Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-03
ARCHIE B. 2:3I BY THOUGHT.

Archie B., the chestnut geding by
Hammond and has long since shown his
ability to trot below 2:30, lowered his
record to , 81 at Narragansett Park on
the 18th ult. 1t seems impossible for his
owner to learn to state his true breeding,
as he still persists in writing him down
as by Motion, though we have before
given his sire and breeder correctly, as
above.
From the reports of this race. one of
which, with the summary, clipped from
the American Sportsman, is given below,
it would appear that the Judges were
quite as much in need of some one to
Judge them as were the drivers. 1t
would seem very probable that Archie b.
would have won the race if the people in
the Judges stand had not seen fit, for
pool-boX reasons or otherwise, to take
out his owner who had won the fourth
and fifth heats with him, the last in % ,
the fastest time made in the race, and
iIiu pccu scCoui III lHc SAUL III o. !,
and put up stranger who managed to
get left in , :35. The Chicago Horseman,
whose comments on this race are given
below, says:
Trotting at Narragansett will never be
very popular among the visiting horse
men unless a professional starter Is at
the head of the stand, outside Judges are
with him and the box kept clear of all
except those actually engaged in keeping
the horses at their work.
1t also remarks, apropos of another race
at the same meeting, that "The Judges
gave Davy Crockett the pole, ard then
protected him by sending the little Al
cantara mare, in third position, off three
lengths in the lead. 1t would seem thai
Archie B. was protected" in an equally
effective, though different, way. The
Horseman says:
The 2: 33 class was trotted in moderate
time. as X. w. $. who got two heats
had little opposition from the others
who did not want to beat their records
After the third mile II. W. 5. grew very
tired, and Archie B. had to 90 to tn,
sure winner, but the Judges upset Il iol
by changing drivers behind Pilot, VIII,
had no trouble in beating Archie b. afte
Il. W. 5. was distanced in the fifth heat
Before the seventh new pilot was trie,
for Archie b., but the Judges made al
error, as Carpenter was trying to win
but his horse was not able to carry hi
speed at the last. r. W. 5. is by Be-
Franklin.
PROVIDENCE, II. l., June l2.-Thougl
there were but two races for the last da
of the meeting at Narragansett Park, tn
heats were so divided that it took
long time to decide the closing events
The 2 :33 class was a great mixture
Archie b. selling for the best price a
first with Pilot second choice. X. W. S
black gelding from Boston, capture
the first heat by overtaking Pilot on tn
homestretch. This made the trotter wit
the initials favorite at to /, but he 90
away so badly in the second heat, break
ing Just at the wire, while Pilot got HON
first. Betting was even on Pilot befor
the third heat, but r. w. 5. kept leve
and was not headed from the turn. Tn
pools changed again, r. w. S. selling
to over the lot, but he grew tired in tn
fourth heat after leading most of the wa
and Archie b. coming on the outsld
finished in front The Judges though
Davy Crockett had been pulled and fine
his driver, John Walsh, S25 for not lane
ing him first. Archie b. seemed tn
! freshest of the lot and kept ahead a
through the fifth heat, but the Judge
! were not satisfied with Pope's driving be
hind Pilot and ordered him to surrende
the reins to Reilly of Boston. The latte
sent Pilot a LONG nd heat rpbia II 90 III
in the sixth heat. Then there was al
other change of drivers, Carpenter bein
taken out from behind Archie b., niue
to his Indignation, and Shillinglaw PIT
in. Pilot was the better horse, howeve