The Washington herald., 1911-04-06
EASTERN RAGING
SEASON. COMMENCES
AntenOr Makes Good Time
in Heavy Going.

jamestown, Va, April 5-Antenor, a
colt that carries the silks Of w. p. Aus
tin, celebrated the opening of the East
ern racing season by tow-roping a pretty
nifty field in the Victoria Hotel Purse
this afternoon at the jamestown Jockey
Club course. Incidentally Antenor en-
aoled Jimmy Blue, his trainer. and the
latter's friends to gather in quite some
golden fleece for these gentlemen. who
played him from Y to 1 to to L
The colt never disappointed his back
ers for an instant He broke away IN
front. raced High Private off ais feet
and then came on to win by three open
lengths. Jockey Olsen. who rode Ante
nor, is known as the Terrible Swede,"
but, despite his nomenclature, he knew
enough to bring home the bacon. Mont
calm, neglected at 10 to l. beat Hign
Private length for the place. High
Private was another alleged sure thing
but though his owner. c. C. Smithsons.
played him with enough confidence and
coin to reduce his odds from to 1 to
II to 5. High Private was not there when
they paid of.
Aspirin, which came here heralded as
the Hindoo of jacksonville, turned out
to be hoodoo in the event The smart
players backed him early from 4 to to
to 5, but as the other birds began to
receive support the great Aspirin got
very frap and scared to even money.
And to add to the tragedy, he galloped
like a so to shot
To show that Antonor was the real
candy when it came down to the speed
question, Ii may be mentioned that he
Travelled the six and a half furlongs in
l:S over a heavy course and during a
very annoying rainstorm
After the final race Fred Miller and
lis clerk. William Hickey, were taken
into custody. and will be arraigned to-
morrow. This was done to make another
test case of the betting laws here, and
the officials are confident that the result
will be in their favor.
Because, of a dispute between the pool
interests and Bob" Levy, promoter of
the race meeting which started here to-
day. telegraph wires have been banished
from the track.
The summaries:
FIRST RACE-Fem furiougz Dragnct. Iu
2 to l. secnd Anto Maid. lG (SweeneyJ. to 5.
third Time. o5l Is. Inwood. Doodle Dandy. Or
pharry. Nickle. and Madeira also Drasnet
and Doodle Dandy Belmont entry.
SECOND RACE-Nile and one-haf-Nick o'Time.
rs Turner. 10 !. won. Only one to finish.
Duchenno. Woods Lightning Jack Baker and
Merry Man fell No time.
THIRD RACE-Thrce-year-oi and up: five and
one-half furlongs. John A. Munro lr5 (Dsnnl, 10
TO l. won: Servcencc. liz Warrington. to l.
secDDd; Conney X. l0i (BelD, to . third Time.
l 10. SylvestriS. Baby Wolf. Cardiff. Tom Shaw.
Moncref. Banorella. Takahira, Fort Worth. Academ-
ist. and Mukmelou also ran
FOURTH RACE-SiI furlong. Antsnn. IS
tOlscnl. to l. won; Montcslm. lo4. to l.
Second: High Private. los tEstey). TO ) third.
Time not given. Aspirin. Vreeiand. Hoffman, Phil
Mohr. and Pyramid also
FIFTH RACE-Threr- ear ods and up: one mile.
Sir Edward. III (WaTrngtonl. to l. won; Harvey
F.. 10 McCansyl. to 5. sscnnd John Patterson.
lG2 (Swesneyl. to l. third. Time, l:i5 rs. Sam
Matthews. Bang, Pethlehem. Agrond. Miss Off
Cious and Warden also ran.
SIXTH RACE-Three year ODDS and up; mile and
one sixteenth. Third Rail. los CBelD. to l. won
St. Joseph. 100 tByrocl. tn l. second: My Gal.
l62 CSwecney). u to 5. third Tine. So rs. Anar
and Buck Thorn also