crop
Burns Most Successful.
Jockey Burns has been the most sue
cessful rider. having three victories to
ms credit The other winning jockeys
were Rcdfern. II. Phillips, L Walsh.
C0rmack. Wouderly, Wade, NcCue.
Shaw. McCaTerty, O'Brien, and oil
pbant
Phillips, Cormack, McCue. and Shaw
attracted most attention among the
riders. FOR the racing public has not
had Iluch opportunity 70 see them IN
the saddle. Phillips performances were
good. and II Is more than likely that
he VIII turn out TO be a crack. while
&
are back TO the best form. Cormack
was the best rider at Hot Springs, and
he may turn out TO be good one
Social Lights Attracted.
Saturday naturally was the best day,
despite the gloomy weather. An Unus-
ually large crowd was on hand. and So
ciety folk lent their presence to the CO.
casion III numbers. It is doubtful il
OF a-tr
~ more distinguished gathering Of diplo-
mats and persons prominent in social
life. The clubhouse and lawn were alIVo
with men and women, all intent upon
Witnessing the running OF the Chevy
Chase Hunt Handicap. which, TO them.
WAS the one big racing event Of the
season.
It was not "a disappointing race in any
way, although the very bad perform
auce Of Clarence Moore repreSen-
tatives, Montrip and The Hawk. who
were made faVorites In the betting, was
q severe blow TO a large number Of the
clubhouse contingent who wager their
money On the races
Mr. Knut's Twilight. which turned up
the winner. was heavily played, and il
is probable he carried as much money
as any horse IN the race. Headers OF
The Times We're well aware of the true
condition of the horse. for on several
occasions IL was pointed out that he had
schOOled well and was hard and ht 10
race.
Millionaire Risks Life.
IT is not often that Benning patrons OF
racing can see a multiminionaire risk
his life in a jumping race, but In the
Chevy Chase race +. Ambrose Clark. a
young New York clubman, who is sew
eral times q millionaire, was on Mr..
NVctmore's chestnut mare La Touraiue.
and he was probably given more ap-
plause than any rider In the race for
his plucky display Of nerve IN holding
on 70 the rcins of his mare after she
third place. Mr Clark took the mount
on la TOuraiuc out Of compliment to
Mr. WctmOre, and came from New York
for the express purpose Of riding.
Twilight Better Jumper.
As 20 the race. Twilight proved the
winner solely because be was the better
Jumper. and had Mr.. Kerr's Leplda been
able 10 negotiate the fences as well as
Twilight she would very likely have
been returned the winner. AIr Kerr
rode her faultlcssly and showed much
pluck iu remaining in the saddle after
he had nearly taken tumble and lost
one OF his stirrups-
g-he other six races on Saturday. pro-
gram were interesting, and the fourth
III particular furnished much excite
ment Iu this event Lord Melbourne,
who came from California was given
the race but 20 many lt appeared that
MeistCTFlugeT had nailed him on tho
post Many persons who bet on the lat
ter were not inclined 20 accept the de-
cision of the judges with good grace
and there was loud hlsslng and mEttered
protests from the crowd.