Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-08-14
BEST RAcEs YET


in LIS, Ivsn leading little. DUN tney
come. Ivan wins By nose IN "a Z.
p. A. second and BarbarA third.
Last ard Most Excitirs Heat In 70.
Al the beginning Of the sixth and iass
heat Of ,his class cat three came ~, Van
Heinons being ruled nj not having Won
heat IN are. They gut avsy veil Aiss
Ledc leads, but dosn goes Nathaa round
the tusn fsssIinz clip. He stii p,ss the
mare, Aas no. he treAks. 81 Lasreacs
comes up from his way back POSITION IN .
mighty good tros. he ;s maklrg up nis
lost gsound due to ereAks. The srssei
bank IS passed in 50 2 Black Nathan
comes np, 81. LsvHnce drofs back, ofeak-
ing. Down ihs back stretch they 90, the
tive blacks side by side. Miss Ledo leads, out
Nathan pSssss her ~ they 90 by the stand i
in lisI The audience - thrilled Win
exsisemess, too much 70 {, DO m're than
gasp. 1t 10 mighty Ia,s Il promises 70
10 be memorable. Whex, Nathan makes
= bad break. 90 does Miss Ledo. Tnsy |
soon catch I, il closer than ever. Black
n s,han makes = bad break. and loses The
b. nk is passed in ! 81. Nov tosafd the I
xir,. rouud she turn the black stallion |
makes q superb struggle 10 catch up, but in |
Nhf. LeoO toce uh'rt 'oe
the stallion very close. Mr.. Alden Will
p ,ekst frat money.
The Firs, ci the 90 Glass.
Tnsiss b.t.le. The Augusta horse, Jim |
Mats goes to he front Volunteer follows
him. Ou they 60 Up towards the front
sushes Hector. Jim passes the gravel BANK
in 2 50 H4roldson second. But be falls
back Volunteer comes up on Jim Matt.
The Gardiner horse 10 nrst by the stand IN
LIS. HaYol ison breaks, rouad the tuin
for the second time they ssing. Jim still
second. Dcwa the stretch it 10 regular
Indian file. The bank is past in ! 50
Hector is coming up. Lucky dashea for
ward. They 90 under in 2 80 2 Volun-
tssr first, jim Mat. = c'oss second, and
Hector third.
The Crowd Cheers Aadiy
=. big bay colt is seen coming down from
the old s,,oles. Every one looks at hin,
Il 10 the famous and beautiful Nelson colt
"H.lsy,n o.ned by W. d Haley. He l.
logged arouud the rack once As be goes
around the back stretch be 10 sit ed by c.
2. A. and IL sent Alorg little. 1t i, su-
pe,b. No fner hors, has I've: been seen
o g., the Auzustt track. His sciion is per
feet His head is almost a perfect repro
daction of his great sire, only better LOOK
ing. He is very big colt. Murmurs
Of fl huteriig approval are heart
spplsuse, iong and continued. is heard
The colt is voted a wonder for two-vear-
old. Mr.. Haley drove him himself Many
we're the prophesies that the colt will YET
break bis sires record.
Last OF tho 2 40 Glass.
Ivan is # in the front; c. P. A. laps
him, Barbara is q little behind. The three
quarters is m .de in 3S "a G. p goes
to the frcnt. Ivan goes little faster and
snstches back thu lead. By the grand
stand they go in II / 4; Mascot presses
The leaders They PASS the gravel bark In
1874 Ivan is an easy leader IS they
zane under the wire in 81 Maggie
franklin stc,nd; C. z. A. third and
Barbara fourth.
Fist Heat Of Fres-sHI all fsottsd in
225.
-Four horses make their appearance on
the track to try conclusion for the $500
purse in the Free -for-sil elsss. They are
Mr.. Hay den's bay mare Emma E Apple.
ton Webb's bay gelding Present; John. Mr..
Libby OF Gardiner, bay gelding, snd the
st,ikirg looking rosn and white gelding
Little Willie owned by ii. f. Yeaton Of
his city. ~
After Two attempts they get away well
together. Before tie quarter turn, lls
reached Present breaks, end Emma E the
pole horse takes the lead. John
la, him. Little Willie breaks aid falls back
. little. Down the back stretch they make
wonderful race, the mare leading still
As they go by the quarter pole in 35 .
murmur Of ssio1ishmept ard admiration
soes through the judges stand. Is the
track record to he oioken? Il Glenarm's
time - be broker? IL l)oks ike it as the
horses sweep b. the stand in IL 4!
Pse.tn mt has braced up and has made
great race round the tura. The pace is
terrific. Present tresks f'tle. The
three quarter is passed in 46 3,4, 2 %
pace. Each iarter 20 Tar has shown
great Improvement over the last. Present
srd Little Willie break badly. But IS
hey near the last turn they beth make
great burst snd come up close tos ard John
who has fallen back on account Of break.
Emma Z. slows down a li,le not being
pressed by any Que. Ia spite of
Ills .he makes the great time
Of 225 Who claims there was not great
racing yesterday. The Augusta track well
deserves its name Of being an extra fine
and specially fast track
6.oor d Heat Of 2.32 Class.
Volunteer leads from the beginning and
is never headed. Jim Matt starts OUT and
PUSHES the leader bard. The quarter is
N ade in SO Hector snd Lucky begin to
make grest race. As they go by the
stand in l.l6i Volunteer il closely passed
by Hector and Luck. Hsroldson da.hss up.
hey swing around the turn well bnnched
The three. quarters was made in "a 3 4 and
great fiaht is made as Volunteer q, ishes in
2 SO 2, Hector second, Lucky third ard
Haroldson fourth.
Tbs escono Heat Great Oas 10 the
Free All.
Of they go well together. Not fifty
yards were palsed when Present broke
badly. The pscer John charges round the
,urp, laps srd pushes his nose by the
maze. Little Willie is back in
third place and Present bad
fourth. Just before they reach the
quarter Emms E. rushes forward and passes
the PAGER by ttife. The quarter is made
in 81 Emma f. draws away and Willie
presses John little. Fhe time Of the half
made in l O91 There is procession
nd lte ,urn, Emma K leading. John 8
't.n behind, beyond him Little Willie,
Il 49,, ,bscx the plungiDg Present. The
h.,y qlAr.ers are made in Al l2.
EUm> f. again shows down, hav-
ing no one to push her. She 10 an
easy winner, in the time Of 2 20 l 2, well
down toward the record. Little Willie bae
made really magnificent hurst and lands
second, John dropping back to third.
Third ard Last Heat OF the 2 az Class.
Volunteer won his third straish. heat and
the race. 1t makes six successive victories
in two days and two straight races won.
When the horses went off after several
tries, Jim Matt acted As though he would
vim the race. He was in the lead ~ with
the entire field we'll punched they swept by
the gravel bank in 81 4. Then Jim
Matt broke and Volunteer, Lucky and
He ctor went by him. The half was made
in the g3od time of l412. 1. was one
of The most exciting races of the day for a
time. As they went by the three aarter
pole in 50 IA Volunteer led, Lucky Sec
ond Hector and Harold.on tied for third.
Nov Jim Matt begins to fly forward,
.hskiu all # except Volunteer. who trots
in less than 8 length ahead in 2,3l l-2.
Emma e Wios this Big Putpa.