Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-24
CLOSE OF THE FAIR.
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Thrcc UiCyCio iaCcza-A rive Heat Contest
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SurccSsIui EndIng
Tho fair at MCGraun's park closed ON
Saturday afternoon, thcro being over 4, 900
pcnplU IN attendance To witness tho ton
milo raco by lady riders, tho ono. two and
four mile bicycle races aud II special race
between tho fast pacing horse Valley aud
the trotttng marc Blackwuud Belle.
Ihc BiCycio Kacos.
For tho ono mile race there were four
starters. ChaGcs llabsrbush, John q.
George, NJ j. Groy and Charles Weaver,
of Lancaster, aud >. II. Gramm. of Ma
Iiotta. Thcy started from standstil IN
front of the Judges stand, getting oil we'll
together. George soon took lead and
opened wide gap, Weaver being second
and llabcrbush third. Gramm pulled out
aud gave mp tho contcst before making
half u miic, and Grey pulled out before
making three quarters. Tho others con.
tiuuCd the struggle, closing up on the
| leader near tho three quarter polo, hut
being easily shaken Oft again, George
coming homo winner by thirty or forty
feet, Weaver second and IiabOrbush third.
! limo 3.lj.
The Pour nIIic SaCr.
| The four mile bicycle race came next,
between Jacob q. Shirk and Martin Rudy,
! both Of Lancaster. For the first two miles
| the riders kept we'll together, first ono and
| then the other being to the front. At the
end of the second mile Shirk took a
dCcidCd lead and kept il, and ut tho end Of
the third milo he made Tremendous
| squirt, lust to show what he Cnuld do, and
! CamC in more than quarter oi mile
ahead. limo IL minutes.
.hC Two MIic Race.
This contest was between John O..
George aud NJ. j. Grey, the principal con.
! tcstauts in tho ono mile race, aud from the
! case with which George won tho former
raco it was evident he would win the lat.
tor. lie allowed Grey to come up occasion.
ally and two or three times TO pass him,
! bu, in tho last quarter he increased his
speed and came homo winner by moro
than half distance. Time, S.!j.
Fancy IuLiug.
After the close of the Two mile race
there WAS a display of fancy bicycle riding
| by two Or three tiuC rdors.
| Tho Ton Nile Hun.
! Tho principal feature ut the afternoon :
| sport WAS the ten milo race of thorough
| bred running horses in charge respectively
! of Miss Myrtle Peek, the champion long
distance rider OF America and Madame
| Marautctte, the champion bareback rider
| of Colorado. The premium WAS said 10 DO
! 81, ,OOu aud tho conditions Of tho race were
| that each lady should mako mo-, less than
seven changes ut horsya, jumping from
horse e. horse without touching tho
ground. Each WAS provided with three
or -four thorUughbrcds IN the hands of
careful groOms. When they appeared on
the track they were loudly CheerCd. The
word was given and away they went at
| full speed Miss Peck slightly In the lead.
At the end OF u mile both changed horses,
the ladies' spriugiug from the saddle into
the arms of q groom who instantly seated
them on other horses Ia waiting. These
tactics were repeated At the Cul of almost
every mile, though once or twico the
change of horses was omitted. The race
was exciting in the extreme, each rider
apparently doing her best to win, aud
each receiving thuudoTs OF applause, rs
alternately as they took = leading position.
The race was finally won By Miss Peek,
who finished the ten miles in - minutes.
Facing and TrpttiGG
The concluding cvaut Of tho fair was .
contest for a special premium, between
the bay pacing horse NIlay cntagod by
DR.. ID. y. Carter, OF Woodstock, Va, and
the trottlng mare BhcEwood Belle, enter
cd by George Myers, OF Lebanon. II was
a stubbornly contested struggle, and TO-
qurcd five heats to decide II
In the first heat the mare had 4 slight
lead at the star; shc was oycrtakcn at
the quarter polo, but made the half mile
three length" ahead. Tho horse made a
tine burst of speed and Coiared the marc
at the three quarter pOla, but breaking
badly soon afterwards fell of hl'l dozen
lengths, Belle coming homo an easy win.
ncT OF tho heat in y: 10.
The second hGat was almost q repetition
of the first, the mare leading slightly to
the three quarter pole, where tho horse
caught her but brOkc on swinging into
the homGst.otch, Belle reaching the score
two or three length ahead IN 2:37.
In the third heat the horses kept well
together during the first half mile, which
was finished with Valley lcugth ahead.
At the three quarter pole hc had opened q
gap Of three lengths and kept it to tho
close. Time, 1885,
Tho fourth heat was easily won by
Valley, Belle Breaking badly and running
a great deal during the last half mile in q
vain effort to close the wide gap that
Valley had opened by his square and rapid
pacing. Time, 2:32i.
1t was getting quito dark when the
horses were called for the fifth heat, and q
good deal Of time was wasted by the
driver of Belle Ia his endeavor to get an
advantageous send of, After being called
back nearly dozen times the word was
given to a iair start. The mare broke ai
the lower turn, aud being q good runner
gained enough space 10 take the pole
which she kept up tho baGkstretGh. II
was 80 dark the horses could not be seer
whIo rounding tho upper turn, but in
finishing the first half mile tho horse had
the best of it and kept good lead to The
end, winning the heat and race in 2:3l.
And this closed the largest aud most sue
CesSlul fair ever held in Lancaster county
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