St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-12
The Minnesota Driving Clubs
Meeting a Financial
a7is ssa Failure.
Sparse Attendance Causes q
Gulf Between Receipts and =
Expenditures. e sa.li
Three Races in Harness and.
One Under Saddle at the !. e 7
n. s9a'stoClose. iet sa
. issssI
AL Farrow's Burst Of Speed
,Astonishes the Plungers. ~
at Chicago. !aIsss a..,

The first meeting, of the Minnesota;
Driving club came to conclusion yes
terday, and ii, must be said, to an ufl-
successful conclusion. While the races
were fair, the management was so de-
cidedly faulty that the board will prob
ably have a session to locate the blame.
There was an amateuriShness about the
arrangements that excited general CON-
ment. and may have been responsible
for the financial losses the club will
have to pocket. The fact of the matter
is. the public has lost interest in harness
races of all kinds, and care little for the
monotonus heats that make race in
terminable and keep people until 7::30
o'clock to learn the winners. When to
that is added bungling management,
lax arrangements and ignorant hand
ling of material details, 1t is small
wonder the meeting was not glltterlng.
success. ~
Yesterdays attendance was about the
same as OIL previous dayS-very small
at first and creeping up a. few hundred
by the later trains. -
The track was very heavy when the
first event was called. Later on the
sun came out and partially dried up the
mud. The first race was the 2:21 trOtting.
f. B. Ioomis, b e First Call was the
favorite in the pools, selling even
against the field. Diamond, however,
was the tip and won in three straight.
heats. Each heat, was repetition of
the preceding one. First Call too the
lead and held it into the stretch, when
Diamond got to the front each time and
won. The summary:
2:2l troL purse $500, divided
Dianond. g. Richlawn Farm,
First seaMopo caI, g, AP F. B. Loomis, Pipe
stone, Mimi. ................2 2A2
Frank b. b 6, H. D. Kyger Darrtown.
!; s:27, ~: a;a7s. .s::s a:2s. .''''' '
The 2:2z class. trotting was won by
March. French Girl was scratched and
.Bonaparte was distanced in the first
heat. leaving March. Charles Fl and
Harry Medium to trOt for the purSe.i
pushed.b Harry Medium but once, and
.thateat, the three-auarters. The second
heat was taken by March, although.
Harry Medium was after him from start
to finish Harry Mediunl got the lead
at the half i'm the third heat and was
never headed off. The fourth was won
easily by March,. Charles H was only
in the last race. but even then couldn't
get better than third. Summary:
2:27 trot, purse $500, divided
March, gs. j. K.:Bullock, Aurora. e
Harry Medium. 5 &, McHenry 4 .sso
Williams. Independence, Io....2 II2
Charles II, br-s. Bob Stewart, Kan - .
Bonapafte @ gr 8, Charles Brenck, a.
Fine, Fl raa! ssA, a:ss, s:asps 2:saa. Hs' ei
effort fort to o'iW lower % the Stallion record of
Minnesota, 2:13A The track was SO
heavy that it took him 2:221 to cover the
distance. The time by quarters was SO,
I'll, 1:471199. 2:22N. The fourth event.
| free-fof-aIl pace. was, like the first, all
one way, Doctor M. Uncle Jack and
Bessemer, Doctor M was the tavorite,
although considerable money was put
on Bessemer. Doctor M won easily in
three straight heats Bessemer getting
second money, Uncle Jack third. Sum-
| mary: .-a,
Free fora all pace. purse So, 900. divided
| Doctor M, = b g, N. b. Wade Edinburg,
Bsssefaer, aa en- BIS; Charles Patterson. Lex
ingtons KY. :: :. IN - 3
Uncle Jack b. g., Blonger Bros- Den, !,
.Time. RI sss a;s5la = s:2s, 2:Ssis.
The last event was the half. mile and
repeat running race. Two horses, Miss
Delaney and OrnelIie, were drawn.
Flora McDotfaid: the favorite, won the
last two heats and race. Lamont getting
| the ,fFstsheat and second place. ..s.s,.
| Running race half mile and repeat, best
| twoili three, purse $500. to carry los pounds:
F. Fss Fosters Jh f. Flora Mcdonald, =.
MeLenalif ~ =. ...;. j L
w. C iNARlrs bgsLaniont, Mcdonald, L ~
Dr.. W, ri :. ,Hdndman's:ah g .Factuss =. e
| YTIght. t:.. ...=.- ..t.,ss.. .:..-...O ~ Y
viii Deakfn,s ch LittlesJoe, .Pascoe.3 q
! Rogdy Boy, no pedigree, Johnson...O q q
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