St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-07
Hal Pointer and Direct Are
Credited With One Heat
Each.
The Great Trotters Booked to
Make Sensational Time
To-Day.
Rey del Rey and Pessara Run
a Dead Heat at
Jerome.
Louisville Event Won by Curt
Gunn--Good Races at
Chicago.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 6.-Nature
showed up rare autumn, little too
cool, however, for harness horses to
beat their best. All night and morning
were busy men and teams working on
the track, which by noon was in good
shape, not lightning fast, but safe and
OF the footing that horses revel in.
Early in the morning rumors were cur
rent that there was a hitch in the
Direct-Hal Pointer match; that Monroe
Salisbury, owner of the black stallion,
would not start his horse and had not
worked him out yesterday, having in
view a race for to-day. The rumors
found little credence with the people,
and by p. m. fully $4,000 were on the
grounds.
The two-year-old trot and the 2:16
pace were about through. and the crowd
was becoming impatient for the APP
pearance of the champions, when Pres
ident ljams mounted the starters
stand and announced that Mr.. Salisbury
had declined to start Direct; that the
association had offered the money in
good faith, and was prepared to pay it
to the winner of the race; that Mr..
Hamline was ready to start his horse,
and rather than disappoint the people
In attendance would send him a mile
against his record of 2:O93l
Salisbury Consents.
At 4:SO Geers, behind Hal Pointer,
appeared on the track, but before he
had finished warming up, PRECEDENT
Iiams announced that Mr.. Salisbury
had changed his mind and would start
his stallion.
AT o'clock the two PAGERS scored up
for the word, Pointer having the pole.
After several scores the word was
given, with Direct at Pointers saddle.
These positions were we'll maintained
to the quarter i'll thirty-five seconds.
On they went TO the half in l:094, and
it was seen that Geers had mapped his
campaign to beat the black stallion in
the home stretch and that such move
was to Starts satisfaction. AS double
team they passed the three-quarterS in
l AZ. and then the drive began. The
lash descended on the stallion and
gamely he answered it. Pointer, as
ever, was maintaining slight lead. and,
answering every stroke of the stallion,
held the heat.
When within $50 feet of the wire
Starr, with magnificent drive, brushed
Direct with a terrific burst of speed
onto him, carrying him off his feet and
Direct passed him, the last quarter hay
ing been done IN 81 seconds, the last
eighth in 1612 seconds. Pools now sold
Direct $50, Pointer $40.
In the second heat Geers, knowing
that he could not win the battle in the
last quarter against the phenomenal
speed burst held by Direct, changed
his tactics, and In scoring brought
Pointer down to the wire at
A Heartbreakfng Gait.
The word was given to a splendid
start, and locked they went to the ouar-
ter in "a seconds, Pointer making Direct
attend strictly to business; to the half
In 1:O7, and then the fight began.
With every nerve drawn to its utmost
tension the game horses fought it out.
Down the third quarter the pace was
killing, and victory could only be to the
one that could live it through. No ell
deavOr was made to save the horses for
the final brush. The battle was OH, and
was to be fought Out-endurance and
gameness would tell the tale, at all haz-
ards.
In 80 seconds they were to the third
quarter. The lash then began to fall
upon the stallion, and the two drivers,
using every endeavor and art known to
the profession, urged on the flying
steeds. Slowly but surely Hal Pointer
closed up on the stallion. At the dis
lance stand he is at his neck, half way
home he is even, and so they remain to
within fifty feet of the wire, when
GeerS rallies Pointer, and he goes under
the wire winner by nose.
Pandemonium broke loose. Cheer
after cheer greeted the victor. Dark
ness came and the race goes over till
tomorrow, when sensational time will
be certain. This evening the inward
ness of Mr.. Salisbury'S action comes to
light. Direct was short of work for
bruising race. BY delaying the start,
the race could not be completed to-day,
and the two heats would serve to put
Direct i'll shape for Tomorrow.
The Minor Events.
In the two-year-old race Triumph
won as he liked, losing the first heat
through swerYlng into the fence on the
first turn.
In the ZIG pace pools sold: Lee Fl,
$50; field, $50. In the first heat Frank
Dortch and Lee Ii fought it out, Grants
Abdallah being laid up. DOrtch outlin-
ished Lee II. In the three last heats
Grants Abdallah, Lee IL and Frank
Dortch had it from wire to wire, but
each ended in Grants Abdallah having
the most speed.
FOOLS sold this evening on the race of
tomorrow: Hal Pointer, $50; Direct,
s27. Three-year-old race: Cleo, S25;
Stamina, S15 and field SIS. In the PIG
trot: Vic H, Sis; Honest George, $40;
McDoel, SIS; Walter E or Grants Alb
dallah, SIC; Geer's entry, $40; field, SO.
In the 2:23 pace: Bob Taylor, $50; ks
sefs' Dallas, $40; Walter Wilton, $50;
neld. $40.
Wabash stakes, two-year-olds. value 81, Cos
Triumph, by fleetwood. ......... .....2
Time, 2:44, 2:3914, 2:3S.
2:16 pace, 2,0U0-
Srants n Aoaaiiah. ....."..........4
Lee IL. .......-... y
Strong Boy 3
Lady Vice dis
Time, 2:15s4, 2:15 2:lS, 2:16.
Special pace (unfinished)-
Hal Pointer.
Time. 2:l3, 2:l1.
A GREAT CARD.