Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-08
A SHAMEFUL RACE.
Women Riding Ten MiIes-Ercitenaen Be-
cause of a Change In the PrOOranime-A
Brutal Fathers Command.

women AIQJHQ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cause of a Change In the Programme
Brutal Fathers Command.
[Council Bluffs (Sept. 81 Correspondent New
York Herald.]
The ten mile running race between
Miss Pinneo, of Colorado, and Mrs
Burke, of Nebraska, came off to-day OIL
the ground of the Council Bluffs Driving
association. The day was beautiful, tht
fine one mile track in splendid condition
and the event itself was the object of the
greatest interest to the 10000 people
gathered to witness it. At some periods
the excitement became intense and the
enthusiasm which greeted the girls as
they made each mile of the race was un-
bounded. Mrs. Burke had never before
ridden in a race outside her own State,
but her endurance and skill as an eques.
trienne has been so often proved there
that she recently challenged Miss Minnie
Pinneo, who has ridden successfully in
such contests in Chicago, st. Louis and a
number of different States, to ride
ten miles for $4,000. One thing
which added to the excitement Of
the race to-day was the manner in which
the Council Bluffs and Omaha sporting
men ranged themselves on the issue of the
contest. Sporting men and even profes
siOnal and business men came over from
Omaha in large numbers, and to a man
backed Mrs. Burke, while the Bluffs be-
came the champion at the pool rooms, as
well as on the streets, of Miss Pinneo.
MRS. BURKE SPEAKS.
A few moments before the commence
ment of the race Mr.. Pinneo, the father
of the equestrienne, announced that his
daughter was not well enough to endure
the race, but he was willing that young
er daughter, Miss Lizzie Pinneo, should
be substituted for the race with Mrs.
Burke. The latter protested against this
arrangement, and riding up to the judges
stand, and in full view and hearing of
the grand stand, she denounced
Miss Pinneo and her father as
towards, declaring that she would not
ride with Lizzie Pinneo, who had no
reputation on record as an equestrienne,
unless her father would admit before the
whole crowd that he was afraid to let
Minnie Pinneo ride the race. Mrs. Burke
is slight built, rather pretty blue-eyed
little woman, and the crowd cheered her
all bets were declared off, and after the
old man Pinneo had made speech, half
apOlogetic and half explanatory, Mrs.
Burke consented to ride with Lizzie Pin
neo
THE RACE.
1t is said that these equestrienne
matches originated in Minneapolis.
There is just enough Of the dangerous and
even barbarous in them to attract i'm
mense crowds, and the interest they ex-
cite is of the most intense and dramatic
nature. To-day the contestants were
nearly the same weight, Mrs Burk weigh
ing III lbs. and Miss Penneo 120 lbs.
Both had five, swift running horses, and
at the end of each mile they were to
spring from the horse they had ridden to
another, which three men were scarcely
able to hold. Mrs. Burke rode five horses,
well known as running stock in Nebras-
ka, and Miss Plnneo rode five wild and
almost unmanageable brutes, which she
brought from Colorado. At the word
''Go!' which was given at 3h. 20m., the
horses were started and plunged wildly
down the course. The crowd became al
most frantic with excitement as they rode
nearly abreast the first mile around. Pin
neo, stopping just by the judges stand,
sprang from one horse to another, which
three men were holding, and made the
change IN ten seconds, while Burke, pass
ing the stand, made the change in eight
seconds, and both dashed down the course
again. Burke had gained on the change,
and gained also in the heat. She
came laundering down the homestretch at
least quarter of length ahead amid
wild cheering, and already tasting the
sweets of victory she shook her fists in
the old man Pinneo's face as she went by
and shouted, "You cowardr' She made
her second change from her horse to a
fresh one in 6A seconds, while Pinneo
consumed II seconds. Both girls rode
splendidly. Miss Wright, the famous
hurdle rider of England, who has but re-
Gently landed in this country, was in the
Judges stand, and could not repress her
exclamations of admiration. Pinneo
lost from inexperience on making her
changes. AS the girls went flying
around the track, Burke gained steadily
on Pinneo, and as she rode by the grand
stand, her face flushed with excitement,
she hardly ever forgot to shake her fist
in the old man Pinneo's face and taunt
him with his defeat. Even Pinneo lost
heart, and her face became the picture
of miserable disappointment when the
fourth mile was run and Burke came in
nearly half head the best on the fifth
mile. Pinneo seemed to loose strength
with her courage, and her limbs seemed
hardly able to support her. AS she tried
to change to fresh horse she sank to
the ground, but her father, with an as
sistant, lifted her to her horse, and the
wild brute, springing aside, ,ydashed in by
the Judges stand, crushing through a
mass of flowers, with which her friends
had prepared to crown her victory.
Thirty-one seconds were lost before old
man Pinneo got the horse onto the course
and with wicked blow sent him thun-
dering down the track. Miss Plnneo's
face was white with fatigue, suffering
and disappointment, but the crowd
cheered with the widest delight,
with which people in less civilized
countries greet the cruelties OF the bull
fight. Mrs. Burke continued to gain
steadily and Miss Pinneo came around
each time more discouraged, until nnaIly
despairing altogether and nearly fainting
at the end of the ninth mile, she begged
her father, as she was beaten, to let hel
off from running the last mile. emo
you must ride it if it kills you," said the
old man Pinneo, who few moments be.
fore had posed before the crowd as the
parent too tender of another child to lei
her ride when ill. So Miss Pinneo made
the last mile, but with so little courage o.
effort that, with what she had gained be
fore, Burke won the race by over mile
and the Judge so declared. Her time TO
ten miles was 21 minutes, 49 seconds, ant
Pinneo's time % minutes, 40 seconds.
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