Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-28
Three Favorites Again Split the
Card at Benning.
ALL SHORT-PRICE HORSES
Lord Boanerges Won First Event and
Broke Track Record.
EAST END WON BY INCHES
Nationals Took Good Game From Fort
Worth-National Bowling Tour
ney-Lowe Bested Moody.
ALL SHORT-PRICE HORSES
EAST END WON BY INCHES

Public hackers had their innings at Ben
ming yesterday, many recovering their loss
es of the day before, and more, too. by the
successes of three favorites and a strongly
played second choice. This in spite of
couple of body blows in the first two events
by the unexpected victories of two out
siders. Then. however. well-played favor
ties began winning and before the day was
over most of the layers had a decided
crimp in their bank rolls.
But for followers of Jockey Miller the
day was Waterloo. The boy, In four at
tempts. failed to win race, although ne
was in the money every time. But on two
of these horses there was virtually no
price to show, while his other two
mounts the place odds were so short that
few accepted them.
To the surprise OF nearly every one the
track was Just about 90 per cent faster
than on the previous day. In the very first
race Lord Boanerges. a three-year-old,
with 1O7 pounds. set new track record at
five and half furlongs. while in the last
event Reidmore the first mile in LAB,
the best of the meeting thus far.
The large crowd present thoroughly en-
joyed the sport from first to last. Espe-
cially the steeplechase and it's spectacular
finely. only one coming to grief. fortunately
without any injury to horse or rider:
The small. but speedy bunch of horses
in the opening event gave spectators
problem to solve that nine out of ten found
too hard before they got through with IT,
Quadrille's credentials on his last race look
ed good that the leggy son of Rapallo
was heavily backed, although Gold Sifters
Impressive warm-up won him many friends.
Toddles had worked In lis for the race
and many usually good judges looked on
this as good enough with Miller up. But
Lord Boanerges receded in the market
steadily as his additional weight looked to
put him out of It,
Boanerges Breaks a Record.
But the uncertainty of racing, especially
In the spring was again effectually demon
strated. Lord Boanerges, after being led
to the post, outbroke the others at barrier
rise and set them such a sizzling pace that
he had them on ''tiptoes'' before the first
quarter of mile had been covered.
AS the leader ran this first quarter in %
seconds. some idea of the fast pace can be
had: and most of the horsemen thought the
colt would stop in the homestretch. But
stop he did not. and as Quadrille quit at
the last furlong Lord Boanerges won so
easily TO amaze the crowd. amazement
that was licensed when the new record for
the distance, los 3-5, was hung out.
The feature of the race after Quadrille
stopped was the place duel between Gold
Sitter and Toddles, and though the latter
was beaten by the four-year-old she should
do better next time this race ought to
do her good. Toddles acted very mean go
Ing to the post it taking neary ten minutes
to get her over her Discrimination to join
her horses.
The two-year-old event witnessed another
upset for the SPECTATORS. rank outsider
unhacked by his stable connections, getting
the verdict. There We're several considered
good things in the race, Glaucus and Blem-
Der being well backed, as was the Virginia
bred colt Bob Callahan The Maryland colt
Patrician also had support.
Evidently the stable connections did not
have much confidence in Dead Gone. a fine
looking colt by Galore who ran with band
ages in front. AS one of the railbirds ex-
pressed IL. I'm dead gone that Madden
colts looks But that name stumps me
when his own people don't seem to want
him at any price" So few considered Dead
Gone as having much chance.
Dead Gone Was Game.
But the Madden colt, bandages inexperi-
enced Jockey and all, showed that he has
the making of a racehorse in him by
game stern chase after the leaders. Miller
got Glaucus away his toes and looked
as II he was going to make runaway race
OF It.
But Young Highlander on Madden's colt
closed up In the homestretch after getting
away slowly. and catching Glaucus firing
wore him down in the very last stride Mil
Ter looked quite chagrined as he came back
to weigh. and not a few people are of the
opinion that he rides with too short stirrups
10 give him full contro over his mount. A
word 10 the wise should be sufficient.
An overwhelming plunge Thomas
Clyde's colt Tudor made this New Orleans
performer a very warm favorite.
though he seemed to prop himself in his
ante-pcst move. But he had such mod
crate lot opposed TO him that his hackers
considered any price good one.
The colt outran his opponents so easily
from the start that his success looked the
foreEone conclusion indicated by the mar
ket transactions. But he or his boy nearly
lost the race by running out at the head of
the homestrctch carrying with him Miller
and Town Topics where Jack McKeOn cut
the corner. saving several lengths.
Tudor however, was so much better than
the others that he retained his lead in spite
q the swerve. Jack McKeon getting the
place from Town TOPICS. who would prob
ably have been second but for running out
" all the steeplechases at this meeting
are to be as successful as those run thus
far they will form decided public attrac-
ton Yesterdays event furnished a most
interesting chase from start to finish all
or the seven starters except Toots fencing
In clever. almost faultless fashion
Spectacular Steeplechase.
While spectators made the colt-geldfne
Gus Stratus very warm favorite against
the field. the leggy son OF Riley looked a
bit high in flesh. and not few preferred
the chances Of the Virginia mare Garter
knot Worthwhile. the new candidate for
jumping honors. also had a following. in
spite of his many "refusals'' in his school
ing this spring.
Garterknot. generally a splendid fencer.
showed that she retains all her old clever
ness in this most important requisite for
timber-toppers. Her boy took her to the
front early in the fray and her clean
faultless jumping enabled her TO gain
ground at every obstacle. Landing quick
as cat the mare really won the race by
her superior fencing. for the green jumper
Worthwhile had her straight at the end
Jockey Radtke won his first race of the
meeting on the Madden -year-old East
End. The latter earned his owner his sec
ond success of the day by a very narrow
margin at the finish. mainly through Radtke
Diminishing Englander. The mares Nettie
Carita and Accumulate both gave the win
ner all he could attend TO at the finish
while the local owned FLY Mammymoo.
backed from ~ to 10 to l. came from no.
where at the start to fourth place at the
end. She is not much bigger than a goat,
but very speedy.
ReIdmoOre looked on paper the surest
thing OF the day, and after his good ante
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