The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-09
THREE BIG RACES.
YEsrERpAY,ss poRr ArEHE FAIR.
A Good Sized Crowd ON the Island Enjoys
seeing some Good Racing To'day's
Events General News from the
Great shoW-To.day's CayalGads,

There was large attendance at the
State Fair yesterday and the management
was correspondingly happy, The people
from out ottown commenced to arrive yes;
terday and a large number Of strange
faces were seen in the grand stand and in
the several hallsi these commenced ar
irving at an early hour and kept the gate
keepers busy until noon, Right after
dinner the rush Of people from town, who
went to see the races set In and for an
hour there was aregulsrstream oihumanity
passing through the gates. As these pass
ed through the grounds on their way to
the race track they were Joined by those
who had been spending the morning
looking through the well filed exposition
buildings and wandering about the stock
pens, and when the races were called at
$50 o'clock the grand stand was well
filed and there were over half a hundred
carriages on the quarter stretch.
The weather was lust right ior good rae
/ ing and there was considerable Of II,
Whileit was rather warm in the sun, inthe
grand stand shaded from the sun, the pleas
ant breeze from the river made livery COM
Portable there. The track was much last.
or than on Tuesday, having been well
sprinkled and worked, There were three
events on the card and all but the last heat
of the running race was disposed Of before
dark, The bbtting was quite spirited al
the atart and continued 80 In the
pace, but the sure.thing state Of aHairt
among tho trotters was not calculated tC
lead to neutrality-suspicious., There came neal
being ssmall sized riot during the run ovel
some very bad hippodroming attempted by
John Alexandria rider, but this was sup,
pressed by the decision OF Mr. Wood
Martin, who again acted as starter. lie i
an able man IN the judges box and his
free and frank manner seems only to be
indicative OF his strong determination to
have things done right aud quick.
AGooD PROGRAMME.
The programme was productive oil con-
siderable enjoyable sport, although not Of
q specially exciting nature, except occa'
sionally when the pace was in progress
The first event was u pace for tho 2:2t
class, There were nine entries on the
card, but only eight OF the Side.wheelerG
responded to the call. They were drawn
in the following order: LSdy Wilkinr
Black Henry, Excelsior, Puritan, Late
Rose, L. @, O., Stella Foster and Judge
Lynch.
The field was great frat isvorlte, and
those huyinV second were at tho outset, a
little puzzled as to what they should
choose, Judge Lynch, Late Rose and
Puritan all had some backing. The scor-
ing for the first heat WAS frightiul, and 1t
seemed as though the wire would never
be reached in decent order, even after Nh
Martin had given careful Instructions.
At last they got the word and went
away in lolerably good ahape. For the
first quarter every thing was punched, and
II was not until the quarter was reached
that any one had what might be- called a
good start. Then Puritan got the pole
and held 1t to the close. On the flush
Lady Wilkin and Judge Lynch made the
work rather exciting. The second heat
was almost q repetition OF this, tho finish
being again exciting by reason oil the
spurt made by Stella Foster and the Judge
/ in their struggle for second place which
brought them up on Purltan's wheel.
EXCELSIOR LOOMS UP.
BY this time Puritan was as matter OIL
course, selling q big fsvorite in the pools,
In the third heat there was change In
the aspect OF affairs, and Excelsior doomed
up as o possible winner. Lynch was
drawn, having developed q bad case Of the
thumps. Excelsior In scoring persisted in
coming before the pole horse 80 often that
| finally Mr., Martin required Joe Heideger,
the driver, to hand over $50
as fine. In this heat, when
Excelsior suddenly forged ahead, those
who had relied on him set up mighty
cheer. In the fourth heat Puritan broke
badly again, and 1t was not until on the
last quarter that he managed To get up to
Exceisior's wheel, who took the heat easy
with hands down. With two heats to the
credit OF both Puritan and Excelsior the
betting was now fast and furious. There
was some more bad scoring, and II
took considerable time for the horses Ia
get away. Early in the scramble fol
place Excelsior went up in the air and
broke hearts about tho pool box for he
never recovered and Puritan took the hsal
and race. The summary Is as follows:
FACE, 2:25 cLAS-ruRsE $500.