New-York tribune., 1908-03-26
FOUR CHOICES BEATEN.
OR4CULUM IN DEFEAT.
Proscler Runs 4scay and Finishes
Last at Benning.
TRy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Washington March 25.-Two favorites. Two
seoofii. choices and two outsiders won al 'ie
F,ennsux racefrack to-day. and the big cro"o IN
s-rsndsrcs anpeared 10 be we'll content with a
good afternoons sport. The winning faVorites
were the Colt entry, Percentage ana fenariis
in the steepiechase. and Animus IN the ciosins
race. The weather was warm ana spfnhenAe
while tie track had dried out SO mat 'he eoiiie
was fairly fast
George Odom's Oraculuu. the beaten faNorlte
in the Benning Handicap on the opening day
disappointed his followers once more In the
third race in which only three horses went TO
the post The horse backed from TO 10
Q 20 10 and in the face Of this strong play
Progressing drifted back from TO 10 10 TO D
E-orkmaid the rank outsider oraclum
raced along in front for five furlongs, opening
up 3 gap Of two lengths but his courage faiieo
as il has before when Progressing challenged
in the stretch and the knight OF the Thistle
horse won rather handily by a soant length
Prowler played for q good thing" from 2 10
10 6 10 5 in the first race, upset all calculations
by running away six furlongs before the start
Mccarthy tugged and pulled in vain TO get him
under control until the ambitious colt had run
himself out. and then the damage was done
When the start came Prowler could hardly
raise respectable gallop, and finished bad
last Nanno Is to /, forced the pace and
lasted long enough to win by a head from Tea
leaf. II was Jimmy McLaughlin's second long
shot OF the meeting. but from all accounts he
missed another chance for killing"
Taboo won the two-year-old scramble like
good FLY She was of last struggling start
and ran wide on the turn. but Mccarthy, who
had the mount, never lost hope, and when
Strengthened out in the stretch the flly closed
with a rush and galloped home four lengths IN
front. Bonnie Kelso fair and is
worth remembering. She was well backed on
tie strength Of fast work, which the railbirds
had not overlooked.
Dr. Lee graduated from the maiden class
in the fourth race. after trying 10 win a purse
for two years This faint hearted of Mes
Tnerist has raced Out in front often. only TO
stop when most required. that his followers
did not shout when he turned for home five
lengths in front expecting every second to see
him capitulate. Strange it may seem, how
ever. he stuck il out, with Tommy Burns look
ing over his shoulder and grinning. Alloy. the
farorite had excuses, and il will be long
time before he holds that position again. even
In a field of uaidens. Father Bill Daly's
Hartford Boy left at the post, he was
in almost every race in which he started last
seems 10 have any effect on this wilful horse
and his place of usefulness viii be between
the shafts OF a buggy milk wagon.
Eight horses went TO the post in the steepe
chase and six finished, badly strung out. Way
size and Bessie kiser fell. but the jockeys
Tot injured J. ". Colt his horses Per-
centage and Penarris one. The former
made the early running, but appeared to be
beaten at the last jump. when Fin MacCool
showed in front for few strides The latter
tired, however, in the last furlong, and finished
distant third.
John Z. Madden, who bought Animus out of a
selling the opening dag. had the salts
faction OF winning his purchase in the
closing race Shaw rode well judged race
snd Animus easily from Reidmoore and
Lely.
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