St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-18
The MEETING ENDS.
Close of the Most Successful
Races Ever Held at Still
water.
Blackberry and Joslyn Win
the Two Races Of Yester-
day Afternoon.
70 Tambien Makes Very Fast
Time in the Lake View
Handicap.
Linlithgow Wins From a Good
Field--Races on Eastern
Tracks.


terday afternoon, and they have been
fraught with excitement and interest
the four days. The battles have been
contested to the very end, and there is
not shadow of suspicion that there has
been any monkey business" The
money in the pools has not been suffi-
Gent to bear out the idea of jobbery.
The result is that the bOokmakerS, sur
prising as the declaration may seem,
have come out several dollars behind.
They backed horses that tailed to find
the mark, but this fact is no impeach-
ment of the boOkmaker'S Judgment.
forSo0th. The results On the Lily
Lake track were an inigma that
would defy the son of a phrophet.
1t is slow track, as has been stated in
the GLOBE The course the past few
months has undergone a treatment that
proved damaging. New soil was hauled
i'll and it was not properly rolled and
packed, and, again, the back stretch
was pronounced wretched by all the
drivers. 1t is followed out and the rain
storm of the night before placed it in
an abOmiDable condition. The drivers
had to shun 1.-The middle oh de road'
yesterday, else they were lost. If they
struck it their
Horses Lost Heart
at once, and all the drivers could do was
to throw up the sponge. AS sequence
some of the horseS-thOse that hap
pened TO be on the extreme outside or
the extreme inSide-were crowded to the
fence. The day was beautiful, how
ever. The temperature was delightful
for the audience. and the horses seemed
to accord. The attendance was not
very large, although good many adj
mirerS of turf events from the Twin
Cities were there.
AS predicted in these columns yester-
day morning. the finish of the 2:27 trot
proved sensational. Pedro l. had only
won one heat while JOSlyn had two to
his credit and Jerry l. one when the
contest was stopped by the lateness of
the hour and the threatening clouds
just before the rain the night before.
Pedro l. had been the favorite, and his
hackers were game to the death. They
opened action yesterday by choosing
the gray gelding over the field for even
money. Of course they found lots of
takers, and the betting was spirited,
but Freddy" Clarity, who was behind
JOslyn, is quite foxy" He lost the
first heat-becauSe he had to, but he
husbanded his horses strength for the
hnale. When JOslyn went off his feet
and it looked bad he rested him, con-
tenting himself by saving his distance
Then he came to the front with a des-
perate determination. and, like Monte
Christie, the world was his.
For some reason that was not ex-
planned the 2:35 pace was
Declared Off,
but the loss was fully compensated by
the special pony running races. They
caught the crowd. and provoked a big
amount of fun.
The 2:19 trOt was the attraction of the
day, however, because of its uncer-
tainty, and because of the continuous
round of ''kicks," protests and fights.
1t was for blood. Both Blackberry
and Senator COnklin were favor
ties. They came alternately. Now
crowd would press into the
betting ring and force Blackberry
by betting her over the field, and then
another crowd that had picked the bay
stallion as a sure thing would bet fast
and furious until the Senator was sell
against the entire field. So the battle
waged until the first heat, and then the
COnklin stock fell. 1t was Blackberry
first, last and all the time, and more,
too, if some one doubted the zeal of her
hackers. The betting ran up into the
thousands during the previous evening
and the day. And it was not bad field
with Billy Beverly and Brother Dan
added to Senator COnklin.
Matt Maloney lost | is temper and
Senator COnklin was capriciouS at the
Snf hn al l. ind
soon became palpably prejudiced
against him and at the end of the sec
ond heat, after Blackberry had cap
tured the first, Senator COnklin, beaten
by head, was set back TO last place for
running. The Senator was sent off on
break and he was not pulled down
until the turn was reached. Then he
troIted to the wire. and down the home
stretch he came like the wind, almost
covering the coveted place. But the
Senator has a vicious habit of making a
'hitch" now and then, and he sways his
head up and down, as though he were
running when he is not. Hence the
judges without the aid of field glass,
and in view of the fact that the tall
grass ObScureS the action OF the horses
feet, were pardOnable in their opinion
that the Senator ran down the back
SlICJCi MICil llO IOS dluCU Illc lOSS SUI
fered by the first break.
MaIOney Was Enraged
with the penalty, and protested in the
most vigorous terms, but his talk all
came to naught The Judges had put
| him down as a recalcitrant driver.
| While scoring for the first start, the
man who was employed to call the
| horses for the different heats, and who
| is somewhat fresh, made considerable
| talk and he bought pools against Cork
| lin. The impression obtained that
this Gull man was serious as track
patrolman because, mounted on a
diminutive pony. he rode around the
track and always had deal to say about
| imaginary foul driving. MalOney asked
! that some one be engaged as a patrol
man who had no money on the race,
but he was quickly satisfied when told
! that the man was only to call the horses.
| MalOney protested against Blazeber-
rvs driver again in the last heat be-
cause she ran up the back stretch TO
save her distance after horrible stand
| still break on the first heat. Had it not
| been for this the Senator had the heat
| dead sure. As it was Blackberry only
won by a neck. No attention was paid
| to MalOney'S protests and the race went
to Blackberry.
The sport opened with the fifth heat
in the 2:27 troI. Pedro got the lead at
the first quarter, closely followed by
old Jerry L. JOslyn, with two heat.
in. acted shamefully, and his friends
thought he would be distanced. Down
the home stretch Moody and Jerry L
mad a battle royal for second place
Moody came very fast and secured it.
Pedro L first, Moody second. Jerry L
third, Minnie Winston fourth, Alkali
| fifth, Isaac q sixth and JoSlyns seventh.
lingo Jim had been drawn by his owner
and did not start in this heat. Time.
2:254.
In the next heat the non-winners of a
heat were sent to the stable under the
rules. That left Joslyn. Pedro
l. and Jerry l.. Jerry broke at
the word and his hope WAS
seemingly disSipated. Pedro l. went to
the front and worked away plUckily.
Jt.ry l. had recovered himself and came
up on the inside through the back
Strntnh tanning PedrO'S wheel while