The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-31
RAIN CUTS SHORT THE SPORT,
Four Interesting Speed Contests on
the Gard, hut The Run has to bc
Postponed and Another Race
Partly Run In tho Rain,

chances on the weather and were pres
ent when the races were called. Ha,
tho day been a beautiful one, such q
the day before, there would I'm
doubtedly have been q large anc
paying attendance = probably from
twenty-five hundred 10 three thousant
people, and the financial success OF thC
/ meeting would have been assured, Al
1t Is, however, the Association and thu
few liberal, public,splrlted gentlemen
who backed the Association up in thll
venture by subscribing to a guarantee
fund, are almost sure TO find Themselves
in hole, 1t Is not at all likely that
there will be any racing to-day; the rain
which started In yesterday afternoon
continued to fall steadily with
out any let-up, during the entire
evening and was still coming down hard
at midnight, with no signs Of stopping,
The result OF all this rainfall will be
that the course will be so soaked that II
will be almost impossible even with q
warm sun and steady wind this morn.
ing to dry 1t out and get 1t in shape for
the events that have been announced
for this, the last day Of the meeting, II
Is to be sincerely regretted that better
luck has not attended this meeting, az
the results will probably serve as check
to anything Of the kind in the future.
The people began to put in an appear.
ance about o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and continued 10 arrive for an hour
afterwards, There were a score or more
handsome turnouts on tho quarter
stretch, and as stated above, there were
a number OF ladies' in the stand. As on
the day before, the pool boxes proved a
strong attraction for those OF the sterner
sex possessing sporting proClivities. The
judges stand was occupied by Mr.. Henry
Mccullough, Of Pittsburgh, starter, Mr..
]. 7, Riddle, Of llayenna, and Mr.. Robert
Anderson, OF this city, judges, Mr.. |. g.
Dillon and Mr.. @. NJ. Hancher, timers,
and Mr.. James V. Mendel, clerk.
There were four events on the days
programme-a trot for foals OF 1887, half
mile heats, 9 in 3, class trotting; a pac.
ing race for the 2l40 class trot for
Ohio county horses, and three.quarter
mile running heats, 2 In 8. The first
three were disposed oi, but the run had
to be postponed, for when the time ar.
rived Tor the bang.tails to be called, the
course had been transformed by the rain
into an ellipse Of slippery mud in
which 1t was almost impossible for q
horse to keep his footing; in fact It was
dangerous for horse To go over 1t at q
nait iaster than walk.
There were four entries for tho race
for youngsters and they all responded To
the call, facing the wire in the following
order! Bull Rush, ]. NJ. Riddle, Lulu
Hontas and Maiden Blush. Riddle was
a strong favorite and won the race easily
In tue first two heats, with Maiden
Blush second, Hontas third and Bull
Rush fourth each time. Mutuals paid
81 20 and s. 45.
The home trot was walk-oyer for
Renegade, who won the first two heats,
What little interest attached to this
race was created by the time made and
by the pretty fight made by Dan and
Jerry for second place, There were
originally five enteries, but Haberfeld
and Lady g. were drawn. A portion
OF this race was trotted In the rain and
mud.
The great event OF the afternoon was
the race for the sidewheels OF the 2:40
class. There were five nominations and
they all responded, They were all pretty
evenly matched, and the race was paced
strictly on It's merits. In drawing for
positions, King Helro got the pole and
the Others ranged up in tho order
named-Regulator, Gray Lady, Robbie
Walker and Lem Lyder. Rcgula.
tor, more generally spoken OF rs
the Parsons colt, was q strong iayorite,
and had the track not been changed by
the rain would probably have won the
race, but whom the course got 10 DO slip
perry Elsman was not willing to take
any desperate chances with the horse.
In the first heat the King kept the pole
Till near the three.quarters, when Regu.
lator, who had been hanging on his
wheel al the way around,
forged ahead and finished BY
q length. II was great heat and one
that made the people shout with enthu.
siasm. Walker was distanced In this
heat; his check came loose and his
boots shifted in tle.Rrst half, which 90
upset him that he went all TO pieces.
Mr.. Gray claimed that this all came un.
der the head OF unavoidable accident"
and that he should not have been die.
tauced, and this claim Of his led 10 quite
q scene In the iudgeA stand between
him and Mr.. Mccullough, Ia the course
OF which he said some pretty hard
things about Mccullough and eyinced
such o ready willingness to resent
that individual, charge that he (Gray)
was liar, that Others interiered. The
second heat oi this race was another
pretty exhibition. The horses were
punched all tho way around and there
was not two lenalhs difference between
them all at the finish. The iavorlte
broke on the first quarter OF the third
heat and lost considerably, but after re,
| covering crawlsd up handsomely and
came under the wire on the Kings
shoulder, making the finish another one
10 call out a warm round Of applause.
Tho fourth heat was paced In mud two
inches deep.
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