Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-11
FRID4Y.

Late Friday evantlg hI6 car loads OF Cattle
were Shipped en ronte for the Mt. Holly, N.
j., fair which opened Monday. A number
OF exhibition horses wsre also to be sent
there. Several loads OF pigeons and poultry
were cared for by Agent s, r. Belts OF the
Adams Express, being destined also for Mt.
Holly.
Ialking about tie condition Of the track
several breeders on Friday criticised It as
being very hard. Que said 1t Is the worst
In that direction that he was ever on. Il Is
full OF eups and holes. This is condition
that can be raadlly remedled. 1t is pro-
posed to plow IL up which is the usual
method OF "giving 1t life and elasticity" as
the drivers and horse owners say.
The races at the fair on Friday were OF
mora than average interest, aud the 2.27
class proved very close and exciting. The
running race wa also close, and the 2.45
class, but little iass interesting than the
best OF the day.
The crowd was much smaller than on Fri
day, q total OF about 5000 persons seeing
the races, which was almost half of that
on the grounds. The grand stand was
tlllad, and Its occupants were appreclative
and enthusiastic. There were the usual
amus9ments between the heats. Madam
Marantetie and her tandem team ran half
mile over three hurdles, With a running
horse and Jockey beside her. The dogs
performed and George Leslie gave his tight
rope performance.
EXHIBITION HEATS.
Between tho hoais of the regular races
some exhibition heats wers trotted Happy
Lady. a brown fliy, something over year
old, owned by E. B. Emory of Osntrevllls,
Md, was driven against the best time made
by the year olds, 254I. The nlly Ia by
Happy Russell, dam LAZY Washington, by
Washington. She was driven by her owner,
carried full weight, and failed to break the
record on the first trial. Her time by
quarters on this, was AT 1.2Sa, 2.18, 2.67t.
She broke once In this neat but was easily
pulled to her gait.
On the second trial, with Happy Russell
her sire, pacing beside her In hRru 4ss, she
beat the record as follows: A, 1.25. 2.07,
2621. This was done In spite OF TWO
breaks, In the last OF which she threw a
boot, and is a promising performance. The
colt has an easy and slow movement but
reaches we'll.
Code, an unknown horse, with record
OF 2.22i, trotted an exhibition half mile In
splendid form, 10 1.1OA.
THE COLTS RACE.
The breeders stakes for 2-year-olds, trot-
ting and pacing, foals of 1888. purse 5000,
was won by Judge Fisher In two heats. Ali
three trotted fairly, evenly and well, but
both Judge Fisher and Miss Hope broke
several times and changed places In oonso-
queuce, in the second heat. The summary:
Judge Fisher, ch $, George II. Rolph,.
Miss Hope. bf.Wiiton Greenway, Hayre dc
Pretense, blk S, Airdrie Stock Farm, Paoli,
Time, a.5ih, 25a
2.27 CLASS TRoTTERs.
The race for 2.27 class trotters, purse
5000, was intensely interesting. Six heats
rantffraA 70 Aa0lda nd ~
them was close aud exciting. Aubertine,
the winner, lost both shoes and cut her
quarter, In the second heat, and was pre-
vented from leading in the two following.
She recovered by the time the fifth heat
was called and taking the lead on the last
turn, went under the wire a winner by a
length, enthusiastically oheered by the
crowd. The mare won the last heat
In fine style. Electra led at the
start OF every heat, but finished
second In all save the last. Richard
Wilkes pushed the leaders hard Ia every
hest and finished first In the second, third
and fourth. His gait WIS poor and in the
second he was put back to second place for
perfcrming mixed gait and the lead given
to Eleotra, and In the fourth heat WAS put
bsok to fourth place for tho same reason,
aud the heat also given to Electra who iin-
ished second. Louis Il. flushed third in
the third hsut aud fourth IA tina fourth, but
was put back 10 nth place in both for
breaking. Three horses startsd In the last
heat, this other two being ruled out for not
UiAainv hsat In Ave. ghs summary:
Aube rtine, ch M, Concordviuo
Stock Farm, Concordvllle, Pal 4 l
Electra, IN, j. Sterns, Eliza
beth, n. .J.....................2 l 9 3
Richard Wilkes, br g, w. II.
Evans, Baltimore, Md........3 1 2 2
Gretna, b IN, CloVerdale stock
Farm, Colman Pa .........b 8 8 Sro
Louis X, b g, Charles Il. Smith,
Haddontield, N. .J.............4 8 bro
Time, 22p1S, 299H, 2.3oh s.s4A, 2.s2k, $50.
PENINSULA STAKES.
The Peninsula stakes for 2.45 class trot-
ters, owned on the Peninsula, purse e2b0,