Wichita eagle., 1888-06-08
THE RACES.
ENTHUSIASTIC CR0WDS.---UNEA-
CELLED SP0RT--REC0RDS BRO
KEN--A GRAND SUCCESS.
Exciting Program for Today and To-
morrow. The Hose Cart race
to be run over Saturday.

been witnessed finer race meeting IMAM
the one which our exposition ard lar as
ISOLATION are now presenting to the people
of this CITY and southwestern Kansas.
Yesterday fully 5000 people witnessed
series of even better and more exciting
races than on the previous days OF the
meeting. The remaining two days pro-
grams will be equally as interesting, II not
more so, than their predecessors.
The program for today Will be found
later in this article, and from 1t VIII be
learned that any one who fails TO attend
will be missing rare days sport.
The very satisfactory and, indeed, surprls-
ing success of the meet is great credit TO
the skillful management OF Secretary j.
w. HartZell and his able corps of assist
ants. and the association is entitled to the
liberal patronage and hearty cooperation
of every citizen Of Wichita and the south
west, for having not only success
fully inaugurated an institution, which
will be of untold value to the section
named, but affording most excellent and
valuable entertainment to every person
who attends these meetings.
The character, the number and the Der
for1nances of the entries at these races are
of larger and more eastern cities, while
the prices charged here are not more than
one half the universal prices on any cred
itable race course in this country. The
track, grand stand and grounds are perfect
and everything has passed off like clock
work As Mr.. Lopez, the energetic starter
put it yesterday, eff the people of New
York city could be assured as good races
as Wichita has presented & this week.
there would not be standing room left in
the ninety odd acres of exposition grounds.
All visitors are delighted with the track,
their treatment the result of the meeting,
as in fact are all who have attended these
races.
That the track is a remarkably fast one
is found in the fact that the mile dash on
Wednesday, which was won by Forest
King, owned by Mr. J. Grail, of AtchisOn,
and ridden by Louis Lecher young col
ored Jockey, broke the record of all previ-
Gus miles run in Kansas and reduced the
same to one minute fOrty-fOur and three
fourth seconds. Yesterday, in the one and
one-fourth mile dash, which was run in
two eleven and half the last four quarter
miles were run in one minute and forty
five seconds, a feat not equaled this season
anywhere under like conditions. Then,
again, the horse hose cart race was run in
the remarkably short time of one minute
and thirty-seven seconds. The reputation
of Wichita's track is assured, and if the
people of this city will give their organiza
ton their patronage the future and the
benefits of the Wichita exposition and fair
can not be too highly estimated.
Yesterday was an ideal racing day,
with the possible exception little more
wind at times than was desired. Long
before the time announced for the races,
the street cars, busses, hacks and all other
conceivable coDYeyances We're taxed to
their utmost capacity to carry the i'm
mense throngs to the exposition grounds.
The attendance yesterday was much
larger than any previous day, be
ing variously estimated at from 1000 to
10000
The grand stand was comfortably filled
and very large per centage of those occu-
pying it were ladies, who greatly enjoyed
the exciting races and were lavish in their
enthusiasm for their Eavorites.
The several bands in attendance, which
Wee prospective competitors in the band
contest, discoursed sweet and inspiring
music at frequent intervals and elected
hearty rounds of applause.
At the appointed hour, , o'clock, the
Judges for the day, Messrs. w. p. McNair
of Wichita, E. G. Moore of Topeka, secre-
tary of the State Fair association. and
Walter Treadwell.. of Anthony, with the
stirring Harry Lopez, of Wellington, as
starter. and Messrs. J. T. McMillen of
IF
VIM. Mathewson, of this city, as
event Of the days program. |
which was the unfinished special pacing
race for FIVE hundred dollars between
Marowe and Budweiser of this city and
Dandy D., owned by Mr.. Wand of Coffey- |
vile, Kansas, two heats of which were
paced The evening before. Narlowe had !
won the first and Dandy d. the second. |
Budweiser was withdrawn after the first
heat, being disabled. Dandy d. won the /
first heat of yesterday and third in the /
race, MarOwe winning the next two |
and the race. AL OF the heats except the |
last one, were quite close and exciting. |
The following is summary of the races:
Marlowe, %. S............-....2 ; | l |
Dandy ID, b. g..--..-......... . |
Budwelser, b. g.......-.......3w withdrawn |
Time: 2.34, 2.35, 2.S0i4, 2.3Ol4. 229.
QUARTER MILE DASH.
Between the heats of this race was /
sandwiched in the one quarter mile dash. /
which had seven entries. The dash was
won by scratch by Kate Bender in p |
seconds.
THE SUMMARY.
Kate Bender. by Z f. Ward. Wichita. / !
Sorren Al, by Is. Hatchett. Wichita. - (
Prince, by - Hudspetn, Wellington. 3 .
Bell. John Red, Colebeck and Mabel got
no money Time; "a
Before the pacing race was finished the
2:35 trot was called to fill in between heats
with six entries After a number of futile
attempts to score, and filming Highland
Tom $40 for being late. they Were sent
away, Foss having the best of the start.
and soon took the pole, keeping it 10 the
finish, although hard pushed by Daisy d
and Edward B..
In the second heat. after several starts
they went away, with Foss again having
slight start, which he came near losing by
the time he reached the wire a he. edward
b. and Highland Tom were well punched
The third heat found Foss and Edward
Is. IN the lead at the start. but at the half
Miss Toler. much to the surprise OF every
body put on remarkable speed and trot-
ted right around both Edward b. and
Foss, heatiag the former by a nose.
In the fourth Miss Toler. although hav-
ing the pole, did not score up with the
others and Floss shot ahead gettinga long
lead on the back stretch. but this Miss
Toler easily closed in the last half and |
took the heat by half a length
For the fifth heat Edward Il. and High
land Tom were withdrawn. Miss Toler
won, as in the fourth, and took first
money