The Washington herald., 1907-11-19
RAIN MARS RACING
Heavy Track InterfereS with
Sport at Benning.
FLYING VIRGINIAN WINNER
Goes TO the Front at the Start, Main
tains His Position, and Finishes
Royal, 0dds-On FaVOrite, Takes
tnc Handicap in n GaIIop.

A fairly good card Of six races was Of
fered at Benning yesterday. but the
steady rain which fell throughout the
day made the track heavy. which was
decidedly against good sport.
The attendance was comparatively
small and the play was light. due in a
measure 20 the fact that there are too
many books Tor the size of the crowd.
Men who are accustomed TO cover
ing thousands Of dollars to a race. did
not handle as much in the six events as
they would on single race on the New
York tracks.
other books did not handle S1.OOO during
the afternoon. and it is believed that
unless there is a decided Improvement in
business within the next couple of days
quite a delegation OF regulars will return
shortly TO Broadway.
SteepIechase the Feature.
The feature Of the afternoon was the
open steeplechase. which resulted in a
victory for the Flying Yirginian. while
the next most important event on the
card. a handicap ar a mile and a fur
Iong. went to Right Royal. the odds-on
favorite
4 race for horses Of all ages. at SIX
furlongs, opened the days proceedings.
with a small but well-cna tched field.
King Sol. who has been winning well
at the New York tracks and Goes Fast. "a
consistent performer a; Baltimore. were
the tips for the race. King Sol was ia
vorite for the race, with Goes Fast sec
ond choice
The race was an upset. as the winner
was the third choice S8nguine. who
jumped away IN front made all his own
running. and won in drive by q length
Goes Fast ran a game race, and finished
ln the pace, "a head before Rappahannock.
King Sol got away poorly. and made Up
considerable ground, bat failed % finish
better than fourth.
Follow On FaVOrite.
An open steeplechase handicap al two
miles made mp the second race. which
had the largest field Of the day. bat as
the inheld was in poor shape for a race
of this kind there were some scratches.
Speculation WaS lively on the race. as
five horses We're We'll played. with Follow
ON the choice. although Spencer Ref
and Bob Murphy had almost AS much
support The last named fell before Il
half mile had been run. The race was
only a gallop for Flying Virginian. who
went 10 the front right after the start
opened up big gap. and held his ad-
vantage all the way. winning easily by
six lengths. Yama Christy. who was
second the greater part OF the journey,
finished in that position, three lengths
before Ny Grace.
The Squire appeared TO outclass the lot
OF two-year-olds opposed 10 him in the
third race to such an extent that he was
AZ all times an odds-on choice opening at
> to and being backed down TO ] to ,
The rest of the speculation on the rice
was on Lady Isabel The Shaughraun,
and Bob Callahan, jr., for the place
As expected, the race was only a gallop
for The Squire. He beat the gate 10
poor start. and at once opened up a com
manding lead. which he held from start
70 finish, winning, eased up. by four
lengths.
The Shaughraun was a veTy easy sec
ond. being eight lengths before NImparte.
Lady Isabel. which was the best played
horse for the place, was shut of at the
start and knocked out Of the race. al
though she showed considerable speed.
Easy for Ardri.
way in the fourth race for two-year-olds.
seven furlongs. He had a margin of five
lengths at the end. with Saltrum. well
played at 4, getting up in time to beat
Countermand, to > favorite, q head for
the place The time was 30
MOnacOdor. . TO 1 favorite. made Il run
away Of the fifth race for platers at a
mile and fifty yards, winning in a romp
by five lengths in l.46 So Grazi8Ilo, to
/. was the runner-up az all periods, and
galloped home in the place with a safe
margin over Ostrich. 10 TO / A heavy
play on Clements, backed from 20 10 >.
availed nothing. Killochan and Just So
were both well taken.
The sixth race. a handicap at a mile
and a furlOng. was only a gallop Cor
Right Royal 20 o. favorite who was
We'll backed by the big bettors Mcdaniel.
who rode three winners. had the leg up.
and simply sat still, the Rapallo horse
taking the lead at the start and breezing
10 the wire with three lengths 10 spare
IN 200 Ocean Spray, backed down to 6.
closed strongly and had no trouble in
taking the place from Banker. 10 TO 1.
The latter tired in the deep going in the
last sixteenth Of a mile. Water Dog
showed speed for six furionRs bur