Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-28
SOME RACING.
The GentIemen's Driving Association Mat
Inee Yesterday.

The Gentlemen's Driving Association Mat
Inee Yesterday.
The Gentlemen's Driving Association,
when it was organized, gave promise Of
developing into an institution which
would afford its members, as well as its
friends lota of amusement and genteel
sport, but it is now retrOgrsding rs yester-
days racing matinee on the State Fair
Grounds indicated II wEs the original
rule in tha Association that owners of en-
tries should drive their own horses, and
this, OF course, added TO the enjoyment OF
the races. But now that has been done
away with and the principal link that made
the Association what 1t was. has been sun
dsred. OF course people enjoyed the races,
bat not in the way they would have had
the owners of the steeds been mounted be-
hind them.
There was quite a good sized crowd Of
ladies and gentlemen present yesterday af-
ternoon, and they witnessed two events.
The first was a trot, and the entries were
Haberfeld's black mare, driven by DR.. L.
N. Refer, and Dr. Pipee' bay mare, driven
by A. NJ. Hamilton. The first heat was
won by the bay in 2:59t. The black
showed the best speed but she broke bad
ly. The bay also won the second heat and
the race, the time being about 2:534.
There WAS good deal of jockeying on both
sides.
The second pace event was and new
star was sprung on the public in the shape
of fine looking gray owned by Capt. Bob
Heskett, of the B. & O., and A. NJ SPELL
man. The other entries were A. T. Swee-
ney's roam and A. s. Lists bay. All the
animals were in front Of professional
drivers.
The roam had the pole, and when the
horses got away the race was beautiful
one for the fret quarter, the animals being
neck and neck At the pole the roam
broke badly and dropped far behind. The
race between the gray and bay was pretty
until the last quarter was reached, when
the bay got Off his feet and could not be
pulled down until it was too late. The
gray also broke good deal, but the ami
NAL never lost an inch on a break, coming
down to work again in a most beautiful
manner. Old hOrsemen said they never
saw anything 80 neat. The gray made the
mile in 2:36.
The second heat at first gave promise Of
being interesting, bat the roam went off
again, while the bay also broke. Still he
might have made the contest interesting,
but he lost his grip and the gray went un-
der the wire an easy winner in 2:374.
The Judges were Messrs. Joseph Spie-
del, J. Ed. Mendel and II. G. Franzheim,
assisted by Mr. Sam Norton. There were
several other events which were not on
the regular programme, bat which afford
ed a good deal of amusement for the spec
tstors. The first of these was a half-mile
heel and toe walk by Col. Sam B. Harri-
son against time, the half being made in
five minutes and forty-fve and one-half
seconds. The second was a heel and toe
contest between Mr.. Harrison and Mr..
George Vardy in which the latter came of
victorious in five minutes and fifteen sec
onds. They took these walks for their
health entirely as the stakeholder skipped
out.
1t is hoped at the next matinee that the
owners will drive their own horses.