Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
LOWERED THE RECORD
Santa Catalina Clips Off Two
Fifths of a Second.
TWO FAVORITES WON
SEVEN EVENTS ENTERTAINED
THE CROWD AT BENNING.
Narrow Escape of Dion Kerr From Seri-
Gus Injury in the steeplechase
Current Notes.
TWO FAVORITES WON

There WAS great crowd at Benning yes
terday afternoon. the grand stand being
thronged with handsomely gowed women
the betting ring was a mass of jostling hui
mainly while Washngton's social contin-
gent crowded every part of the club house
and overran the lawn In front The ad-
vance guard passed through the gates at
O'Clock and the trailers were still coming in
after the first race. The railroad trains
and trolley cars were damned to their
carrying capacity while the private convey
arces were so numerous as to make the
officials hustle to take care of them at the
points allotted for their keeping
THIS races were interesting but in n ma
J"ritS of the events the winners won in
such an impressive manner as to dampen
The enthusiasm considerably. The battle
between the bookmakers and betting public
was one-sided affair as only two ia
voritcs finished first.
Numerous scratches almost nullfied the
thlrd race as a contest, leaving only Rose
hen and Santa Catalina as the contenders
and the Jockey Club officials added an ad-
ultlonal race to fill out the afternoons
amusement. This step would not have been
taken had the officials been gifted with
foresight. as the two horses put UP one of
the pretticst fights ever seen down the
stretch to the finish. and the spectators
went wild with delight. Roseben was at
10 = while Santa Catalina was at to 3
Inc pair raced as a team into the stretch
where ROseben went TO the front and his
hackers began to shout their glee Little
BAIRD then went to work on Santa Catalina
and inch by inch he crept up on the geld
ing and finally showed the flly in front
Fuller bent all his efforts toward heInine
his mount. but Santa Catalina had the
speed and finally won out by a length and
halt In the remarkable time of La, chop
ping 20 of second Off the track time
Jockey Baird has become a great fayorite
with the patrons of the local track and he
and his mount were given an ovation as
they returned to the judges stand for the
weighing out process.
A Spectacular Steeplechase.
The most spectacular race of the after
noon. of course. was the steeplechase con-
siderable excitement being added to the
anair through two nasty falls Twilight
going down at the first jump and giving
Connolly bad shaking up while Again
fell at the third jump and grassed Dion
Kerr of this city, right in front of Ohio
Waugh. Finnegan. who was on the latter
was quick to see the danger and lifted his
mount in magnificent style over the pros
tratc jockey. The spectators saw Mr.
kerr's danger on the instant and held their
breath in fear of a grueSome outcome, and
when they beheld the happy avoidance
yels of appreciation went up from the
t'iroatS of thousands. Both jockeys were
taken to the club house and quickly re-
NiNed under treatment of the physicians in
attendance. No bones We're broken, but
both were badly shaken up.
In this event Emigrant acted as the pace
maker the first time around, and then
Rlchelieu went to the front and stayed
there until the last jump was covered and
the struggle began on the fiat. When
about a furlong and "a half from the wire
Hylas caught Richelieu, and second later
PiouS Joined the leaders. Then a fine bat
tie followed between PiOus and Richelieu
the two gentlemen Jockeys Messrs. Page
and Taylor. working with a will on their
mounts. Pious finally got the foot on
Richelteu and won out by half a length.
The finish was one of the most exciting
ever seen on the local track and pande-
monium broke loose from the spectators
over the game struggle
Two Easy Victories.
The rrst event proved an exercise gallop
For Setauket When the barrier went up
Love Note was the first away, and led I'M