The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10

public al were out Tor blood. As usual
ID such cases the merry penciIers had
the best OF the argument and recouDea-
in a measure the losses which they sus--
tanned IN the early days of the meeting.
II was a day OF upsets and first
choices fell by the wayside with a reg
uIqrity that was painful 10 me Erear
and general pubIic which was seeking
70 get even on the meeting The track
was heavy and sticky as glue. and this
put az form calculations on the blink.
The features OF the card were The
Chesapeake Steepiechase and the Ana
teUr Cup
Form Shown IN SteepIechase.
Tie steeplechase brought out a ae.d
OF seven OF the best chssers a. ths
track. and furnished a great contest
q. - SmithsOn. OF washington. had
Bound Brook entered In This race. and
this one was made d hot farorire. q
ton OF money going IN on the geIding-
The Washington sports. who had Won
heavily in the race before on Fl Dorado
set their money right back on Bound
Brook, and II this one had won. the
bOOkies would have been badly scared
The SmithsOn horse. however. was
just race short He made a great race
through the field. with Grandpa. DuI-
elan. and 1o0ngold. but weakened in
the run through the stretch and had
10 be content with show money. First
place went 20 EoOngoid, which came
strong AT the finish after being wen I'D
AL through the field Old GRANDPA ran
game and consistent race. ana got
the place. Bette Landon fell The second
time around the field. giving Davidson
her rider. a bad shaking up. breaking.
his cOlIarbOne-
Gentlemen's Amateur Cup.
The Amateur Cup for gentlemen riders
brought out only three starters pan
de ORC, ridden by Tommy Wright. VS.
an even money favorire here with F,fu.
Grande and Fancy Bid about equally
fancied az . 20 / Pan de ORC took rha
lead AZ tie start n this race and 1arI
IL until wei down the stretch. where
he was challenged and beaten out by-
RIO Grande. on whom Mr. Kerr rode 3,
splendid race
The first event OF the afternoon, a
FIVE furlOng dash for two-yea--olds-
went 10 Woods Garth's consistent .per-
Z former, Lucille r. which made a snow
Of her field The long shot. Arondack,
ran into the place. Ragman. the sec
ond choice. made a poor showing
ListeTine Takes Second.
Listerine. at s TO I. captured the sec
ond race. coming with a rush in tho
stretch Firebrand set the pace here.
but faded away 70 nothing at the end.
Goes Fast was the warm tip for ne
third race and closed a 20 favor1.e.
The Washington sports pinned their
Ialth 70 c c. Smithson's f. Dorado.
and they got all the money. FL DORADO.
winning with something 70 spare after
running the favorite into tie ground
IL was great race for Herr Smi-hso1-
who made one OF the biggest plunzes or
MS career He did not keep il all. how
ever, as big bundle was burned ID
on Bound Brook IN the next race.
Another good thing went wrong IN ma
SIKH race. Tnen the warm favori-a
Little Lighter went down TO defeat.
Little Lighter was a warm baby IN lie
paddock and the attention Of the clubs
veterinary was called 10 MIN. but u0-l-
ing developed In the race If-rl5
Lighter was not such a warm member,
and after showing a flash of aa-Ty
speed, cieo away 10 nothing al the end.
lhe smart people said he ran his race
IN the paddock The race went TO O--
BOY, second choice IN the betting, which
won all the way
UIoole Heavily Played
The last race OF the day and the meet
ing was another upset. Tim O'Tools
was the favorite here. and was heavily
PLAYED by the big bettors. When the
barrier went Up in this race TIM
O,TOOle started out as II ne would
make a runaway race Of It. He ran
the first quarter IN the stiff mud in 3
seconds. and this killed him In he
he nd Toefr -r-l--
had been KEEP on the outside in the best
going got up in time 10 snatch the race
from Polar star The latter threw his
rider after passing the finiSn and ran
away four miles before he was STOPPED
Most OF the hOrsemen viii ship -
TORONTO from PimITcO.
The Summaries.
First receive rurlonEs. Lucille R.
~ lMCCahey)- 3 10 3. won Ar0ndack.
los 1LieberO. 50 TO l. second Lurid- 1'4
g. Murphy), = 70 l. third Time. los
40 Ragman, Autumn Maid also ran
Second race--Six furIongs. Listerine. q
tHogg(. 10 !. won. MaripOSa. lL3 lie
hertz % TO 1 second. KingSeSSiug Il3
tt alTbrotherl. % TO !. third. Time. I.22 IS.
Flrebrand. Denial Ornamentation. Con-
canvas also ran.
Third race-One mile. Fl Dorado lis
1McCSheyl- 5 10 5 won. Lady Isabel.
- !talrDrotherl. 8 TO ]. second; Goes
49,. tlo toClldllerl- S 10 .. Ll1rQ. Time.
N;5a Oroonoka also ran.
Fourth race-Chesapcake Steeplechase:
about TWO miles MOongOId. I24 Bow
SER 10 ], won. Grandpa Isl M
KERN 8 to 1. second. Bound Brook Isl
tSdf1cD. even. third Time. z-ss Dul-
clan. BeldemO. ArdweT. Bette I.angdol
also ran.
Fifth race-Amateur Cup one mile.
Rio Graude. 149 f1Ir. Kerr. . GO ! Won;
Pan de orc. l29 tATr- WrighI}. even. sec
ono; FancE Bird Ia CIT Tucker , 70
l. third Tine. l.52-
Sixth race-One mile and sixty yards
Our Boy. 90 O. Murphy, 70 J. w-0n-
Mancnyul0O. III (O'Brien). 90 70 l. sec
oud; Lord Badge. us I.iebert). u 10 I.
thirc- Tina 1-55- Little Lighter. High
jumper, Peter knight. Edith tSlcr- XII
lochan7 ManSheld, Wilton LacEey. Jun
sic lnir also ran
Seventh race-Six furlcngs. DelDhie.
IL tFairbrother). s 70 ], won. Polar
Star. lo5 tLieherD. 10 I. second: Tim
O-ToOle. 10 u. Murphy. to 5. third
Tine. - Profit, Caroline w. Gallant
also ran.
GEORGETOWN ATHLETICS.