Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-24
RACING At BENNING
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| in benefting by accidents to prominent con-
1 tenders
| Reidmoore was fortunate in having the
| second choice, Mary Norris out OF 1t at the
| beginning Kinkora broke 80 slowly as to
| be virtually left, while Mary Norris was
| knocked out of II in the first hundred
| yards and Pater at the turn. This left
| she remained until well into the stretch.
| Then young Dickson went after her on
Reidmoore and got her in a drive, Cas-
| sandras Jockey, Miller, taking matters
rather too easily.
| Ormonde's Right again demonstrated that
| he Is perhaps the best handicap horse OF
| the older division now at the track, unless
Bad News can take his measure. Shaw
| again rode Ormondes Right to perfection
yesterday. timing his run to a second ana
| saving every ounce in the horse for the
| finish. And 1t was well that he did so, for
! the Virginia horse Bobbie Kean was at MS
throatlatch at the wire and was only de-
| feated by head In a drive. The two-year-
| old Guard was a fair third, with Pretension
| a close fourth and running over the others
| at the end.
The Start Beats Prestelsion.
| Pretension was almost left at the post
| The horse stumbled as the barrier went up,
and then his jockey had TO take him up an
instant to avoid running over the assistant
| starter When he got in his stride the otn-
| ers were fifty yards away. and the tremen-
| dous gap closed by Pretension later en-
| phasized the hard luck of his hackers.
| David Gideon and other good judges. in
| Guiding the horses late owner, j. A BEN
nett, supported Pretension. and he will not
lose the next time he starts Peter Paul
| ran as If he needs day or two or rest
| Cabin had bad racing luck at the turn.
| Harry j. Morris, one of the stewards OF
| the meeting. had the pleasure of seeing his
Locohatchee filly Frills run very cred
table race in the opening event for maiden
III c frxriy1 q he
finished a close third and is evidently
worthy daughter of her sire, Locohatchee,
who was a race horse above the average.
The ftar colt fathsr o. me-
| colts owners, Harry and Frank Miller, was
| one OF the natural favortes on form, and
| he won cleverly under O'Neilfs capable
| handling. Santa Susanna, at shade
shorter price than G.. l.. NJ, was not in the
| hunt, and her hackers fell heavily.
G. l.. NJ. Skyte and Humpty Dumpty fiat
tered their hackers, making the pace to the
homestretch, where Miller and the little
| FLY Skyte were "lost in the shuttle" and
| Humpty Dumpty took second place In a
| general closing up in the stretch G. L. NJ.
| both at long odds, fought out the place bat
tie between them. AT their heels was the
| big colt Paen coming fast
Coming Two-Year-Olds-
| Alexander Shields and many others back
ed Paeon. whose ante-post move was an
| eye-opener. The colt by Shapfell is as big fell
low and can do better than he showed yes
| terday. He will be closely watched in his
| later efforts at this meeting. So also will
| Humpty Dumpty, who ran like he was
bit short, and the race should do him good.
Twenty in one race is big bunch of
| horses to estimate or handle at the post
| either, and wise SPECTATORS kept out OF the
| betting ring rather than be tempted to in
vest on such an uncertain proposition
| Those that take In every race, however,
would not be denied and the fancied horses,
| King Pepper, Jane Holly, Arsenal. Rob Roy
and others carried quite some money.
But none of the choices caught the judges
| eye at the end. Two of them, Arsenal and
| Rob Roy had little chance in the close
order with which the big field got away,
| half of the bunch hemmed In and crowded
| back by the rush Of horses for position
| after the barrier rose. 1t was a rarely good
| start for such a large party, but 1t Is In
| evitable on our narrow tracks as compared
with those abroad that in big fields the
| rear guard is always at great disadvan-
/ tage.
| Suffice, against whom much as 20 to
| was laid. fought out the finish with Flat,
/ 1OO-to-1 shot, and Gavin c.. who was at 10
! to 1. And the small lads. Chandler Powers
| and Dickson, each rode like little demons
| in a fierce drive that lasted most of the
| way up the homestretch.
Father Roots Son Home.
| No more interesting or mirth-provoking
| sight has been witnessed during the entire
! meeting than the successful root Of ex-
| Jockey George Chandler for his son, little
| Tommy Chandler, who was riding Suffice.
| From his position the rails. midway be-
| tween the Judges stand and the club house
| fence, the elder Chambers stentorian voice,
| in deep, bass tones, sounded, Hold her
| head up, Tommy, from the time Suffice and
| his son struck the homestretch until they
| got close TO the finish.
/ iad lie tn
Tommy to hold her head up" and as II
| both lad and FLY derived encouragement
| thereby they shot past the post in the lead,
| amid the shouts of the bystanders. There
| was more attention paid to Chandler and
| his root by hundreds in his immediate
| vicinity than to the race itself, and even
| the ffcals in the judges stand were inter-
| ested In the fathers earnest efforts to
| root his son home and their successful
I issue.
| The veteran ex-steepleclase Jockey. Pat
/ Nancy, said yesterday at Benning that he
| had rarely seen a better bit Of horsemau-
| ship by gentleman rider than was shown
by Mr.. Lee Evans on Tom Cogan in the
| Chevy Chase steeplechase. And as Pat"
| has seen and ridden across country against
such crack gentlemen riders as Harry Har-
| wood, Jack Cheever, Swami Latrobe Harry
Morris and others, his opinion bears the
| weight Of authority with it. In his day Pat
1 Nancy was the peer of any professional
| cross country jockey in America, and once
won two cross-country events in the same
r. B. Presgrave. formerly manager of
| the Goughacres stables was at the track
| yesterday greeting his legion of friends.
MI Presgrave was the late B. F. Clyde's
| confidential agent ever since his racing
| stable was launched, and many victories of
| the popular colors were due to his manage
| ment of the horses.
| t. H. Ryan, the Illinois turfman, has not
| yet started his stake fily. True Wing, who
| was placed on the schooling list by Starter
| Cassidy last week. His colt Komoka is
| long overdue and should win In his class at
| his next essay,
George l.. Miller. after whom the colt
g. L. M. is named. won a good stake over
his namesake yesterday. Mr. Miller SO
closely resembles Gen. Fitzhugh Lee that
he is frequently taken for the famous vir-
| ginian.
r. c. Hall. president of the Maryland
Jockey Club, expects his sire Buddha to
| turn out some winners next season He
said yesterday that Robert Walden would
| handle his horses next season, as formerly
After Joeund's good race yesterday his
chances for the Bennng Special tomorrow
look very bright. Even If Bad News does
start, Jocund at mile and a half viii give
him work to do to defeat him. the two
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