St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-11
ALL DRIVEN TO WIN.
Crack Trotters Lower Their
Individual Records ON the
Hamline Track.
Play Boy and Alicia Win the
2:24 and 2:45 TpOtS Re-
spectively.
Three Good Races Will Wind
Up the Inaugural Meet
ing To-Day.
Plungers at Washington and
Monmouth Parks Drop
Their Cash.

Another perfect day greeted the
patrons of the Minnesota Driving clubs
races at Hamline yesterday. The at
tendance was much better than the
previous day, although the sport was
not quite what it was on Wednesday.
The wind was too high to be conducive
to fast time, although. on the whole,
the results were satisfactory. 1t took
five heats to decide the 2:24 class trot,
and four to settle the 2:45 match, and
the finishes were, as a rule. excit-
ing. In the former the favorite
was the victor. AS on the former
days of the meeting the races
were got off in good shape and with lit
tie delay, the only slow event of the day
being the race for road horses, gentle
men drivers, which was tame affair,
and held the trains for an hour. To-day
excellent sport is promised.
The first event on the card was trOt
for horses in the 2:42 class for stake
of $4,000. for which there were seven
entries. Jimmy drew the pole,
Egmont second, Play Boy third. Walter
E Fourth, j B fifth, Blaine sixth
and Brother Dan Oh the outside. Play
Boy was hot favorite in the betting
before the race against the field. There
was but little delay i'll getting the
horses off, Egmont taking the lead
around the turn, Jimmy G second and
Play Boy well up to him, the others
punched. Egmont, still leading,
reached the quarter in :35. the others in
about the same positions, Brother
Dan in the rear. Down the back
stretch Egmont increased his lead, jim
my G breaking and falling back to
to second, with Play Boy and Walter
racing for third. The half was made in
1:O9sl Down at the lower turn it was
procession headed by Egmont, Blaine
following and Play Boy and Walter E.,
B S, Jimmy and Brother Dan in
the order named. Play Boy came into
the stretch with rush and took second
place from Blaine, but would not keep
his feet and failed to head Egmont, who
passed under the wire first two lengths
before Play Boy, who was a length
ahead of Blaine; Walter E fourth, j
B S fifth, Jimmy sixth, and Brother
Dan seventh. The three-quarters was
made in AS and the mile in 2:2115.
The second heat was more exciting.
Despite the high wind very good time
was made. After couple of trials the
drivers of Walter E. Blaine, B S,
Jimmy G and Egmont were fined $40
each for coming ahead of the pole horse,
and on the next attempt the horses
were sent off. Egmont again went to
the front, Blaine second. Four of the
horses left their feet on the turn, and at
the quarter, made in 1861, it was pro-
cession, Egmont in front, Blaine sec
ond, Play Boy third, Walter E fourth,
Brother Dan, J B S and Jimmy fol-
lowing in line. The half was reached
in 1:07sl, a fast second quarter, and
down toward the lower turn Play Boy
moved up to second place. Jimmy G
broke and went to the rear. Once
mont lost his heart and Play Boy won
by a length in 2:21I, Blaine three
lengths behind Egmont, Walter E fourth
by neck over Brother Dan. Jimmy G
sixth, j B S seventh. The time at the
three-quarter pole was Las.
The horses were sent away on the
first trial for the third heat. Egmont
was out for first place, and went to the
front from the start and held it all the
way around. Blaine was second at the
quarter, which was reached in :35, Play
Boy third. Play Boy moved up to sec
Ond place half way down the back
stretch, Egmont being then good
four lengths ahead. Once around the
turn, Play Boy went after first place.
He closed up the interval between him
and Egmont to one length, but couldn't
pass him. Walter e took third place
from Blaine in the stretch. j B came
in fifth, Brother Dan sixth. Jimmy G
seventh. The time for the half was
ITO, for the three-quarterS AZ, and for
the mile 2:23.
Play Boy was out for the fourth heat,
as could be seen in the scoring. He
made Egmont go fast half mile, but
after that had it his own way. Egmont
led to the quarter in "a, but was pushed
to the half and passed by Play Boy in
1:0S1a, Blaine getting third place from
Walter E by running. After that Play
Boy took it easy and held the lead with
out trouble. Egmont seemed blown
and gave place to Walter E, who came
in second, j B S even walking up and
stretch. Blaine came in fifth, Brother
Dan sixth, Jimmy G drawn. The last
half was slow, the time at the three
quarter pole being LAG and the finish
1929.
Play Boy got the fifth heat without
working hard for it, the time being only
1864, 1:13. 1905 and 2:26. Play Boy
led from the wire. At the quarter Wal
ter E and Blaine were pushing for sec
ond place, but Walter E secured it at
the half and held it. The finish was not
very exciting, Play Boy winning the
heat and the race, Walter E second.
Egmont was lame, very lame, and only
got third. B S pulling up to fourth,
Blaine only fifth and Brother Dan
sixth. Egmont secured second money,
Walter third money and Blaine fourth.
Following is the summary:
Play Boy, g, W. J. Kerlin,
Montgomery, Ala. 80. 20 l 2 l
Egmont, g, l. T. Smith, Bur
hngame. Io.....-...-........l 2 3
Walter E, g, Robert Stewart
Kansas City, Mo-. "a 4 8 2 2
Blaine, G, Demos Deming.
Terre Haute. Ind ...... .....3 8 5 5
j S, Big, W. R. Merriam, st.
Paul. Mlnn...... ..-.........0 b
Brother Dan, CHI G. Peter Gar.
rity, Even, Mich. -. ~ 5 6 6 6
Jimmy G, bg, Lone Fare
T MlGefs sa knR aaia 2:as, sa5s 7d asa
For the 2:45 trotting match. purse
$500, there were five entries. Clara G
Alicia third and fourth and Henry r
on the outside. Newmont was the IA
yorite in the books, even against the
field. He is young stallion without a
record, and his owner sent him out for
one yesterday. He took the lead from
the start and won easily. having never
been pushed through the heat. Greg
broke fifty feet from the start and was
never in the race after it, leaving his
feet about every furlong. All the way
down the back stretch it was process
sion, Newmont away in the lead, Alicia
second and Clara G third, with about
two lengths between all the horses. On
the lower turn Henry R moved up rap
idly and took second place from Alicia,
who came in good third, Clara G
fourth and Greg distanced. Newmont
was good four lengths in the lead and
made the mile in 2:29M, the quarters
having been made in 30s4, 1:l64 and
1929.
Alicia seemed to be out for a record
in the second heat. She went the first
half in 3719 and 1:1411a, two seconds bet
ter than the former heat, but she left
her feet in the stretch and lost some,
making the full mile, however. in 2:S0.
A good start was secured. Henry r
broke on the turn and went to the rear.