St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-17
FULL OF EXCITEMENT.
The Races at Saltwater Prove
the Most Spirited Of the
Meeting.
Fedora Takes the 2:18 Pace
After a Fight Of Six
Heats.
Curt Gum Wins the Rich
Hyde Park Stakes at
Chicago.
Racine Does a Fast Mile in a
Raee--At Jerome Park and
RomeWood.

dllc6 WAS SOllS W idl llSHbOi Oh
either of the preceding two days, but
those who did attend witnessed rare
sport.
Strange as it may seem to turf men,
Nightingale had sold favOrite in the
pools the night before for the 2:1S pace.
She is, however, speedy mare, but
she doesn't seem to be able to go a mile
steadily, although she seldom makes
skip. She is of the brilliant dashing
order, full Of spurtS and caprice. Min
ME Wilkes, by the way, is much the
same, only the latter is by far the safer
horse to tie to.
In the Judgment of those best versed
three, President Wilkes should
have paced all around them, and
in the pool sales at the park he
was forced in a favorite against
the entire field. But it rested with that
beautiful bay mare, Fedora, to make
revelation. As has been related in
these columns iii the report of the Min
nehaha races, Fedora is with foal five
months, by Don BiZZan, and conse-
quently seriously handicapped. But
she proved too fleet for the hig-gaited
competitors, and carried off the hOnorS
in a siX-heat contest. 1t was a deSper-
ate struggle, and the survival of the
fittest. She was troubled the first two
heats, and acted wretchedly again in
the fifth, but she demonstrated her
gameneSS by taking the sixth heat with
a rush. She paced honestly, and was
the admiration of the grand stand,
eliciting enthusiastic bursts of applause
| when her performances were witnessed.
President Wilkes is in bad form. His
fQnJOnc LAM and hp is fire. +
ment. Indeed, he has not been HIM
| self since he came to st. Paul. Else he
could have taken the race, for there
can be no doubt that he is the swiftest
of the field. He is pounded out and
the bad track exaggerated his painful
| soreness.
Republican seems to satisfy the opin-
| ion That the track is iil-suited to the
! style of the strong workers. He trots
after the mode of King Herod-the
! comparison is made simply because the
readers of the GLOBE are intimately
| acquainted with his style. He has APP
peared in racing events here for 10,
these many years. Republican could
| do nothing on the Lily Lake
| park. He seemed to lose all his wonted
courage and Ira Gaines had a snap.
There were many patrons of the pool
box who suspected jobbery. They had
backed Republican. and when they
noted his losses and the frightfully bad
time for him they raised a howl of dis
| approval. The demonstration became
| formidable and the Judges took cOgniZ-
ance Of it. A powerful field glass was
procured and 1t was the opinion that
Republican was being pulled. When
he came on the track for the third heat
the protest was renewed and the judges
| took down Mr.. Beach and put up Mr..
Schiller, of Minneapolis. The latter's
facility is recognized by. all turfmen.
and he couldn't win. although he would
have forced the dark boy under the wire
first if he had kept his feet. Conse-
quently Ira Gaines took three straight
heats.
The 2:27 trOt was an anomaly, and the
! patience of the starter, who was never
| known to be the slightest purturbed be-
| fore, was given a severe shock. But
| he fined no one, and he did not rule off
Alkali, who insistently ran the major
| portion of each mile. And he is run
ner, too. When he breaks he goeS-he
flies so fast that Mercury would have
| appeared stationery were the god OF
winged ankles pitted against him. AL
| kali broke up the balance of the field,
and made trouble all along the line.
The race is not finished and it is full
of surprises. 1t promises to be the
event of to-day. Four heats were trotted.
JOsyln took two, Pedro L one and Jerry
l. one. The latter was cOrker. Jerry
had been fiddling along among the
trailerS, although he behaved tOlerably
we'll. until this last heat. In this he
didn't show up very hopeful until the
distance flag had been reached. Pedro
L seemed a sure winner, and his driver
eased up, now and then casting furtive
chances towards Moody, who seemed to
be the only dangerous rival. But
Schiller, who was behind Jerry L, was
saving wood meanwhile, and he pushed
the gray in true Jack Splan style under
the wire first by a brilliant burst of
speed. The cheers that rent the air
were deafening.
The first race was the 2:45 trot. The
starters WeIe-and they drew positions
in the order named: Robert L, the
pole; Yellow Bird, second; Republican,
third; Ira Gaines, fourth.
At the turn in the first heat Robert L
left his feet, and Ira Gaines pushed
around to the first place with an admira-
bic burst of speed. Republican also
broke, but he opened up strong action
on the back stretch and soon came up
beside Robert l., who was trailing Ira
Gaines. In this position they made the
mile. Robert l. was pocketed into the
home stretch, and Black appeared to be
pulling Republican. Ira Gaines first,
Republican second, Robert l. third,
Yellow Bird fourth. Time, 2:3lH.
Ira Gaines rushed to the front on the
first turn III the second heat, and again
it looked as though Republican was
pulled to lose. Robert l. seemed to
have lost heart. 1t was procession to
the wire, Ira Gaines first. Republican
second. Robert l. third and Yellow Bird
last. Time, 2:2719.
Then Schiller was put behind Repub-
lican, but he couldn't manage him. He
had been trotting squarely, but this heat
he went into the air on the back stretch
and again Just as he bid fair to take the
race from the distance in. Ira Gaines
first, Republican second, Robert L third
and Yellow Bird fourth. Time, 2:29.
Summary, As Trot-
Ira Cams. b G, Smith & Russell, La
Republican, BIS, c. W. Beach, Au-
Robert [, b S, Alex MeLaren. Chip
yellow Bird, m, Webb Flock, Mil .
waukee Observation-Disclosures 4
Time, 2:3ii2. 2:27i2. 2:99.
The 2:1S pace was Sandwiched in with
the foregoing. There we're five starters
and they drew in the following order:
Fedora first, President Wilkes second,
Nightingale third. Ben Star fourth and
Minnie Wilkes fifth. Ben Star is
wonderful Splinter, and he went out
around the entire field like flash. He
began widening his gap at once, until
it looked ridIculously easy for him. but
he left his feet, and the others narrowed
the opening. Fedora was good second
on the back stretch. but she went up,
and then President Wilkes broke, but
caught quickly and came up even at
the half with Ben Star. Ben worked
gamely and got the home stretch first.
but lost his feet and the President
passed to the front, chased by Minnie.
The latter was coming fast and she
took the heat, President Wilkes second,
Ben Star third, Nightingale fourth and
Fedora fifth. Time, 2:25.
In the second heat Minnie pushed