New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
MONTRIP'S CHEVY CHASE.
WINS IN HARD DRIVE.
TsciEght an Equine Jester-hr'
KNIT Gets a Bad Fall.
- rop.pz 10 THE rRrBuNE.l

,,-o.,.,sTon March 25-The fourth renewal Of
Che Chevy Chase Hunt Handicap Steeplechase TINS
afternoon served to demonstrate, most ellpii
lv that the .1epper," with a gentleman rlder
.e,rsde Is all that is necessary TO arouse the
snoring blood of the nations capital Inc NhefS
chase is restricted to hunters who nave peeh qua
seed Nv the master of foxhounos Oh inc IVA
hunt club and under the conditions must De riooen
nv riders other than professional NhelheF -.
oor,as+ nil result in comedy tragedy remains
sluzavs in doubt until the last horse Is over ene
line and adds a piquant uncertainty tlaI appe a
hugely to the half-holiday raceSoer' IN ao01'io''
20 the Chevy Chase the programme Oo-o@s
tasned q second contest through the heio' i
s-rrs Of the selling class variety, ana the result
eas a crowd which exceeded that or the opeins
day by az least thousand.
ra,a ess+ FOR the Cherry Chase was MADE up OF
,, we'll known local hunters headed by that rare
.o,,ne .ester. Twilight, by Torchlight-dam I'M
Known he with the Duke of Grasslands' mace up
vaudeville team entered in the name OF s. Prem
tee Knut In spite of his eccentricitles' 1"isii.
has courage and speed. and the students seieCte
him and his running mate to carry tneir MONEY,
He carried il 10 the first obstacle. which ne TOOK
with q headlong rush that landed both him ana MT
Knut his rider their backs. with the latter un-
derneath For a time IL looked as though MI hn"C
had been killed. He insensible when picked
I'd and did net recover consciousness until he had
been taken TO the clubhouse IN the starters wagon
After this mishap the Duke acquired cold feet and
bolted running out at the jump opposite the grand
stand Rooster, another haifbred, went down at
a brush Jump on the backstretch. but was re-
mounted by Mr.. Spencer From the head or the
stretch Clarence afoore's Montrfp, ridden by Lee
Evans Of Warrentou and A B. Langhornes SITTER
with Fred" Dixie. of Philadelphia up fought II
out head and head the judges stand. the former
winning by e narrow margin Mr.. Evans rode an
admirable race. and II the final drive showed his
GOODNESS and judgment by not going TO his whip
until IL became absolutely necessary. The handicap
was at two and one-half miles, with the Liverpool
eliminated.
in finish equally as exciting. WOODEN, splendidly
handled by Connolly. beat Black Death in strug-
gle that lasted from start to finish. of the two-re
steeplechase course. Five good platers took part
In the contest and gave good exhibition of fenc-
ing. AS the ground very soft the pace was
necessarily slow.
The Goughacres Stables Preen gave away humps
OF weight a quartet OF three-year-olds that had
never won $1,000 at one time and disposed Of them
easily in the five and half furong sprint first on
the card Father Bill" Days Amberjack headed
the group that chased the Of Atheling home.
Festoon was poor third The winner was pro-
hibitive favorite In the betting
Tommy" Grffin's brown youngster Belden beat
Cologne the TO 5 faxorite. in g four-and-a-half
fursong dash over the old course by narrow
margin Shaw, who rode Belcen. could probably
have won with Cologne. He plainly outrode young
Baird August Belmont's gelding Marksman ran
as disappointing a race as he did the opening
day and was a dismal last. Ambitious tried to
whirI the start. but kindly when McCabe
got her straightened out, and finished third
The finish between Bill Curtis and Divination in
q selling affair al seven furlongs was one OF the
closest of the afternoon. Burns Gid not get the
FLY going until hundred yards from home hut
in that distance overhauled ARABIC and came within
a nose Of beating the winner. Divination was slow
10 break and lost a dozen lengths at the start.
SUMMARIES.
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