St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-02
THE RACES.
The First Days Events Witnessed
bv Small Crowd.

Gay was not commensurate with the excel
lence of the events. The weather was all
that could be desred-not too hot, but just
hot enough, and the races were interesting
and hotly contested. This is especially
true of the $50 class, in which DR.. Lyford's
chestnut mare, Mabel ii, crowded Abe
Rohrbach'S black gelding, Boston Davis, TO
do his utmost. 1t may be proper TO state
that the objections among spectators were
pretty general, at the decision of the Judges
in allowing Boston Davis to finish the race
after having been distanced by Mabel III.
The history of the case is that Boston Davis
was crowded off his feet at the start and
that he did not gather again until after the
half-mile pole had been passed, and he was
then too far behind to save his distance.
The track patrolman galloped along by his
side on the inside track and it was on this
ground he was restored, the driver claiming
that the running horse frightened Boston
Davis.
2:45 CLASS.
The program opened with the 2:45 class
with Thomas Manett's b. g. Gen Sibley,
Peter Silvernail's br. G. Silyernail, j. h.
O'Brien's blk. S. ROlla Parvin, Louis Ber-
trands ch. IN. Little Lou, j. S. VOLTS g. 5.
Victor Sprague, Z. II. OYerpeck's bl. e.
Black Bob, starters. In drawing for posi-
lions Rolla Parvin won the pole, Gen.
Sibley second, Little Lou third, Silvernal
fourth, Victor Sprague fifth, Black Bob on
the outside.
First Heat-After the customary swarm
ing up" scoring began. As is usual with
SO many starters there were many ineffect-
ual attempts. Little Lou was slow, while
Gen. Sibley pulled strongly to the front,
the pole horse maintaining about medium.
Finally poor start was made, the judges
patience having evidently tired. Silver
nail was in the lead with the others scat
tered. Gen. Sibley and Victor Sprague
went off their feet at the start, and the lat
ter acted SO badly that when the back
stretch was reached he was several distances
behind the leading horse. Silvenail plunged
plucl1ily to the front. and Little Lou get
ting down to handsome work managed To
pass Rolla Parvin and secure second place
Oh the back stretch, which she maintained
until the turn for home, when ROlla Parvin
made a noble squirt and got second. But
Silvernail had won a wide vantage and it
was beyond the powers of the black TO
close the gap. They came under the wire
in the following order: First, Silvernail;
second Rolla Parvin; fourth, Gen. Sibley;
fifth, Black Bob; sixth, Victor Sprague.
Time, 2:43I.
Second Heat-Similar difficulty was eX-
perienced in getting off for the second heat.
Silyemail acted contrarily and Parvin came
down the score very fast. After four at
tempts the judge called the horses to the
stand and took the driver off Black Bob. III.
Adams taking his seat. The judge then
remarked: 1--WE have come to the conclu-
sion that there are some very bad drivers i'm
this party, and unless better work is done
this heat, we will feel impelled to make
further changes" A start was made with
Sibley a length behind, at the choice
of the driver. On the first cor
ner Rolla Parvin forged ahead
to the pole, leaving Silvemail second,
Black Bob, third; Sprague, fourth, and
Parvin quickly opened up wide gap with
manifest ease. Evidently he was too fast
for his company. Black Bob's new driver
pushed the black horse far up on Silver
nail while OH the back stretch. Coming
down home Smithey pulled hard on Rolla
| Parvin to give the rear horses another
| chance. Sibley made grand effort and
came laundering down the stretch rapidly.
! gaining on his leaders and narrowing up the
wide gap. Little Lou went 10 pieces and
barely escaped getting the flag in her face.
| The party passed under the wire Parviu
| first, Silvernail second, Sibley third.
! Sprague fourth, Black Bob fifth. Little Lou
sixth. Time, 2:372{.
Third Heat-A fine start was made on
the third attempt, Parvin forging ahead and
| Silvemail pulling in behind him. The
others were all in bunch. Bob third. Sib-
| ley fourth, Sprague fifth and Lou Slightly
! behind. Parvin was coming down the home
stretch with fine lead and on an easy jog.
Silvernail and Sibley had an exciting race,
side by side. in second position, the driver
of Silveriail yelling like Sioux chief
frightening Parvin off his feet after passng
the distance stand. Silvemail made two
or three prodigious jumps, but settled dow
again in time to come under the wire a hal
length ahead. Black Bob and Gov. Spragut
were set back for running. Although
protest was made against it, the score wa
given as follows: Silvernail first. Siblel
second, Parvin third. Lou fourth, Spragu,
fifth and Bob last. Time 2:39.
Fourth Heat-When the trOtterS came III
for the fourth heat the judge summone,
them to the stand, and Price Smith, tn
driver of ROlla Parvin, was fined SO an,
displaced from his seat for driving to lie
Sibley win, and the driver of Gen. Sible,
was ordered down and fined SO for pullin.
up Just before reaching the wire in the thir,
heat. II. DAVIS superseded him. 1t wa
better than an average send-off. Silver
nail quickly got the lead with Parvil
close behind. Sbley went off his feet an,
fell to the rear. contesting with Lou 70
last place. These relative position
were maintained until the 3l-mil
, post was reached. Here Rolla Parvin ex
hibited his metal and pulled up neck-and
neck with Silvernail, and Gen. Sibley mad
) magnificent burst of speed, rapidly closin
the gap of over dozen lengths. When tn
, turn for the home was rounded Roll
PaTvin had pulled away from the other
eight lengths, and came to the wire a
easy winner, Silvernail going to pieces an
Sibley pushing to second place. SilveTna
quickly gathered himself. but too late
Parvin came first, Sibley second, Silvena
third, Sprague fourth, Little Lou fifth, an
Black Bob sixth. Time, 1861.
1--WE have got better drivers" shoute
the Judge, as he announced the time.
; Fifth Heat-The fifth and last heat wa
, devoid of interest. Rolla Parvin forged [
; the front and was not headed, keeping seN
eral lengths in the lead without fretting
Gen. Sibley was the only animal that broke
Silvernail gradually worked from fourt
place to second, and Black Bob and Spragu
, fell back correspondingly. Rolla Parvi
first. Silvernail second, Sprague third, Sill
lev fourth. Black Bob fifth and Lou sixth
: Time. 2:3S19.
Rolla Parvin won first money, Silverna
second. Sibley third, Victor Sprague fourtl
SUMMARY.
J.KO'Brien, blk. h. Rola Parvip.2 1
Peter Silvernail, br. h. Silvernair1 1 3
Thomas b. Marrett, b. e. Gen. Sib-
ley. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. =
]. S. Wolf, g. h. Victor Sprague.6
r. Overpeck, blk. g. Black Bob..5 .
: L. Bertram, CHI. m. Little Lou...3 5
Time, 2:43s4' 2:37sz, 2:Ss, 1861, 1851.
$50 CLASS.