Telegram-herald., 1889-07-10
THE FIRST RACE DAY
Great Sport -The Gray Mare Proves
10 be the Best Horse.
HEsDRYI AND NAG MICHEL WIN
Eis.ea start ia the e4e Race seven
He~t. Required 40 prsiaS the Victory
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Bsais Lett.

The opening day of the races Was an
ausplei0us one. aud II yesterdays sport
Is any indication OF What l. 10 folio"
the races viii be grand success Ii
was great day for the pool box. The
2.23 race resulted about as every one
expected but the , 40 race Was anyt'ody's
race up 10 the last heat. The pools
sold ali day with PocahOntas Prince a
strong fsyonte, bat IN the race he Was
nowhere.
There were eleven starters, Bloom
field and Victor Is having been drawn
At the last moment Victor Il MAS 10
have been driven by Amos Rathbun,
but severe cut IN has foot lamed him
50 that he was not started. The posi-
tions for the first heat were drawn az fol-
Ions: Adahne, /: Starlight, >, May
Wilkes, 3;Parnell, 1; Pocahontas Maid,
5, Ruby, ., Modesiy. :; Pocahontas
Prince, s; Nestor, .; Mag Mitchell, 10,
and Sticktast, IL.
After scoring three times they were
close bunch. Adallne soon pulled 10
the front, with Ruby close on her
wheel, but the latter broke at the first
quarter and lost ten lengths. Adaline
Was not headed from the start and won
the first heat handily IN 2:33l, with
Nestor, I'd; Stickfast, Sd; Ruby, 4; Poca-
hontas Prince, 3; Modcsty, q; May
Mitchell, Z; Pocahontas Maid, s; star
light, 8; Parnell, 10, and May Wilkes, III.
EPoOls then sold, field, 10; Adalene. ..
In the second heat Ruby held 10 her
feet and went rapidly To the front,
passing Adelene on the back stretch,
and she kept her place TO the end OF
the heat, which resulted As follows:
Ruby, /; Stlckfast, ,; Pocahontas Maid,
3; Adalene. 4; Parnell, 3; Nestor, q;
Modesty, Z; May Mitchell, s; May
Wilkes, 9; Starlight, 10; Pocahontas
Prince, IL. Time, 2:32!.
There was great deal of kicking
about the drlvingof Pocahontas Prince,
and it certainly did look suspicious.
He was the favorite in the pools, and
to see him jogging along about twenty
lengths behind the field looked sus-
picious, and his driver seemed to hold
him to the outside of the track and
pulled him all the way around. He
was called up by the judges and sharply
questioned about his driving. He said
that his horse was pacing and he held
him IN IN order to set him into a trot.
He was really distanced III the second
heat, but fearing that he was being
manipulated in favor of the pools the
judges did not shut him out. In the
third heat Stickfast won, with Ruby
close on his wheel, Adalene, 3; Poca-
hontas Maid, 4; May Mitchell, 5; Poca-
hontas Prince, q, and Starlight, Nestor,
Modesty, May Wilkes and Parncll trail
ing in their order. Time, 2:3l.
The fourth heat was also won by
Stickfast, with the rest IN the following
order: May Mitchell, 2; Adalcne,; 3;
Pochontas Prince, 4; Ruby, 5; Pocoh-
honatas Maid, q; Ncstor, Z; Pamell, S.;
Starlight, .; May Wilkes, 10. Modesty
having been drawn after the third
heat.
A protest was then entered against
Stickfast by some of the horsemen,
they claiming that he had record
that ruled him out of the 2:40 class
His owner, Mr. Miles, explained that
he had trotted in race at Ypsilanti,
IN which he was second, and the lead
ing horse came under the wire in 2:37J
but was set back for running; the sec
ond horse was given the heat, but was
not timed. The Judges allowed him TO
continue in the race.
W. w. Mitchell, of Ionia, had beeu
walking around the judges stand with
4 confident twinkle IN his eve and
nervously pulling at hls long gray
beard like Sheik llderm at the chariot
race. "That gray mare of mine will
win tins race If the driver has got any
Sand," he remarked in confidence to 4
TELEGRAM-HERALD reporter. "She's
quarter thoroughbred, and you bet
she can stay with this crowd" The
fifth heat proved his prophecy to be
correct, at least in part, for May
Mitchell flew 10 the front with her
long stride, and the field had to follow
her to the wire. At times Ruby.
Nester, POcahontas Maid, Suckfast aud
Adalene would pull up along side her
wheel, bat only to break and fall
back. She finished IN 2:33. with
Adalene, >; Stlckfsst, 3; Ruby, a.;
Nosfor, 3; Pocahontas MAID, s.:
Starlight, :; Parnell, s; May Wilkes, 3;
Pocahontas Prince l0. The driver OF
the last horse had been replaced by
George Robens to convince every one
that the driver was not at fault. but IL
was evident that Prince was dishcart-
eued and there was no more speed IN
HIM. He was drawn al the end OF the
heat, and Starlight, May Wllkes and
Parnell were also drawn.
The pools now stood, Stckfsst 10
against the field at !. few OF the
shTewd ones were lucky enough 70 pm
their faith upon May and they struck
II Tlch.
In the sixth heat the field was sent
away with Rnbv behind all the rest
ana n n pocket. May Mitchell finished
in 235. the freshest horse IN tht lot.
with Stlckfast .. Nester 3. Adalene 4.
Ruby ;. and the Maid 6. Miles Norton
objected o. the send OF and the Judges
sad they would Try 10 make 1t al right
next time.
THAT won't do me much good now -
remarked Mles quietly.
In the seventh heat May Mitchell Jed
wlth Ruby neck and meek down the
back stretch bat Ruly broke and feil
back. then Nestcr and Stckfast AMI
Adsiene pulled quito pass her bat they
were not able. On the home street 81
these three came down almost abreast.
every one trottnE beautifully ful ~l.ck-
fast, wn0 was ne, and neck with
NAY. iifty feet from the aire, broke
and Nav Mitchell won tic
heat ana race hv her stesdv.
. level headed eat and great endurance
Her osuer may wel. fe proud ri fnis
promising and gsmev tie mare. She
is Passaeus and boz dau Msd-9f the
Mst. ~ American Star g. 4ds3sue
v-as tire beauty If tle traek TODAY