New-York tribune., 1905-12-03
RFN CROCKETT REPEATS.
TINS M4KIMUM AGAIN.
Son of Ben HoII0doy Captures
cfokc at BeaningS Geta5cay.
tRv re,egraph 10 The tribune !

..,.,.,oton. Dec. 2-The racing season of
" .,.ee- the auspices Of the Jockey Club
F n an enc here this afternoon, With get
O. dav st the track of the Washington
s"e. ,-,Th at Bennings. The weather was
'' ona the track slow, but in spite OF this
T"-' c-cr1d turned out TO see the last of the
.soroushbrcds.
~,r r,,,,. horses went to the post in the feat
,be Maximum, at three miles. for three
pt' pa,i5s and upward with 1900 added. and it
! % he only a ronp Cor Ben Crockett the
r, IN favoy!te, which. with Romanelli riding,
". ostrich ten lengths. Noblesse oblige and
which finished third and fourth, re-
'o-;,el,-. were outclassed by the first two
@xes 49,.
-aas and a half. Here Romanelh called on Ben
-.,,art. and the son Of Ben Holiday sailed
- +he lead and won eased up. The winner,
: .act vas in a class by himself. Ben Crock
- also Won the Maximum last year. AS he
..,trred tie Washington Cup. at two miles
al quarter, last Thursday, the two victories
..+be last. week pronounce him one of the shift
:. horses over long distance of ground now
racing,
The Maximum. by the way, is the longest
s.t race on the Jockey Club circuit. The time
u
,s-t when one considers the heavy track and
he fact that Romaneln held the horse back
tor most Of the race He won. too. with his
mouth open and fighting for more head. os-
trieh ran to form. and at the end was twenty
langths ii front Of the third horse.
throughout the racing heavy fog hung over
ibs track. and after the fourth race this be-
came 50 dense that il was impossible to see the
- -9,z 81 : he start and finish
The seventh race was a match for $1,000 a
side between the wo-year-olds Bette Bouncer
snd Melbourne It was run over the Columbia
Course. and was won BY Bette Bouncer by two
lengths Miller had the leg up. The winner is
daughter of the famous Ffhgrane and rather
& fairish sort Of q fly
Freebooter. another son of Ben Holiday won
The first race. for three-year-O and upward, at
one mile. over the Columbia Course. He beat
John r Ahearn ten lengths. with Thistledale
three Lengths back Thistledale was the fayorite
ats 8 With the winner at fours.
Cherry Fighter. at 10 to l. Won the steeple-
chase easily. RocknaTt. the to i choice, made
ths running 20 the far turn where he fell, with
the winner in second place. Cherry Fighter then
took the lead, and went on and won by four
lengths with Howard Lewis second. Follow On
was six lengths back. Parnassus and Gypsic fell
early in the race. Mr.. Kerr had the mount on
Follow on and rode a strong race. It was found
that Rocknart had broken a leg, and it was
necessary to destroy him.
0rmonde,s Right with shaw in the saddle
IVES , 20 I favoTite for the sixth race at one
nile and forty yards for three -year-olds and up
ward, and he was first past the judges. Bo-
hemia was second and Toscan third The fog
was thick that il was impossible TO see the
running of the race.
Helgeson won the second race with Sunfre
Ambitious was second and Orihamme third
CassandTa was favorite at to 81 but finished
fourth. The winner was at sevens and came
home eight lengths in front The maiden race
went to Ricordo. with Nom de Plume second
and Salt and Pepper third. These three were
nearly equal favorites in the betting around
threes.
Four favorites We're beaten, and as Ber
Crockett and Bette Bouncer were at short odds
and attracted comparatively little play the
books had the better of the argument with the
players. Most of the stables shipped away from
here tonight to New Orleans OF San Francisco
The meeting this fall was one of the best ever
he'd az the local track.