Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Dacra Wins Steeplechase.

turn of speed but Beau Chiffon outlasted
him.
Dacra Wins Steeplechase.
Dacra. one of the outsiders in the bet
ting. closing at . to /. won the Greater
Baltimore steeplechase for four-year-olds
and upward at two miles. Pretty Mi
| chael. though he fell in his last race, was
made the favorite. closing at Q to g. while
with Stelaland. that had jumped Clearly
last two starts. and Dacra were neg
lected. Pretty Michael looked pretty good
until the eleventh jump. when. after lead
ing. lost his rider, J. Lynch. while Glover
Croft. too. lost Kermath.' With these
two out of 1t. r. SObell made his move
with Stellaland that had jumped cleanly
w. Allen, on Dacra, saved his mount TO
the final jump. When Stellaland took the
final brush Dacra was right behind him.
| Allen then set down to hard work and
in the drive home Dacra was easily the
stronger. winning by length and a half
Ticket of Leave. one of the long shots in
the race. was close up until he fell at
the ninth jump while Monte Carlo too,
threatened TO make a strong bid for the
race until the thirteenth jump, where he
refused
Essex unseated McClain at the first
jump and followed riderless in the chase
Takahira. the 1-to-2 favorite. was finally
dropped in soft spot in the Potomac
purse for three-year-olds and upward at
! mile and forty yards. On form. Taxa
hira seemed to be certain of victory for
| in his last race he finished second to
High Private after leading all the way
to the stretch. Takahira was easily the
best of the field in the race. j. Reid, who
had the mount. lost no time in sending
him to the front In the stretch Spanish
Prince closed with a lot of speed, but
he faltered in the last sixteenth and
Takahira won handily in 1.43 ID. which
was but fifth of a second behind the
nnr ald3 Ixr
years spring meeting.
Easy Victory for Sotemia.
Sotemia. the 6-to-5 favorite had all of
the foot in the opening event for maidens
at all ages at one mile, winning by
half-dozen lengths from Mispplon, with
Harmon Lass, at 80 to /. third. In a
jump Harmon Lass would have beaten
Mispillon for the place money.
Eleven of the original field of sixteen
starters were scratched i'm the second race
at six furlongs. Getting away I'm front at
the rise of the barrier, Martin Doyle, the
6-to-5 favorite, stayed there all the way
beating Top Note. the second choice, by
two lengths in liz fiat. NOtasulga. the
third choice, closed strong and will run
better race the next time out
Taking the lead just after the star:
Osorine. the third choice, won all the
way i'm the third race for three-year-olds
at a mile and sixteenth. Though she had
to be ridden hard in the stretch, Oserine
managed to stall off Golden Castle at
20 TO l, and win by a head. Golden
Castle, always a keen contender would
have won in another stride. Rostrum,
cut off by Golden Castle did not run
his race. while Cunning, badly interfered
with. could never get up, though she ran
a winning race.
DIR. Pillow. at to l, captured the final
race for maiden all ages at one mile
Woolspun was a red-hot favorite. and
though he seemed to be the best of the
fled, c. Grand gave him an Indifferent
ride. Grand let WoOlspun drop back in
the first half of the race and waited to
the stretch run. While he came fast
WOolspun started too late for Dr. Pillow
won by half a length. with Pocket a
length behind. Miss O'Toole led to the
stretch, but then stopped
The Summaries.
First race: one mile: purse s4Oo-Sotemia. 81
,Ramsey,. q TO >. l TO and ont. won: Mis-
pillon. 1OI tMcCahey'. to I. To 1 and 4
to >. second; Harmon Pass. 95 n.apg,, 20 to
I. Is to l and > To L. third. Time. l.4O.t.
Oquetos. Danceress. Allonby and COsscaddin
also ran.
Doyle. lis ,Davenporty. g to ). . 10 ) and out.
won: Top Note. l07 tGrand,. to >. to and
10 ; and to >. third Time. lis. Check
and Paniqe also ran.
and sixteenth: purse. $500: Osorine. 1903
Golden Castle. los tGoldste inl 10 to ]. Z TO
and :; to 1. second: Rostrum. los ,GrandI, 2 to
l. 10 10 and out. third. Time. 141as Sill
yerin Cunning and Demetrios also ran.
Fourth race; Greater Baltimore steeplechasp;
selling: about two miles: purse. SJ0g-Dacra.
40 tAlenl. > tn ]. even and out won; Stella
land. 1+6 tSafellD. = to I. even and out, second:
Wootlside. $50 Williams. II to 1. to and
to I. third. Time. i.2U. Essex lost rider at
first jump Ticket OF Leave lost rider at ninth.
Pretty Michael and Clovercroft lost rider at
eleventh and Monte Carlo refused at thirteenth.
Fifth race: Five and half furIongs; purse.
$Jd0-Bcau Chiffon. lib tWalkeri Z to ]. . to
and 10 10. won; Martinez. 1l3 ,Nicoln. q TO
3 to !. even and To :, third. Time, 1.0I.
Paul Davis. Hedge Rose and Indian Maid also
ran.
Sixth race: $500 added: three year DDS and up
ward; mile and forty ysrds-Takabira. los
tReidi IL tn - and out. won: Spanish Prince.
105 McCaheyI. 10 TO !. to and 10 ),
second; Eversrd. 100 tGoldsteinp. to 1. to
:, and ont. third Time. 1.43L. Maxim Gun,
Great Jubilee. Elfall and Earl Rogers also ram
Seventh race $500 added; maidens. all ages:
| one mile--Dr. Pillow. 1O7 Lang . to l.. 3 to
| l and g TO :. won: Woo'spun. iO7 tGrandl. = to
l, To 3 and 2 10 Z. second; Pocket. % NC
LAB. Lady Frederick. Cotton Maid Sandy HILL
Vera Vioetta and Miss O'Toole also ran.
BANGS QUEER PERFORMANCE.
Failed to Show Speed In Race With