Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
Harry Page outrides Dion Kerr.


panions.
Harry Page Outrides Dion Kerr.
The Hunters Champion steeplechase pro-
duced an exciting finish between Pure Pep
per and Knight of Elway, in which the
contest narrowed down to a question of
jockeyship. In this Harry Page on Pepper
clearly outrode Dion Kerr on Elway. The
latter was kept entirely too far out of it
by young Mr.. Kerr the horse being asked
to close a gap of twenty lengths in about
three-quarters of a mile
This he did and got to Pure Pepper on
the fiat. but the effort to close the gap so
suddenly then told and he lost the race
after a long drive home. After Tellfare
fell, had Mr.. Kerr moved up faster he could
not we'll have lost, the way the horse ran
afterward. At Morris Park. with profess
sional riders on his back, the knight twice
defeated Pure Pepper. Mr.. Kerr rode a
splendid race after he got a-going, but that
he waited entirely too long was the gem
eral opinion.
Two for the Asbury Stable.
The Asbury stable, which scored such a
killing with Lochinvar Friday. got home
two more winners yesterday in The Cure
and Jane Holly. And as both were well
played by the same people that backed
I1ochinvar, T. D. Sullivan of New York and
| his friends added to their heavy winnings
| of the day before.
/ Jockey Bell rode both winners With The
| Cure he lodged the hot pace set by Echo
dale and Gladwn. And after these two
| horses and Yada had sizzled out bit Bell
brought up The Cure in the homestretch
| and galloped over them to the end Echo
| dale, with as much as 60 to 1 ruling, de-
| feated Sunray for the place in a hard
| drive. The latter ran a remarkably good
race, considering that he came from away
| back. The Cure was at to l.
! Jane Holly's success was nearly as de-
! cisive, and starters from the Asbury sta
| BILE will be treated with the greatest re-
spect during the rest of the meeting. The
big chestnut mare got away We'll but Bell
as with The Cure, placed her bit. letting
| the colt DR.. SwartZ go on in front, with
| Marie close up. The Doctor compounded
when the homestretch was reached, and as
| Bell then let Jane Holly out in earnest she
easily beat the others home Worthwhile
who closed big gap, beat Gambler out in
| "a lively place tussle.
CASTOR at SO to /.
At a recent sale of Haggin "cast-offs'
Mr.. f. c. La Montague of New York, whit
races under the name of the Chelsea stable
| purchased the -year-old Fancy Bird 70
the small price of $500. Yesterday Fame,
Bird was a speedy bird. and at the fame.
price at one time in the speculation. of 5
to /, spread-eagled her field from start t
finish.
Lucky in getting the best of a bad start
that virtually left one-third of the young
sters at the post, Fancy Bird opened up
big gap that never was closed. Hill Lassi
| and the favorite, Nellie Burn, were her clos
est followers to the home stretch, wher
| Nellie Burn took second place, but coul
| never get up to the leader
Royal China, the Canadian-owned young
ster, closed with rush in the final furlon
and got third place from Akbar. The latte
closed a big gap, but tired In doing so. tn
folly of making any one horse an odds-o
favorite was aptly illustrated in this race
| With nineteen horses at the post. hacker
fairly tumbled over each other to lay odd
on Nellie Burn. In a field of that size
Is almost 10 to l against anything in tn
questions of start and racing accident