The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-09-25

morse won as he pleased. Orienta
the Aberdeen mare, property of the
| Columbia Stock Farm, was of. She
can do q great deal better than she
showed, and will prove il some day
Following is the summary:
| l. Montrose, CHI. s..........................1
z. E1remani gr g...-.........-..-.. .-.....S
| Helena E. ..--................-....
Time: 2:8l, 2:33, 2:3O.
The next and last event of the meet
ing was match race between Bay
Prince, owned and driven by Oscar
Hull, and Critic, green pacing mare
by King William, owned and driven
by w. G. Jones. Those who stayed to
see this finish, went home in the dark
but they saw q hOrse-race they will
not soon forget. 1t was evident from
the start that the horses were out for
which could last the longest and get
there first. And they were matched,
If ever two horses were. By this
time the gamblers, who had been
growing holder and holder, realized
fully that no restraint was being put
upon them, and they turned them
selves loose. This, of couse, added to
the intense excitement and prolonged
tue cheering that greeted the game
horses as they made the turns and
entered the stretches. Five out of
six miles they paced without skip or
break, without a length between
their sulkies at any time. Around
the turns the mare would gain a
length, but on entering the stretch
the horse would come up to her side,
and away they would go like hitched
to pole.
On the draw Critic got the pole.
On the send off they were as straight
y the wire. Around the track they
went, side by side, and passing under
the wire the first time they were as
even as when they started. Around
again, without skip, and under the
wire they went, nose and nose to-
gether, in 2:35 flat. The crowd wait
ed impatiently for the announcement
and applauded when the Judges
called the heat dead" one.
In twenty minutes they faced the
starter again, and on the first trial
went away. Like hitched to-
gether and run by machinery they
went the first three-quarters, and
never was prettier race paced than
tins. On the last quarter of the sec
ond half Jones urged his mare and
when they en- cred the home stretch
she was a length in font. Then
Hull commenced whipping and
inch by inch he closed up, until they
went under the wire with the mares
head only, in front.
The third heat was a repetition of
the second, and the cheering con-
tinued nearly the entire two aud
a-half minutes they were out, so even
and pretty did they go. Nearly
everybody then wanted the gray
mare, but there were some who were
still taking the bay horse, hoping the
mare would leave her feet, in which
event it was sure thing for the
horse. In the fourth heat they had
entered the stretch coming home, the
gray mare leading, when she made a
false step and started to 90 up. MIR.
Jones took her back and held her
down, very nicely indeed for an
amateur, but in doing so he refined her
in a little too closely and she came
almost to a jog. Before he could get
her to square away on her clip again,
the Bay Prince had gone by her and
won the heat.
Then Speculation" ran riot again.
Odds ran to the Prince. They said
Hull had the pole and could hold it.
That if Jones tried to urge his fast
mare enough to pass in front and take
the inside, she would leave her feet,
and the jig was up. While this talk
was going on both horsestOok bite of
hay and cooled out beautifully, and
when the bell tapped they came to
the starter, the horse showing some
fatigue, but the mare looking like she
had only a good warming up. They
were given a good start and at the
word went to fighting for the pole.
Jones urged his mare as he had never
done before, and she went the quarter
at :2S clip This was faster than the
horse could go, and under a heavy
whip he left mis- feet and cantered on
u bad break. The mare went clear
away from him and had the race
easy, but she Was allowed to go too
fast and at the second turn made
bad break, from which she never got
we'll settled during the heat and Hull
took another one to his credit.
That made them even, and half the
people on the grounds gathered
around the horses to look at their
condition. The gray mare looked the
best and her driver was confident.
When the bell tapped the Bay Prince
walked lazy and tired but when he
turned to score he struck out on the
same old sweeping stride tn 1T
showed he was still in the fight. He
had the pole, and st the word go,
half length the advantage. But
Gertie was game and Jones deter
mined, and he set another fast pace
for the horse to follow. On the frat
round at the three quarter turn he
took the pole, and there he stayed.
Down the stretch aud past the grand
stand, neck aud neck, while the
crowd went crazy. Hull was whip
ping now all his might, and his noble
horse was doing its best. The mare
was going easy, without whip or
word. AS they entered the last turn
her owner gave her the word and she
moved in front; into the stretch then
came. Hull fighting desperately, but
to no avail, for under the wire they
went for the last time, and the gray
mare had won.
1t was the closest, prettiest race
ever seen on this track, and will be
remembered for many a day. Follow
ing is the summary:
l. Gertie, g. m.,......-................O1 l ,
2. Bay Prince ,s,.............-.-....-O 2 .
Floral Hall Premiums.
The following is a full and COM
plete list of the premiums awarded.
1t was kindly furnished us by Miss
Florence Irvine, under whose cOmpe-
tent management this department of
the Fair has year by year grown in
interest, until now it is the attractive
feature for the ladies'. THE HERALD
returns its grateful Acknowledgements
to Miss Irvine.
PREMIUMS.
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