The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-25

ana Banker and DAINTY went out ike
a team. They came into the stretch
that way, when Dainty blew" She
gradually fell out Of it, while Ceder-
st~ome made a second challenge At
the eighth pole some sort of trouble
between Miller and Doyle occurred.
which later brought about protest
from the latter. Banker came home
handily, and was going away from Ce-
derstrOme. who was comfortably IN
front of Dainty
Did Miller Pull Pretension's Bride.
In very next race an aIair for
tNyc-year-olds and up, at a mile ans
seventy yards, Miller rode oxford, the
1 10 favOTite. PretensiOn. at To I,
with Schilling up. jumped out in front
and made the pace 70 the head OF the
stretch. where Miller drew abreast.
In making the turn Schilling carried
out oxford. and later on IN the
stretch. Miller. apparently IN retalia-
ton, hit PretensiOn on the nose with
his elbow. the two horses being locked
together at the time. Some spectators
averred Miller reached over and pulled
up Pretensions bride rein. the same
trick TrOxler pulled OF at New or
leans six years ago. and for which
he was ruled on. Oxford won easily
after this tilt. with Pretension second,
and OrmOnde's Right. third.
Then the crowd gathered in front
OF the stewards stand again and with
menacing gestures awaited the finding
Of the officials. once again Miller
found exoneration, for Pretension was
disqualified and Schiuing set down.
Ormondos Right received second
money, with Voladay, the only other
starter. third.
Gentlemen Rider Wears Monocle.
The Seventh Hunters Steeplechase
for four-yeaF-olds and up, which went
to H. s. Pages Pure Pepper last year,
saw the same owner in the race again.
This time Mount Henry. son OF
Henry Of Navarro, represented his
Meadowbrook Hunt Club colors. Ac-
cording TO the experts he had the
finest horse in the race, but the best
he could do was 70 gather third
money. Mr.. Page insisted on riding
himself He wore his mOnOCle, too.
He sat up straight, after the obsolete
English fashion, his jack-in-the-bON
style suggesting an old washerwOman
at work. Tellfare ran KirklevingtOn
into the ground in the first part and
then beat home Essex in a desperate
drive on the fiat. Mr.. Page was the
feature OF this race.
John L. Madden introduced a real nice
colt by Ballyhoo Bey in connection with
the third race at five and half fur
longs for maiden two-year-Olds. This
was Tecameraire. He bet 5000 himself.
the price falling from 2-to-l 10 evens in
a jiffy. The colt just romped home.
Miller. looking over his shoulder at
Narene and Ambush at the end
Just as easy was his win with En-
peror of India In the final one. Here
Ivanhoe showed the way at a merry
clip into the stretch, where Miller
wiggled up through the crowd with the
Emperor He just ran over the com
pany through the final furlong and won
going away from lyanhoe, with Wini-
fred A third.
Big Cleanup to Workman.
The big speculative feature of the day
came with the very first race Here the
| little brown Fatherless colt, Workman,
was entered in the colors Of Roxy"
Angalora the betting commissioner Of
| big Tim Sullivan, of New York, the
/ celebrated BOwery statesman having
/ presented the horse 10 the former.
/ Trainer Jimmy Roden had the horse
| IN grand fettle and had engaged Miller
to ride. 1t was a special cooked up
1 good thing Workman had been
! scratched three days previously because
/ Joe Cassidy and other big New York
/ bettors had missed train connections
and were unable 10 reach here in time
/ But they were on the spot all right yes
/ terday. From an opening fash OF 4-to-I
| Workman's price was pounded down TO
/ 12-tO-5 at the close by Cassidy, Eddie
Mcdonald, J Boden, and other oper-
atOrs in on the know. Miller went 10 the
! front early and came home on the Bit
I with Belle Strome, at 5-tO-1. second, and
! Azedna. l2-to-l shot. thil'd. Cassidy
/ won 5000. When Red Knight was as
good as left at the post on Friday. the
| W Orkman people lost thousands. but
/ here they recouped fully. The Sulllvans
/ killed" the New York pOclrooms on
/ Workman.
Record Crowd A-Racing.
Perhaps as large a crowd as ever wit
| messed racing at Benning enjoyed the
| exciting events of the afternoon. The
club house was crowded, while the
! grandstand and general Enclosures were
| thronged 20 the limit of accommodation
| Not fewer than 5000 persons went
/ through the turnstiles. The track stood
/ IlUldU
/ summer weather could not be improved
/ upon. The meeting comes to an end on
/ next Saturday, December 1.
The Summarize:
First race-Seven furlOngs; three-year-
olds. Workman, 102 (Miller), to l, first
! Belle Strome, 100 (Lee). { to /, second:
| Azelina, 80 (Notter). 6 TO l, third Tine.
! 1:29 1-5. Yada. Bonnet. Sacandaga. Del
phie, Plantagenet. Away. Duke of Ken
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