The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-28
THE TRor sAruRpAY.-Ths sport of

THE TRoT SATURDAY.-The sportzof
feted by our turfmen on Saturday wa
most excellent. The time was not very
fast, but the races were well contested
and exciting, and that is as much Il
the observer as if it were "down in thu
forties."
The first race was trot between j
Frank Reynolds b. m. Onward, Owners
b. g. Fleetfoot and J. Bulger's b. m. Pet
After three trials the horses got off well
together, Fleetfeot at the pole and q
little in advance, Pet next and Onward
on the outside and little in the rear.
Going down the first quarter Onward
collared and passed Pet and made a
rush for the horse. She caught him at
the quarter pole and led from this to
the half mile, making it in 1:34. Fleet
foot now made splendid push for the
first place and for a quarter of q mile
one blanket would have covered the
pair, but on striking the rise at the end
of the homestretch, the horse went of
his feet and the heat was awarded to
Onward in 3:l1.I I 5.a|L.r
While these horses were cooling, it
was announced that the match between
the Island Queen, trotter, and Jennie
Gray, PAGER, would come off between
heats. The animals being ordered out,
Island Queen won the pole, and on the
second attempt they got away the
Qaeen having about neck the lead.
The PAGER made fine brush down the
first quarter and some very pretty IA
cling was done down the lower portion
Of the track, The horses were well to-
gether but finally the npse of the gray
showed in front and she lead length
down the half mile, making it in l:34.
At the home stretch she broke badly
and the Queen recovered her lost
ground. They made a neat race on the
home stretch, the horses struggling
handsomely for the heat, crossing the
score nearly together in 1904. 1t was
close work for the judges to decide
which animal vas entitled the heat. 1t
was, however, finally awarded to Jennie
Gray.
rrIa anonnl haat laf I'm ward
Fleetfoot and Pet was bat repetition
of the first heat, with this exception,
Onward took the lead at the start and
kept it all the way round, making the
mile in 1913.
The result of the first heat between
Jennie Gray and Island Queen, had con-
siderably elated the gray's hackers, and
they felt confident she would win the
race. We did not share in these antici-
pations, first because we don't believe a
PAGER can make a long race, and, also,
because we thought the gray had worked
50 hard to win the first, that she could
not take another heat. The result
proved our opinion correct. The gray
mare led handsomely to the quarter
pole, but we could see that Rayuold's
relied upon the honesty of the Queen,
and felt he had plenty herse left to win
the heat. AS they turned for the half
mile, the gray broke again, and the
Queen shot to the front and kept the
lead all the way round, winning the
heat in 800.
The third heat between Onward, Fleet.
foot and Pet, was tho event of the day.
Fleetfoot seemed determined to break
the heats, and gallant struggle he
made for it. They got off in bunch,
Pet, if anything, a little in advance.
AS they descended the hill on the north
side of the track, Onward shook off her
fellow travellers, leaving them Sin q
pocket" She opened quite a gap be-
fore the others woke up to the necessi-
ties of the case. Then Fleetfoot shot
out, and with tremendous stride closed
up the gap between them. They passed
to the home-stretch with the horses nose
at the mares flank, Pet hardly in dis
lance. Just as they made the rise on
the south end Of the track, the horse
broke badly, and Onward won the heat
and the race in 3:O5. We append the