St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-02
The Summer Meeting at Min
neapolis Opens Fairly
Well.
The Three-Minute Trot and
2:24 Pace the Events
of Yesterday.
Harvey" Wins the Trot and
"W. H." the Pace in Well
Contested Heats.
To-Day the 2::30 Trot, 2:40
Pace and Special
TrOt.

The summer JrOttlng meeting at the
Minnehaha driving park opened yester-
day with light attendance. There were
about 400 people in the grand stand,
but, despite the small crowd. betting
was quite lively. The weather was
favorable, barring the wind, but the
track was not in such condition as to
warrant the expection of fast time. 1t
was little soft. especially on the back
stretch, the drivers complaining that the
inside of the track did not seem to have
been worked. The manner in which
was admirable, but little time be-
ing uselessly spent in scoring.
A. W. McElroy, of Chicago. acted as
starter; F. c. Pilisbury, j. Il. BurweIl
and III. f. Brown were judges, ana II.
w. Phelps, Horace Pratt and S. b.
Lovejoy held the watches. There were
only two events on the programme yes
terday the three-minute trot AMI the
2:24 pacing race, each for purse of
$500. The trotters were called out first,
six horses responding-Haryey, Dan
Games, Fugleman, Clara G, Minnie A
and Alicia, with Greg and Newmont
scratched.
Fugleman was the favorite in the bet
ting at to 2. Harvey sold at even
money, Alicia and Dan Gaines were
to 8, and Minnie A and Clara G l to 5.
Harvey took the lead from the start,
and at no time during the heat were
there more than three hOrses-Harvey,
Harvey led during the whole mile, Dan
Gaines and Alicia following in the order
named. Harvey won in 2:27I, Dan
Gaines second, and Alicia third. Fugel-
man, Clara G and Minnie A distanced.
Harvey sold at 2 to l for the second
heat, Dan Gaines even against the field,
and Alicia to g. Harvey led from the
start and won by length, Dan Gaines
second. Alicia broke at the three
quarter pole and came in several lengths
behind. Time, 2:2SA.
For the third heat, Harvey sold at 10
to l, to being offered on Dan Gaines,
and to z on Alicia. This heat was a
repetition of the two previous. The
horses were all close together on the
back stretch, but Harvey was never
. Gaines one length behind. and Alicia
couple of lengths further back. Follow
ing is the summary:
W. W. Porter's b. g. Harvey .........1
DIP. Smiths b. G. Dan Gaines ......2 2 2
a. L. & F. d. Stout's b. m. Alicia. ....3 3 3
g. N. Seymour's ch: m. Clara C.......dis
o. H. Rogers b. e. Fugleman ...... dis
A. ,Tainters b. m. Minnie A.. ......dis
Time, 2:17l2, 2:23S4, 2:29&.
The starters in the 2:24 pacing race
were w II, Red Rover, and c W L, Star
! Gaines being scratched. Red Rover
was the favOrite at 2 to L; w 81 selling
at to 3, and G w l. at l to 5. Red
Rover led at the quarter, G w L second,
and w H third. Red Rover and G w
L were even at the half, but the former
pulled away and won the heat by a
length, w 81 being we'll up to c w LIS
wheel. lime, 2:26.
Betting was even on Red Rover for
the second heat. to on w L, and 4
to l on W II. The latter. however,
showed too much speed over the whole
Red Rover and c w l. neck and neck.
Around the lower turn the three were
close together, w 81 slightly IN the lead.
He won by half-length in 2:27, Red
Rover second and G w l. third.
Odds of 10 to l were offered on w b
for the next heat. He took the lead at
the start, but left his feet on the upper
turn, rallving. however, and again going
to the front halfway down the back
stretch. Red Rover raced hard, but was
beaten by length, G w l. several
lengths in the rear. lime, 2:30M.
The fourth heat was the closest of the
race. The three horses were well to-
gether arouad the whole track, w 81
and c w L at times racing neck and
neck. The former. however, passed
under the wire winner of the heat by
a half length, Red Rover two lengths
behind G w l.. Time, 2:27. That gave
W II the race, Red Rover taking Sec
ond money and G w E. third. Following
is the summary:
W. W. Porter's W H............3 l l
W. Ii. McKinney's g Red Rover..1 2 2 3
q. c.. Looris' G C W L. ,.......2
Time, 2:29, 2:27, 2,3O&, 2:27.
The events down for to-day give
promise of good sport. For the 2:30
trot seven horses are entered, Happy
Wanderer, Victor Wilkes, Knight, Jes-
sic Gaines, Cyclone. Col. Walker and