The Washington herald., 1907-04-06


Cole, and Workman. five heavily played
ffayorites. all went down to defeat at the
Benning track yesterday, and the public
received the worst drubbing II has been
given any day this meeting The solitary
first choice TO score was Bowling Bridge,
and it is doubtful if many of the bettors
won on him. for there were so many tips
in The race that all the horses had a fol-
lowing.
The defeat of Graziallo and Ben Cole,
owned by Samuel Ross. Of Washington,
was the hardest blow the talent has been
given in a long time. Grazialo was a
starter in the opening event. and the tip
on him was so strong and widely eircu-
lated that no one apparently seemed to
care for any other horse in the race. But
Graziallo ran bad race and did not even
get in the money at the finish. The win
neF turned up in Tickle, who ran un-
placed on Thursday. Radtke. who was in
Graziallo's saddle, gave weird exhibit
ton of iockeyship, keeping his mount far
out of the race until it was too late To
get any part Of the money, but even when
he let Grazialio down the horse did not
show any foot and his performance was
pounds below his showing in the Benning
Spring Handicap.
Ben Cole Jared somewhat better than
his stablemate, The two-year-old did
manage to scrape in second. and he might
have won had not johnson, as usual,
given up the rail and sought the outside.
The winner. Jubilee, ran an excellent race,
however. and in "a sharp stretch struggle
he outgamed Ben Cole. 1t is evident that
Fred Littlefeld, the ex-jockey, has colt
OF some quality in this son Of Compute.
Large Crowd Present.
Warmer weather had a good effect on
the attendance. the stand and clubhouse
being crowded. Although the racing was
unsatisfactory from a speculative stand
point, il was thoroughly interesting, there
being several finishes exciting enough TO
arouse enthusiasm.
The talent went down hard Ia the open
ing event, when Graziallo failed To land
in the money. Graziallo opened at to >
in the betting. and was quickly played 10
even. Alpenmarchen. who graduated from
the maiden ranks only a day OF two ago,
was second choice, but there was play
on all the others.
Tickle shot out at the start. Faust and
Golf Ball kept her company to the
stretch. when Tickle babe them adieu and
came on to win easily. There was a hot
fight for the place Golf Ball. Faust and
Graziallo finished heads apart in the or
der named.
The usual surprise occurred i'm the two
year-old maiden race. Black Domino was
favorite but there were numerous tips
Black Domino was the pacemaker to the
stretch, with Bilhl, a f5-to-f shot. in close
pursuit. Strengthened out, Black Domino
hogan TO stop. and Bfhl. running strong,
easily passed the Belmont filly and won.
Black Domino was an easy second IN
front of Glorious Betsy. who Just beat
Beckon for third.
On "a good race the other day Greene
was made the favorite over Qusdrille in
the third. with Wabash Queen and
Nibllck wen played Wabash Queen took
the lead right after the start. with
Quadrilie and Edwin II. alternating in
second place. Wabash Queen kept her
tlNk duAAEt 10 LNt WIZ WHINING EUIuIOTLu-
bly,, while QuadriHe on whom Lee rode
his usual weak finish. was second. and
Greene third. The latter was slow TO be-
gin and closed strong.
Hen Coles Defeat.
Samuel Ross Ben Cole. winner Of the
Dinner Stakes last Saturday, was a natu-
raj favorite. but Jubilee had strong sup
port. The race was a good one. Ben Cole
outran his field TO the stretch. but once
Strengthened out, Jubilee closed with a
determined rush. and, outgaming Ben
Cole. won in a great finish by neck.
Ben Cole just beat Gossoon and Giles for
the place
Twelve cheap platers answered the call
in the fifth, with Bowling Bridge the
choice, Legerdemain and FlexiOn were
hot IDS, and M8rksman was also played.
LegeTdemain jumped out and opened q
gap which he held to the stretch, where
Venus and Bowling Bridge closed Venus
bOlted to the outside at the stretch turn.
and Legerdemain began to back up fast.
Bowling Bridge ran true TO the end and
won handiiy. while Venus. coming along
again on the outside. boat the firing
Legerdemain for the place.
Workman. favorite for the last, had to
lower his colors to Buttons in the closing
event. Old Buttons showed some of his