Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

| the way and the others nowhere 1t was
| the hollowest success OF the meeting since
| the victory of Thistledale.
Delphie, the very consistent daughter OF
Atheling, made it five straight for the ia
| vorites by her easy win of the fifth race.
Little POWERS rode very courageous race
| on her, for she was at the rails and met
| with some crowding. OF the others Fiat
ran the best race. as he was last away,
| had to take the overland route throughout
and only lost the place by a short head.
Gambler also ran a good race.
Delphie's Unbeaten Record.
Delphte has an unbeaten record at the
meeting. with four winning races to her
credit. The best of the Pimiico performers,
this handsome Atheline filly has proven a
profitable purchase for Owner NJ. A. Healey.
Ormondes Right has also gone through
the meeting without a reverse, three races
railing to his share. The of Ormonde
wears muzzle in his races, as he is a saw
age with other horses at all times, a mouth
fuI OF horse being greatly to his liking. Jug
gier, who raced north several years ago,
was another of this same class. At Graves
END one day, While at the post for a race
Juggler reached over to the jockey next to
MN, and, with a fierce neigh, got a grip
with his teeth on the lads leg and lifted
him clear out of the saddle The boy VINO
happened to be the colored rider Spider"
Anderson was taken to the club house and
doctor called
horses, and after a delay of fifteen minutes
got up and rode in the race. And in spite
of his bleeding leg, ran in plucky fashion,
amid the plaudts of the spectators Jussler
was always muzzIed thereaf ter. Serio
owned by the La Masneys, was another
savage, as was the great race horse and
sire, Onondaga The latter, in his famous
match with Saxon at Sheepshead Raw
saVaged both Saxon and his jockey, Bar
Der, In the race. causing Saxon to swerve
ana lose the race by head. Pierre Loril-
iard, the owner of Saxon, and Jockey Bar
Der claimed foul but there was nothing
an the rules then, or now either to cover
fouls of this character by horses That tho
rules should be amended to provide for such
fouls looks necessity.
Sunray at Last.
After many disappointment Sunray at
last scored win in the final and Trainer
French received many congratulations over
the game filly's success. She wore down
Toscan easily, that well-known sprinter
finding the mile and a furIong too far for
him AS for the others, they were a poor
lot.
Sunray and Akbar will go to Los Angeles
along with French's other horses 1t is
muddy there this time of year, as a rule,
ana both should earn their keep at the
City of the Angels.
j. z. Widener took occasion Yesterday To
engage Jockey f. Heider for his steepIe-
chasers next year. He has secured a most
Capable TiQGr.
Miller will ride Betty Bouncer In the
$1,000 match this afternoon, while J. Jones
will pilot Colonel Nevilles colt Melbourne.
Ii the latter, who has never faced the most
proves a sleeper, there Will be mourning by
many packers OF Betty Bouncer today
A Race by Lantern Light.
Talking of the lateness of the last race at
Benning one day this week which was run
I'm the cleaning" a well-k known trainer at
Bennfng said: Few of this generation re-
member race run at Brig ton Beach dur
ing the early days of that track when the
mai event was run off by the aid of Ian
terms. 1t was heat race, run on a Satur-
day afternoon and the last on the card. The
heats had been split, leaving two horses to
start for the deciding heat But by this
time 1t was nearly dark and the usual
twenty minutes between heats made it sure
enough dark
BY the rules the race and bets could not
De postponed from Saturday until Monday,
and In this dilemma the judges were asked
TO allow the deciding heat to be run off by
the aid of lanterns placed round the track
at each furlong in the hands of special
patrols selected from among the neWsna per
men present mis- was agreed to, and the
race run under these 'ghostly' conditions
There was no fouling or joekeying attempts
ed and everything was satisfactory One
or these press patrols was Joseph J. Burke
now at Benning as racing critic of tho New
York Herald
IN marked contrast to that case said a
trottfng horse trainer at Bennfng. who now
shows thoroughbreds the way they should
go, was the zen Butier-Coo1ey trot at
Chicago in the early seventies These horses
had final heat to trot in the dusk and nv
the time they started it was dark There
were no lantern patrols, as in the Brighton
race, and the officials should not have al
lowed the heat to be trotted for a tragedy
resulted. Along about the three-a1la rter
poie some miscreants, who were evidently
interested IN bets on Cooley, held a thick
plank out from the fence in the exact range
OF the head of Gen. Buffers driver whose
name was McKeever. Butler had the mole
and was kept close to the fence all the way
round until he and McKeever reached the
murderers, when Mckeeyer was knocked
out OF the sulky and his skull fractured As
Butler came down the track without his
driver rush was made to where McKeeyer
lay. put ne was dead The judges. to their
credit be 1t said, declared race and bets Off
The murderers of Mckeever were never
caught"
E. &. Suite will take Sidney C. Love and
couple or other horses to Hot Springs
next week. A resident of Kansas CITY
when he is Eat home" Ed Suite has done
well In racing as layer. hacker and horse
owner
e. r. Bradley, owner of Bad News. spends
most of the winter at his establishment aft
Palm Beach, Fla. As owner of hotel and
mercantile interests in Chicago, the Florida
business. racing stable and a layer of
odds throughout most of the racing season,
Bad News owner does not find time hang
Ing heavily on his hands.
The starting Of Mars Cassidy throughout
the meeting has been matter of most
pleasing comment, and he has demonstrated
his ability to start big fields quickly and
in fair shape, even with a lot of bad horses
and poor jockeys. He goes to City Park
New Orleans tonight with the nest wishes
of legion of friends
John @. Cavanagh. manager Of the bet
ting ring at Benning has been seriously Ill
at his hotel here with typhoid fever Mr.
Cavanagh Is now convalescent. however,
and will soon be out again. But his dip
lornatfc" methods have been missed by
racaeoers with whom he Is deServeiIx, vorv