Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-03
SWIFT STEEDS.
Harry Wilkes Beats Phallas in Three
Straight Heats mt Cleveland.
The Owner of the Defeated Trotter Saws
He WilIbe Taken from the Turf.

CLEVELAND. ONO, Oct 2.-IIarry
Wilkes defeated Phallas three straight
heats on the Chenille track to-day, win
ming the $4,000 purse and 80 per cent. of
the gate receipts. The result was gen
uine surprise to every one, and local
sporting men dropped goody amount
of cash on the result. The day was cold
and stormy, and hundreds of people that
had intended to see the race gave up the
notion and stayed AT home, After four
scores, in two of which Phallas broke be-
fore reaching the wire, the horses went
away for the first time. Pools were sell.
ing Harry Wilkes so, Phallas 40.
When the horses went away they were
neck and neck, Wilkes having the pole.
Before the first furlong had been trottcd,
Blthers tried to pass Wilkes, but the in
creased pace was too fast for Phallas, and
he went up into the air. He caught his
! feet quickly, but had lost a length and II
hall. Wilkes was not disturbed by the
affair, and was trotting easily, reaching
! the quarter pole In thirty-six seconds.
! Fhallas drew up trifie, and came within
Il length OF Wilkes, and then fell back
again Wilkes stepped little faster,
| however, and the next quarter was made
/ in thirty-tour seconds Down the
farther side OF the track Phal-
las trotted we'll but the third
| quarter was only tiotted In rs seconds
| Here tor the first time Phallas seemed TO
recover himself He rushed upon
! Wilkes and threatened TO overhaul him
4 When the two turned their faces home
ward they were going like the wind. phal-
las totted superbly, but Wilkes lead AT
| the threc.quartcr pole was too great. Tho
lust quarter was troitcd In a25 seconds
AMI was as pretty an exhibition of speed
/ rs has been seen on the track for many n
! day Wilkes won by an open length In
2:tl3. There was q revolution in Dools
w likes selling for 25 and phallas for IL.
! The start in the Fsccond heat
was even, hui Phallas could
not stay ON the ground. lie
broke badly at the first post and came
down length and u half behind. He set
tled down to work again, but when close
up TO Wilkes ON the upper stretch again
tiew up. Nnnncss, seeing how badly
PhallaS was acting, did not urne Wilkes
letting him 20 TO the quarter In 95l. Re-
tween half and three-quartcrS phollos
/ lrottcd grandly and compelled Wilkes 10
do his best. II looked for a moment llkc
l'halles' heat. He was steadily raining
ON Wilkes aud should have oveThaulrd
hun at the lower turn, but instead went
on MS leet Just opposite The last pole and
was out OF the race. Wilkes logged homo
IN 2'sot amid cheers Of Ills backors
In the third heat Wilkes had nose
ne best Of Phallas, Who broke lIe
caught again, however, and hustled
Harry TO the quarter Ia Sl3, the fastest
iirst quarter of the day. Many now ex.
pected TO see Phallas win the heat H.
was out-trotting Wilkes, hut between The
quarter and half posts he broke twice
ON The back stretch he again left his feef
ana Wilkes logged under the wire in
G;laA j, |. Case. the owner. saws
phallas has been withdrawn forever nom
me tnri and viii 80 into the stud.