Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-08
LADIES' 2o-M11E RUNNING RAoE.


for which thousands had left their homes
was the grand female equestrienne contest
between Miss Belle Cook, of California, and
Miss Emma Jewett, Of Minnesota. This
was running race of twenty miles for
special purse of $4,000. The management
did not consult the wishes of the visitors at
the fair in placing this race as the last on
the programme, as 1t necessitated their re-
maing late In the afternoon and
consequently all the trains leaving
the grounds were filled 70 overfowing and q
large numbar could not reach their homes at
all. It was nearly five O'Clock In the after
noon before the regular races closed. and
then there was considerable delay before the
two lady contestants appeared on the ground,
the delay being apelogized for by Col. King,
in speech from the judges stand, to the
effect that while ladies were preparing their
toilet they were proverbially slow. This neat
little speech pleased the crowd and In few
| minutes thereafter q plain looking hack
| drove up in front of the grand
stand in which was seated the two young
ladies who were to make the grand contest.
AS soon as the crowd recognized them they
cheered vociferously. Back of the judges
stand the horses to be used by the two ladies
in the race were packed. They were all
blanketed, and it was impossible to learn
where they came from or who owned them.
their arrival at the judges stand. In few
ready for mounting. Both were
daessed In dark riding habits
and both looked eager for the fray. Miss
lam roa
Cook seemed perfectly at home. little
time was occupied In bringing out the horses,
but finally everything was arranged and the
two ladies mounted. Miss Jewett rodea
trim natty horse, called Lucy Morris, and
Miss Cook rode Athelstane, both horses
being from the running stables of Isaac
Staple, ESQ.,, of Saltwater. They had fair
start with Miss Cook on the lead. Round
the track they went with the speed of the
wind. Miss Jewest gradually drew ahead
and passed under the wire in 1:471l. Miss
JeWett did not stop but run her horse
another mile. In the meantime Miss Cook
had changed her horse In the winking of
an eye almost, and was off after her COM
petitor, who was then nearly half mile
ahead.
On coming In from the second mile Miss
Jewett changed horses, but in doing 30 she
was 30 awkwardly assisted that the horse she
was to mount gave kick which came near
ending the race at once. Although she had
received painful injury she insisted on
mounting another horse. and was off like the
wind.
At the conclusion of the third mile Miss
Jewett was still ahead, although she lost
every time she made change Of horses.
M,oo6 xlnJ.
and her changes were made with system
aud thorough management that gave her a
great advantage. Miss Cook was lifted from
single moment. On the contrary, the man
agement of Miss Jewett's horses
was placed in bad hands. Instead
She was lifted from the saddle to the track
and then again mounted upon her horse.
just as she came in from her two mile race
the next horse to be used by her became
restive, and without any warning began to
kick, striking Miss Jewett on the side. Like
true Minnesota girl she mounted another
horse and was of like the wind for her
prize, amid the loud and continuous cheer
of the vast multitude.
THRILLING SCENE.
There was but little change in the pro-
gramme for the next six miles. Miss Cook
had all the advantage in changing horses.
Her managers seemed to know their busi-
ness, while Miss Jewett's did not seem to
know whether they were on foot or on horse.
back. They lost their heads, and their in
efficiency came near resulting in fatal acci-
dent.
The seventh mile had been run and both
ladies left the judges stand for the eighth
run almost neck and neck. They came
laundering around the first quarter turn at
terrible pace, Miss Cook being on the in
side and Miss Jewett hugging her so closely
that her riding habit brushed the side of Miss
Cooks horse. The horse ridden by Mips Cock
was taking the longest strides while Miss
Jewett's animal seemed the most quick and
nervous. Just before reaching the quarter
pole GLOBE representative, who was located
at that point and had full and complete view
Of the contestants, noticed that something
seemed to be wrong with Miss Jewett. At
first he thought she was reeling in her
saddle az if from dizziness or
faintness, but an instant later-much less
time than it takes to read these words-it
was evident that her saddle was turning and
that she was falling from her horse. A thrill
Of horror ran through the crowd assembled
at this point (Which, by the way, was not
very dense) at the spectacle of q horse
going at such a tremendous gait
while the rider was losing her seat.
Will she he entangled in the saddle and
dragged to her death was the thought which
flashed into the GLOBE representatives, mind
as he saw, within fifty feet Of where he stood,
the struggles of the falling woman. Her efforts
to keep her seat were desperate but unavail-
ing, and she gradually Ghe word is
used in comparison with the tre-
mendous speed Of her animal)
sank or slid down the side of the horse strik-
ing the ground feet foremost with much less
force than would have seemed possible. Her
horse apparently made five or six quick
bounds from the time her saddle began te
turn before she was fully unhorsed, and,
though the whole scene was but moment
in transpirine, it seems as the
writer mentally reviews it, with
| all its possible horrors, to have been half an
| hour. With rare presence Of mind Miss
| Jewett freed herself from the saddle and fell
much as practiced circus rider sometimes
does when an accident occurs in the ring. As
she struck the ground feet foremost the horse
dashed on and her body dropped fiat upon the
the track her head inclined in the direction
of the running animal. She had scarcely
touched the ground before twenty men were
at her side, springing into the track from
all directions, and hundreds had gathered
during the minute occupied In carrying her
inside the railing.
OF course the widest rumors Of the ma
ture and extent of the accident were rapidly
afoat. "She has been thrown over her ami
mails head and killed" "her arm was bro
ken," cher ankle dislocated," ''her
horse trampled upon her," ETC., were
among the reports which flashed
with the rapidity of lightning through the
grounds and to the vast crowds from Q
quarter to half mile away. Mounted mar
shals came laundering down the track, car