The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-25
Miss Archer a Good Winner in
One Hour and Half
a Second.
Miss Still tainted before She
Had Made Ten
Miles.
She Had Good Horses, But not the
Power of Endurance
to Win.

1T the park this afternoon II was plainly
diScernible To the stranger H. we'll
As early is hall past twelve O'Clock the
street cars leading To- the race course were
crowded and from that time until after
two o'clock, steady stream OF humanity
wenied their way out, 80 that before the
race was called fully 200 people were in
attendance.
4 look at the track was all
that was necessary To- show that il was
in anything but good condition, and on
all sides could lc heard, ''Oh, they can't
run any twenty miles to-day" and the
BAHno man was also inclined To the same
opinion. At the turn III the home stretch
there was puddle oi mud for distance
of several yards, making il extremely dar-
geruu> iur the riders
Tn visiting the stables where the horse,
to be ridden by Misses Still AMI Archer
were bving groomed, a number OF we'll
known hor>emen were found, and IL WAS
a>certaire,l that il had been decided
by the management To limit each rider to
>Ix stee,is, and ii secmeti To be pretty gen
orally conceded that Miss Still had the bet
ter of this programme ut least Oi these,
three belong To Il gentleman named Jacobs.
OF st. Louis, AMI three To- gentleman
named IIakes. And they are dandieS, too.
Miss Archer's horses, while good ones
were not what the management
OF Miss Still had, neither were thew tn,
ones that had been counted upon
Miss Still was met by BAzoo represen-
taiive soon after she had appeared upon
the ground She said she was feeling IT,
well, and felt as though good
race would be had.
\ number oil bets were made i'm the
presence of the BAzoO man, in which Miss
no large odds were given, IL was the case
ON the occasion OF the second meeting be-
tween the Young ladies, which took place
at the park here.
The horses ridden BY Miss Still were
" Resumption" Cousin Kate" Claude"
''Governe>s," Nellie Merrill" and MO
nopoly."
Those selected for Miss Archer were
Muggins, Gov. Palmer, Grayleaf, Phan-
tom, Wild Bill and Broncho Bill.
There was considerable talk of making the
race for ten instead OF twenty miles, owing
To- the track but rs the affair had been
advertised as Il twenty mile contest it was
To run it and take the risk.
The scorers selected were Gen. Bacon
Harvey Plattenburg and Ed.
Il. Burrowes.
The Judges were Col. Tom Price, Mar
shall Still, of Holden, J. ID. Russell and
W. X. Thomas, while Charlie King WAS
chosen time keeper.
At 3:25 Miss Still appeared for the race,
L, hDr r..tk
following a minute later with Mr.. Newt.
Douglass. Both wore suits of black vel
set and il was hard for a stranger, after
they had been pointed out, to tell which
was which.
At $50 the word 90 was given, with
Still in the lead by length, and on the
first hall they came in in the same posi-
ton. At the first mile, after running in
line shape, they came in with Cricket FULLY
four lengths ahead. This distance she
gradually increased, and ON the third
half was several lengths in the lead
Archer here made change and lost co-u
although the change was made
with rapidity. She was Justify cheered as
he came in for the fourth half, and on
running gained some, as she had
, good steed. They came in on
heir third mile with Still an
light in the lead Archer again changed,
taking Grayleaf. Still was quarter
stopped for change, passing under the
wire fully one-fourth In the lead.
Both here changed, Still coming in on
he ninth half quarter ahead
This position was unchanged on the tenth
half.
Nellie changed again on her tenth half
md Still tried to, but the horse could not
~ stopped and she made her twelfth bali
She changed on her thirteenth, going like
mad, and was greeted with applause.
They came up OH their fourteenth and
fifteenth halls with Cricket only ten
engths from having gained half mile.
Cricket passed her on the fifteenth AMI
vent ahead, while Nellie again changed.
Still tried again To change. but her horse
AN by, As he did on the next half. and
anne in on the sixteenth half ahead.
Still was riding horse that ran with
he speed of the wind, but he could not be
stopped and she made five half miles
md was within hundred yards
II passing under the wire when
he ran the animal close
o the fence in her endeavor to stop him.
& was noticed that she was in an almost
ainting condition and groom rushed to
her assistance and lifted her from the
horse.
All was intense excitement and cries OF
Bring some water" told that she had in
Iced swooned Her parents were with her
N an instant and kind friends did all in
heir power for her relief. She
vas soon herself again, or nearly
o, and was led from the track, to the re-
ret of nearly all on the ground.
Miss Archer kept on ahead, bnt all in
crest in the race had subsidized. She fin
shed the twenty miles insixty minutes and
'alf a second, amid great applause.
Her first ten miles were made In the re- !,