The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-08
FOUR TIMES DOWNED.
A Remarkably Exciting Race
at the Park Yesterday
Afternoon.
Miss Archer Again the Vic
tor, Eut it was Only by
a Scratch.
The Kansas Girls Horse Went
Back on Her on the Last
Half Mile.
She Is a Slayer, and Made
Many Friends by the Way She
Handled Her Steeds.

tator- The dsy Va indeed beautiful anal
the track IN superb condition. Tn, horses
ridden in former rsCv- by the ladies ucT..
under the weather., >utferin. with "a hat l.
kuown - pink eve, and the managers had
Iu exert themselves not Il EItlc ~ procure
suitable sltc,t> Tor ;he race. Mr. .j.>ob~
had hut ;hrsx al his .holous hbrest,, while
Nr. pDusls~- hHI bat four 81 hi~ regular
stable oi hOr->. Prior /" :. o'clock not
great d,ul oi hitting h.i been
induiged in, - il h.vi b-rn generally
understood that the cunt.,lant> would
ride ninet-,n mills aud then clo~-. bv each
riding mule on the twentieth and last
mile. This threw even The knowing ones
oil, and but -nali nionev was put up. Mi~>
Archer was the iir>t To put in apIesraner.
and ,hr spent fully an hour ~ her >tsbl,
before she came upon the track. Mis-
Still followed iew minut,-> LATER auG both
riders were gr--,,d with applause.
Desiring that everything should H. com
Quoted IN the be-,, possible ,nnnnrr, repp-
>en,ativ,> oi the Democrat, Eaglr ana
EaZoo were appointed juds,-, scorers and
time keeper and at 9the word go vas
given. Mis- Archer hal Won the pole and
an e1cell.u; start Wa made Ihc Nam
>a> girl having j little the best Of ,hr sent
of and Oh the fir, hal! mile she came in
three lengths ahead They kept OH 1T 4
lively gate. amid the huzGa- at the crowd,
and the first mile uas completed by Mis-
Still IN 30, Ms Archer passing under
the wire three seconds later Both mad,
! changes un the irst mile. and the second
mile was commenced With Cricket several
lengths IN the lead. This >he Increased
gradually, until the iri-nd- ri Ms Archer
began {" hook bias. aud the bctting
turned IN favor ot NJ Sllll.
nearly all present being satisfied that
he Was IN excellent trim for The cunirst
and would certainly complete the twenty
miles. 4. ono time Cricket wsS mGrr than
q quarter -, q mile in the lead, but I'm the
eighteenth miis, when she W., about To-
mount JiUv.rness, one of th,. h->i racers
III the country, and the same animal that
ran away with her on t~1 former ,CcB-
SiorS, some l:ttle delay ensured m arr3ng-
ing the holder" ami Nellie passed her
rival. AZ this stage the spectators went
wild Nth excitement and the applaua.
was dcafening. Cricket AZ last got started
and ~ soon side bv side with Nellie
and ON The nineteenth mile they cam.
down the honIe stretch SO that IL was al
most impossible TO tell which ono would
h, the iir,l To- reach, The wire Cricket horse.
''Governe--.' was going like mud. while
Nellir'>. "tiov. Palmer" was getting ~
his work in fine >hap- The Kansas girl
passed under the wire an eighth 1T 4 ,-,'-
Ond in the lcai and the twentieth and last
mile was commenced. Perfect pand.nI"-
MUM prcyaiI,t, women standing I'm th..
and shouting. while the men hardly knew
whether they were on inut or horseback.
The thirtv-ninth hall pliI,. WAS completed
with Miss Sill hall Il length III the head.
and both rider, doing their utmost On
the last hall. III the point wh,rr Miss
Archer made her changes u man attempt
I'll to get ont vi the way, which caused
Mis-, Stills hor>c {" >by Ia unc si.i., and
in So doing the pa>tern Joint OF th,. right
hind loot was di~locaied. The noble little
animal kept bravcly an, however, but ii
VIZ, plainly To- ~ >,.yn ;hat She va ~ u-,d
~ Nelli"'s Il HrSe WIS gradually gaining
and she came IN OH the last hall mile ten
seconds ia advance of her rival, makin.
the twenty miles iii fifty minute, and fifty
seconds Crickets horse came IN On Ihr,t.
legs, and before she passed under the wire
il Was evident t0 all that "tiovernesS"
was badly crippled. Miss still WAS
assisted 10 alight, when she turned and
looked Mt the steed standing on three legs,
when she gave way completely and burst
into tears Instantly u crowd surged upon
the track, surrounding both horse and
rider, and it vas sscertaiued that Govern
ess'" ankle was dislocated Nellie kept
going and rude twenty and one-half miles,
when she dismounted and WA warmly
congratulated by her admirers.
Dr. King Was on the course. aud he,
assisted by others, took the injured mare
in charge. She MAS thrown to the ground
and chioroform administered. when the dis
located Joint MAS replaced. after not a
little trouble II proved OF no avail, how
ever, Is the poor brute Was suffering terri
bly, and in her vrithing threw the ball oft
of its socket again and the performance "f
administering chloroform and replacing
the joint had Ia be repeated 4 second time,
after which the limb Vas placed in a
bandage Of plaster Of Paris, and little
later she Was lei to the stable.
The changes made by the riders were
accomplished in every instance with IA
pidity, Miss SILL having little the best
of this part of the contest She changed
ON her I'd, 18th, eth, 9th. 18th, l4th, 10th,
10Th, 22d, 26th, 18th, 30th, SD
34th and 36ih half miles. and
ON mounting 'ioverness," her b,st ami
NAL. she concluded her last two miles.
Miss Archer changed on her ID, 18th,
Sth, 18th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 10Th, 22nd,
18th, 18th, sd, 34th and Seth halls She
retained Gov. Palmer" until the last, and
made her last two miles riding him.
The following is the time in which each
mile was made for the first ten ridden.
The score was kept in this manner, As il