Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
BANKER A GOOD COL 7
Verdict on His Winning the
Benning Special.
5000 AT THE TR A OK
LARGEST ATTENDANCE OF THE
MEETING YESTERDAY.
ormonde's Right Defeats Bad News
society Patrons Fill the Club
House and Paddock.
5000 AT THE TRACK

That the Washington Jockey Clubs pa
t~onagc IS increasing daily yesterdays dis
tlnguIshed attendance at Benning Is ample
evidence Ideal weather and the prospect
OF seeing high-class horses struggle for the
mastery brought out the largest assem-
lIara Of the meeting Fully 5000 persons
oiled stands club house and walks. over
flowing into the paddock between races
while the speculative arena under the
grand stand was a seething mass Of hui
mauity az times.
The layers had their hands full 70 at
tend To- patrons. handling larger transac-
tious than ON any day of the meeting thus
far. while the quartet Of club house com
uiss'ourrs were busy men all the after
The racing of the day from first to last,
was interesting, clean cut and iul OF eN-
element. The American public NJ large
l9s sci The stamp OF approval ON the sport,
and nowhere I'm this country Is Il more
popular than in tho District
Society Patrons Present.
Society people were more in evidence
than on any day Of the meeting thus far.
In the club house and grand stand were
Mr.. Perry Belmont and Mrs. Belmont, eX-
Governor Kellogg Andrew Miller, Lee Ar
nett. Thomas Ennis. T. r. Hitchcock, DR..
Kerr and Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. MacGruder H.
Rozier Dulany. Harry Page. Dion Kerr, Mrs
j. G. Blaine Woodbury. Blair, MI W. -
Eustis, H. Baker George Howard, J. X
Townsend. H. W. Fuller. ]. f. Wilkins,
Fred O'Rie. Col. Robert Neville, Lieut..
Moore, Mrs Self Miss Haley, Mrs. BAR,
Frank Mitchell, Mrs. Phelan Archie Dali
TON, lack story. \. S. simpkins, Harry
Moses, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Miles, Henry haL-
rlson w. b. Hibbs. S. c. Ross, Campq 2
Darlington, II. Newman, Jonn Doyle, III
Bull r T. Walsh of Nevada, John DeVlne,
Mr. Gerathmey, Mr.. Cough, J. c. Sibley
and many others.
For that part of the big crowd that pa
tronized the layers OF odds me gay S Mas
choice scored. although two second cholceS
in front, partly broke the fall OF the talent,
But the bOokmakers had such VIDE range
of patronage that they retained many more
dollars at the close of the day than they
paid out. The old adage in racing specula-
zion ITO look for your money NheIe Sou
lose it, " in other words, to stick TO a morse
that owes YOU. seems to be a universal
motto nowadays judged BY the manner IN
which the public support is distributed.
A Speedy Banker.
Interest conferred in the Benning special
at a mile and a half for which seven horses
sported silk. OF these however three were
not very seriously considered. Nine out of
every ten persons believed that Jocund, who
broke the mile record at Benning a few
DAYS ago. would defeat HIS field with ease,
especially as Bad News had declined the
Issue.
Banker. Louis H and Peter Paul had fair
support, but mostly for a situation, al
though Bankers stable connections backed
the horse both ways In spite of his rather
poor race with Peter Paul and Mistiss on
"Wednesday. Banker was intrusted with
some solid stable support The colt is not
very sound and liable TO break down any
race. but the soft going a Benning. made
softer by the overnight rain, just suited his
shaky underpinning.
A very slow pace for the first mile Q:fO
looked to just suit Jocund's chance, and
after Peter Paul had shown the way 10
this point wraps were Embossed on Jocund.
Louis II. and Banker, and the half-mile
sprint home began with rush. Peter Paul
suCCumbed at the head of the stretch, and
half way home Louis II. collared Jocund
10 the dismay of the plungers on the IA
Vorite But Jones on Louis II. had made
his run just a bit too soon, for before he
knew where he was. Banker came with a