St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-09
THE OPENING TROT.
Maggie Sherman Carries 1t Off in
Great Style.

The trotting programme opened with the
2:27 trot Maggie Sherman drew the POLE
Good Bye second, Nettie D third, Alkali
fourth, Lucy r fifth. Glenwood sixth and
Stratford on the outside. An excellent start
was secured after several attempts The
horses got excited at the turn and all broke
save Good Bye, who trotted on ahead and
opened up wide distance. and he was not
headed III the heat. Nettie ID was the only
one to give battle. The others logged along
seemingly satisfied to save distances and
Alksn was not able to do even that. The
nag dropped in his face and he retired to the
stable. Nette was second, Stratford third,
Glenwood fourth. Maggie sherman fifth,
Lucy sixth and Alkali distanced. Time,
2:24l2.
Good Bye got off with a lead, although
Lucy mad an advantage of the word on
the outside of the track Good BYE pushed
ahead at the turn, and opened up full open
length from Nettie d. Stratford then pushed
forward, ana was tapping Nettie as they en-
tered the back stretch. Good Bye was still
trotting fast and the gap had been slightly
wldened when Stafford. came up second.
Then, just before reaching the half pole,
Maggie settled down to work, and was soon
in second place. Around the last turn the
whole party seerced to be loafing. Good Bye
was still in the lead as they showed in til
stretch, but little Maggie was too speedy, and
without skip came down ahead, forcing
the big brown gelding off his feet aud win.
ming i'll a jog. Lucy r was third, Netie d
fourth. Glenwood fifth. Stratford sixth.
Time, 2:2jI2.
Good Bye and Maggie Sherman had des-
perate battle the entire mile. Good Bye had
the pole Tapped by Maggie away from the
wire, with the whole party beautifully
punched around the first turn. Good Bye
showed first at the quarter, with Maggie well
Tapped and length ahead of Nellie ID. who
went to pieces at this station and became I'M
manageable the balance of the mile. Down
the back stretch Maggie Sherman kept on
Good Bye's TANKS. trotting handsomely.
Now and then Good Bye made skip. and
each diversion of this sort gave him a lurch
TO the front but Maggie never hinched. 1t
was battle royal Glenwood had fought his
bad behavior of Nellie d and Lucy r. On
they rushed around the turn and into the
stretch. Lucy Il came around Glenwood,
and Maggie Sherman at the head of the
stretch, came ahead of Good Bye and
held the place most the way to the wire
Goo Bye broke badly, but he gained with
each break and at the wire his nose was a
trifie ahead, but the judges very properly
gave the heat to Maggie. placing Lucy
third. Glenwood fourth, and Nellie d fifth.
Time 2:25.
The fourth and last heat was not particu-
larly exciting, save as to the uncertainty that
it was fraught with between Maggie sherman
and Good Bye. 1t was slow heat, and Good
Bye looked like winner all the way around
to the head of the homo stretch, although it
was head and head between these two can
dldates from the middle of the back
stretch around the last turn. Then
Maggie let out few links and
won in a jog, two lengths ahead of Good
Bye, while Nellie d was length ahead OF
Glenwood, Lucy last. Time, 2:26. sum-
mary
Maggie Sherman, m, Louis Brill. $ 1 L
GOOD Bye. Or G, C. s. Hood. -. IL 2
Nellie D, b m, II. W, Pratt. 3
Lucy r, blk IN. j. N. Clarity. LIB 3 5
Glenwood. CHI s, DR.. Dunsmore. ....4
Stafford, b s, DR.. Price. ...3 DIR
Alkali, b G, C. P Mcclure dis.
Time, 2:24l2, 2:25l2. 2:2l. 2:25