St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-27
WON BY CLINGSTONE. E.
The Race Between Olingstone and Harry
Wilkes at Detroit for $4,000 Draws
a Big Crowd.
Betting Men Put Up Their Money on the
Latter and Lose It By Three
Straight Heats.
Genesta Enters for Her Fifth Race,
Being After the Cape May
Challenge Cup.
This Week to be Lively ONE In Base
Ball Circles at Chicago
The Events.
CJingssone the winner.

DETROIT. Sept. 26.-About as good a
a day as could be desired was to-day, ana
between 4, 600 and 5000 people from this
city and outside filed all the available space
about the Detroit Driving park to witness
the great match race for Il purse OF -, 800
between CIingstOne and Harry Wilkes, the
best three out of five. In the pools Wilkes
was a decided favorite, 20 TO II being
offered.
at ESQ the rivals got the word, and both
were going at splendid speed. As the noses
of the horses passed under the wire, Cling
stone was ahead by a throat latch, Wilkes,
who had scored down the third path on the
track, quickly came in close to Clingstone,
where he hung until entering the back
course, when he fell back Il length. Mean
time Clingstone, although going very fast,
did not seem TO be working his ut
most. ClingStone touched the half at
1:0S$4. 2:l11@ gait. Wilkes was on his
whir and he made u superb burst around the
lower turn. The wheel was passed, and
Clingstone apparently noticing the TACT, let
out a link Wilkes still hung to the Cleveland
horse and when half way round the hofses
were as Il snan. Coming into the Stretch
Wilkes nose was the first to snow and his gilt
was sure and steady. a hundred yards fur
ther on, Wilkes was half length
ahead The speed proved too great for
the New York horse, who left his rect
fer five or six SkipS, enough TO lose
the heat. Van Ness hauled him down ana
trailed home behind CHngstOne, who went
under the wire ut 2:40 gait the time being
2:151%; Wilkes followed in 2:lG34. In the see
end heat the horses got away head and head
at $3.50. Clingstonc had half an open length
behind him to the lower turn, where Wilkes
slipped up 10 the wheel. The Ohio horse shook
him of and maintained his first lead, trotting
under the wire in 2;1T%, Wilkes
coming after in 2:2O1@. At 4:15 the horses
came out for the third heat, getting away at
once, with Clingstone the leader by nose.
Wilkes started for the heat with Il magnificent
gait, holding his place beyond the quarter.
Then he fell back half Il length. These posi-
tions were held to the lower turn, when
Wilkes spurted abreast of ClingstOne before
the turn was done. Together the
horses came into the stretch with
terrific speed, both trottlng without break.
Wilkes was head ana head with Clin@stone at
the beginning Of the stretch. The Buckeye
horse increased his speed, dropping wilkes
TO his hip. This advantage seemed to dis
Eeartcn the New York hors Sc. He could do
no better than he was doing, and CHngStone
passed under the wire the winner by half Il
neck, making Il close and exciting finish.
Clingstonc fairly won the third heat and the
race in zig
Between the first and second heats of the
Wilkes -Clingstone race, Ben Stanley's pac-
ing team, Jordan and Little Mack, tried to
lower the record Of 2:25, the best team pac-
ing record ever made on this track, making
sheir circuit without skip in 2:2215. At
o'clock SpIan trotted his team, William II
and Onward, against this record. The
team trotted evenly and came under the
wire in 2:21.