The Washington times., 1906-11-26
MILLER OVERSHADOWS
EVERYTHING AT TRACK
Has Wonderful Success, Making Hundreds of Recruits
for Racing-SmalI Spectators Holding Their Win
nings-StakeS for Last Week

Tile overwhelming success ot Miller.
the Marvellous One" ON Saturday, and
the golden harvest reaued by the play
crs from the wrought iron cash boxes Of
the boU1makers. are proving mighty
GOOD advertisement for tue Washington
Jockey CLUB.
Through the quiet OFT moments OF
Sunday tie sports gathered Ia little
groups iu the downtown hotel corridors
ana along the Avenue tne remarkable
work of Miller and the everlasting lam
bastiug the bookmakers received ON
Saturday constituting am all-engrossing
topic or discussion. The more the talk
concerning Miller and iHs winnings oi
the players. tl- more numerous become
the recruits TO racing Hundreds OF men
and women. who had never paid the
slightest attention TO Heuu.uS and horse
racing went ont to the track this after
noon. Circumstance WHi'h tea4s
counts for the increased attendance In
cIaeutaIIy. the fact ul Slu'.u1 having b-th
drained from the betting ring by tie
hackers OF Miller ON SATURDAY, as an
frmed carly today by Sol IiChteust elm
Touching on this subject whii" taiklnE
with a c0tcTle of W-bpokWdhrFH dt
the Arlington ltotel. he said --,...-..-
"T tell YOU Slnt.uA i- 90 mlii eSliil'i'
81 our losses 20 the players on catHl
d4v j have been coming here 10 WASH
ington FOR over fifteen years ana nay"
seen lots of high stat' play Over VIZ
green HafZc and iu tho betting rings
hereabout. but there never was anyi ING
10 equal the pluuginE % SATURDAY DE
partmeutal clerks uho started m vain
S. were betting me yellow Da'h7 on
Emperor OF India ln IN" last race.
paid ont $500 moro than ] took 10 on
the six races, Yes. You can say me
through that storm of Miller money
ggyf uu at Icas; $4,000 Co the nHilpTs
| ON thr floor ~ the ring
| According r. on- observer OF sporting
affairs. the city viii DE- dlIed with loose
/ free spent money this wlnter-that IS II
! the winners of saturday refrain from
| going back 10 the bcpkihdk-Is net "H'ii
| now and the clOsedoWu ON December !.
/ You are a winner now You have sJ,A
/ in hand whereas your entire capitai on
| Don't 90 back again stand pat SUCH
| was a characteristic piece OF advice
| dOlled ont 30 an Immature native piung-
| er by an old CampaigHeT. The young
/ man. who happens to be- a clerk at q
modest stipend, needed the tip and
won't be seen at Benning again this
/ meeting
a source Of profit in this advice for
| scores and scores of Saturday winners
| who are filled with the idea Of return
/ ing and pressing their luck still further
! Right up 20 race time bets were made
! on the number of winning mounts
/ Miller would have this afternoon. The
/ horses themselves are becoming of sec
/ ondary consideration ia the calculations
! of the hettors. Miller Is the best race
/ horse-bet on him. is the popular slO-
1 gan on the whole, Washington has
/ never been wrought up In such man
| ner as obtains today over the Miller
| craze"
/ The current and final week Of the Ben
! ning meeting helds in store several in
| teresting racing attractions. For III
! stance. the Dixie Stakes. for three-yeaT-
! Odds at one and tnree-quarters miles
| and the Maximum for thTee-yeaF-olds
and up, a three miles, are on the card
the former on next Wednesday and the
| three-mile affair for next Saturday
! In between are the Washington Cup al
two and one-quarter miles, on Thursday
/ and the Amateur Cup, a gentlemen
/ riders race on the fiat, at six furlongs
for Friday. There is every prospect o.
clear weather and a fast track from
now on.
-'his year. Secretary CrickmJre's
| stake book seems TO be Inadequate il
the matter of particulars. Just what
timber has been drawn to the Maximum