, 1888-10-04

principal features of the matinee at
the driving pnrk Of the fair associa-
ton yesterday. The track was in
excellent condition and fairly good
time was made. Betting was very
lively and the deepest interest was
centered in each event. The judges
were Messrs. Humason, Taylor and
Clarke.
THE MATCH RACE.
The first event for the afternoon was
u matched trotting race, best two IN
three. between John w. Glover's bay
stallion, Belvidere, and j. w. Wilson's
bay gelding, Marble. John Todd ruled
over the destinies of the pool box, and
proved to be an adept at selling
chances, and kept those within sound
of his voice in good humor. There
was lively disposition on the part OF
the crowd to invest, although Marble
was n hot iavorite, selling at $40 to $3
on the stallion. Belvdere drew the
pole and at the second attempt the
animals got away in fine shape.
Marble took the pole at once but the
slower horse regained the advantage
at the quarter. Before reaching the
half mile Marble had recovered the
lead and held it to the finish, winning
easily with several lengths to the good.
Time, 3:06.
Alter three Intellectual efforts the
horses were tapped off close together,
Marble breaking badly. At the quar-
ter the stallion was in advance but the
Wilson horse trailed close behind.
They were making a pretty race at
the half, but the gelding forged ahead
and lead dewn to the str, tch, skipping
under the wire winner OF the heat
and race. Time, ;55.
| SUMMARY.
Match race, $500 a side, mile heats, best
| two in three;
j. W. Glover's b, $. Belvidere.......".. = 2
Times ;06; 1855.
BICYCLE RACE.
A feature of the afternoon program
me was u two mile bicycle race. There
we're five entries, Messrs. Moore, Per.
kins, Gillette, Jennings and Fisken.
The former is mere lad and was al.
lowed half mile start. The pools
sold IS on Moore, ~ on Perkins, 81 80
On Gillette, $l on Jennings and vs. on
Fisken. Moore led ON the first mile,
Fisken second, with Perkins hanging
close behind, evidently reserving his
strength. At the mile and u half Fis-
ken and Perkins passed Moore, and at
the mile and three.quarters Perkins
put in his reserve force and slowly but
SUI ely overlook and passed Fisken. 1t
was an exciting struggle down the
home stretch and Fisken made desper.
ate efforts to recover the advantage but
Perkins rolled past the Judges stand u
leader by several feet. Time, q 10.
SPECIAL RACE.
A great d, al Of interest centered i'm
the special race, mile heats bes. three
in five, and at the pool box there was
u liberal disposition manifested to risk
money ON the result. Notwithstand-
ing Wardners mare Daily was red-.
hot favurite at first, there were those
willing to chance their lucre on other
entries. The book making was very
lively. The betting was S25 to $50
on Wardner's animal, with $40 to xl5
on second choice, with the others
ranging from 70 to 81. The entries
were Jas. +. Wardner's bay mare
Daisy, to road wagon with handi-
cap of fifty pounds additional weight
over that of the driver, Mr.. Wardner; |;
f. p. Hogan's bay gelding Buckeye,
driven by Mr.. VIM. Glassford; Lane
G. Gilliam's bay stallion Belfounder,
Jr, driven by owner; II. l.. Cutters
bay gelding Major, driven by owner;
DR.. @. s. Renfield's bay mare Skip.
driven by owner. After four ineffeot-
ual scores the flyers were given the go,
Daisy at the pole, Belfounder second,
Buckeye third, Major fourth and Skip
on the outside. Daisy broke on the
first dozen yards and Buckeye imme-
diately took the pole and led to the
wire, although Daisy crowded close
on his flank, coming in good sec
ond, Belfoupder third, Major fourth,
Skip fifth. Time 2 2:53.
THE BETTING WAS LIVELY.
The result OF this heat created an
anxiety on the part Of many of the
sports to get in on the field, and the
betting was about even between
Daisy and Buckeye, the friends of the
former were still ready to Put up on
the mare. A large amount was posted
before the racers were called in for
the second heat. On the third trial
they all got away in bunch, but be-
fore reaching the quarter Wardner
cut in for the lead. 1t was an exciting
race between the two leaders, but
Buckeyes driver could not overtake
the mare and Wardner won with room
to spare. A protest was entered for u
foul by Glassford, but was not sus-
tanned by the judges. Time OF heat
2:47t.
Todd grew red in the face
calling off pools at this stage OF the
proceedings, Daisy being favorite
against the field, although in many
instances the field was the favorite.
AT the call only four horses responded,
Mr.. Gillian having Withdrawn Bell
founder. The race was really between
Daisy and Buckeye, and was close
heat, the latter trying hard to gam
first place. On the way home the
animals were close together, but with
in few hundred feet of the wire
Buckeye left his feet and Daisy pulled
through with twenty five feet 70 spare.
Time 2 80.
BY the time the fourth heat was
called it Was SO dark that the horses
could not be distinguished at the
quarter. 1t required four trials be-
fore the animals were sent off and as
far as could be seen from the grand
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