The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-11
SPILLS ARE FURNISHED
N THE STEEPLECHASE
Vfll be Only Two Races Today, at
Five and Five Thirty, Officcrs TO
Ride I'm Last One

Colonetta, s. Turner up, took
tumble on the last Jump before
teaching the stretch yesterday III
eteeplechase and AiEarG' had no
trouble In beating Mss McGigsie'
the only remaining CONTENDER 10 Aite
wire. Although tho handicap was
Tie feature Of the day" racing oHs
n small field answered the gong.
Carrying top weight OF Us POUNDS,
AlEarii got OF to a GOOD start anu
the battle was between this horse
ana CoIinetta. Miss Mct;iggle. car
,yfnr only 40 pounds, being distanc-
"a before the second barrier was
coached.
Turner. the same darby who had
q fall on Thursday. rode q good race
ana had hts horse on A!gardfs heels
when the accident occurred. 1he
.~o horeses were well matched and
.an neck and neck for tfsFs first tssf4
miles. Miss McCiggie tame up fast
on the stretch and was only two
lengths behind Aalgardi when ne
HaAhed under the wire. Turner was
knocked out by the fail hut mad NO
hon0e broken and recovered in few
wahut0. The time WIS the slowest
cf any event over the same distance.
$40 Is.
The first race. for all ages, $3.50
purse. was won by Bengali in the
best time OF the day, l:A2, Prince
Bonero took the lead at the start
but was outrun before the third FUR
.ong. Katahdin. Collins up. ran
second less than len+th ehind the
winner and Wauseon beat out
prince Romero after hard run for
third place. Iron Boy and Anxiety
Adso ran.
Rus Away With Second
Major Domo, ridden by J. Ranch,
ran away with the second race
which was Ave furiongs dash for
A purse of $500. The time was
1904 Ia. Mildred Ecretta beat
shandon for the place and Ameri-
Fan also ran.
J. Collins brought home winner
r. the third race, one mile FIAT. for a
Purse of $3.50. This event was
consolation affair for 1hree~year-
oids and upwards who have not won
I IT the meet Ralph > was the prin-
eipal contender and gave battle I'M
il the stretch was reached. when
Collins swung the ha, and Mothe
Machree stepped ont In front. fash
ting under the wire iangth ahead
Wewoka. ridden by smith, was an
-Asy third, with Puck three lengths
behind and Royat bad last Time
1:42.
Isabelle r. was scratched In ths
fourth race. leaving but three
rnounths tespitt the $500 purse
This race was over n mile and 3
quarter and was easily won by Soyi'
mounts to split the $500 purse
Ia Himphey. who owns the horse
kept his mount in frvnt over the
whole distance and was neve,
threatened, although .I-.ft!se England
! was kept up well and finished sex
md. little moro than = length be,
hind ScyiIa-
Od3cvrs Racx To-Day
The feature OF today racing VIII
be the Ave fulongs dash for $lT5
the jocks being army officers from
the remount depots FL Camp Lee
9 ana Camp Meade The officers
crew for the mounta The race viii
te the second and last event. tht
First race being over one mile foi
purse OF 1900.
Entries for the off3ce~~' race arr
~ follows:
Anxiety--IAeutenan Sanborn.)
Moniker--(Captain Wharton.)
River King Lieutenant How
erd)
Miss Genevieve--fCarta in Rog
err.1
White Crown---I 4ieutenan Kolb.
Puck Lieutenant Ogden.)
For the first race:
wauseon. ia; Wenoka, ia; Lit
to England. ia; Plu-enzt l0i
Homeward Bound. ia; Jack Healy
ne: Prince 'Bonero. ia, Boston
ia: Rockaway, ia; Bebbie Hear
II. ia.