St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-08
j R Wins--Gov. Hill Takes
the Two-Thirty
Stakes.
Sir Dixon the Only Favorite
That Won at Mon
mouth.
The Great Western Handicap
Falls to Montrose--Sport-
ing Miscellany.


the best of sport was provided, but the
people were not there. Sport was timed
to commence at o'clock and at that
hour there were not more than $50 peo-
pie present. The attendance during
the whole of the afternoon never eX-
ceeded 500 people. A small proportion
of the visitors frequented the auction
pool and betting tent, but the majority
sat listlessly upon the stand smoking,
talking and chewing, enjoying them
selves ateaSe. 1t was not speculative
crowd, and the proprietor of the wheel
OF fortune found his occupation almost
gone.
Ladies were an insignificant minority
and the carriages in the ampbitheater
might have been counted upon the fin
gers. Among those present were Mrs.
W. K. Merriam, Mrs. E. l. Frost, Mrs.
I. b: Marratt. Miss Cook, Hon. W. r.
Merriam, Col. McClosky, E. G. Long. F..
A. Seymour, Charles Radcliffe, L. B..
Marratt. Col. j. l.. Merriam, j. l..
thompson, E. l. Frost, G. Thompson, O..
Z. Ellis, 5. +. Dawson, John j. O'Con-
nor, Stanley Proudfit, Gen. Cross, D..
w. WoOdmanSee, of st. Paul, and j. c..
Oswald, of Minneapolis.
The track was in the best possible
condition. and southerly wind, which
at first threatened to initiate the
chances OF Obtaining good records, re-
duced In volume, leaving everything
favorable
FOR GOOD RACING.
the erect OF this was particularly no.
ticeable in the pacing race, the first
heat of which was ACCOMPLISHED in
2:lS14. This was remarkably good for
a 2:30 pace.
Col. McClasky officiated as starter.
and success again characterized his eff
forts and there were no long delays.
Ihe drivers were rigidly injoined
against too much scoring, in connection
with which Col. McClasky had occasion
to reprimand the driver of j | r not to
come out of his place OF 1--WE will fine
you, and fine you heavily"
SportSmen were considerably disap-
pointed over the match race between
Zig and First Call. The latter was to
have been run by ID. Staples, of Still
water, the horse being owned by his
father, L. Staples, and it was said the
latter would not allow the animal to
run. Young Staples therefore paid the
forfeit. and the match was declared off.
With the abandonment of the match.
two races were left for competition.
The first was 2:30 pace for 81 ,OOO, and
drew forth seven entries, six entering
the field. Budd Doble was the horse
withdrawn. Those to show their faces
were Harry West. Budd Crooke. Harry
H., Highland Laddie, j. l. r. and Jack
Curry, 1t was over thirty minutes past
the appointed time before the first
event was begun. Budd Crooke was
made favorite, the cry of the betting
men being, ''5 on Crooke; 8 ON the
field" The race was capital opening
of the days sport. Budd CrOOke and
Jack Curry went ahead from the
start. and for three parts of the distance
made a pretty race, running head to
head, the others following,
SEVERAL LENGTHS BEHIND.
Owing to the geographical position of
the track for portion of the Journey
the horses are out of sight. When they
reappeared, Budd Crooke and Jack
Curry were still racing together. Harry
Il was then pacing well, and amid
some excitement was seen to draw level
with the grey gelding, but failed to
come OH terms with Bndd Crooke. who
passed the judges winner by length
in time 2:1S15. Budd Cooke went off i'm
number l style in the second heat.
being closely attended by Jack Curry,
the pair again doing all the racing.
Harry 4 was to the fore when the
straight was reached, and the two raced
in grand form to the judges stand, the
heat finishing as did the first-Budd
crooke. l; Harry Z, 2; Jack Curry, 8.
lac others were beaten off. The
third heat totally altered the
aspect of the race, and sent
the favorite back in the betting.
Before, however, start for this heat
was obtained the crowd made demon
stration against man named Williams.
the driver OF Harry H.. it being asserted
he was not pacing to win. At the re-
quest of the judges the driver relin-
quiShed his position to John Dowd. of
st. Paul, who steered Harry Z. for this
heat, when Williams was reinstated in
his position. Between the two heats an
officer was detailed to overlook the
horses while in the stables. Budd
CroOke broke away and maintained the
lead three-quarters of the distance.
when he lost his feet, letting in Jack
Curry and j. |. r., who made an excit-
ing finish, the former winning by a
short length. The fourth heat produced
another surprise. j. l. r. winning well
ahead of Budd CroOke, the others being
badly beaten. Jack Curry broke badly.
IN THE STRAIGHT.
Harry 4 was the successful PAGER in
the fifth heat, racing neck to neck round
with Jack Curry, and then beating him
by three lengths. Harry West and
Highland Laddie did not take part i'm
this heat, as IN the three previous heats
they were completely out of the con-
test. A capital start was made in the
sixth heat. Harry Il took the lead at the
quarter pole, being closely attended bv
Jack Curry. The four horses were run
ming in a bunch when they disappeared
behind the hill. There was a transfor-
nation when they appeared, Harry z
and j X being well ahead, Jack Curry
and Budd Crooke showing signs of dis
treSS. A close race between Harry Z
and j | r was imminent, when the
spectators were disappointed by J | r
leaving his feet, and Harry 4 virtually
walked in. Harry Il was consequently
hot faverite for the seventh heat, and
was backed heavily against the field. A
further surprise was in store. Budd
Crooke first showed lead, but losing
his feet let in Harry 4, who
paced behind the hill with the
others closely following. Reappearing
tile race lay with il r, Budd Crooke and
Harry Z. They came along at thun-
dering pace, and to the chagrin of the
fayorite's hackers X went under the
wire winner by half a head. This
was a capital display Oh the part of j l
r. The Texas horse is brown STALL
ion, and only four years old. Budd
Crooke, Harry 4 and J r had now won
two heats each, aud for the eighth heat
j r was made the fayOrite. The auc-
tion pool sold as follows: j I r, SO:
took the lead from the start, pressed by
Harry z, with Budd Crooke and Jack
Curry in the rear. The prettiest heat
OF the day followed, during which the
chances of Jack Curry looked very
healthy. Spectators looked upon the
PAGERS
IN BREATHLEss EXCITEMENT,
and when the horses emerged from be-
hind the hill the silence was broken