The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-20
AT THE KENT TRACK.
CGur d'Alene Distances Field
i'm the 2::35 Trot.
A BAD DAY FOR FAvoRITEs.
Caution Wins Three-Minute Race In
Straight Heats, and yanquish Takes
the Two-Year-O1d Purse.

KENT, Aug 19.Ispecial 1.-The best days
racing of the season came OF on the Kent track
today, in spite OF the late start that was made
The horses themselves did good deal to shorten
the programme. C9ur d'Alene distaneed the
field in the 2:35 trot, and decided a race that it
was generally predicted would be on all the after
noon, in a very few minutes. Then in the three
minute race Caution bowled them out in three
straight heats Van B. DeLashmutt's yauouish
did up the field in two straight in the 2-year-old
trot. The Seattle sports left q good deal of
glittering gold in the hands of the Reubens.
Taken as a whole, 1t was very bad day for the
favorites. Smoothwire was the only one that
won, Jim r. divided honors with him in the es-
simaton of the talent The other winners
turned over good odds. Coeur 'Alene bought
for sl2 in sS7 pool Misty Morn netted her
friends SIS for $40, Caution was worth s62 to
those that had $40 in pools and Vanquish paid
$52 for g. The races, with the exception OF the
2:S5 trot, were good contests from professional
sfandpoint.and that one atoned for its onesided-
ness by getting up an unusually enthusiastic
spirit among the visitors.
Dr. B. G. Thompson was taken from the
judges box before the races started to please
some Of the refractory members OF the Seattle
sporting fraternity, and Colonel w. w. d.
Turner. OF Spokane, who owns a pretty good
roadster and drives il himself, was put in his
place. B. o. Van Bokkelen started the runners.
Otherwise the list OF judges was the same as be-
fore.
The races went off smoothly enough and with
but one slight accident, when Jockey Dan Nc
Intyre was thrown from his seat on Queen, at
the start of the half-mile dash, and knocked
senseless but not seriously injured. The track
was in better shape than it has been this week,
the weather could not have been pleasanter, and
the band boys played airs that were
ravishiug The attendance was up to 400.
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grand stand and keep their escorts busy finding
the place on the score card and trying to ex-
plain why it is that the colors of the jockeys
never agree with those printed in the pro-
gramme. The wheel of fortune, the red lemon
ade stand the ring and knife board, and all the
rest of the indispensable adjuncts to a blooded
race meeting were out in flying colors.
Today will be ''ladies' day." with a pro-
gramme of races selected for their especial
benefit. If the weather is anything like what
twas yesterday, it expected that good many
oil the wives and daughters OF the people who go
to races will take advantage OF their opportunity
to go in at the gate without buying tickets
beforehand.
THE HALF-MILE DASH.
The first race called was, singularly enough,
the one at the top of the programme
the half mile dash, with nine entries
Smoothwire and Jim K alternated as favorites
and sold for $50 apiece with IS on Red Dick, 50
on Queen and S. for the field. smoothwire won
the draw for positions, Queen coming next and
Red Dick, Jim R., Leila s., Horny Toad, Joe
Wynne, Carrie NJ. and Patsy O'Neill in regular
order. Jim r. got the worst OF it at the start,
but he gained rapidly and joined the bunch an
eighth OF mile up the road. smooth
wire took a good lead and kept il.
The horses came up abreast to the
three-eighths, with Smoothwire digging his
hind feet into the same toe mark with the front
shoes OF all the others. At the finish Smooth
wire, Queen and Red Dick jumped ahead tri-
he, leaving six hard-run horses behind them.
Queen lacked less than a length of tieng
Smoothwire, and Red Dick was close third
Time, so. Mutuals paid $3.50 on the race
Summary:
c. NJ. Coles b. &. Smooth wire. Harmon ..I
9. A. walkers Oh. T. Queen, Bozeman ........2
v. Lannon's O. g. Red Dick, King. ...........3
w. l. Splawn's S. &. Horny Toad. Carleton. 6
W. W. Perryvile's r. S. Patsy O'Neill, Enos 5