The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15

was furnished this afternoon. g9g III sS8
p The running of5tlc seventh spring hunt
ers' stceplecliasc, which had been looked
forward to as an attraction, was some
thing OF a failure, as well as u surprise. .sSS
lDunseverricli, Dr. James Jterr's cntryt8
ridden by Dion Kerr, was looked upon as
"A. sure winner, and Went to the post n
3 to favoritc Thomas Hitchcock, Gar
rett, got Off In the lead from the i1rsttA
however, and was never. lleudcd.s Hence
the disappointment Young Kerr Is u q ~
great favoritc here. and a. victory for l,irr,
would have been popular. #3 Il s5 iSI N
Miller's New Winnings
The first race on the card was III seven
.furlong5 selling race. for tlrce-s lds.8:
$.Virginia." l3rnGlcy's ( Nonsense was II t,s5
E1ot }favoritc, witt, PA" Daly's Curonal@
fup on Palora, which closed at 6 to III and
was backed only because Of the jockey
who rode five straight winners Eyestcrday.yst
Mclaughlin, th1 owner. did not think ~
lie had a show lillerS bca the barrier Ss
though. and brought Palora home Ebrecz-lsss
ing. d 81 Il; i; oil yg N ss53S
5Iln tic next race y! illerS rode; cartt1'ss
Orphan Lad tas 10 fAyorlt
BaS I. N ane's s. NYnodi Inc inct
sDoswcl ma s8 second Scho orphniit
won With yYoodllnc second and a 8Ho ersS
3DuIany's MammynooE third. .stS NIamn,yin 90 v
was coupled inEthc betting with h&DnlanSsAs5 A
other entry. Bcttln Landon, which lls4WollS8
at 100 to Hast week. This race was he
Jesse Brown, cup and sweepstakes 5# 70 N N
olds, and that good shorscs +; q ,r' r'eS
being bred In Virginia is proven by the
result. tho first three horses having been
bred in the Old Dominon.E 5lss55 sai3F|2$
Pater Easy Winner.
1nthc second Renning spring l,andlcap,8}
which was fourth on the card. Pa ter
tho game little Fathcrlcss Eelding. re-
Gently sold by WI, Maupln to Thomas @
Hitchcock, Jr., for s4.50O was favorite q:
and rewarded his backers. by coming
home on the bit. David Dunops Duke
of Kendall, the added starter and long "
shot winner Of the first handicap, "a n h
with Pater for four OF the seven ~ ri-99s
longs. but blew up In the homcstretch.$
Bobbic Kcan. G. G.. Smlthson's cntry.S3
also trained by Garth was second, while
Thc Clown had hard work to get third
,rhe rl winning Of this race gave Miller a.
record Of eight straight WINS five yester-8
day and three to-day. Soon after this 81
race tho little jockey took tho train for
New York to prepare to ride In the ca ar-ga
ter handicap at Aqueduct on Monday
4 In the hunters stecplechase four horses
started Dunseverrck, ridden by Dion
Kerr; Harry Patton, ridden BY Court 81
land smith, iron ifieitTN IlutlS't Ny ~
Devcreux, OF Philadelphia, and Garrett.
ridden by Kelly. a professional Al the
good running was done By Garrett his
fencing being perfect from start to- finish. ~
,Dunseverryiclt had no trouble beating
tho others out for second money, while
Iron Heart beat Harry Patton with case
for third place, is 3 s
Dead Heat. 3is
j.. w. Colts Thlstledale was picked as
the winner In the handicap steeplechase$
for non-wlnners during the meeting, he u
led all the way, but IN the stretch was
overtaken by Illtchcock'ss Phantom
They had 1t hammer and tonGs down
tho stretch. both wabbling badly at tlIlies.g8
Finally they came undcr the wire nose &
aud nose and the Judges declared IT q
dead heat. The other entries were a.
had lot, but George Saporta's Saline E5
survived to take third money 5 il
Tho sixth race was mediocre aHalr,S,
won by Grant Lyman's Grand Duchess,
Tho favorile. Setaukct came second,
while Alnberjack closed In well for third
money. f{
Virginia Winners,
4 sum-up OF the meeting shows August
Belmont the leader IN the winnings, Wit
s6.o75 to his credit For tho Individual Ri
trainers, BILLY Garth Is far ahead,
In fact the horses trained by the ponu- II
lar VirGinian won nineteen races at the 81
mcnting, and came second and third sew. }gs