Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
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RACING.

Bethany last.
RACING.
The spring racing meeting at Benning
race track opened March - with a large
attendance. The feature event of the
day was the Benning Spring handicap.
which to the surprise of the thousands
Of horse followers and others was won by
Malacca. a 30-to-1 shot finishing a nose
in front of Graziallo and Slickaway. The
first race was captured by Anna May
with Miller up. The meeting was a great
success in every way. as there was a
large attendance at the track each day
and the racing was first-class. The
horses entered were above the average
presented at a spring meeting
The two-years-olds entered held the top
class, among which were Queens Souve-
mir. Billie Hibbs. Jubilee. Lady Isabel
Trey of Spades Beckon. Senator Barrett
and Servile.
The Chevy Chase steeplechase which
was run April Z was oneAof the most
notable events of the meeting. Dion Kerr
took first place April IL the Amateur
cup was run off and Quadrlle won. The
meeting closed April IA with classy pro-
gram, In which the Jesse Brown Cup was
won by Billie Hibbs. The second Benning
Spring handicap went to Rose of Dawn
and the Spring Hunters steeplechase was
won by Essex. Walter Miller was tne
leading jockey of the meeting.
Inc eastern racing season closed at
bennlng with a thirteen day meeting from
November 16 to December l. The at
tendance for the first week was small
and the class Of horses was very poor.
The Vestal stakes, on November II. were
won by Pins and Needles. The Dixie. run
on November % had only two starters.
Perseverance and Oraculum, the latter
pelng added. but. however. won easily.
Ihe Benning Special. on November %,
was won by Right Royal. The Washing
ton cup, on November %. went to Beau
DAY of the meeting. went to Beauclere.
A notable event of the meeting was the
Grand Consolation, which WIS pou by
The Squire.
FOOT BALL.
AS a result of the change in the rules
of foot ball. whereby there was not SO
much rough playing. this sport was more
popular than ever in the past season. and
rarely has there ever been such rivalry
between the two large local institutions
Georgetown and George Washington
and Technical High School, champions OF
the high schools, and the Georgetown
Preparatory team, as was shown last
fall
At the opening of the season 1t looked
hSA a thiiO, as IL IcoISc washington OHl-
versity would be without a team. as but
a few candidates came out and only a
rev of these were of a quality fit for a
university eleven but after the manage.
ment had obtained the services of Coach
Nelson, who for number of years turned
out winning teams at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, the men took a decided
brace and played strong games there
after. The showing made against George
town. which was leld to a 20 score
was the best in number of years. Gun
ming, who played end and haIfback during
the season. captained the team and made
fine leader. For next season Sommers
the big tackle, who has been picked for
the All-South Atlantic foot ball eleven
has been elected captain.
At Georgetown the team was. in a Way
disappointment. The men were the
lightest in years. and the bad defeat a,
the hands of the University of Virginia
was a singing blow to the Blue
and Gray followers. The score of the
George Washington game was also a biz
disappointment. as it was expected thai
the Buff and Blue boys would again be
on the other side of the records column
Joe Reilly again coached the team. and
butcher. the All-south Atlantic fullback
was captain. AS yet the coach Tor next
season has not been selected, but Miller
who played end. has been chosen as cap.
tain next season.
In the high school series the Technical
team easily won the championship, not
losing a game. The team representine
.he Manual Training School was the
strongest that has ever been put out from
that school. The other teams did no,
have show against the big blacksmiths
Ihls team also won the interprepa ratory
championship by the defeat of the
Georgetown Preparatory team. Eastern
Western and Central were tied for sec
ond place in the race. each having won
two and lost two games. Business lost
all of the games.
The Gallaudet College team was one
of the strongest at that institution in a
number of years. Its most notable
town University.
The Georgetown Preparatory School had
team which played a number of strong
games against the university team, and
it looked like the interscholastic cham.
pioEship would be its, but the Tech
nical High School team won the contes,
after hard struggle by score of 6. to O
GOLF.
Three local golf tournaments have been
held in the past twelve months. Both the
Chevy Chase and Columbia clubs held
spring tournaments. but the former omit
ted the annual fall tournament
Two matches between the Columbia and
Chevy Chase Club teams were played, In
which the former organization success
fully defended its title as the champion
of the Middle Atlantic States Association
The inter-city match upon the links of the
Columbia Golf Club between teams com.
posed of Columbia and Chevy Chase men
and Philadelphia golfers April q was
closely watched by many devotees of the
game. Although the local men played
hard they were downed by a score of Il
to I. In the morning round four rounds
were played and the locals lost, 6 to g.
In the afternoon the golfers from the
City Of Brotherly Love- simply carried
everything before them, winning by IL
to 4, Mattingly AMI Noyes of Columbia
and Lafferty and Tuckerman of Chevy
Chase being the only two men of the To-
cal team who managed to win from the
visitors. In these matches the work OF
Tillinghast. Perrin and Crum, all of the
Philadelphia Country Club, was of the
gilt-edge order.
In the spring tournament of the CO.
lumbia Club A. S. Mattingly was the
winner in the first sixteen. With the
exception of the winner of the fourth
sixteen, who was s. Harris of Bannock
burn. Columbia men won every prize in
the sixteens. At the spring tournament
of the Chevy Chase Club in May the rep
resentatives of that organization took
everything with the exception of the cup
in the third sixteen, which was won by
L. w. Weaver of Columbia, and the frs
prize in the second sixteen, which went
to an out-of-town golfer, F. F. Briggs OF
the Wilmington Golf Club
George Lafferty was up on his game In
the fall tournament of the Columbia Club,
md ha nf