, 1888-09-28


they were children of their oroughbred
sires.
kismet responded magnifcently when
touched with whip. Waldren's rider
leaned over and apparently said some
thing to his mount. AT any rate the big
bay pounded the earth as though he car
ried a fleeing king. They pass the dis
lance pole with Waldren a scant half neck
in advance and jumping to- all there was
in him. Kismet was steady but seemed
to be tethered with his nose past Wal.
dren's throatlatch. Waldren had the
pole and it looked as though he were still
in the lead when the pair passed under
the wire. The spectators shouted that 1t
was Waldren's race. All disputes were
settled by the announcement of tie judges
that it was a dead heat between Kismet
and Waldren, Countess third and Mar
quis fourth. Il was first agreed to run off
the tie, but the owners Of the animals con
Guided to divide the purse and pools went
the same way. There was some dissatis-
loSbiOhs bdb IO u IL OuI lOdI IllE as
it was generally conceded that the judges
were competent and honest and were in a
good position to see Just how the horses
finished. 1t was a merry mill and all
were pleased with the splendid battle.
A WALKAwAY.
The third race was scheduled as Wye
ming stakes for Swear olds, and the start
ers given as Mr.. Goodell's Regalo by
Strathmore-Fannle, Mr.. French's Dora
by Hirsh's Belmont, dam by Almont, and
MIR. Beckwith's wonderful Wyoming
bred fllv Wanita, by Aberdeen-Wyo
ming Belle.
They were sent off evenly. At the
first turn that phenomenon, Wanita, sim
ply logged away from the other young
sers, and continued to move away from
them without so much as a word from her
driver. Dora was ahead of Regalo,s a
couple of lengths on the down stretch,
and maintained this lead to the finish.
Wanita was nearly to the distance pole on
the first trip when The other two were Just
passing the quarter mark. Without the
least effort she pulled the sulky passed
the stand at the gait she took at the first
turn, and was cbeered to the echo. Every
eye was on that valuable bit
of horse flesh as she moved
down the back stretch. made the
last u and came to the wire in a mag
nifcent but short squirt, and finished tie
mile in 2:34 without turning a hair or
making a break. Dora and Regalo were
distanced by nearly an eighth of a mile in
the order named, and neither is a slow
%trotter, as 3 year old colts GO.
Mr.. Beckwith has a gold mine in Wan
ita, who is a very handsome, well muscled
and compactly built, but rather small,
strawberry roam FLY. She is even tenn
pered, gentle, intelligent, a born race
horse, healthy, and OF remarkable staying
powers. On the Montana circuit she
pulled down 81, 400 in purses and wagers,
and was given a mark OF 2:244. Mr..
Beckwith has refused an offer of $40, 600
for the flly. In a very few seasons she
will be a queen of the turf. and she and
her brothers and sisters will win many
victories, and the accompanying money
and fame for the Uintah Stock farm and
its colors of black and cherry.
OVER THE HURDLES.
The afternoons races concluded with a
very pretty mile dash we eight hurdles.
The entries aud riders were: Post Per
cheron Fox Hound, Dan Hogan; Post
Percheron Rowdy, F. T. Iselin; Arthur
Warehouses; Joker, Mr.. Bull; George
Marsh's Sir Tom, Smoke, the colored
Jockey.
There was no trouble il starting, the
horses behaving very well. joker led
around the first turn and made the initial
jump beautifully. Fox Hound and Rowdy
were over together and Sir Tom an instant
later. At the second set of sticks Joker,
who looked like a sure winner, bolted.
He was brought back and eventually went
the mile, but had lost too much time by his
pighe4dedness. At the first jump on the
home stretch Sir Tom had widened the
gap between himself and the Post.P Per
cheron pair and was, barring accidents,
the winner. He ran like a quarter horse,
was over the barriers without hesitation
and finished first by several lengths in
2:09. The race between Rowdy and Fox
Hound for second place was very interest,
ing and was uncomfortably close. Neither
animal was spared and there was some
good riding. Rowdy completed the mile
a short neck in advance of his stable mate.
Had Joker remained on the track he
would have made Tom fight for the purse
and cup. 1t was apparent that the latter