The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-23
RACING AT BENNEGS TO-DAY.
ROSEBEN AND TOSCAN IN FAVOR
ron SPRING HANDICAP.

Trapper and DI,innticn Also well Thought
Of-Eauern Racing season WIN he In
Full SWING This Afternoon az the
Washington Jockey Oub's Track
WASHINGTON, March % The Eastern rae
ing season viii open tomorrow nt the Ben
ninRs track under the auspices Of the Wash
inRton Jockey Cub fairly attractive
programme has been provided, including the
FIRST Benninzs Spring Handicap for three
yeaT-olds and upward az ak furlonRs, the
Second Handicap TO be run on April -. For
Tomorrow star event a field OF eleven high
class platers has been named At present the
choice Of the track sharps seems to be either
David Johnson's Rosehcn. the top weight
with i26 pounds. or Toscan, who has been
asked to carry 100.
AZ Hot Springs some time ago over a fast
track, ROseben picked up 1872 pounds and
conceding weight for age 10 the extent OF
nearly dozen pounds 10 ToscHn, was beaten
a nose by the latter. so that on the strength
OF that performance, Johnson's horse appears
20 have the call Rosebcn was purchased
by Johnson from John A. Drake last fall
and the horse has been racing AZ tho Springs
all winter under the caro- OF Charley OK
Frank O'Neill has been engaged 70 ride him.
W. n. Snyder will start Trapper, the Hast
ings colt who was let out Of tho Paget stable
last year and who has been racing In rather
erratic form at New orleans since then.
Trapper has ils pounds 10 pack and is a sturdy
fellow when IL comes down to gruellinR
contest
Divinaton is another possibility. with only
e5 pounds 70 carry. she has wintered AZ tho
Springs and has been doing some very fast
work In recent trials. Il may be too much to
ask Of Buttons to pick up il5 pounds, but he
will go to the post nevertheless. Right and
True. with H. has been made nt and ready
by Ed Peters, and Ia always dangerous under
such conditions Santa Catalina. fast flly
prepared by n. W. Walden. has 1Oj pounds.
while sails. nearly always a factor whenever
he goes. has 1902. Bill DAILY will pin his faith
70 his Henry OF Navarro three-year-old
Amberjaok who will shoulder rs pounds.
The card will open with six furlonR sprint
for platers. including Preen. Wild Irishman,
Peter Paul, Brush Up. MonRcodor and others
The second event is the Arlington Purse
for two-year- the first OF It's kind to be
run in the East this year. and the distance
viii be half a mile. Willie Shields's oak
lawn. with III pounds, will probably be the
choice. Maldens will provide the third race
at seven furlongs, with a poor lot named
A steeplechase Ia the fifth attraction, while
the last race IL a selling event. at a mile and
forty yards. with such starters as Honolulu,
Bill Curtis. Possession. Whorler and Gin |
cinnatus. In all probability the track will |
be heavy.
For the last forty-eight hours turfmen |
have been arriving here from every quarter. !
The CavAnagh Special from New York ar
rived tonight with q small army OF book
makers. clerks. runners. trainers. jockeys
and regulars, who will be on hand when the
bugle sounds for the first time tomorrow
The Metropolitan Turf Association will be
well represented in the betting ring, as nearly
thirty members will take their places. Clar-
ence Mcdowell will be the presiding oftiCial
in the judges stand, with Joseph A. Murphy,
the Handicapped for the meeting. as his assist
ant. Mars Cassidy will do the starting, and
will probably be allowed to employ his walk
up system instead OF the old standing send
For the hrst time since the reorganized
Jockey Club took hold OF Ben
nings there will be no betting commissioners
allowed in the grand stand This is an eX-
pertinent which will be tried In response TO
numerous protests made by patrons In the
past who allie ged that they had been re- |
peatedly swindled by the agents who we're
lly for the bookmakers in the ring Under |
he new plan grand stand patrons will have
10 make their wagers with the bOokmRkers |
tirect or not at ell.
II is the consensus Of opinion that the
horses that have come here from the winter
racks will come pretty near making clean
weep Of the various plums 70 be hung UP. |
nave not had suffcent training TO be able |
70 cope successfully with those that have
been racing steadily since last fall. There |
ire many new faces here which 10 further 1
proof that the turf war In the West will send
large number OF hOrsemen East this year |
10 avoid complications. The entries for
tomorrow are as follows