Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-28
M'KTNNEY'S VICTORY
Comment on the Great Four
C0rnered Race.
The Structures of Wanda'S
Owner Answered.
PalO Alto Now the Second Fastest
Trotting Stallion.
His Record Lowered to 2:1O-Smitf
Whips RiOrdan In a Bloody Twen-
ty- -Six-ROund Fight-Other
Sporting News.

Mr.. Frank II. Burke, the owner OF
Wanda, has had himself interviewed in
regard to the four-cornered race held in
this city last Saturday. 1t was natural
to expect that Mr.. Burke and the other
northern owners and trainers would
feel little sore over the result of the
race. They had expected to make the
coup Of the season. The statement made
by Mr.. Burke is remarkable to say the
least. He is credited with saying that
Frank M. won the second and third
heats. Thousands OF people saw the
race, and it is safe to assert that no one
outside of Mr.. Burke can be found who
will state that Mckinney did not finish
first on both the second and third heats.
Mr.. Burke has in all probability been
misquoted. He was in the timers
stand and must certainly have seen both
finishes. There was not shadow of a
doubt that Mckinney won. 1om Keat-
ing, the driver of Frank M, admitted to
the writer that Mckinney finished first
in both the second and third heats, yet
Mr.. Burke has the effrontery to state
that Frank M. came in first. Mr.. Burke
is talking through his stove pipe.
Frank M. beat Mckinney in the fourth
heat by less than eight feet after a
driving finish. The judges gave the
heat to Mckinney, holding that the
drivers of Frank NJ, Wanda and Silas.
Skinner had combined to beat McKin-
ney and had forced him all over the
track. In the second and third heats
Mckinney was kept in pocket for
three-quarters of a mile and was then
compelled to trot all round the other
trotters.
The late race comes in for considerable
discussion. While the majority uphold
the decision of the judges, still there are
some who think that it would have
been more polite to have called the
heat no heat or have given it to Frank
M. and sent Wanda and Silas Skinner
to the stable. The heat was given to
Mckinney in accordance with the fol-
lowing rules:
Rule IA. Although leading horse is
entitled to any part OF the track, except
after selecting his position on the hpme-
stretch, he shall not change from the right
TO The left or from the inner to the oslter
side OF the track, during any part of the
FACE Wtleu duOllleE uOFbo Is bO near ulu
that in altering his position he compels
the horse behind him to shorten his
stride, or cause the rider or driver of
such horse to pull him out of his stride;
neither shall any horse, rider or driver
cross, jostle. or strike another horse,
rider, or driver, nor swerve, or carry
him out, "sit down in front of him."
or do any other act which constitute
what is popularity known as helping"
or which shall impede the progress of
another horse:
Rule 70. In any heats where there
shall be violation of any of these re-
strictions, the offending horse shall not
be entitled to win the heat, and he may
be placed behind all the unoffending
horses in that heat, and if the judges
believe the forbidden act was intentional
on the part of the rider or driver, his
horse may be ruled out, and each rider
or driver may be fined not to exceed the
amount of the purse or stake contended
for, or he may be suspended or expelled.