The Washington herald., 1906-10-26


terday afternoon in the opening days
racing of the second annual meeting of
the United Hunts Association on the Ben
ming course Mr. Cortland II. Smith. Of
the Cameron Hunt, of Alexandria. rode
the winners Of both races on the fiat, and
The Hampton Stable. owned by Mr.. Smith,
captured two steeplechase events.
Mr. Dion Kerr, of the WarrentOn Hunt
cleverly rode his own good jumper, Fol
| low On, TO victory in the Alexandria
Steeplechase.
William Garth, of Albemarle County
who has been prominent on the Eastern
| turf for years, raced Worthwhile in his
name in the Capitol Steeplechase, which
was won by Mr.. Smiths Woolgatherer
! in perhaps the best cross-country run
( ever seen at Benning-and Benning is
notable for the excellence Of its steeple-
chasing. In this same race Bound Brook.
owned by c. G. Smithson. aud trained by
Mr. Garth, finished third.
/ This race was the strong feature of the
! afternoon. for it developed into a thrill
| ing contest These Virginia horses were
/ fighting it out all the way on the stretch.
and as they approached the finish were
/ closely Tapped on each other. Although
no time was taken in any of the events.
! this race was run fast, both over the in
field and on the fat Mr. J. Ambrose
! Clark, of New York, who had the mount
on his horse Macmillan. set killing pace
until he tired and was unplaced. Setau-
ket took fast foot for a half turn of the
/ infield but after negotiating the Liver
pool gave way TO Macmillan. Mr.. Clark
/ set too lively a clip with his chaser. and
/ Nat Ray was content to keep within
striking distance with the old and tried
/ Woolgatherer
WOOIgRthcrer in Hard Drive.
! In crossing the back stretch Ray made
his move with WooIgatherer. and the
stout jumper responded gamely- But he
/ had company. Worthwhile and Bound
| Brook went right after the leader, and
when the last fence was taken the real
/ battle for position began. These three
came down the sloppy stretch barely
heads apart. bat Rays mount had some
thing on the others, and neither North
/ vile nor Bound Brook was able to head
/ WooIgatherer under "a hard drive.
While the Virginia set were so sue
cessfuI. there was disappointment that
/ the Kernochan Stable of New York made
such a poor showing. Illicit, Spender
and Cresset were entere, in different
/ races. and only the last-named was
able TO finish in the money. Mr.. Hayes
J endeavored to win the Clark Cup. but
/ Cresset was bad fourth until Anna
/ Bruce fell at the next to the last jump
which resulted in broken collar
bone for Mr.. Percy Evans, Of Warren
/ ton. Only recently Mr. Evans fully re-
/ covered from an accident at the last rsgu-
j lar meeting at Benning. and this mis-
/ fortune will keep the popular rider out
Of the saddle the rest of the season.
Dion Kerr's Follow On Wins.
! A victory by Mr.. Dion Kerr is always
well received here. and when the skill
/ ful young horseman led a trailing field
home in the Alexandria StecpIechase
there was sincere applause for the son
Of the weIl-knoWn Washington surgeon.
/ Or. James Kerr. Follow On. Caloora-
hatchie and Allegiance were hooked up
/ for mile of the run. after Punctual had
/ fallen when in the lead. Mr.. Kerr then
/ took Follow On out and opened several
/ lengths on her field After turning fer
home Follow On had the race 10 her
self. winning eased up by two lengths
/ from Allegiance. who was ten lengths in
/ front of CalOoTahdtchie. Both Mount
/ Henry and Punctual fell but the latter
was rcnioUnted.
| Pete Daley. owned and ridden by Mr..
Smith. proved The easiest kind Of win
ner in the two miles on the fiat Pcte
the few horses that ever defeated Sal
vator. Mr.. Smith was first away with
/ Pete DALEY. and going up the back
stretch opened Up d gap of twelve lengths.
| He maintained d strong lead until the
| last seven-eighths when Rathowen tried
to so to Pete Daley and for moment
/ or two it seemed that Mr.. Tucker would
/ challenge Mr.. Smith. but the latter let
/ out Pete Daley Il wrap, and he pulled
away from Rathowen so impTessively
| that the race was conceded to the Hamp-
/ ton stables entry. Both RathOwen and
/ Ny Grace were driven in the last fur
/ long, but Pete Daley had only to gallop
/ 20 beat Rathowen four lengths and Ny
/ Grace. with Mr. Dion Kerr up. WAS TWEEN
| " lengths back.
Orihamme Wins Scurry.
+ The Introductory scurry. at five fur
/ longs, brought out seven contestants with
! gentlemen riders, John Duffys Orihamme
was the popular favorite. Mr.. Smith got
the FLY away In front TO struggling
start and led every inch of the way. with
The Colonel and Anticipation second and
| third, respectively, in the short run. Ten
lengths separated the first two at the
finish, and Anticipation was only a half
| length back of The Colonel
Mr.. O'Brien, of New York, with Gypsic,
won the Clark Cup at three miles in little
more than a canter. Mr. O'Brien rated
/ his mount along. and after Anna Bruce
/ fell he galloped the rest of the way from
! thirty 10 sixty lengths in front of Maple
| Leaf and CTesset The latters perform
| ance was poor. Mr.. Hayes being unable to
get him into even good galiop.
The Hampton Stables Palm won the
/ Brandywine Steeplechase as he pleased
! There were three starters. but Spender
/ fell, leaving Precise to trail home Spen-
der was mounted by q stable boy. and
was ridden for third money.
! Ten days of rain left the course in a
/ sloppy condition. but warm sunshine made
it an ideal afternoon for an outing. Con-
sidering the fact that the meeting was
/ for anna teuTs with social rather than a
! professional turf following. the attend
anee was excellent. dozen layers were