Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
TAME ENDING
ofths Six Days Trials Of Speed.
Only Five Horses IN the Two Races Bannis-
ter and Norman wln-A Good
Burst Of Speed.


afternoon did not exceed 1000, and more
disappointed and dissatisfied set OF people
never left race course. They hal raid
their money to witness sport, but saw in
stead two trotting races that were from the
beginning oregope conclusions. There
was only one thing to warrant applause,
and that was the performance of DR.. Nor.
NAN y he last hsif ofshe i&s< befk 81 the !
trek. id5 ats Which he irotfsd bf, e4hibS.
lion. dong = In L0es q, the .5tsss DALI
ever done b trsiter Oh Xafet'nB Lsials<t.
Ooisidt Of Ast tanner, 1lote nninterssS
ms pfbzRkn1le was never sfisreq on 10y
- gv,, rsces Sf the week should have
been the races of the week, but they were
not As good as those of the first day. Les
sons hSye been learned by the Association
this wear that they should not forget in
hurry. and the mistakes
Of this year, will probably not DE repeated
again III they are, the Ass cation will do well
10 Quit, for horsemen, who have ine induce
ments held out TO them by other fairs, will
accept them. even if they are small CON
Gems, rather than come here, where all is
confusion, and where pools are declared of
before n race Is finished, by judges who
allow their stand to be filled at any time
BY
CHRONIC KIcKERs.
Had Major Charlie Moore, or any ether
experienced horsemsn acquainted with
the rules and qualified by experience, to
act, been in the stand Friday afternoon.
the pools would never have been declared
off, even if there had been any doubt.
Mai Moore would have reserved his dec-
sion until the next morning, and before
announcing it would have consulted the
Board of Directors. Moore, by the way,
would have remained here the entire
week had proper attention heen paid him. 4
The first event on the race pro-
grsmme yesterday was t5ot
card called for seven starters but only three
% The nominations faced the pole, and they
we're Cot Rappister, Sneak and Tourist
befoSe The drst heat Rsapister sold in the
pools for Us 10 ~ sfor sksi fisids a. good
start was iAHde OR che fluteEore. han MIS-
Ter took he pol6 a. the dr1h fBlioVe1 by
Tourist Who however gsve hiin n0trouble.
The only feature Of the bet yas the irreg-
ular bresking Of Toarist. who however,
managed 10 ho,d second place
In the second heat Bann'ster sold for $40,
was q repetition OF the first. Bannistsr TAX
my the lead and holding it easily; in fact,
his driver held him up before crossing the
wire in order to save his record. Before
the horses were sent there was little ex.
element occasioned by some buyers of field
tickets, who claimed that Tourist was not
being driven for what he was worth. His
owner intprpOsing no objection, Oh. EtsmSn
was requested to get into the seat, which he
did with some remark about driving %
please the ladies and beat the men," Sneak
behaved badly and so did Tourist, the latter
breaking so that he came in bad third.
Very few pools were sold before the
third heat The quotations were the same
as in the last Tourist and Sneak broke
horribly on every score up ID the seventh,
when they were sent, but before the turn
both were in the air and going all over the
rack. Ia1nister came IN on dog trot.
Lis owner waving him back to save
his record. The heat like the
entire race was very tame.
SUMMARY.
West Virginia State fair and Exposition
track. Sixth day. First race, trot for 2:+5