Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-28
Only One Favorite in Front at
Benning.
MILLER ON THREE FIRSTS
Lady Veras Speed Almost Makes Her
Stake Filly.
BURNS ON TWO WINNERS
Nationals Had Fast Practice This
Morning-Hoppe Defeated Slosson
Bowling Congress Ends.

touch of spring weather yesterday drew
out large crowd to Bennlng. Barring a
high wind. the climatic conditions were
comparatively pleasant, and public patron
age Is almost certain to increase as the
weather becomes more seasonabe. An off,
CaI report by the club of Mondays assem-
blage shows 1t to have been the largest at
the opening OF any previous meeting
While there were no stake events decided
yesterday, the days sport was interesting
from the first jump. The track was dried
out TO a degree, assisted materially by the
wind which the horses got in their teeth on
the backstretch. but on their backs In the
run up the long honestretch. which made
matters pretty even in that respect
And as the public picked the right horses
pretty regularly the layers had to return
some of their heavy winnings of Monday
VINE only one post faVorite won Yesterday
second and third choices landed Zach of tba
ot'er hve events, and all were played except
In one instance
FOR those who follow certain Jockeys the
afternoon was noteworthy Young Miller
VINO made such a good record here last fall
anu IN california this winter. was much In
eNIGence winning three times with r,vo So
ohdS and one third on his other mounts
.IucheS T. Burns rode two of the other
t tilee winners the two boys almost securing
oxnard Stable Candidates Perform
rom a class standpoint the two-year
"id race was the feature of the sixtae,
to''teu on the card one declined the issue
'e'' ING tue large field OF fifteen to go to the
Included IN this party We're no less
thar six Oxnard Dinner stake younqstars
wh' are making their first appearance at
the barrier In this public trial far tbn stat|a
on Saturday next. N'
or these Lady Vera and Melting made
decidedly the best showing viii AIaara
OUT OF the money but in front of her faIiou
0Nnard opponents Manila. Mary Curtis and
l. otpheAne; The winner, Lady Vera. own
60 b5 William Garth. showed a fine nor
fOfmance. She has been leased to ( q
H"sS Columbia stable for Saturdays stake
melting Robert Nevilles filIy, beat the
AZ Yesterday as easily as Lady Vera
ava her. and is almost certain TO show
mueh better on Saturday. On that occasion
she VIII carry the colors of IL. A SEYMOUR
WI WI mas leased her for the stake. Col. Ne
Fllir .AlSgra, who will represent her own
er IN Saturdays stake, showed a fair per-
tofnance by landing in fifth place
Mania. Mary Curtis and L'OrpheIne fin
tshed further back. but all three were
rather green at the barrier and will gain
experience each time they come to the post
Each one of these three have been leased
DS LheF owners TO other parties for Satur-
days stake. Manila 10 George Howard
Mary Curtis to George HELEN and L'Orphe-
i'he 10 Horace Westcott. Already interest
ranks that felt in any at the meeting.
Botanist Runs Away.
The race was marked by the downfall of a
good thing, Botanist. under sensational cir
cumstances. Very rarely does a two-year-
old run away with Jockey Shaw but that is
what Botanist did. The son of Boanges
bucked like broncho in the paddock broke
his gear and raised Cain generally. Then.
after Shaw got him out of the gate, he ran
away some three furlongs at top speed, in
spite OF all his rider could do.
This did not tend to sooth the feelings Of
those VINO had backed BOtanist heavily from
skies TO twos. at which price he went TO the
post taEorite Trained in the local stable
OF F. ] Miller, the colt had large District
following. and his followers came down with
thump by his failure TO make good
Al that Botanist showed a fair perform
Euce and but for his era ziuess might have
JUSTIFIED his support. 4 quick breaker he
got away in front but Lady Vera and Melt
ing outran him In the first furIong the race
hereafter always being between the pair
The colt Powderhorn, IN Scully's stable
showed well by landing IN third place Bot
anlst' after the race. was placed on the
schooling HIST
The winner had so much left that She Is
very apt to start fsvorite for SATURDAYS
stake. BY Woolsthropc-Phi Lady Vera
Is pred IN, IN the ,, purple During the day
from Jockey Radtke, at Hot Springs. that
lie would be here Saturday to ride the Bel
mont candidate in the stakes
Hocus Pocus Shows Speed.
As between two New Orleans performers
bisooedient and HocUs Pocus the talent
was pretty evenly divided But the nlly
has been here longer than the colt and az
the talent decided she was the attest, she
carried the most money. although the colt
went 10 the post the choice
Disobrdent did not nj the eve any too
he
not yet back IN his best form of last year.
Al that the winner got such a lead at the
indffler rise by securing a flying start that
The others Were uptoed' from the first
jump TO get to her This Dlsobedieut did at
the turn. and his hackers were tubiIant for
an instant. but the effort told and the Ally
drew away in the run home
Natercourse in this race showed a good
performance and closed such zap after
being tnterfered with that he will not be
neglected when ne meets his own class
Old Guard ran a if he was short and fhe
race should benefit him. The California
lilly Bribery. just OF the cars, evidently
needs time 10 recuperate a bit
Chtettain caused aImos; as much of a SEN
sation as Duke OF Kendall did on Monday
by carrying liberal odds to victory over the
heavily played Judge White All Of Trainer
supported the Judge very heavily but sec
ond place was the best he could do. The
winner did not do much IN California this
winter but last spring at New York he
was very fast horse. Robert Walden
uow has him IN charge.
Baltimoreans Are Tickled
To say that large delegation of Balti~
more friends of Carter Hall were pleased
over Tickles success in her race is putting
it mildly. Some OF them got as good as 7
TO about the flly. and as District resi-
dents who have been reading in The Star
about the flly's good work last week were
also busy. she went to the post al q shorter
figure.
Tickle made good very easily but at the
same time 1t was perhaps lucky for her
hackers that the California ally paruma
played To the limit by the men from the
coast. got shut of at the start and rid
ground To make up thereby. Daruma even