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

IT was Il rip snortin'. red letter Miller
day at Benning yesterday. and anyone
who remained ia town instead of going
out 10 the course and mixing up in the
festivities viii have occasion 10 regret
ghe remisSness for many a moon.
1t was a sort of historic afternoon,
for the great jockey won every one OF
the races over the fat on the program,
sending his loyal followers back 10
Pennsylvania avenue wildly delighted
and their pockets bullying with money
Undoubtedly the episode viii remain
green IN local sporting memory long
after the present generation has passed
To its reward.
on the other hand, The bookmakers
suffered a veritable financial Waterloo.
for not only five faYOrites won, but
everyone of the six races stood them big
losses. inasumch as in the one event
where the shortest priced choice failed TO
come home, Miller rode a 15-to-1 chance,
Banker. and he won with hundreds and
hundreds of his ardent admirers having
small pilling bets down ali over the ring.
And they hurt too, for s. at 15-tO-1
amounts TO something. AT any rate. a
score or more bookmakers left the
course with downcast mein, vOWing they
had had enough and would return to
New York.
Meanwhile, the ju5nant racegoers
raided the cab stand Every cab. auto
mobile. and vehicle for hire was en-
gagged for the return trip 10 town five
minutes after the last race. a significant
circumstance when one remembers that
on any other night not more than half
the cabs outside the race track gate are
=. oil IN
time. for change the players. not the
layers, did the hack riding. After the
racing, Orlando A. Jones, one OF the
leading bookmakers. said he thought the
public had drained the ring OF close on
70 500 600.
MilleT's Marvellous RecO-d.
Miller won the first race on Workman
at Il 10 5. Then he came back in the
third event. the second race being a
jumping affair. and won with John +.
Madden's TemmeraIre at evens. The
Bennins Special Handicap saw him
bringing home in front the despised
Banker. while the fifth and sixth con-
tests were won by Oxford and Emperor
OF India, respectively both ridden by
the Marvellous One" He really won
six races on the day, inasmuch as he
beat Homer, Schilling and hotter in a
root race from the Jockeys quarters to
the race train after the afternoons
work
AIilIer's great performance put the
campaigners to thinking. Tod Sloan
rode I'VE straight winners at the Man
Chester. England. autumnal meeting nine
years ago, while Danny Maher rode
five straight winners and just failed TO
land the sixth victory by a short mar
gin at Brighton Beach IN 1899. Oldtim-
ers we'll remember the day. Maher rode
BILLY Lakelands mare Divide, going
down 10 the post all consumed with the
idea Of putting over the full complement
OF winners and establishing a world 8
record. In a fit of oyercontidence he
allowed Taberet TO beat Divide on the
post. AS Maher and Divide flashed over
the finish line he was seen to pull his
whip on Divide. He numerically beat
the mare over the head, for which he
was roundly Kissed and fined 500 By the
stewards.
Starter Mars Cassidy related how he
remembered when Joe" Bergen, brother
OF the famous Marty" rode six winners
IN day on one Of the OUTLAW tracks,
a dozen years ago
Yesterday was the cap and climax Of
MIXERS brilliant season. In every race
he gave a mastery exhibition Of race
riding. thte like Of which wiil be scarcely
seen again in years 10 come
Crowds ClamOr Before Stewards.
But Miller had TO fight for his honors
and in achieving the laurel wreath he
incidentally OccasiOned no end OF eN-
element After the finish OF the Sew
enth Benning Special for three-year-
D, .-l.g
course. about a thousand racegOers
gathered eNcitedly about the steward s
pagoda. Miller had just won with Bank
er, with Doyle and Cederstrome. a 50
10 ] shot. second. and Dainty. the 8
10 faverite. third. Miller was being
protested The thought that its win
nings on Banker at IS 70 l stood injeop-
ardy moved the throng TO half fren-
~ For ten minutes the officials de-
liberated. the great crowd about the
little stand meanwhile frantically yell
ing, NO foul" Miller didn't foul. Mr..
Stewards" Finally Doyle. who said
that Banker had crowded out his
mount at the home turn, was waved
downstairs. and Miller's victory allow
cd 10 stand. with a whoop and a cheer
the mob dispersed. 1T was lucky
Banker was not disqualified, for these
crazy AIillerites might have caused
trouble around here" remarked a
Finkerton man moment later.
Here the professionals took Dainty,
the to 5 favorite, very strongly for
she had shown in her second 10 Agile
a few days before an evidence of a re-
turn TO her best form. At the outset
Doyle rushed to the front with geder-
strome, Dainty. and Banker reniA lining
within striking distance DownS the
back stretch Cederstrome backed up