The Washington times., 1915-11-16
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F|RE.CRAzED HORSES
One Hundred From Benning
Track Fire At Large-loss
s35,000.
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races, who was trapped by flames while
In one of the stables and burned about
the head. limbs. and body. had but
slight chance for recovery. Wiinams
at the hospital said his condition was
critical John Smith. colored. employ
ed as a stable boy. was also reported IN
q serious condition from burns about
the face and hody. 49,.
we're Perry Belmont and Thomas For
tune RYAN. whose entire stable equip
ment was consumed. Neither OF them
lost anv horses. The heaviest loser was
George Day. five OF whose horses.
valued at 15.oon were burned to death.
Days horses were Coy. a horse which
ran at Bowie yesterday: Tale Carrier.
Frog, Joe Diebold. and an exercising
ponv.
... Lost $500 In Bills.
Five hundred dollars in paper cur
rency. belonging to Burlev Morton. col
ored. head of the Day stable. went up In
the smoke. After the f,re had been got
ten under contro, Morton took up a vigil
over the smoldering ruins. This morn
ing he raked the ashes In an effort TO
find his wallet containing 500. a gold
watch. several pieces of jewelry. and
three diamond rings. He found the dia-
iuOHub unHhTUieu. put his IuOncy "hs
destroyer and the gold jewelry had been
melted into a shapeless nugget.
Representatives Of the B. F.. Carman
stable said today that all Of his twenty
exercising ponies had been saved. The
Carrnan stable was directly opposite the
Day stable. and WAS saved by a bucket
Bailey Seeks Horses.
Three horses belonging to NJ. ]. Bailey
are sti.l at large. They are Charles r
Granger. Breakers. and Lord Wells. I,
"a positively known that these three
horses were not burned because stable
boys were certain of having driven the
aninais away shortly after the fire
Among the other horses lost in the
IRE were Mrs. Jack. owned by George
and Lillian kripp. owned by G. J
crawford: Roiung stone. owned by {
c. Smithson, and number OF othei
animals familiar TO race followers II
Two horses we're shot because the!
had Droken Their legs and were IN grea
agony. Among them was Good Day,
horse which attempted to run across
Ing through the ties and hanging sus
pended until dispatched by a policeman
The other was Miss Clara, owned b,
Louis Weise. of Chicago.
pr. J. s: Tyree. Of Washington. VIII
today that each of twenty animal
stabbed at the track was rescued.
The others who suffered similar losse
FeSe,, ess vi Msr rs Of wssnns,Sn
uel Ross: president Of the corporatio,
owning the race track; Dug Carter, O
Washington: Richard Carman of New
York; William Garth. OF AIbermarle
Va; william Shields. former locke.
Of New York: A. b. spreckles.
California breeder. and william Burch
81 WASHINGTON.
Spectacular Fire.
Will" some OF the horses were heinz
Conditioned for participation In tn
race mot at Bowie, most of them ha,
Just completed trai-ins for ompetitiol
IN the tracks AZ Juarez. Mexico. an,
Havana. Cuba. cars for their transpor
IA ion h,rinc been left on the railroa,
lid nSs near tho Benn'rg track las
r'sht. Practically all the animals save
and captured in today's run up vii
be ship cd to the southern tracks toda
or ,omcrrow
The race track fire was one OF tn
most specta cular seen in Washington /
long time. The hay and dry timbe
made easy pre- for the flames. wh'cl
over all the buildings in their pati
The flames leaped high irto the al
forming glaring scarlet columns an
illuminating the entire eastern sectio
OF the city. Thousands of persons, b,
lieving the fire to be in the vicinity {
North Capitol street. started from Isnr
sylvania avenue to walk to the scene.
Realizing the deceptiveness Of the co
umns OF flames after walking to Mort
Capitol street. the would-be specta to-
boarded cars which ran to the trac
until the electric wires were burns
down. Hundreds OF automobilists M
tored to the track to witness the fir
and the police had serious problem {
their hands relieving the congestion.