Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-01
Thanksgiving Crowd at Ben
ming Races a Record Breaker.
BOOBIES HARD HIT
BEN CROCKETT WON THE WASH
INGToN CUP.
Golf at the Three Local Clubs-F ollow-
ing the Chevy Chase Hounds
Jacobsen Traded for Sudhoff.


closure at Benning yesterday failed to keep
Thanksgiving visitors away. The assem-
blage of holiday racegoers was record
breaker" according TO President Rowland
OF the Jockey Club which means that close
to ten thousand people were on the grounds
"a marked testimonial OF public approval of
the sport furnished by the club. Ever since
the present management opened the Ben
ming course every effort has been made in
the direction of clean, high-class sport, and
how well II has succeeded the present high
standard shows.
While the keen winds, in great contrast
10 the day before, were a bit too cool for
perfect enjoyment of outdoor sports pa
irons got warmed up with the excitement OF
the days events. OF the seven races three
went 10 the favorItes, while two others Sc
cured by second choices helped to keep
hackers on a fairly even keel. But the other
two won by long shots, especially the final.
gave layers. as usual, the best of the days
business
Interest conferred in the Washington cup,
two miles and a quarter. Most OF the six
starters were good murders necessity for
success yesterday. a the going was heavier
than on the day before. Post preliminaries
showed Ostrich. Banker. Louis II. and Ben
Crockett in the pink of condition for their
long Journey, and speculation on the race
was of such a wide range that each one of
the four named was heavily played.
The betting inclusure was a mass of hui
mauity. larger crowd than it has ever
held since it was built. To go through the
center of the ring was like taCking closely
wedged bunch Of foot ball players and wise
patrons gave up entirely any attempt to
get top price on their choice. but lodged in
at the side aisles and accepted the first odds
Displayed
Ben Crockett a Slayer.
While the partisans of Banker and Os-
trich were more than confident the Cana
dian r1l!owing behind the steeplechaser
Ben Crockett made Itself felt in the ring
by It's presence and its dollars. The
son of a great long distance performer.
Ben Halliday, Crockett had shown in the
field that he could go any route. Last year
he won The Maximum stakes. and he had
shown fair speed on the fiat The wind
yesterday was all in his favor and Owner
Phelau. In spite of his bad luck with Wool
gatherer I'm the race before. told all his
friends that Ben Crockett would win.
In spite OF the strong support given
Crockett. successive plunges on Banker and
Ostrich enabled Crockett hackers to get
much as VI to /. with Banker slight post
favorita over OSTRICH. who had received
special preparation for the cup. With
better known jockey than Jost up Ostrich
would have started faYorite. AS It was
he was backed down from fours to less than
habf that price.
Jost took Ostrich out in the lead after a
half a mile had been covered, the horse
under 4 hand pull, and ending the first mile
re had opened up q gap of six lengths,
causing hackers of the others to get rather
uneasy. But the race was not half over
yet, and al the stand ending q mile and
a quarter the bunch began closing on Os-
trich. The latter held his lead to the back
stretch and down to the far turn, where in
a general closing UP Ben Crockett came
- IL 1v,I .fNtfy
away. Bankers wide turn landed him
close second Ostrich third, with the others
strung out. Louis H. ran one of his bad
races. Perhaps he may go better in the
three-mile race tomorrow.
Canadians Win Heavily.
Good handling largely helped toward
Crocketrs victory, as it would have been
a much closer fit had Miller on Banker
taken the shortest way home from the turn.
as did Romanen on Ben Crockett. The
latter saved precious ground by cutting the
corner closely on the inside, while Banker
was taken wide losing several lengths that
he could not make up in time. But for this
Banker would probably have beaten me
game Cross-country horse. for the latter
was all out at the end TO stall Off the three
Near-old.
Ostrich's rider could not follow out his
orders to place" the free running son of
order who yesterday was more than "a
handful" for a lad ike JOst Try as the
latter might he could not keep ostrich
hack to his horses and naturally the horse
had bellows to mend before the pinch
came In the last quarter He may show 10
better advantage tomorrow with a strange
Jockey up.
W. Carruthers formerly partner with
Alexander Shields. now owning half OF
Crockett with T. z. Pheian, was on hand
from Toronto, especially to see the cup
Hts staN,e commission. said to have been
900 |ZF nj cd - y
partners had the greatest respect for both
Banker and Ostrich. the balance of the
Canadians followed the Carruthers-Phelan
lead and won well on the race, except
Joseph f. Seagram OF Waterloo, who went
north several days ago. A feature OF the
race was that CToCketts trainer Gallagher,
in spite of his injury in the steeplechase,
was In the field. signaling ROmanelh how
10 handle Crockett
Accidents in Steeplechases.
In the light of yesterdays running for
the cup Ben Crockett will probably start
favorite in tomorrow's three-mie race for
the Maximum stakes. While the horse will
have to pick up a penalty for his cup win,
making his weight ia pounds Crockett is
a weight carrier as well as a slayer. A dry
track Saturday may help the others bit.
but It looks as II his opponents will have
their work cut out to beat him. wet or dry.
Practically the same fed Is expected TO
show az the pOst-Ben Crockett. Banker,
Louis H.. Ostrich and perhaps Sailor Boy
Steeplechasing is feature Of the meeting
here that has a solid fol owing from the
many hunt clubs in the neighboring states
and the District as well. In the light of the
interest aroused In military circles over the
Military steepeChase that figured on the
program at Morris Park, n. Y, last month.
II Is very likely the Washington Jockey
club will in 1906 add a Military steeplechase
and race on the fiat for officers to ride.
SUCH races run under the sanction of the
national government will do much toward
Gementlng the standing of the sport in the
District
Yesterday two steep!echases aroused much
amusement and some excitement until II
was seen that none Of the half dozen horses
ana riders down were badly hurt. Jockey
gallagher. however, vas unfortunate
enough TO break the point of his shoulder
blade by his fall from Woolgatherer and he
VIII not ride again this sc SON
Woolgatherer is Unlucky.
The Junior steeplechase saw ]. w. Colts
Kernel fence in clever fashion and stall on
the Phizer colt Herculoid in the race home,
after three OF the others. The Miner Ole
roso and Dunserrick he'd come to ggief
The Phizer stable. which started three, de-
clared to win with The Lad but ne could