The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-23


First race, trotting, special Roanoke
stakes milo heats best two in three,
50 entrance each, 500 added by the
ocaati0n-Capta1n D, IL: Wlngate.s
auction BOY won, John L. Barbee's Fri
Wilfred third.
Time.
Auction Boy. 1 2:45 2:44
Friday. Dr.. ........ 2:4515
Nilfrcd. ...........
Little Jim and Nettick distanced.
Second race, Hotel stakes. half mile
running, best in 3. purse $50. 500 to
first and $50 TO sec MD. Il. Coles &
Co.'S Jim GRAY won, j. y. Halliday's
t'itz Lee second and S. L. Poindcxtcr's
Cricket third.
Time.
jim Gray. .... .5l$4 .52%
ritz Lee. ..... .51}a
Cricket. .........
Third race, $50 class, mile heats,
trottlng, best 5 III 3-postponed on ac-
count OF the rain.
Fourth race, milo dash. running, purse
S2oO, Sl5o to first and 500 to Second-L.
l.. Holidays Repudiator won, Il. Il.
coles ~ 20. $ Katie Z. second, =. f.
PolndeXter's Mary L. third; time, 1:52L
Fifth race, three-quarter mile dash,
gentlemen riders, purse $50, 500 to
hrst and $50 to second-J. *. MaddOX's
Neptune Q5o lbs.) won, j. w. Brad
shaw's Medoc GAO lbs.) second, l.. p.
Holidays Robert q. Q50 lbs.) third:
time, l:23.
M, ,,.,
Inc opening races at Nlelrose DRIVING
fark Yesterday afternoon were llvely
anu interesting. DcSplte the muu ana
RAM at .'3o' when the horses started on
Chc hrsC race several hunoreu people
were OH inc GROUNDS NUMBER OIL
laolcs Witnessed tne races from close
carriages. All Oh hoanokes sportsmen
were on nano' ana quite number from
nclghDorlng towns. Inc Dcttlng was
ilVely throughout ana the sportsmen
ulan seem 10 know IL was raining until
inc races were over. Inc track was IN
s"ch INC conultlon that IL was not
greatly aliecteo by inc ram.
AS inc horses aasheo by IN punch
,or inc nrsC race friday Jr., was In the
,eau' put wired came In ahead as the
horses passed under the WIRE on the
nfst round, out, breaking on tho next
quarter came In second, FRIDAY Jr
winning 1Auctlon boy thlrd. wired
soI the starC IN the second neat, put
prohc pclofc making Che nfst quarter,
!A"o.,oh Doy OakiHS INC ieau anu keep
ing ~. frluay; Jr;' weakened ana came
IN thiro. "lilred was second put lost
.ne piace py pau preah. lie TOOK the
io'o ~ .le 'liiIu neaI, ouC broke again
rouhuilS INC iirsI Turn ana 1alied to
recover, puC nnaliy settlea' coming III
on Inc hohlcs're,ch very larry making
secohu' N"Gtioi boy winning easily I'M
"', pun, rio"y' ~, Cniru:
40 .no i'1se ',cao Vi lIc na,i hiie run
NM r'oo Iiie 1ioraeS sVarIcu III Il punch
l.H i-cc anu 'ini gray soon ieaulng'
i noch anu neck, w w Ice winning, jim
10y ScIoii,'' ,'nu NticheC .liiro' IN inc
g. ,~o', - CL,oAeo WIZ 10. "ncao !or inc
ir5' Tu", .ea, pu' VAS lci1 ny ri0A Ice
Gnu n i,li ,i"y vi Ino SeCohu euFn' Jim
nray uasnihg aneau on inc turn LOT the
IN;ti svrcton anu wlli1ins by mead
ha a,G ,oeu ouoon w. Iva Ley anu . I'M gray
80 80 ts I'M $3.50 I"o. snI intercs1 was
act;'o 5rho 49, go , a,.I 4s soiy
tho tt,;rd 49, Eit. IV,n .ri .ost.ncI III
~ Gn.t 1850 49, ~ 80 soihs 'hc'iu OH
ti,o nan,' ~ =. "ini lay o"nlo up on
.he aeoouu 1urh' anu Cheh came the
horses were noel, and noel, for sor,o d;.-
tancc, Fitz Lee going ahead on the last
quarter, jim Gray finally winning by
head.
For the third race the horses started
in bunch, Mary r. soon taking the
lead, and keeping it for fivc-eighths of
the mile, when Rcpudiator and Katie C.
dashed ahead and ran side by side 70
the stretch when Repudiator moved
away and won by two lengths, Katie c.
second, Mary L. third
After several breaks away at the post
for the last race, in one of which Medoc
and Robert T.. ran a half mile, the horses