The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-04-13
RUNNER Rs LEAVE
BENM|NG TODAY
Bookies and Public Quit
About Even.
HORSES ABOVE AVERAGE
Some Likely Steeds Shown at Local
Track-Black Hussar Impressive.
Garth the Goods.

The nineteen-day spring meeting of
the Washington Jockey Club ends today
with the running of the second division
OF the : Benninga Handicap, the Jesse
Brown Cup and four other well-filled
and nicely balanced races. The track
and weather conditions are unfavora-
bic, but In spite of these drawbacks, in
terest in the sport has been maintained.
The meeting has been the most sue
cessful In the history of the Washington
Jockey Club. The attendance has been
first class throughout and the racing
has been clean and free from scandal.
For the first few days the public had
easy sailing as the favorites won with
regularity that was very pleasing, and
at the same time profitable. But by the
time the first half of the meeting had
run its course there was sudden check
on the public'S accumulation Of the
layers dollars.
The. fields were larger, there were
many new factors in the contests and
the winners were much harder to locate
than formerly. 1t was not that form
was not maintained, but rather that the
JUGS ment of the players was not so
unerring as in the early days of the
meeting.
While the meeting has not DEVELOPED
any real sensations, some horses of moro
than average class have raced here. The
pest Is of course, Oaklawn, who is al
most sure to make a fair performer AT
the New York tracks.
There also was cross-country horse
shown that the experts believe Will take
high place among the seasons steeple-
chasers. Reference is made to Black
HuSS2r NO h
gallant manner as to firmly stabIfsh
ms right to high honors
The rotund Virginian, Billy Garth.
was the busy trainer of the meeting
Garth came here with horses well adj
Vanced, and won early and often. He
mas sent some fourteen or fifteen win
ners TO the post, and is far in the lead
n regard TO money won. The total of
MS winnings, while not known def
nltely, approXimateS a sum running into
The thousands.
He came near equaling a Renning rec
ord Also Missed it, in fact, bv a few
inches. Two years ago that then good
MY Mrs. Frank Foster, won six
stooo ever since Little Woods, from
the Garth barn, had the chance yester-
day to tie the record, but Julia NJ beat
him on thespost by the width of a mans
hand
Little Woods had raced five times at
the meeting without a defeat, and was
the choice yesterday The race was a
sprint affair, however, and the speedy
Julia NJ had too much foot for Little
WOODS. She was stopping fast, but held
on Just long enough to keep Little
Woods from equaling Mrs. Frank F'os-
terS rather novel record
Of the jockeys, the developments have
been Bard and j. Johnson. They will
both be heard from at the Metropolitan
tracks If they continue as they began
here
More important than the coming on
OF the youngsters, however, is the re-
turn TO their best form OF Shaw, Burns,
and Fuller Never did these three
capable riders show to better advan-
tage than they have during the meet
Ing here. With these riders at their
topnotch form, patrons of racing about
New York may rest assured that the
contests for the big events will be bit
terly fought out.
A majority of the horses that have
been racing here will be shipped tonight |
and tomorrow to the Long Island tracks |
and to Baltimore.
w c. Daily has agreed to release the |
boy Henning, for the beating of whom
he was fined $500 by the stewards DAILY
would not give up without q struggle. |
but the boy was afraid TO remain longer |
with the turbulent old turfman, and /
Daly was advised officially that it would |
be best for him to let him go. II was
inttmated that he might be called upon |
TO answer a charge of assault, and DAILY |
capitulated.