St. Paul daily globe., 1888-10-08
Woodruff, Guy Wilkes and
Stamboul Contest for
Five Heats.
Dan Woodmansee at San
Diego, Gala. V. Pantlind
Sold.
The Minnehaha Driving ASso-
citation Will Have a Race
Meeting July 2, 8, 4, S.

ramentO. Cal, when NuUWOOu great
son, Woodruff, defeated the two crack
stations of the Pacific slope, Guy
Wilkes and StambOul. Nothing like
this race has been seen anywhere since
the great struggle in 1876 at Cleveland,
when Smuggler beat Goldsmith Maid.
So much interest and Importance was
attached to this race that for the benefit
of horsemen in st. Paul the following
details are given: Woodruff had the
pole, Stamboul second position and Guy
Wilkes third. As they were sent off
on the fourth score WOOdnut broke and
slightly interfered with StambOul. AT
the first turn all three were in the air.
Guy was the first TO recover and Wood
nut next, while StambOul made tan
gled break, similar to the one he made
in the first heat at Oakland, and Guy
reached the quarter first, in 0:3412, four
lengths ahead of Woodruff and ten
ahead of StambOul.
Walter seemed to have learned les
son from the first heat at Oakland, ana
at once took his horse in hand and evil
IDENTITY laid up the heat from here. Up
the backstretch Guy went fast, and
reached the half in 1:104, having in
creased his lead around the turn. Wood
nut moved up a little, and Johnny took
Guy back on reaching the three-quarter
pole in AZ. and eaSed him all the way
down the straight, coming home easy,
with Woodruff four lengths back and
StambOul jogging in just inside the dist
ance. Time, 2:2212. Pool buyers
were now enthusiastically buying.
Guy Wilkes at 500, StambOul, $50,
Of
cooled out well, and the drivers looked
confident. but anxious. Goldsmith ap-
peared to jog with the usual cigar i'll
his mouth, but when scoring for the
start dropped it and put his win or
die hump in his shoulders that Guys
hackers still have confidence in. Walter
Maben was on the outside, and was
careful not to let his horse be inter-
fered with again, while By Holly was
up to the front at every attempt with
WOodnut. On the ninth attempt they
got the word, with Guy half length in
front, and away they went at terrific
clip. StambOul, on the outside, trOtted
very fast and true, winning
good lead at the eighth pole,
from Guy. and reached the quarter in
33$4 seconds, with Woodruff a length
behind Guy. Here the cry went up:
Hes broke" He's up" That set
ties him." But Walter caught him
handily, and half way up the back
stretch was second and within two
lengths of Guy, whom Goldsmith had
kept moving for about all he was worth.
He never looked around | can assure
you, but drove just as though there
were no more races to be trOtted this
fall. StambOul made a couple more
breaks before the half was reached,
both handy ones, but Guy was there first
in 1:0715, Woodruff four length back
trOtting easily, and StambOul as far be-
hind Woodruff. As they turned into
the straight both began to creep up on
Wilkes, and at the draw-gate the cry
was: Look at StambOul cOme,"
"WOOdnut's heat, if he don't break"
"Guy is beat" and proving a surprise,
was greeted with prolonged cheers and
the waving of handkerchiefS. Stam-
bOul had pulled to the inside, and, trot-
ting like whirlWind, was gaining on
the others at every stride, though too
far back and the wire too close for him
to win the heat. Not so, however, with
Woodruff, for, after passing the dis
tance, he was Oh Guys necktie, and
Holly driving him for his life, as was
Goldsmith. Twenty-Five yards from
the wire they were head and head, and
both on tiptOe. Goldsmith pulled his
whip and struck Guy, while Holly lefted
Woodruff couple Of times, good and
hard. He responded, and, Straighten-
ing out his neck, won one of the best
and most closely contested heats ever
witnessed in California.
The applause at the finish was simply
tremendous. Everybody rose like one
man. and yelled like COmanche In
dianS. And when the time, 2:1615, was
hung out the applause was another Oya-
ton for Woodruff. Talk about pool
selling at Coney Island, you never saw
anything like it. Listen to the voice of
the auctiOneer knocking off the pools as
fast as the clerks could write them !:
Guy Wilkes 500, Woodruff S110. while
Stamboul seemed to have fallen into
diSfavor, and only brought $40. At
this race smashing business
was done until it did seem
as though the Bank of England
had opened its vaults. Everybody had
their pockets full of pool tickets when
the horses were called for the third
heat. Holly behind Woodruff looked
confident. Goldsmith again had his
"knapSack" on, while Mahen looked
decidedly dangerous behind Stamboul.
"Go~ and beautiful Send-off it was.
At the first turn, WoOdnut broke, and
Guy showed half length in the front
at that point. Around the turn Stam-
bOul and Wilkes went like one horse,
but at the quarter, in 3415, Guy led by
half a length. Up the backstretch it
was beautiful sight. Guy was Just
ahead of Woodruff, while On the other
side was Stamboul putting in his best
icks.
At the half, in 1:071S. Stamboul was
head and head with Wilkes, and Wood
nut close up. On the turn, Guy showed
in the front, while Holly seemed to take
Woodruff back. AT the three-quarters,
in l :43 Woodruff had closed up the four
lengths lost, and OH the turn the three
went into the stretch together. At the
seven-eighthS pole, StambOul was beaten
and the struggle was left to WOOdnut
and Wilkes, and grand struggle
it proved. "Woodnut's got him!" mo,
he ain'tr' 'Guy wins easyl" and at the
distance 1t looked as though it was
Wilkes heat, barring an accident; but
in the last twenty yards, as in the prev
iOuS heat. Woodruff came up with a
wonderful burst and cOllared him at the
wire, making dead heat; StambOul a
close third. Time, 2:174. 1t is folly
for any man to undertake to describe
the enthusiasm OF a cOncOurse of eX-
cited people over a horse race, so
l will leave the reader to i'm
agine a good deal. Bnt l will
say that pool buyers could not yet
believe Guy Wilkes could be beaten, for
before the fourth heat was trOtted,
Wilkes was selling at 5000, Woodruff
$50, and Stamboul $50. When the
horses were called, the idea was COM
mon that Guy would not lose. Several
scores were necessary, as all three
drivers were trying hard to get the best
of the start, if only by a nose. When
the bell tapped, it was, too, as good a
sendoff as could be had. At the eighth
pole, Woodruff made revolution, but
was in the lead at the quarter, 35114, Dy
half length over Guy, with Stamboul
three lengths back. Up the back stretch
to the three-eighths pole the two