Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-14
Finishes in Four Events of
Hair-Raising Order.
PIKERS' HEARTS GLAD
Umbrella. at z to l. Wins by an
Eyelash.
SIR WOOSTER A GOOD JUMPER
Nationals Ready for Fray in Boston.
Holy Gross Surprises Georgetown.
Bowling Bottles.
;IR WOOSTER A GOOD JUMPER

The sport at Bennin. Yesterday was the
best of the meeting. in ali but the third
and fourth events the finishes were of the
hafr-raisinG order. and the winners were
in doub, until the numbers went up The
real excitement came in the las race. won
by Bill DAILY with his fily Umbrella. Rid
den by little W. Burns the DAILY platter
managed to stagger across the line in
'front.' of Banker. q winner by eyelash.
This race was Gift To the layers, and
they cleaned up over S:O.hD on the result.
There were only three horses to face the
barrier. Banker D'Arkle and Umbrella.
Banker and D Ankle are trained by j.
Fits; mmons. but ran under different own
ers. and were separated in the betting.
Banker was made favorite al , To !.
- Ankle was at to > and Umbrella was
the outsider at . 10 !. The stable waited
until Banker had gone to even money be-
fore the money began to show. Commits
sionerS suddenly Swarmed over the lawn
nd the layers were offered as much
they wanted on Banker. The rush
great that the odds dropped to To IL.
and if the field had been delayed AT the
post Banker would have been backed off
the boards. Al Stokes who owns Banker.
had $1,000 wager down. and Charley
Heney. Sol LicIItenstein and the other
big players unbelted on the old horse.
First to Show.
When the barrier few up D'Arkle was
the first to show with Umbrella a close
second. Umbrella took the lead at the
middle of the backstretch. and Brussei ha,.
Banker in second position a this point.
When they swung into the stretch I'm
hrela had a lead of one length. and
Banker appeared if he would win
e3SIIN. RlITnS hogan hplahor the T)a1V
lily with all hiS might. and managed to
keep her slightly ahead of Banker They
entered the last sixteenth even terms
hut Umbrella had her running shoes on.
and managed 20 shoot under the wire first.
The small players were forced to bet on
l mbre'la on account of the odds. and they
Shrieked with JOY when her number Went
up.
seconds when Brussel claimed a .oul
against Umbrella. But when the stew
ards refused to change the standing pan
denonipm broke loose
The largest winner Umbrella was
Jack sturgis. who bet $500 on the DAILY
hlly AT to J.
Rotten Saddle Girth.
rotten saddle girth cost several Balti-
more plungers small fortune. The filly
Azure Maid. heavily backed to win the
firth race. had passed Kempton the lead
er. few yards short of the finish but
suddenly lost ground and kempton poked
his nose in front. The fny's saddle sirth
had broken. Ii reminded old racegoers of
the famous story told of John Harper
under similar circumstances many years
ago. Why. that ought to be good sad
die girth,' he said. Il have had it twenty
years
Big lin Sullivan came to town Sun
day night and appeared at the rack 1t
was his first visit to race course in six
months. Just before the Belmont Park
meeting opened last fall he announced he
was through for the year and had lost
sla0.0O0. which was all he intended to lose.
yesterday he began badly. He sent
Bobby Ansarola to bet $500 on Right
and True and lost the race going to The
Wrestler at to g On Paniuue, in The
third race. however, Sullivan bet enough
al odds on to win back all he lost on
Right and True.
Sir Wooster won plaudits of cross-coun-
try experts by his easy victory in tn.
steeplechase.