Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-05-09

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Saturday was the last day Of the scc
ond annual meeting OF the Gentlcmen's
! Driving assoc alton, and like the two pre-
yious days was u genuine success both IN
attendance aud good races. The day was
perfect for racing and the events were
we'll received.
The first event TO engage the attention
- the crowd was the unfinished trot in
the 300 class, The evening before j. L.
johnson had won two heats with his
pretty mare, May Queen, and was there
fore n prime fayorite 10 win the deciding
heat. len. Stafford Belle lIend .rson
had one heat to her credit, and Ed.
| Vests Huron had lso secured heat
Five horses came up to the score, aud nj
ter several attempts to obtain a fair
start, they finally got of in good order.
May Queen took the lead was never head
ed, and passed under the wire winner OF
the heat and race in the remarkably good
time Of 2:5iis, n gain OF over twenty sec'
onds ::op her record Of last year. Span
ish Maid came 10 second. Woodbiue
Huron aud Belle Henderson being dis.
tanced.
The free FOR all trot brought out Faro
ow ned by q. ". Thompson; Black Cloud,
owned by j. J. Phelan, and Wilks, own
ed by Fred. Fenchlcr. Faro was the fsy.
orite, but come OF our citizens risksd q
few hundred dollars on Black Cloud, feel
ing sure from his performance on the
first day that Faro did not have IA easy a
snap 10 defeating him M some thought
After many false attempts the horses
were sent oil at n good start, and Fare
Immediately took the lead. He trottcd
the entire mile without q skip and pass
cd under wire, without being pressed, L.
2:37is, Black Cloud second, and Wilkl
third. The second and third heats wer,
also won without any effort on Faro,
part In 90 and 2:3i. Black Cloud dem
, onstratcd TO his admirers that he coult
beat wilks any day IN the week.
In the running race, a, mile heats, Is
+. Karrick's Beecher, A. NJ. Pryors Bot
Ingcrsoli, and &. Barela's Leadyills took
, part. Bob Ingersoll was the favorite
with Leadville and Beecher selling tol
, even money. The horses were sent of
we'll punched. They came around the
I first turn, RAINING we'll. Leadvilc leading
, Beecher, who was several yards in nd
vance Of Bob Ingersoll. The positions o.
the horses were not changed during ID,
} balance Of tho race. l.eaay,llc winning il
J. lei. Bob fingers III show~l up lame af
J, ter the heat, his front loft foot havin,
, been badly wrenched and strained at on,
!, OF the sharp turns in the track by strik
3 ing soft ground. lilo was injured a
about the same place in the track an,
! the same leg at the races last year, and /
10 nov feared that the prcsen. brcal
2 down will retire him permanently from
/ the course. The next heat was also VOL
q by Lcadville in l;22i Z. lteechcr renchin,
r the distance flag as It was being lower
J, ed on him.
\. With those races the successful sprinl
0 meeting ~ the association closed,
I Yesterday afternoon special race 70
4 500 a side between g. 3arela's GRIM
q and Melvin's Woolly, an III Paso horse
took place. The latter, fresh from rs
!, cent victory at Masdalcna, where he de
i feated Maggie Garner, was heavily back
cd by "thosc ia the swim"-thosc VII
I had Witnessed his great performance il
= u special race at III Paso last DecembeI
A good start was obtained, and the rae
wss woollys from the beginning, a
though Crimp showed great speed an
pushed hard TO gam q lead, but It was O
no avail. The race was only one quartz
:. mile dash.