Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25
JOCKEY MILLER
ON FIVE WINNERS.
Brought His Mount Home First
in Every Race He
Rode.
The Days Sport at Bennnq
Full of Excite
ment.

The Washington Jockey Club has every
reason to be proud OF the distinguished 49,
semblage 1t entertained at Benning yss-
terday. Notabilities of all classes. we'll
known people from judicial, diplomzfJc.
congressional, social and business cirins
OF the capital We'd with one another IN
showing their approval of the sport PRO-
vided for them.
High-class horses. skillful Jockeys and
ample opportunities to back ones jw.s-
ment were the magnets that aroused so
much public interest, while to patrons OF
the spectacular part of the sport aside
from Its speculative features, the perfect
weather assisted In. the enjoyment OF tho
spirited scenes at the course
Few people there are that do not admire
a good horse, especially one that has
shown time and again its superlative quail
tiles. And any person, young or old that
could witness the enlivening incidents Of
yesterdays sport and not feel the blood
course little more quickly through kjs
veins must be phlegmatc and blase in tha
extreme.
In spite of large fields in four out of tho
six events spectators were singularly far
tunate in locating the winners, five favor
ties getting home in front. And when fc
is added that four of these were ridden by
one Jockey Miller, and that the same lad
also piloted to victory at 10 to ! the vicinr
in the Benning, Special, words fail to ex-
press the feelings of his many hackers, al
they, race after race, applauded the lad.
FASTENED to collect and go to him again
Miller Sweeps the Card
Very rarely does a jockey in his lifetime
succeed in riding four winners in one day.
let alone five. And yet yesterday was tho
third time this year that this clever littie
lad has recorded such a feat. Once at Ben
ming last spring he did It, winning all fhe
fiat races of the day, as he did yesterday
And again this summer at Brighton Beach
on day when the card was made up Of
seven events Miller won five of them.
None can say that his success is all luck.
Nor yet, that he wins so many races be-
cause he generally is given the best horxss-
While this is true in part IL Is not so in
every instance. for the boys win on Banker
yesterday at Is to /, Monfort at 10 to 4
last week. Onatas at o to l on FridAy
shows this to the contrary.
Time and again, in the case of Sailor
| Boy, Miller has got upon horses that other
boys have failed with and jolied them
along enough to win. The only races THAI
Sailor Boy has won this year, three in al.
Miller rode the DAILY nnainstay. and other
| instances could be cited to show that hrs
unprecedented success is not all luck and
the best horses.
and the layers at Benning going to even out
matters this week IL Miller keeps up hin
gait. The turf-fs great leveler, especially
in the speculative end of the game. And
old-time layers always claim they will
| coup losses If their bank rolls are long
enough
But If Miller ends up this meeting AZ
he has begun, with 20 wins in eight days.
how many of the layers can stand that per-
J centage? The Bank of England would
| feel the drain If 1t had to pay out dividends
| that would be due to hackers of Miller fro I'm
this on If he wins at this rate and all tina
| money offered is accepted by the layers
Bankers Benning Special.
Bankers unlooked-for success In the Ben
ming special. the days star event, created
a great stir among his few lucky hackers.
and also the legion of layers who won thou
sands from the hackers of the favorites.
| Dainty, Nemesis and Angler, more than
| they had to pay out on Banker and Ceder-
| strome.
| Both of these two long shots, Banker and
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