The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-10-16
ALLERTON Is KING.
twenty Thousand People See the
Great Stallion Race.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Oct. S.-Aller-
ton is King. Full 10000 persons saw the
son of Jay Bird wrest all claim to the
title from Nelson in the $4,000 race be-
tween tho two stations on the Grand
Rapids track to-day. 1t was long
way from an ideal racing day, The sky
was overcast all the afternoon and once
or twice fugitive rain drops found their
way to the ground. The weather was
miider than yesterday but still chilly
enough to preclude any hope of record
breaking time.
Don, j. Leathers, the owner of Mon
bars, who had offered the purse, an
uOunced to the big crowd that the race
would be the greatest and most impOr-
tant in the history of the turf, as 1t
would be a battle to finish between
the two Kings of the track. The throng
gave Nelson Il shade the best OF 1t In the
way of appearance when the two small
stations appeared, but AllertOn was
very decidedly the favorlte III the pools.
Both horses were driven by their own.
ers and il was evident that Nelson had
put himself through rigid training tn
reduce weight. When the Maine stallion
made his 2:l0 record on the Grand
Rapids track recently, the weight of his
owner and driver was given as lS3
pounds. When starter Campau an
nounced the weight of the two men
after the horses were called for the first
neat, Nelson's was given as 10 pounds,
and twenty pounds over the regulation
weight, anu w as luO
nfteen pounds oyer weight.
Allerton cOquetted IN the scoring,
but the horses got away i'll beautiful
style on the fourth attempt, with Mel
son closely hugging tie pole head IN
advance. The pace was that which
Kills from the start. The quarter was
made in -, with Nelson length in adj
vance, and both horses trottlng with the
precision of wonderful pieces OF mecnan-
ism. Around the half they swung at
Z l,., liza NHISOn
it in l:O514, two open lengths III advances
of AI.erLOn. The western stallion
the gap before the quarter
was reached, in I:39%, and then Wa
in hand for the finish; but just as soon
as they swung into the stretch with
at his rivals wheel, the hide
pendence stallion went oil his feet Tor
AN instant, aud the heat was practically |
decided right there. Williams made
no effort to regain the length lost, but |
wisely saved his horse, while |
Nelson rushed under the wire with that |
falLered ali the way round, winning by |
an open length i'll LIB.
The crowd went crazy over the result, |
but its roar disturbed the bookIes very |
little, they promptly offering Nelson at
SI4 and AilertOn at SO.
Iu the second heat the two got away |
Dn the first trial. 70 the three-quarter
pole the heat was nearly repetition OF
he first. Williams sun played wait
ug game, but hanging closer to the
NJ aiue horses wheel than before, The
Iuarter was driven i'll :3214, the half in
:O6 and the three quarters i'll ;fl12, As
hey swung into the home stretch Mel
son Swerved towards the middle of the
course and faltered for a moment. 1t
vas the beginning CT the end. Inch
Jy inch the Western horse CrepL up on
he great Eastern representative. At
he distance post Nelson saw his dire
and brought the whip down
IN his horse sharply, but the latter was
llready going at his best stride, and
both stallion and driver seemed to grow
when thirty yards from
he wire. Allerton made a marvellous
inish within fifty feet of the judges
tand gathering himself together for a
mighty effort, aud flashing past Nelson
ike black-phantOm, winning by half
! length in 2:l4l%. The tickle crowd
,romptly yelled itself hoarse over
AIlerton, and Nelson dropped in the I
,OoIs to So.
In the third the stations got away
gain like the twin pieces of a single
Hacbine. Nelson gave an exhibition of 5
ash driving at the outset by showing {
10 horse to the front at terrlnc gait, ,
king the pole on the first turn. The
nartsr was made in -, as the first (
aat- and the halfin 1854. Around the |
81 stratch II was a procession, Nelson
,adinv Inv half dozen lengths, While :
yilIiasns sat back easily in ms sulky =
nd held AIlertun we'll in manu. BEFORE