The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-06
RACING FOR AUGUST.
Prospect Of a Big Meeting at
the Kent Fair Grounds.
nraRLY SIS. 900 IN PRIZE MONEY.


-~-,e vho VISITED the Kent race track
- - ,ssustaYsn Of the first week in June
o.. - -.er~nizs sbs place when they 90 out TO
-. - -. tasr srs % Be held during the third
- - ths rrnent month. The fine Italian
49, a the Arts nd the artisan has wrought q
- rssss cnsnep - the appearances Of the sur
s~-,Sln1s ne whole place has been fenced
in ard ue6 krces have been put up around the
- Tssxrsad stand has been shingIed and
va. ,.ss,sss outlined by fancy pickets and
- Tssre il . good deal Of improvement in
s-<frussnbse OF the judges stand. Over
80 the Iarish hand and four-inch brush
= - srz;ss has spread two ample coats OF white
..s-< me stables are painted red, and there
- ,slfse touches and trimmings everywhere
- ksre converted what little while ago was
!. ri51<-ness into remarkable sembianee of .
Duseh village. The general appearance OF the
exsxrsor would please pessinist
rnen the track itseif. however, that the asso-
cation has built it, hopes that il viii some day
necone famous a. patron OF swift stock
ma IN almost perfect condition. although IL
= scarcely quarter OF . year since its surface
- q wsvy a. the Pacific ocean. Scarcely an
hcur hss passed during the past two months
,kss has not witnessed IL progress. II ID trfis
vsyv row. but it IL great deal better than one
eoust reasonably expect brand new track 10
be The sprinklers and rollers and serapers and
ths rsss Of the pArsphernalis used in making =
rsre course have not been allowed 70 rest. There
4 nearly fortnight before the opening Of the
roesffrg, and during that time double force
viii Be kept 81 WORK There are 10 horses on
he rsck now, and ali Of them are being worked
svsry dsy.
The entry book was closed yesterday for the
lass tine this season. The last entry made was
q : lot OF eighteen from Montana stables
which we're entsred BY telegraph and are now
&C thezr way 20 Kent Secretary Van Bokkeien
Il On his way home from the Montana circuit,
snd be viii b ready 20 take charge of affairs in
sstort tina
The list Of entries promises more for q good
nrpgrsums Of races than the track alone could
pousibly DO A list Of purses sggregsting sl0.500
wa hang out a. an inducernsnt and IL brough.
soue q the best horses on the Coast 70 the
,rout jim Miller. one Of the fastest quarter
horsss n the United States. who made the
sscord Il IL on the Deer Lodge track
lsxs Auszst d siready on the grounds. Annie
Rooney WI be entered in . half mile dash set
for she sse0nd day. Red Dick will contest race
win Jim nisler and others Delcho and Chsi-
lengs Chiss ars now in training at the track
r T. Bybes1 stable. which includes Nisty
Morn, Kohinoor, Patricia and Rosebud are
snong the recsnt arrivals. Sam J. Jones, q
veteran turfma1, has in charge q lot Of horses
recently purchased of Mr. Bybee. II includes
Eainfsor, the winner OF the Oregon DERBY, Ts-
coma 2-year-old Of promise. and the yeariing
Wyandsnhot, which 10 entered in the 1852
TutEfity stakes
Nearly ss,00o has bean reserved for extra races,
suong them what is designed TO be the event OF
~ neeting-the Kent Derby. There will be an
Isdisn pony race and . brush between local
Spe1sters, and other events OF more than usual
interest
observe one thing" President Van de ysnter
nj 10 PosT-iSTELIIGEScER reporter yester-
ar 'swe have taken = new departure in clos
tng the entries for the running races nearly a
icFsnight before the meeting. We thought that
Il would give better satisfaction and keep peo-
pie fror waiting to see whether they had adead
e.neh or not before they put In their horses
There was good deal of kicking from horse
men Accustomed TO entering their running
stock the night before the opening day. / am
s&sisfsd that the plan will give more satisfac-
tion q xround'
Relieving are the entries for the races with