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1 1 I . I MISS BENNETTS QUICKSTEP. George C. Bennetts champion two-year-old filly of the west. Miss Bennett, made a field of more than ordinary two-year-olds look cheap in the Quickstep stakes at Washington Park yesterday. This handsome daughter of Russell-Memoria was conceding weight to all of the other starters and the so-called talent figured that this was too much of a task for her and in the betting made Golden Age favorite over her at 6 to 5. while 3 to 1 was freely offered against Miss Bennett. In half mile races, which is the distance of the Quickstep, the inside horses have all the best of it and it happened that Mi.-s Bennetts position was second from the inside and as Mr. Dwyer made almost a perfect start, and the field went around the upper turn almost abreast, Miss Bennett, who is a quick breaker, got the rail and thereby saved a world of ground. Crowhnrst, who rode the filly, took no chances, and by the time half of the journey was over he had gained a winning lead and he never eased up until in the last twenty yards when it was impossible for anything to catch him, winning by about three lengths. Golden Age got carried wide and all mixed up on the far turn and finished a dismal fourth. Harry Herendeen was second and School for Scandal third to Miss Bennett. The track was about as fast as it can be made, and all of the races were run in extremely fast time. The Sly race which was second on the program was the most sensational one from a time standpoint There was a lot of speed in the race, any of the half dozen starters being able to step a half mile in 48 seconds or better, but when Sharp Bird raced out in front doing the first furlong in Hi seconds, the juarter in 22; , three furlongs in 34 and half in 46, those that split on the race looked at one another in perfect amazement. Of course after running this fast the first half Sharp Bird tired and fell back eventually finishing fifth. Sly, with Bullmau up, laid away and avoided the fast early pace to some extent and when the others were floundering all over the track at the end she appeared to be fresh and good and won with something in reserve in 1 :12J for six furlongs. Cogmoo6ey. who had a pull in the weights over three ordinary three-year-olds in the opening mile condition race, was figured by many shrewd handicappers as a "good thing" and his opening price of 10 to 1 was reduced to 7 to 1 at post time. Cogmoosey was ridden by J. Boland and he landed him first under the wire by about one length. Florizar beat the betting favorite. LamachiiB, a length and a half for second place. Tommy Knight and Gold Fox are a hard cona-i bination to beat, and the pair at 6 to 5 won the fourth event impressively by a half length from Eva Rice, who was keyed up to concert pitch and backed for a killing. Orimar is the "real thing" in the selling race division, and the way he disposed of Clay Poy liter and Patroon in the mile and seventy yards selling race was pleasing to his backers. Bull-man rode Orimar and handled him to perfec-! tion, waiting on Patroon until the homestretch was reached before he made a move. Mellocole, backed from 100 to 1 down to 60 to 1 by Haudicapper Ed OMalley, captured the closing seven and one-half furlong race and equaled the track record for the distance. In race number 19038 the call for Rolline should read as follows: St : StrFin. 8" 84 8* 24 2i It the same race the call on Pay the Fiddler should be: St : n4 StrFin. 7« 2 2- 5h 54
