Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-16
YESTERDAYS RACES.


ance was quite large and 1t was nOtlceaDIe
that among the large crowd there were a
great many strange people, The weather
was fine until late in the day, when heavy
rain set in which prevented the conclusion
of two of the races. 1t has been long
time since such fine matches have been
seen On this track and the audience was
delighted.
John Lovett, of Philadelphia, and Abra-
ham Hiestand and ]. P. Knight, of this
city, acted as judges.
1t was with great difficulty that the audi
ence, Judge, or anyone else were able to tell
the horses at a distance, as none of the men
wore colors, and SO many horses were of
the same color.
800 Race.
The first race called was the 800 class
for Lancaster county horses, and the
entries were as follows: Lady &, Lucy.
Farmer Boy, Bill, Frank and Birdie. In
the first heat. after scoring several times,
the horses got away. Bill took the lead
with Lady G breaking, Farmer Boy being
second. In coming under the wire Bill
was in the lead, but he had run for some
distance and was set back for it; Farmer
Boy WAS given the heat with Lady G
second, Lucy third, Birdie fourth, Bill
fifth and Frank distanced-time 2:57. At
the start in the second heat Birdie was
ahead but she broke and Farmer Boy took
first place Bill gradually went ahead from
fourth place, where lie was at the start,
and passed Farmer Boy on the home
stretch. He took the heat with Farmer
Boy second, Birdie third, Lady G fourth
and Lucy fiftll-time 2:5S. In the third
heat Bill shot ahead at once and remained
there to the end, Lady G was second Birdie
third, Lucy fourth and Farmer Boy dis
tanced. The last named horse and
Birdie had broken several times
time 2:52. Bill easily kept the lead
in the first heat, which was not
very exciting with Lucy second, Lucy third
and Birdie distanccd. Time, 2:55.
Bill was was given first money, Lucy c.
second, and Lucy third. The following is
the summary:
Lancaster Agricultural park, June IL, trOt-
ting ; minute class premium $l2'.
Z: liuncbbcrger, Lancaster, enters
f.. ii: MacGonigle, Lancaster enters
JOHN % MI i; siSasS, siiy i;n:.icr, enters 5:
W. q. Bender. I.a..r.s:er, enters :.
jacob @ % " .i;akcr, Iiiiiz. enters b. =, w
Eli schlottlaucr, Marietta, enters
Ti&.: II M s:7 :;s IS; ::i;,
. ::5O Race.
For this race there were seven entries,
and all of the horses started: Turk, Pea
nuts, Magnolia, Severa, Maud y and
Katie p. They were all from a dis
tance and it was with great difficulty that
a stranger could keep run Of them without
colors. The trotting was very fine and
close. In the first heat Turk started off
ahead, but fell back to fifth place before
the end. Peanuts took the heat in
9:4O, with Katie p second, Maud
Y third. Juno fourth, Turk fifth,
Severa sixth and Magnolia distaDced. Pea
nuts was ahead in the second heat from
the start, with Katy p second she broke
and fell back. 1t was very close for first
place between Peanuts and Sevcra on the
home stretch, and the excitement was
great. Scvcra won by short bit, with
Peanuts second, Juno third, Katie j
fourth, Maud Y fifth and Turk distanced.
Time, 2:42.
In the third heat Severa started in the
lead, with Peanuts second Katie p
pushed ahead, getting 20 first place ut tho
half-mile and remaining there to the end,
after close and exciting race, with Severa
second. Peanuts third. Juno fourth and
Maud X distanced. Time, $40.
Juno was ahead ut the beginning of the
fourth neat, but was unable to remain
there. Peanuts had been second, but
Scvera went to the front 1T the quarter
and kept there, Peanuts coming in second,
Katie third andss Juno fourth. Time,
3:I3
Tie excitement ran high during this
race which was very pretty. Owing to
the heavy rain which set in between six
| and seven o'clock, it was not finished but
was continued to O'Clock this morning,
when it was found that tho track was too
heavy.
This was the best race of tho day and
there were seven starters as follow Iel-
low Dog, John King, E!wood II, Mishap,
John HOughton, Charlotte Cushman and
John N. IIough:on went ahead ut once,
but he did not get far in advance for he
was closely followed by Mishap and John
N, who were pushing him rapidly. In
the home stretch the race was very close,
but John N got in, leaving John
IIoughton second, Misllap third, Elwood
Il fourth, Yellow Dog fifth, Cushman
sixth, and John King scvcnth-Time 2:322.
In this heat John King throw shoe and
he was drawn. John HOughtOn cut him.
self badly in one of the legs. Just as the
second heat was called a heavy rain set in,
which continued for some time. 1t did
not interfere with the heat, however,
which was trotted in fine style, and was a
pretty ono throughout, HouehtOn main
tanning q slight lead until near the end,
when John N came in, just getting under
the wire, for he was being pushed closely
by Mishap, who got second place, with
HOughton third, Cushman fourth, Edward
II fifth and Yellow Dog sixth. No bet
ter exhibition of tro;ting has been seen
here than this last heat and the audience
paid no attention whatever to the heavy
rain, rs they were almost wild with ex-
citement. On the home stretch the three
horses leading were almost abreast. Time
2:35.
This race was also unfinished on &C
count of the rain. This afternoon the
unfinished races came off and three Others
were advertised.
Notes Of tho Races.
The bicycle race did not take place
} There were several parties present will
their machines, but they did not gel
started.
In the last heat Of the 3 90 race severa
spokes of Bills sulky We're broken by
collision with that OF another horse. This
|. did not prevent the former from running
the heat however.
, Yellow Dog broke several sulkies dur
5 ing the day. No one was injured.
Protests were entered against JONI
} Houghton Of the 2:34 class and Severa o
the $50, it being alleged that they hav