St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-07
FIRST DAY RACES
All Preliminary Events for Min
nesota-Bred Horses.

ment for the delay, adding that as no
bell had been provided for calling
field back, he should have 10 do 1t by
the use of prOverbially powerful pair
of lungs. AS usual Col. Cross had the
track in excellent shape, despite the
fact that running meeting has been
held on it since the last race was trotted.
The track is good one for the all
round business demanded of it in con-
nectiOn with the fair, and 10 complaint
can be made.
Interspersed with the racing in the
intervals between heats there was given
a short seance by the vaquerOS. The
processes of rOping steers and tying
them, ,rOpingWild ponies and riding them
were again gone through with to the
infinite delight of the crowd in the
stand. which Shrieked itself h0arSe at
the antics of the buckjumpers.
THE FUTURITY STAKES.
In the first race. the FuturitY stakes,
there were but two starters: W. l..
McGrath's Tipperary, and c. P. Greg
Ory's Ed Durant. They got away at
the first attempt with Tipperary in the
lead at the quarter. At the half Ed
Durand led by length and maintained
his lead to the three-quarters, when the
gray pulled in and took the lead in the
stretch, winning the first heat by a
length, Tipperary breaking ten lengths
from home. Time. minutes.
Second Heat-FOr the second in the
Futurity stakes, Tipperary took the lead
and held it to the finish, going under
the wire winner of the heat and race in
2 minutes and % seconds. Ed Durand
again broke in the stretch, before which
he was going well, and would doubtless
baTTp lion tbp bnat buf for his fanlr
Summary-Race No 1, Futurity stakes, all
W. ). McGrath's Tiperary l
c, P. GregOrys Ed Durand. d.............2
Time, 500. 2:55.
FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.
For the tWO-year-old trot there were
three entries. j. o. Lewis SlossOn
Chief drawing the pole, George w.
SherWOOd'S JewesS Wilkes second and
W. l.. McGrath's TemplemOre third.
First Heat-This heat was process
sion from the start. Jewess Wilkes TAX
ing the lead. SloSsOn Chief was ten
lengths behind at the half and Temple
more jogging cOntentedly along quar-
ter of a mile behind when the three
quarters was reached. Jewess Wilkes
won the heat. SlOssOn Chief second,
TemplemOre third. Time, 3:11.
Second Heat-JewesS Wilkes had the
pole and took the lead, trotting beauti-
fully and without the sign of break
for the whole mile. At the quarter it
was the same sort of procession as III
the first heat, and at the half Jewess led
by furlOng from HaSSan Chief, with
Templemore distanced. At the finish
the JeWeSS led by aquarter. of mile, the
order being the same at the finish.
Jewess Wilkes won the heat easy, and
EV-cf in, OK
TemplemOre third. 1t was discovered
that Hassan Chiefs sulky was disabled
by the breaking of wheel after the
first half-mile, the driver exhibiting
considerable nerve in continuing the
race and finishing second under such
conditions. The Jewess is very likely
tWO-year-Old, and great things are looked
for from her. She can easily lower her
time of yesterday.
Summary-Race No. 2. two-year- -olds-
George W. Sherwood s Jewess Wilkes. L l
j. V. H. Lewis Hassan Chief ....2 2
W. L. McGrath's Templemore. ............3 3
Time, 3:11, 2:55.
TROT FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDs.
For the fOur-year-Old trot, best three
out of five heats, there were four ell
tries. G. NJ. Bucks Kitty drawing the
pole, r. w. ZochOn's Atlanta second
place, G. W. SherwOod's Heiress third,
and L. Keepers Harmonic fourth.
First Heat-Aarmonia, at the pole,
took the lead from the wire, with Heir
ess second, Atlanta third, and Kitty
fourth. Harmonic held the lead all the
way round and finished first by half
dozen lengths in 1854, Heiress second,
Atlanta third.
and got away third, with Heiress lead
Harmonic took the lead from Heiress at
the half, and held it to the finish. which
might have been q close thing but that
Heiress went overheard five lengths
from the wire. Harmonic won the
heat by two lengths in 2:23, Heiress
second. Atlanta third, Kitty fourth.
Third Heat-HarmOnia took the lead
from the pole, with Heiress second; At
lanta third. HarmOnIa held his lead all
the way round the mile, going under
the wire first by four lengths, III 2:32%,
HeireSs second; Kitty, a dozen lengths
behind, third, and Atlanta fourth. Har-
mOnia, having won three straight heats,
was awarded the race and first money.
Heiress got second money; Kitty, third;
Atlanta, fourth. Summary:
L. Keepers Harmonic ......1
George w. Sherwood's Heiress........2 2
r. W, Zochon's Atlanta. ........ ...3 8
C. NJ. Bucks Kitty ..... E. ...........4
The 2:55 class trOt and the stallion
race were postponed until later in the
meeting, on account of the lateness of
the hour of starting. There was no
pool selling, the events of yesterday
on the track having been more
of a preliminary character than other
wise. The regular racing will begin to-
day with the 2:33 class trot for purse
of $500, the 2:30 class pace for a $500
purse, a steeplechase for a purse of
$500, a half-mile running race. best
TIVE in three heats, for $500, and a gen.
tleman's road race for $500 purse. Run
ming and steeplechasing will be inter-
spersed with the trotting and pacing
events throughout the meeting, and
some excellent fiat racing and steeple-
chasing NAV hn lnokpd for