St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-09
Williams Black Pet Defeats
the Great Maine Stallion
in Easy Style.
Nelson Got the First Heat on
a Break, Then Allerton
Took Three.
No Phenomenal Time Made,
but 10000 People Saw a
Horse Race.
st. Flopian and Banquet Win
Morris Park EventS--On
Other Tracks.

GRAND RAPIDS Mich, Oct. Sal
lerton is king. Fully 20, 900 people saw the
son of Jay Bird wrest all claim to the
title from Nelson in the $4,000 race
between the two stations Oh the fast
Grand Rapids track to-day.
1t was a long way from an ideal rae
ing day. The sky was overcast all the
afternoon. and once or twice fugitive
ram drops found their way into the
grounds. The weather was milder
than yesterday, but still chilly enough
to preclude any hope of record-break-
ing time.
Hon. Daniel j. Campau, of Detroit,
owner of the Chicago Horseman, acted
as starter, with S. A. Browne, of .Kala-
maZoo, G. T. Benjamin, of Saginaw, and
l.. G. Webb, of Mason, Mich. as judges.
B. w. Taylor, of independent. To-, A.
r. Munger, of Detroit, and William Nc
Alison, OF Bangor. Me-. were the timers.
Don j. LeatherS, owner of Monbars,
who had offered the purse, announced
to the big crowd that the race would be
the greatest and most important in the
history of the turf. as it would be bat
tie to the finish between the two
Kings OF the Track.
The throng gave Nelson a shade the
best of it in the way of applause when
the two stations appeared. but Allerton
was very decidedly the favorite in the
pools. Both horses were driven by
their owners, and it was evident that
ak hoH oil
training to reduce weight.
When the Maine stallion made his
2:10 record on the Grand Repids track
recently, the weight of his owner and
driver was given as 1873 pounds. When
Starter Campau announced the weights
of the two men after the horses
were called for the first heat, Nelson's
was given as no pounds, 20poundS over
the regulation weight, and Williams
as 1856 pounds. Is pounds over weight.
Allerton cOquetted in the scoring, but
the horses got away in beautiful style
on the fourth attempt, with Nelson
closely hugging the pole a head in adj
vance. The pace was the sort that kills
from the start. The quarter was made
IN :32, with Nelson length in advance,
and both horses trotting with the pre-
cisiOn of wonderful pieces of mechan-
ism.
Around the half they swung at the
same terrible pace, Nelson making it in
1:0514, two open lengths in advance of
Allerton. The Western stallion mar
rowed the gap before the three-quarters
was reached in 1885, and then Will
Jams gathered his deep-chested beauty
Ill hand for the finish. But Just
as they swung into the stretchs with
AllertOn at his rivals wheel, the indie
pendence stallion went off his feet for
all instant, and the heat was practically
decided right there. Williams made
little effort to regain the length lost,
but wisely saved his horse, while Mel
son rushed under the wire with that
long, swinging stride which had never
faltered all the way around, winning by
an open length in 2:13.
The Crowd Went Crazy
over the result, but its roar disturbed
Ihe bookies very little, they promptly
offering Nelson at $14 and Allerton at
S25. In the second heat the two got
away on the first trial. To the three
quarter pole the heat was nearly repe-
tition of the first. Williams still played
waiting game, but hung closer to the
Maine horses wheel than before.
The quarter was driven n SIX, the
half in :06, and the three-quarters in
stretch Nelson swerYed toward the
middle of the course and faltered for
moment. 1t was the beginning of the
end. Inch by inch the Western horse
crept up on the great Eastern represen-
tative. At the distance post Nelson saw
his dire necessity and brought the whip
down upon his horse sharply, but the
latter was already going at his be st
stride, and both stallion and driver
seemed to grow faint-hearted when
thirty yards from the wire.
Allerton made marvellous finish
within fifty feet of the judges stand,
gathering himself together for mighty
effort, and flashing past Nelson like a
black phantom, won by half a length in.
2:141s. The tickle crowd promptly
yelled itself hoarse over Allerton. and
Nelson dropped in the pools to So.
In the third the stations got away
again like the twin pieces of single
machine. Nelson gave an exhibition of
rash driving at the outset by showing
his horse to the front at a terrific gait,
taking the pole on the first turn. The
quarter was made in 80 as in the first
heat and the half in 1865. Around the
back stretch it was a procession, Nelson
leading by half dozen lengths, while
Williams Sat Back Easily
in his sulky and held Allerton well in
hand Before the third quarter was
reached, in 40, he had glided within
fighting distance of his adversary
Down the stretch he pulled up even
with the Eastern horse by one of his
phenomenal bursts of speed.
! Nelson tapped his stallion coaxingly
with the ribbons and then placed the
| whip once more with desperate earnest
nestness, but it was of no avail. The
horse had been pumped out and Aller-
ton trotted easily under the wire, win
ming by all open length in 2:15.
Nelson had learned thing or two re-
garding Allerton's staying qualities.
and in the fourth heat he held the
! Maine horse in check, the two making
the quarter neck and neck in 0:33116S
They were head by head all the way TO
| the home stretch, and, as far as appear
ances went, it was the prettiest heat of
the race. The half was made in :071
and the three-quarters in :42.
On the stretch Ailerton again showed
his superiority and passed the grand
| stand leading by an open length, which
no one doubted he could have increased
to four or five had he so desired. VIII
ming the heat and the race In 2:l61s
The huge crowd broke through the
fence and packed the track about Aller.
ton and his owner in another attack OF
good-natured insanity, and to show
their good will hung garlands of bios
SONS on the Iowa king until his back
was almost wholly covered. Summary
Allerton.
| Nelson. ....... ....1 2
Time 2:I3; 2:l4l2; 2:l5: 2:I6ia.
\ A Iivafv .I7 rare was Sand vviehad II