The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-21
OXFORDWIEWIYH BIGVEIGH
PACKS $50 POUNDS AND BEATS
WATERGRASs IN A GALLOP.


Easily Lee Harrison n, no to \, VIM
From Tu~ckcrnuck. q 100 TO 4 shot
l. -HOorsy N Blue Pigeon Score.
WASHINGTON. Nov. ao-Four favorites
met reverses at Bennings to-day and Miller
carried OF the riding honors with two winners
and three thirds. The track was heavy. but
the clear weather and q fair card served to
attract q larger crowd than usual. oxford
picked up 100 pounds In the handicap. at q
mile and seventy yards. and was Q rsceding
ravorite at Z to S. there being q strong play
on william Garth's Lady Vera. who was
reduced from 3 to IL 60 8. Notter took Lady
Vera to the front without delay. but abe tired
In the stretch and Miller. coming on with
oxford. took the race with comparative ease
by two lengths. wstersrsss. 4 to 1. being
half Q length over 0arths ally. Tho time
was iAe 3-s.
Miller also took the handicap for two-year-
olds. six f~uriongs with r. T. Wilson. ira.
Monfort. 1 to 2 f~svorits. who was never
fully extended and breezed to the wire three
lengths before George Odom's Oraoulum.
who carried top weight. made the bulk OF the
pace and closed second choice at 0 TO 2. 10
wasia drive for 0raculum to take the place
from Frank McCabs's Killochan. 10 TO 1. by
half Q length. Monfort's time was i:ie.
A bad start in the first race. at six and q half
f~urlongs. In which eighteen horses went to the
barrier. killed b s.chAnces OF at least half the
deld. MILLER cut out the pace with Lone Hand.
. to l.. but made 90 much use Of the colt that
he huns In the last sixteenth. Mcdaniel put
Red knight. backed down TO 9. over, the pan
In this race. thslold fellow beating Bohemia,
8 to S f~avorite. by q couple of lengths. Lone
Hand. i've lengths back. had all he could do
TO take show money from Clolsteres s by q
neck. The time was 1913. ,
There were twenty starters in the second
event. a selling affair for maiden two-year-
Odds. I've and a half furlongs. Senator
McCarren's Les Harrison H., a 30 to l shot,
was much tn best. and. ridden by Micardo. Q
stable boy, he romped home three lengths
to The good in 1910 3-s. r. W. Nilson's Tuck
g rnuck. a 100 to 1 shot. vas the contender all
the way and nailed the place from o. L.
Richards's Speed Queen. 8 to 2 fa~vorite. who.
In spite OF Miller's efforts. tired. Hiram,
backed down to 9. was a half length back.
jun Time, Sandy Creeker. Pierrot. Conject-
ure. lsidor HIrsch. Nottie Carits, Our Ethel
and Dulcie were all beaten good things In
this event.
VOladay was backed from s down TO - to 6
In the third race for platers at a mile, but he
was easily beaten by Hooray. 5 to /. who went
to the front when Hagsn cut him loose. and
won in q gallop by three parts OF a length In
las. volsday was all out to beat Dekaber.
etc l. Miller up, by two lengths. HomelRnder.
who O anne from nowhere in the run home. was
half q length back.
J.. W. Colts Blue Pigeon. backed a point
down to Z, made a runaway OF the Nth race
| for maldens at a mile, winning in a gallop 10y
half q dozen lengths in I45. Noblesse oblige.
4 to I, beat Bi1zy Izzy, 5 to l, a head for the
place. Garter Knot, 3 to S favOTite. could not
raise a gallop. The summaries: