The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-15
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Tic made binsh fm the pdlc
and iook H., ifaffy Clay bfote
and dropped 10 The rear Nearing Tie hall.
mile phle, Professor made a sort N d bal
nnce.All movement, gave n skip or tN0,
finally broke Into n run and pissed Tic
game little fnafe, llut The latter collared
him nj the tlree.qnafier pole and flow To
tho trout. Harry Clay was about two hun
dred yards behind them, but had settled to
dead earnest trottlng. lie was milking as
good time as small boy oareiooted,
In his shlrt.sleoves, with his
hat Off and confronted by a yigilant
aud uncompromising bulldog In q peach
orchard or melon patch. lie closed up the
distance marvclousy, and halfway down
| the home-strctch hlsno was ut Professors
| wheel, who was neck and neck with Mertie
| Thompson, but he was again on the run.
| Under the wire they went, Professor neck
| ahead, but the judges set him back to third
place on account of hispropensity to gallop.
The result Of the heat was: Mertic Thomp-
son., first; Harry Clay second
Professor, third; Kokomo, fourth;
Dick Shain, fifth. Time, 2;20i.
Harry. Clay trotted the last half-mile at
not less than 2;2O gait Kokomo walked
very lame, and 1t was discovered ha had
cut himself was unfit for further particips:
| ton in the race and was by the consent OF
the JUDI withdrawn.
| Second heat-Mertie and Harry got tri-
ae the best of the start and at first things
| looked hopeful and rosy for the Dallas IA
vorite, but she broke badly nearing the
| quarter-pcIe and hope for that heat van,
| ished az all eyes were conferred
Harry c and Professor who were pound
ing the. r.r,n Tor first place, which,. was
100 yards back of them, looking at
the tail OF Dick Shain's sulky. She passed
| Dick n ihc three-qusrter pole, and forged
! gallant, 20 the front to dispute the finish
| with the -aders. They were all nearly side
| by side Hn the home stretch, but Harry
| Clay went under the wire neck and should
ers in advance of Professor with Aertie
a creditah'a fourth. Time, 2:33.
| Third .t.-The interest was at fever
heat E;ery driver was looking out for
No. l, ami it was not till after half dozen
or more trials that start was got. At the
| send-of Clay was at the pole, Professor
second, n critic third and Dick Shain cut
side. For the first hundred yards it looked
| like any body's race, but here Mertie went
| off her feet again and was very backward
about coming forward. Clay went to the
front, closely crowded by Professor. Dick
Shain began to- be ambitious and was
| up in the front now at the three
quarter pole. Mertie again made
a gallant effort and closed up much of the
gap in front of her by the time the middle
of the home stretch was reached. 1t was
evident that Harry Clay was the destined
winner and that he would not have to come
within many seconds of his abilities to Sc
cure the victory. The heat resulted Harry
| Clay first, Professor second, Dick Shain
third third nsrtie Thompson fourth Time
Fourth heat.-It was beautiful
I,t, - hn ypar
a row, and no apparent advantage.
But Harry flew to the front with Professor
at his wheel. They all began to try, for
first place at the three-quarter pole, and the
prettiest contest was thus far witnessed on
the home-stretch Clay had a slight ad-
vantage, while Professor and Aertie
looked like lovers arm in arm in the moon.
light. They were nearing the string. and
straining every nerve. A touch Of the
whip made Clay bounce like rubber ball,
and he reached the goal ofglory, a neck ahead
of Professor and Mertie, the latter losing
her feet within leap of the wire, when it
was almost q certainty for a dead heat be-
tween her and Professor The latter's nose
was in front, however, and the heat result
Mertie Thompson third, Dick Shain fourth.
| Time, 2:34l.
THE NILE AND HALF DASH.
his WIS y spleildlu eAhlultiOh VI Aui-
ming. The entries were Jim Burts,
Bob Molloy and Jack Morgan,
and all started The purse was
$3.50. Burts drew the pole, Molloy the
middle and Morgan the outside. Morgan
soon made dash for the front and cap
tured the pole from Burts. Molloy was at
his collar, and Burts seeing the saucy spirit
of his rivals doubled his diligence, and at
| the end of the half mile the positions were
SO even that the jockeys could have shook
| bands sideways and the horses could have
| looked each other in the eye. They rolled
| along like q pair of coach wheels, dead
| even, into the home stretch, when Morgan
| gave up the contest and dropped to the
rear, but Burts and .Molloy still struggled
for the prize and were urged by their
riders with whip and spur. Burts won the
race by half neck in front of Molloy.
Morgan was close on to 100 yards behind.
Time, 2:2lI.
PRETTY PACING.
| Keno, between two of the trotting heats,
paced against time to beat $50. lie &C
complished the task easily in 2:23i. 1t
was the general opinion that he
could have become below 2:20 if he had
been urged, as he did not go to work with
his everyday clothes on" until near the
half-mile pole.
The races are over. They were real good
ones. Now look out for the spring meeting
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