The Washington times., 1907-11-17

against Llc DIX GTEOT E6lGWIi-h IT slitld
football game yesterday, but for all that
the opening Of the autumn meeting at
Benaiing brought cut good first day
attendance.
\ strong contingent Of racetrack reg
ulars who have been following the
bangtails at the Metropolitan tracks all
the season came down from New York
and these. with che local element and
trainload from Baltimore, made up a
crowd that would have reached record
breaking proportions had there been no
rival attractions.
IT rad been rumored that tight money
and the dark financial situation would
cut down the quota of bOokmakers and
curtail speculation. but that condiuon'l
did not appear. A few Of the old
familiar faces in the ring were absent,
but enough OF the old guard were on
hand TO make things interesting and
give abundant field for those who felt
Ike backing their opinions.
Layers on Hand.
Aaout ninety layers were on hand and
conducted betting in the manner Of the |
last two meetings. The dean OF the
faculty SOL Lichtenstein, as usual !
vas the central figure and his quota |
At0aS lilaUG the maj hEL OH tNGL tiaE 1
ring. 4 card Of six races vas provided, !
but while the fields generally were
large the horses engaged were Of poor |
quality, much poorer in fact than has |
been usual at Benning. It was a bad |
day for the talent and fayOrites fell /
BY the wayside with sickening regu- |
laTity. Not a first choice won.
The New Workers. who usually consld- |
er themselves the wise men of the |
game, had especially hard shedding |
They could see nothing but the horses /
that had been running on the big tracks /
and were thrown down good and hard (,
The crowd that came over from Balti- !
more and stuck to Pimlico form got the |
money.
Baltimore Horses Show Class.
Out OF the six races four were won by |
horses which had shown their form at
the late Baltimore meeting. Last night |
the New York hOTsemen were anxiOusly |
inquiring for the Pimlico dope
The opening event of the meeting /
brought out a big field Of sixteen two
year-olds. The New Workers. said that
Ardri couldn't lose, and he was made 7
a red-hOt favorite, going to the post /
al to .. Long prices were laid against /
the others. the next choice to Ardri /
being as good as 70 /. Ar1ri ran a /
fair race. but not good enough. He /
took the lead at the head of the /
stretch, but when he struck the deep
sand he tired and Jimmy McLsaughlin's |
Glaucus coming on strong beat him out 4
handily. The third horse was King
Thistle, another PimIico performer /
This was blow number one for the tai /
ent. but more was to come
BladensSurg Steeplechase.
The second race was the Bladensburg 4
Steeplechase. and brought out a field of /
seven good chasers. The Colt entry. Kara
and Prince Of Pilsen. was thought to hold |
a first mortgage on this event. and was /
at once Installed favorite. The entry.
however, failed TO land. kara fell' at
the first jump and the best Prince OF
FIlsen could do was TO get the place.
The race went to Mr.. GleniveTs Guard
ian. who fenced beautifully and hung
on with more than usual gameness. Dion
Kerr had the mount on his own horse
Essex and rode him a fine patient race
through the field. On the fat Guardian.
Prince Of Pilseu. and Essex punched up
and in driving finish came to the
Another Pimlico Favorite.
Guardian held on just long enough to
get the verdict by a head from Prince
of Plsen, with Essex only a neck away.
This was another victory for Pimlico
dope The talent received another
severe bump in the third race when
Relic Of the Bay. long shot got home
IN front Of Farmer BIZ SculIy's Pins
ana Needles, an even-money favorite.
Pins and Needles looked all over a win
nor in the stretch. but he tired in the
deep sand right at the end, and Belle
OF the Bay beat him out c. c. Smith
sons NeOskaIceta closed fast In the
stretch. and got third place Another
good thing went wrong when the favor
ite, Oraculum, was beaten IN the fourth
race, the Columbia Handicap. Oracuium
took the lead atfthe start and held it to
the stretch. Here he weakened, and
Dolly Spanker and Coincidence hook
ing up made n hot drive to the finish.
Coincidence just winning At the six
tenth pole Dolly Spanker looked The
winner, bur he weakened right at the
end.
oxfoTd's Poor Showing.
Oxford was we'll played in this race.
sst made a poor showing. Mclaughlin
horse is clearly not at himself Two
pretty classy two-year-olds were en-
gagged in the nth event. They were |