Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19
MAJ. ALLEN WINS
Victor in Fourteen-MiIe Serv-
ice Test at Benning.
AER0S fit OVER FIELD
Furnish Additional Thrills to 5000
at Race Meet.
TWO BAD SPILLS OCCUR
Accidents in Steeplechases|. w.
Frye Wins Rock Creek
Cup.

Maj. Henry T. Allen of the general
staff of the United States Army, riding
Razzle Dazzle II. won the fourteen-mile
service test for horses of all ages at
Benning yesterday afternoon-the feature
event of the two days of racing con-
Quoted at the famous old track under
the auspices of the Washington Riding
and Hunt Club. Mariposa, ridden by
Capt. V. Las Rockwell, was second, and
Dan, with Col E. f. Greble up, third. The
winning horses were ridden by their own
ers.
Racing under ideal conditions marked
the close of the meet. Officials of tne
club were the recipients of many con-
CALCULATIONS from representatives of off,
cial, diplomatic and social Washington
and others upon their successful man
agement of the meet. That racing is to
be revived in Washington under condi-
tons which can be relied upon to main
tain the popular sport is believed to be
assured.
Three Thousand at Track.
About 5000 persons witnessed the seven
events run off yesterday afternoon. There
were two bad spills in as many steeple-
chases, which sent thrills through the
spectators, but the uncarded feature that
attracted most attention was the flight
from College Park to Benning of Lieut..
Milling and Capt Chandler in aeroplanes
owned by the Signal Corps of the army
The aeroplanes sailed over the race
course at attitudes of about 1,5OO feet.
On account of engine troubles. Lieut..
Milling was forced to descend. and he
made a graceful landing in front of the
grandstand.
Corps officer wheeled his machine out
onto the track and was soon in the air,
heading for the aviation field, whence he
had come. Capt Chandler preceded him
on the return flight to College Park.
Receives Hard Fall.
The spills occurred in the third and
fourth races. Jockey Krause, riding
Enniskillen, received a hard fall when his
mount was taking one of the jumps. Az
though he lay on the field several min
utes stunned. Krause was not seriously
hurt, and he walked to the paddock I'M
assisted.
In the fifth race Lieut.. George s. Pat
ton. jr.. riding Grayfields, was the victim
of q similar accident while his horse was
taking the same jump. Patton was on his
feet instantly, however. Both horses
without their riders. continued in the
races, clearing a number of the hurdles
Sixteen horses went to the post in the
fourteen-mile service test. When Lieut.
Z. ST. John Greble, riding st. Angelo, fin
ished the course fully Is minutes in ad-
vance of any of the other entrants. he
was given enthusiastic applause by the
crowd. The judges, however, penalized
Lieut.. Grebel a number of points on ac-
count of q fall he received at one of the
jumps, which prevented him from being
| a tho vfnnarS Mai Allan. fha WIN
ner of this race, was presented with
cup by Washington Remount Association
Matabon Keeps Lead.
The first race of the afternoon was
over a two and quarter-mile course for
the Army and Navy cup. Matabon. rid
den by Lieut.. c. K. Rockwell. got away
to good start and kept the lead to the
finish. The time was 4:2S.
J. w. Frye, ridden by T. Wright won
the Rock Creek cup for hacks and hun
tiers registered with the hunts commit
tee Of the National Steeplechase and
Hunt Association. Alfred Noble, the
property OF Ivan Fox, was the winner OF
the Stephen B. Elkins cup, a steeple-
chase for four-year-olds and upward,
over a course two and half miles long.
Lieut.. Alexander, riding Miss Hynes,
captured the Henry of Navarro steeple-
chase for four-year-olds and upward,
while Garterrette, owned by j. E. Davis.
won the Washington Riding and Hunt
Club cup In steeplechase over three
mile course. Apache. owned by G. r.
Fleischman, and ridden by j. Tucker,
won the closing event-a mile and quar-
ter race on the fat-capturing the Ben
ming cup.
Won in Hard Drives.
Two of the races. the fourth and sixth,
were won in hard drives. Miss Hynes
winning over knight Of Elway in the
former by a neck, while Apache barely
finished ahead of Absconder In the latter.
While only the start and the finish of
the service test were visible to the spec
tators, judges, who were stationed at dif-
ferent points along the fourteen mile
course declared the showing of both
riders and horses to have been remark
ably good. Army men, after the race
expressed the opinion that the endurance
run had proven it's practicability as q
means of testing horses for the army.
The test was conducted under the juris-