Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

There was some racing out at Ben
ming yesterday. Benning is place out
at the end of car line which persists
in calling it Bennings. The telegraph
companies also call it Bennings. the race
track people do not know it by any other
name than Bennings-yet its name Is
really Benning.
Yes, there was some racing. Follow
ing championship day in the horse
show ring the ponies lined up. were
started and ran. Enthusiasts in the
srandstand shouted They're off," and
the band played such tunes as i've Said
My Last Farewell (Toot. TooD, Good
bye" 1t was evidently referring to the
race proposition in general.
Some Glass to the Show.
But there was some class to yesterdays
show; speaking in the language OF
stable boy. Blue ribbons were Haunted
galore, and blue ribbon is nothing to
be sneered at. A champion is the prize
winner of all the blue ribbon takers. A
bunch of ten-thousanddolar equine beau
ties go through the PAGES. Four judges
look em over Four judges confer. -Four
Judges mark marks on cards and then
one Judge pins ribbon while the rest
run for shelter, for sometimes their Juog-
ment does not run parallel with the "lSneS
of the grooms and the gentlemen astride.
However, there were some popular
choices and some popular decisions yes
terday. Ring King, driven by one OF the
Byers and owned by the Dyer BROS.
& koontZe stable, was popular cham
pion. Mrs. Allen Potts came second In
that class, the saddle horses winning q
reserve" with her Moonstone She has
stuck to ii all the week and Will have to
buy an extra trunk to take the ribbons
back to Virginia.
Lady Riders ''Get a Hand
There was one family of lady riders to
"ge. a hand" every time any of the MEM
bers appeared. 1t was the Cherbonnier
family. Three young women-Miss Marie.
Miss Catherine and Miss ColSate-rode
and rode astride, and whenever their
horses would take a good, clean jump
the crowd applauded, just as the crowd
always does when young woman does q
commendable thing. And, speakint OF
lady riders. no one should forget MISS
Flynn, riding two winners In one class
mot at once however, as was suggested
by an individual who did not see the
show. She rode Irish Rose and Robin
Adair in the first class. getting a red
and a blue ribbon. Irish Rose won an
other championship in class Is for saddle
horses. with Julian Norris putting him
through the PAGES.
Then there was another favorite, Sid
ney Holloway, a New York lad. who rode
like the north wind and who mas great
reputation up around Gotham. He also
rode two winners in one class, the light
weight hunter championship He had the
satisfaction of seeing George r. cam tax
first and Centennial second under his
guidance He was a little abashed on
Jack Frost. who froZe up on the second
jump and had to go back to the stables.
letting Red Raven take the heavyweight
championship, while several hundred anna
teur Jockeys made puns on the name of
the beast.
Heavyweight Glass.
1t was in the heavyweight class that
Upper" Morris rode David Gray to a
second place. Upper is groom, and
one; of the gentlemen riders said: ''Oh.
we nevah publish the names of grooms."
But Upper" is a rider worth men,
tioning.
The folks who want to see a race and
lay down bet or two began to flock TO
the gates 1t 3 o'clock. There was a good
thing SO called. in the first race, or
perhaps it is called a sure thing One
Unfamiliar with racing does get these
terms mixed so badly. Anyhow. the wise
ones were watching the horse that
Jockey Bergen would ride. Great Jubilee
in the first race had that distinction and
another horse later on that did not count
when it came to cashing in, or collecting
bets, or whatever is the proper name
for it.
But the fact is that any one who wanted
to place few dollars on a horse did not
have to go to New York to do It,
Yes, Indeed, Bets Were Placed.
There were a few people in the crowd
who were too intent on trying to md out
whom the first box contained to pay