The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-14
CARD FOR CLOSING
DAY LACKS CLASS,
DAILY WINS AGAIN
HorS men Becoming
ReConCiled to Passage
of Anti-Raclng Bill.

It is now the last can TOT the dining
car.
The race meeting at Benning winds up
this afternoon, and il is pretty generally
the belief that win be the wind-up for
good and all OF racing at the Washing
ton course.
Horsemen are gradually reconcuing
themselves TO the conviction that Con-
sress viii pass the Sims bill and legis-
late Benning out Of existence.
The racing yesterday was not particu-
'larly classy. but there were a number
Of close finishes, which made things ex-
citing The Wrestler, Ragman, and
Umbrella, which won their races. just
got there and that was all The card
today. like that of yesterday, lacks
class, but for eu that 1t may prove TO be
interesting. The Jesse Brown Cup. for
two-year-olds pred and foaled in the
District of Columbia, Virginia, and
Maryland, viii be the feature this after
noon.
Some Of the Entries.
or the entries carded. General Towncs
has two, Taboo and Insomnia. William
Shields starts Al Busch and Sir Can
non; J. 5 Tyree, Cheek and Hawks
wing, and Chelsea stables Spanish
Prince. Taboo. which is regarded by
many as the best twO-year-old shown
at this meeting, will probably be the
favorite. and II the track is dry should
win.
Pa" DAILY is getting stuck on himself.
lie won another race yesterday, his I'm
brella, at the juicy odds OF 10 TO ], carry
ing Off the. last race. After the race a
big crowd lowered around the DAILY
stable and watched Umbrella cooling
out as II he had been another Colin.
Ihls public homage was very grateful
TO Pa who has not felt much of the
popular approval for the past few years.
Scratches Leave Three Starters.
As can well be imagined, It was a bad
race that Umbrella could win. Scratches
had reduced it to three starters. and
TWO OF these, Banker and D'Arkle,
were from one stable, different owners
but trained by the same man. These
races are usually a nightmare to bet
tors, as it IS so easy TO do things in
them
Banker was made the favorite. but he
went badly in the betting. Umbrella
opened UP at 10 to ]. but he was PLAYED
down 70 % 1 at post time. 1t was a
dog race. Banker and D Ankle in their
present form are hardly worth a dollar
apiece and Umbrella. is not much better
The mile and one-eighth was run IN
2:02, and that tells Il q story. This race
was of no particular credit to the
Jockey Club.
Has Good Jumper
Col Bob Neville has certainly got a
grand jumper In Sir Wooster. This one
captured the steepIechase yesterday in
the most ridicuIousIy easy fashion.
trailing through the field and running
over his horses on the fiat Mr.. Hur-
kamp showed I'D a good green one IN
this race in BlOOdstOne. a strapping big
son Of Star Ruby. Blackstone made all
the running through the field and hung
on well in the stretch, getting the
place
Carter Hall PLAYED in hard luck YES
tcrday that his Azure Maid did not win
the fifth race. The hlly came very
fast through the stretch and Just failed
10 get ND in time to beat OCt Kempton-
Azure Maids saddle slipped AT the half
mile and FairDTOtheT was riding on the
hllys withers most Of the way, but for
this mishaD Azure Maid could not have
lost General Towne's Alloy showed q
lot OF speed in this race TO the stretch.
but quit when the pinch came.
Panique Romps In.
Panique looked like a 1-to-10O shot in
his race. but there was such a play on
Grace Cameron and Milestone that I to 2
could be had about Panique. a royal
price as it turned out. Panique simply
rcmped in He was a Herrnis in the
field OF dogs he met yesterday.
John Madden sold us Ogden flIv Oh
durate. to Dan Holden, Of Baltimore.
yesterday for $3.50, The FLY will he
raced at Pimlico. She is fast and prom
Using, but has been suffering from
bUcked Shins.
GRANGE Hail RIIPMEn-