Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
FAST FLYERS.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS AT
THE DRIVING PARK.
THE RACE EOMEETING CLOSES
WITH ANOTHER LARGE
CROWD.
The Summer Meeting Of the Driving
Park and Fair Association Comes to
a Close After a Most Successful
Meeting.
FIRST DAY.

Meeting.
FIRST DAY.
The three-minute class was won by
Mac D. who took the first three heats,
John A. Logan second, Longley third,
Gen. Buford fourth. The best time
made was 2:36 in the second heat.
In the yearling stakes Cora Russell
won two heats and closed the contest.
The time was 1:3O, a good half-mile
record for young horse.
In the running half mile both heats
were finished in the following order:
Duke Alexis, Lady T., Katie. Time,
81 seconds.
The four-year-eld trotting race not
having sufficient entries, was declared
off.
SECOND DAY.
''Old Probabilities" was again In
league with the managers of the drlV-
ing park today and a most delightful
day was given for the second group OF
races. The attendance was better than
that of yesterday and the interest OF
the onlookers was kept at the highest
pitch by the graceful evolutions OF the
flyers who went through their fastest
PAGES for the benefit of their owners.
The management may well be proud
of the smoothness with which the do
ings at the course have taken place,
and may congratulate themselves upon
having given Abilene the best races
ever seen in tie city or county, if not
in the State. With the finest mile
track west of Chicago there is no rea-
son why we should not come far to the
front in our aspirations to make a
record for being sporting center; and
the success of the present meeting in
dicates that such reputation will at
tach itself to the Belle. The fine
horses called together, as well as the
large assemblage of horsemen gath
cred from every important city in the
State cannot help being of great advan-
tage to the city.
The grand stand contained about
twice as many spectators as yesterday
and the crowd of buggies and carriages
was at least twice that of the previous
day. The dust, moreover, held its own
and f1oated about the visitors visages
with all the abandon imaginable.
The first race called was the free-for-
all pacing. There were two entries,
Tom, b. g., owned by Jos. Jarvis. Con-
cordia, and Aberdeen, G. g., J. l.. Tin
ker, Topeka. Tom won the pole and
when after a few scores the horses
were sent he took the lead and though
Aberdeen tried hard to overtake him,
came around the bend and down the
homestretch winner. Time 2:2S9.
The second heat was a magnificent
start and Tom, who held the inside
made as pretty mile as is often seen
on the track. He came around without
a skip in the good time of 2:29. Aber-
deem broke at the half-mile post and
fell considerably behind.
The two-year-old trotting was then
called. Eight horses entered. The
flyers scored in the dust for fifteen
minutes or more and then went off
with rush. At the half-mile post the
eight trotters were strung out in line
several rods apart and in that order
they came down the home stretch,
when they punched a little and
did not change their relative order.
They came under the wire as follows:
E.Girl, Rob't Ryan, ClemDayton, Tina
Rogers, Brown Belle, Prairie Wilkes,
Helen. Time 1903.
In the free-for-al pacing race Tom
won the last heat in 2:32, thus taking
all three.
The result of the trotting, two-year-
old stakes, was as follows, four heats
being trotted:
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