Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-26

In the last 100 yards. when half dozen
horses were running abreast, with the race
clouded in doubt, Kent, after putting away
his whip when he had secured a slight
lead with Preen.- deliberately bore in to-
ward the inner rail. AS he did so e. E.
Smathers' Witfull. to 1. Fuller up. was
other horses had to be pulled up by their
riders to escape falls. Preen finished in
front. with Santa Catalina, to l, second,
two lengths before Mr.. Smathers' Rapid
Water, the top weight who was only
head before James r. Keenes Sinister. 10
to 1, with st. Valentine, Ormondes Right
and Crown Prince so close together less
than half length back that nobody could
victim of the crowding. fell just he
reached a point opposite the judges. and his
Jockey. j. Kelly, was thrown directly under
the flying hOofS of the racers that followed.
Witfull staggered on, still brushing against
the rail, and fell exhausted fifty yards be-
yond the first pole. Fuller, with a deep
cash just above his right knee, was picked
up unconscious by the race track police and
hurried to st. Mary's Hospital In an am
bulance, though it was said that no bones
We're broken. Kelly was borne to the jock
eys room suffering from numerous cuts and
bruises, but otherwise not seriously hurt
The stewards took summary action by
d1squaltfying Preen and suspendng Kent
for the rest of the meeting Many per-
sons thought that the boy. should have
been more severely dealt with. as 1t was
not the first offenSe of this kind that he
had been guilty of. The ruling out Of
Preen gave the race to Santa Catalina,
with second money for Rapid Water and
third money for Sinister. 1t was the
opinion of hundreds of close observers
that If the accident had not occurred Wit
full would have surely won, with Rapid
Water her stable mate, second as both
We're stronger than the others and were
making better Roadway as they neared the
judges stand.
There were ten starters and the crowd al
large made ]. H. McCormick's Crown
Prince the favorite, hammering him down
from 3 to to Ii to g. Sydney Pagets Or
monde'S Right was second In favor, going
back to SKIES, with everything else in the
race receding in the prices The start was
excellent and quick as a flash Preen went
to the front, attended by Sinister, Witfull
and Ormonde's Right. On the lower turn.
which is unusually sharp, there was a gen.
eral bearing out in binding dust cloud,
so that when the back stretch was reached
Sinister was showing the way, with Crown
Prince and Preen close up and OrmOnde'S
Right going along easily in a nice position
near the rails. Mcdaniel held the lead
with Sinister clear to the head of the
stretch, where, to make sure of the race
he went to the whip. There was a quick
closing up and at the sixteenth pole the
crowd saw wonderful struggle with Preen
on the extreme outside, fighting it out
neck and neck with Ormonde's Right, Rap
id Water, Witfull and Sinister stretched
across the track to the inner rail. while ST.
ditItlHe, SANTA Catalina ana crown
Prince We're so close behind that their
riders could have reached the jockeys in
front of them with their whips.
Wit With "a mighty ghty roar the great crowd
swishing against the TANKS of the thor
oughbreds, who were rushing on with
blazing eyes and every nerve under a
fearful strain. Suddenly Preen shot
ahead of the bunch and looked the WIN
ner, but it was only for moment, as he
swung in and the race was lost in a way
stand with angry protests. AS it was, the
general performance showed admirable
bit of handicapping on the part of w S.
Vosburgh, which made the result all the
more to be regretted. The day was per-
feet for racing, and a world of speculation
was in order