Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-09

tbs time foF the race 70 be called. Pals
81 bot water where brought, ia salcn
TIE bottles Of leg wash we're immersed
IN Z there might De no possibility OF a
chill 20 the strosg tendons upon which
prize OF $1,000 was depending. A
soon ~ . horse 10 brought u from the
track his legs are rubbed brisk
ls hy hand and the wash.
composed OF hsmmemelis and dilute
alcohol, - applied. one set
OF men then apply roller bandsges
moistened With The wash while others
carefully lift the heavy blankets and
ruh quantity of hot hsmmemelis on
the Ions. The blankets are again
carefully adjusted, the hood fastened
Close about the head and throat and
hostler walks the animal slowly no and
down. Tne hurried breathing grows
slower and slower and the pulsstIoes of
the heart grow less frequent and the
animal Is soon cooled and refreshed.
Ii there 10 anything that can add
To the comfort of the animal
or benefit him in any way 1t
is done. The water of which be
Is allowed 10 take an occasional swal-
low. is warmed and tasted by the host
friend is allowed To touch il. Al
O'Clock Nelson and Allerton were both
hItched TO their sulkies and taken out
on the track. James Millett and John
Gaynor hitched Nelson while his owner
stood by and watched the operation
very carefully. Nelson wore yellow
ribbon braided into his foretop and Al.
lerton 8 blue ribbon. When they ap-
peared on the track with their respective
owners holding the ribbons the crowd
greeted them with enthusiastic cheers
and the cheers were repeated At every
turn. Both horses looked about the
track with high held heads and pointed
ears seeming to realize the great
struggle that was before them. Aller-
ton seemed almost one third larger than
Nelson and it was impossible to believe
that he weighs rs pounds less.
At 2:30 Don j. Leathers sounded the
bel and announced the races stating
that 1t would be the greatest event of
the American turf. He also announced
the names OF the judges and the timers
A. K. Munzer. of Detroit, Thomas Al
voorn, of Bangor, Me-, d. w. Tabor, of
Independence. The judges are:
ID. J. Campau, starter.
i i i $:ss $::ss
The 2:l7 race was called and the po-
sitions were drawn as follows: Senator
Conklin, the p lie, Enright second,
May Mitchell third. Harry Noble
fourth, Cleveland s., fifth. Prize and
Ripple were drawn. Matt Maloney sat
behind the Senator, Amos Rathbun
guided Cleveland s., VIM. Adams, May
Mitchell; w. s. Kirby, Harry Noble.
Harry Noble was the favorte. En-
right acted sulky and prolonged the
scoring, although the other horses
came to the wire we'll punched every
time. They were sent away at o'clock
with Enright sulking in the rear. Sena-
tor Conklin broke twenty feet from the
wire and fell back. Harry Noble took
the pOse on the first turn and was an
easy winner in 2:174-by quarters $50
1:0sk 431-2:l7t.. Senator Conklin
second, Cleveland 5 third, May Mitch
ell four, Enrlght nowhere. Enrlght
WAS declared distanced. Harry Noble
tied his record and finished in in q
jog.
The scrapers were Immediately
started to fit the track for the mouarchs
of the turf. Both horses were led
down the stretch rngg ng ut their bits,
while two jock. es hung to them. The
cheering was trem endous and
star'er Campau stated that the rules of
the a'socIation required him to an
nounce when driver was twenty
pounds ovei-w light. He stated that
Mr.. Nelson weighed 40 and Mr.. Will
liams l65. being 20 and l5 pounds over
| weight, respectively.
Nelson drew tie pole for the first
heat. They scored four times all,
th"r 'hoy Were scnt away with Allerton
at the Maine boys throat-latck. Nelson
pu.,ea away troin the start and gradu-