St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-12
"a FAST TROT.
The California Mare Wins q Very
Pretty Race.

The 2:21 class trot, the only trot of
the day. was quite spirited throughout,
and proved quite "a race for mans
money" All five of the entries started,
and were drawn in the following order:
Nellie V, First Call, Lynn W, Illinois
Egbert and Marvel. Splan voluntarily
drew Nellie after the third heat. The
details follow:
First Heat-"Nellie V is a peculiar
starter" as the starter announced, and
so it proved, Splan finally nodding for
a go, with his mare behiud, and the
other four horses lined. First Call had
virtually the pole and took the lead at
once, so that when the horses showed
at the quarter pole First Call had a
slight lead over Lynn w. with Nellie
V just pulling away from Marvel
and Egbert, punched. Along the
back stretch Lynn pulled up to
even hOnors with First Call, and it was
a pretty race, with Nellie gaining on
Egbert at the three-quarter. Lynn
showed the open ahead of First Call,
and Marvel had stolen march on Mel
lie, while Egbert, the second favorite,
pegged away in the rear. This order
was not changed to the wire, Lynn
winning handily in 2:214. First Call
second, Marvel third, Nellie fourth and
Egbert last.
Second Heat.-ThiS was very pretty
heat and showed nice burst of speed.
After one score, the horses got off very
we'll together and rode race from
beginning to end. Egbert got the pole
from Lynn before the first quarter and
at the pole was in the lead, with First
Call at his wheel. Splan then pushed
Nellie up until she joined the leaders
wheels, with Egbert and First
Call trottng neck and neck at
the half. Lynn had dropped away
to the rear and Marvel was bad fourth
at the three-quarters, but there put in
beautiful burst of speed. First Splan'S
wheel was caught and then the bay
gelding touched her nose and then
showed a lead. Up the wheel of First
Gail the Marvel gelding crept and as the
horses swept into the stretch the four
could almost have been covered by a
blanket. Marvel kept up his speed and
finally passed under the wire a winner
by neck, Egbert second, Nellie V
third, First Call fourth and Lynn last.
Time, 2:23.
Third Heat-This, for the pretty heat
is was, had a very bad beginning.
There was so much scoring, that Ryan
decided he would go at a disadvantage.
Marvel made double break and righted
himself, and though in the rear, the
word was given. First Call had good
lead, but Lynn w pushed for him and
passed at the first quarter. Nellie V,
pulling up until the three were racing
neck and neck. Marvel struck his gait
at the half, and rapidly over
took the leaders, First Call losing his
feet and falling to the rear. Marvel
had pushed past Nellie at the three
quarter post and down the stretch came
Marvel and Lynn with rush. The
pace was tremendous now, and Marvel
couldn't stand it, losing his feet as he
went under the wire just behind Lynn.
Egbert was third. two lengths behind,
and Nellie V and First Call in the order
named. Time, 2:2lN.
Fourth Heat-Splan's little mare lost
a shoe in scoring for this heat and he
was given permission to draw her. The
other four horses got off the next at
tempt in fairly even shape. Lynn at
once got the lead, and through Marvel
pulled up to nearly even honors, the
California horse was never headed and
won easily. Egbert and Marvel had
both skipped more OF less. The heat
and race were awarded to Lynn W,
Marvel got second money, Illinois Eg-
bert third and First Call Fourth. Sum-
mary:
2:2t Glass Trot-Purse $500, Divided.
Lynn W, b. g., W. II, Mccarthy,
Los Angeles, Cal. :......:.. IL 1
Marvel, b. g., j. G. Ryan, Detroit, =
Mich ......... ...3 1 2 2
Illinois Egbert. b. g., Abbey & Nc
Henry st. Paul. .......- -. . 3 3
First Call, b. g., W. E. Schultz, st.
raul .......'.s..I 4 y 4
Nellie V, b. NJ, John Splan, Cleve-
land, ,0............... .....4 3 dr.
Time, 2:211A, 2:23, 2:2lI2, 2:2IA.