Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-09

woii ooDtdatud and fairly Interesting. The
following ia the soore:
Levy Nine.1 ! 2 o. 8 0 4 ZIG
Mosquitoes.2 0 0 OF IA o lis
The bass ball match, together With the
exhibition on the traOk OF the horaes
contending for premiums, and the music
by the baud constituted the mornings
entertainment. The attraction during
the afternoon was, Of course,
THE RACING.
The first race to be started to-day was
the special road wagon race. This race
was hotly fought throughout, all the
horses starting being we'll matched, and
the time made excellent for . road wagon
race.
In the first heat Fanny Fern took the
pole at the turn which she held all the
way to the wire. Sleepy Dave was second
until on the back stretch when he broke
and Planet took second plaok. Time,2 45.
In the second heat Fanny Fern took
the lead on the turn which she held until
almost under the wire when Davy beat
her, winning the heat in Q AZ, all the
horses in bunch. Fanny Fern WAS set
back to third place for running.
In the third heat Davy, the pole horse,
took the lead on the first turn, Fanny
Fern taking second place. In this order
they went around until on the home
stretch, when Planet by a splendid burst
OF speed, went to the front, winning the
hest by half length from Davy in 2 45.
In the fourth heat Planet, the pole
horse, got the worst of the start, and
Dsyy got the pole, which he held until
on the back stretch in the second round,
when Planet worked to the front, and
and won the heat and race in 245,
Planet, q, 9. q. Cole, smyrna......2 all
| DavS, r, Geo. s. Ash Elkton, Md..3 2 q
Fanny Ferry, m, Il, b. Emory, Gem
Time, s.l5i 242; 215; as. ~
The second race wis the race Of the
day was for the 2.25 class, purse, 1926.
This race was very interesting, Ave hests
being required to finish it, and every heat
was we'll contested.
| In the first heat Matte Mac, the pole
horse, took the lead at the turn, which
she held all the way around, though
hard pressed for three quarters Of q mile
by Dick Organ, winning the heat in
2 304. Smuggler, the fourth horse,
behaved badly in the scoring, and was
sent off 20 yards behind.
In the second heat Mollie Mac lost The
pile to Dick Organ and fell back to third
place, Orange Boy taking second place.
In this order they came down the stretch
on the first round, when Dick Organ
swung away from the pole and Phillips
pushed O..4nge boy in, taking the pole
and the lead on the turn and was not
again headed during that heat time,
2.3l4
In the third heat Orange Boy, the pole
horse, lost the lead to Mollie Mao on the
back stretch, and Mollie, in turn, Lost
the lead to Dick Organ at the quarter.
Dick Organ was never headed during the
balance Of the heat although Orange Boy
pressed him hard at the inish, Time,
Q 294.
In the fourth heat Dick Organ, with
the pole, took the lead at the turn and
was never headed during the entire heat,
the struggle was for second place, Frank
Patchen securing the position time,
2 304.
Dick Organ now had the race we'll
in hand, and In the fifth heat took
strong lead almost from the start, and
yrs not headed, although some brief
brushes with the other horses took place,
winning the heat, and with it the race,
by two lengths from Mollie Mac in 2 3344.
Dick Organ, blk g,J @. Turner.
MoIiie Mac e, G. Nj. Irwin.
oTangs Boy &, j. ii. Phillips
FTspE I,s P,stcleq, 4 ch g, ;J.,@ Day. ; :
smuggier' ), j. W. Hines. Gios.
s~& Ti%s' a.sS9 %aii slH &aa5lyl aS $ss5
The third race on the programme was
the road wagon race, open only to Perin.
sula horses. This was very peculiar
kind OF race, being SO arranged that the
horse winning the first heat took first
prize and dropped out, the horse taking
second heat taking second prize and drop
ping out, and so on. As only four horses
started, and there were four prizes, every
body got something and only three heats
were necessary to decide what 1t should
be. The following is the summary
George, G. w. H Dutton. Lincoln.
Frank, G, O. w. Davidson, Milford. .,.3
Rodney, blk e; W. q. M'Melin, Viola 20 8 /
% Ti@e' s.is, is g. si5, s. 8ls 8ils"''s fof' fenn'''s
The fourth race wRs q running race,
mile heats, purse 5000. In the first heat
Eleots, with the pole took the lead,
which he held for three. quarters Of a
mile, when Annie g.. took the lead,
which she held, winning the heat in
l.5st.
In the second heat Huntington made
the running for the first e-eighths when
Annie G.took command and won the heRt
aud race in Sc.
Annie g, b m. H. G. Haney, Phila .,I l
Electa. br e, j. Cornell, Philadelphia. 8
Huntington, br e, III. Lenzenberg, Phila.. .B 2
Time, L5S16, l.66.
In the intervals between the heats
Mile. ArmRindo and Prof. Eok rode exhi-
bition mile heats on bicycles. The track
WAS too soft a1d the wind too high for
fast time but the race seemed to please
the crowd.
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Mile ArnalnuO.. O........s.....s.....s.sssI
Time, 4.5534, 4.431S, 4.67.
The programme for tomorrow embraces
the 2.25 class, PAGERS, with six entries;
the 2.40 class, with Is entries; atwo-
mile dash, with nine entries, and the
bicycle race.
DOVER, Oct. 3.-To.day was the last
day OF the Delaware State fair. The last
is usually the biggest day of the fair, ,but
to-day owing to the threatening condi-
tion of the weather, not over 1000 per.
sons were in attendance.
The awarding committees have about
completed their work, although some OF
the departments have not yet got their
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