The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-09
PREsUMPsCOT PARK.
The Races of Yesterday Afternoon.

The weather yesterday was delightful fol-
turf sports and there was good attendance al
Pfesumpscot Park. The races were very en-,
joyable taken as whole. The judges were
Messrs. John S. Head and John Wall of this
city, ard j. Pompilly of Lewiston, There
were two races trotted with the following re.
suits:
2 so CLASS
The first race of the day was for purse oil
$3.50. OF the nine nominations made but six
horses appeared, and they were given positions
in the order named: W. B. Smith ms. Fourth
ofJuly Boy, ]. Kelsey ms. Detective Patchen,
r. Stanchfeld ms. Csclops, G. Fl. Gould ms.
Kentucky Girl, ard A. G. Scribner ns Sir
Dehlren.
First Heat-At the first trial the horses got
the word and all went off on round trot, Inde-
pendencs at the pole, Kentucky Girl was Sec
the second place, while the others
were strung out in one, two three order. These
positions were maintained throughout the heat,
Independence winning in 2.46a, Kentucky Girl
second, Cyclops third, Detective fourth, Sir
Dshlren fifth, July Boy sixth.
Second Heat-While scoring for this heat De-
tective Patchen threw shoe, which had to be
set before the trotting could be commenced.
After terrible amount of scoring the horses
were sent off all in bunch, Independence was
not very well up but on the second turn he was
first, with Cyclops second and Kentucky Girl
third. Detective Patchen was first at the start
but before going far he broke aud let the whole
field pass him. Independence went to the
quarter pole in 81 and trotted the mile in 2.4O5.
Cyclops was second, Fourth of July was thru,
kentucky Gill fourth, while Sir Dahlren and
Detective Patchen were distanced.
Ihard neutrality-suspicious. was ahead at the
first turn with kentucky Gill skipping and
jumping at his wheel. Cyclops was third and
July in the rear. The two last horses chan ged
their positions on the back stretch and CyclOps
pushed for second place. At the end Of the
| first half Independence was leading the field a
dozen rods, with Cyclops second. Kentucky
Girl ran nearly quarter of a mile on the last
half and Notwithstanding she came in third she
was set back to fourth position. Independence
won in 2.45, with Cyclops second, Jnly third
and Kentucky Girl fourth.
This finished the race and Independents was
given the first money, Cyclops second, Fourth
of July third and Kentucky Girl fourth. The
following is the
SUMMARY:
PREsUMPscoT PARK, Third day August meeting
Race for $50 class for a purse of $780, divided as
follows: $125, $50, $40, $25, best three in five to
harness.
W. b. Smith, ms g, s. Independence. ....."...1 1
G. Fl. Gould, ms. b. m. Kentucky Girl. .......2 4
K. Stanchfeld ms. b. G. Cycops. ........"...3 2 2
j. Kelsey, Ms. b. Detective Patchen. dis.
A. G. Scribner, ms. b. S. Sir Dahlren. % dis.
j. j. Hammond, ns oh. g. Fourth July Boy..6 8
Tlme-2.46A, 2.4O4, 2.45.
FREE FOR ALL RACE.
The second race was free for all for purse
of $500. Out of seven entries but two horses
trotted. Cadmus, Jr., was given the pole and
Tom B. Patchen on the outside. The non-ap.
psarance of some Of the best horses caused con-
siderable dissatisfaction from the crowd who
went to see large field of horses com pete for
the purses.
First Heat-At the word Tom was little in
advance and at the first turn he took the pole
81, the half 10 1.15 the three-quarters in 1.22
and the mile in 2.32. He led Cadmus all the
way, some times long distance
Second Heat-This was hot real interesting
heat. After good even start Tom led around
the entire mile, trottiDg to the quarter pole in
SO, the half in LII and the mile in 2.38 with
apparently little effort.
Third Heat-This was the fastest heat of the
day and caused no little surprise. The word
was given at the second trial and Tom at the
pole was trotting clean clip at the first turn
with Cadmus on the run. The leader went to
the quarter pole in 35 and to the half in 112Ak.
1t was evident that Cadmus' driver was trying
to speed Tom, for he continued to run his
horse and drove him to the three-quarters pole
in 1.4S4 and to the wire in 2 % with scarcely a
skip. This caused great excitement and
helped ont the days amusement very much.
This closed the race, Tom B. Patchen win
ming the first money and Cadmus, Jr., second.
The following is the
SUMMARY:
PREsUMpscoT PARK, Same day.-Free for all race
for purse of $500, divided fOllows $40, $50,
$50, $30-best in to harness.
II. b. Shaw, Portland, ms. br. S. Tom b.
Patchen. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
w. d. Smith, Gardiner, u.s. Cadmus, Jr..... 2 2
Time-2 81 2.3S, 2.2S.