The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-08
Bad Weather-Rets Declared or on
the Two nile TFOt.


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The matches on the Park, Saturday
afternoon, grew out OF the fact that thI
owners and hackers OF some Of Thu
horses on the track during the regular
days Of the Fall Races, were mot salts.
fed with the way things turned out
After the trot on Thursday. In whlct
the Mitchell mare was adjudged Il
have dlStanced The field, several O
those who had confidence In tho horse
offered 10 back the sorrel geldInl
against her for any sum from $500 L
$1,000. The owner Of the Borrel, Mr.
Frank Mason, Of Allegheny county,
Md, ct first refused to let his horse 70
but was subsequently, induced to Riyt
his consent, and the result was that thu
two horses appeared on the track Sat
urday afternoon, the sorrel driven BY
Mr.. J. V. Reynolds. The race between
them, however, was entirely without
Interest. The geldlng had the pole and
took the lead At the start In each heat
and though once or twice there did ap
pear to be some attempt on the part o.
the mares driver to force her to thu
front, It resulted In nothing, the horse
crossing the score Beverallengths ahead
each time without exertIon. The time
was not kept. Pools were sold on this
race II It can be properly be 90 deslR.
nated) but we didn't learn that there
was any money on It besides.
The pacing race, however, between
the horse known as sorTel Jim, and the
roam, jack Shackleford. mile heats, 3
In 8, catch weight, was undoubtedly
the most exciting one that has taken
place ct the Park this season. At any
rate It created 0 great deal Of hubbut
and was not finished but postponed
until this morning at 10 O'Clock. The
reason OF this was that owing to the
fact that both horses ran on the hfth
heat and, It would seem, on the sixth
also, the judges were obliged to decide
them both dead heats.
The first four heats were well con-
tested, Shackleford winning the first
and third In 2371f and 236; Sorrel Jim,
the second and fourth in ASK and
2:37H. There was now one heat left
and one or the other horse must win,
The roam, however, pressing the sorrel
very hard for the lead, the driver Of the
latter ran his horse several times In
order to. maintain his advantage, but
as the boy riding the roam also forced
him into \ run on the last quarter and
thereby made up q gap Of several
lengths between the two, the judges
decided that the heat should be paced
over. Had the decision been different
the sorrel would have won the race, az
he crossed the score three or four
lengths In advance OF Shackleford.
When this decision was announced the
crowd about the judges stand became
noisy in the extreme.
As It had now become dark, Mr.. Ray
nolds concluded to postpone the race
until Monday and so announced,
Thereupon the clamor increased and
demands for another heat were shouted
out. These were acceded to finally on
the condition that the track should be
cleared and quiet maintained. Patrol
judges having been stationed at differ
ent positions round the track, the hor-
ses were started and sped away into the
darkness. Presently they came thun-
derlng up to the half mile, the sorrel
galloping as they passed and In the adj
vance. At the come out both horses
were pacing, the sorrel still leading by
several lengths. The time was not
kept. The patrols having come In and
reported, this was also declared q dead
heat and the race postponed as above
indicated.
OF the two mile trottlng race between
the black horse Clarion, and the sorrel
gelding, Rodney, there was only one
heat, the weather being too uniavora-
pie to allow the race to be finished. The
black horse was the winner Of the heat,
making his first mile in 26S and the
second In $3.50. All bets on the race
were declared of,