Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-18
He WAS A jim DANDY,
The Pennsville Trotter Makes Some
Plungers Very Weary at the
Homewood Races.
49,,
ST. LOUIS MONEY G0BBLED UP.
Three More Very Exciting Contests at the
Fall Meeting and Thousands of
Dollars Lost and Wen.
ST. LOUIS MONEY GOBBLED UP.
OUR SLUGGERS TIE WITH BOSTON
Clevelands Win Game and TAX. Fifth Place-Gen.
eral Sporting News Of the Day.

There was some more excellent sport at
Homewood yesterday and about 3, 500 peo-
pie enjoyed it immensely. There was q
big upset of the talent, and, Of course,
whenever there is q clean upset there is al
ways plenty of fun. The track and the
weather were first class.
There were three events on the card and
each was very hard fought one. The 2:1S
trot went TO Miss Alice, who was favorite,
although the slow time made in the race
was very unsatisfactory. So much was this
the case that the pools and bets on the first
heat were declared off The race altogether
caused lots of grumbling The 2:29 pace
was really exciting, and in some of the
heats as many as seven of the PAGERS were
all punched for quarter of a mile at time.
Miss Bruce. Philadelphia mare, finally
won. She was the favorite.
IT WAS GREAT UPSET
But the great upset was the defeat of Ben
Davis for the 2:23 trot So confident were
Ben's followers of his success that he sold
for S115 in the first pools, while Dandy
brought $40 and the others about S. each.
After Ben Davis had won heat he sold for
$50, and the field only brought SO. Dandy
won q heat, and still Davis was as hot q
favorite as ever. But Dandy outstayed the
st. Louis gelding, and finally won amid
great excitement Cation, the driver of Ben
Davis, had 81, 200 on his horse, and thou
sands more were invested on him. Dandy
is owned by A. H. Sherrick, of Pennsville.
J. b. Richardson, in the 2:1S trot, lowered
his mark from 2:17Et to 2:16Z. Following
are the details: 1t was nearly 2 o'clock
when the four horses faced the wire for
the 2;1S trot, and there was considerable
excitement as they scored up. The
quartet were: j. b. Richardson, Miss Alice,
Ahbie V and Walter. f. The sun was shin
ing brilliantly and the track was in excel
lent condition. Speculation was lively, as
each of the candidates had strong follow
ing. Just before the heat started the pools
sold as follows: Miss Alice S25 and the field
SIS. Walter Z had the pole and the start
was a good one. The heat, however, was a
fraud, as Miss Alice took first place at the
quarter and was never headed. The Judges
declared all pools and bets on the heat off,
a decision which was greeted with loud ap-
plause. Starter Van Osten pertinently re-
marked TO the drivers: "Iou drivers ought
10 he ashamed of yourselves. The time of
the heat was 2:241t.
MISS ALICE WON AGAIN.
The second heat was a repetition of the
first, except it was faster, and Richardson
finished second instead of third. Miss Alice
led from start to finish, winning quite hand
ilv. Richardson was a half length in front
of Walter f, and Abbie was a length be-
hind Walter. Time, 2:20.
J. .. Richardson won the third heat in |
the fast time of 2:167[. He got the pole |
from Miss Alice shortly after the start, and |
was never headed, winning easily bv two |
good lengths Miss Alice broke badly after |
passing the half Time, 2:21A.
Richardson broke at the first turn in the |
fourth heat, and Miss Alice went to the |
front. She was never headed, and won by |
a length from Richardson. Time, 2:1sI. !
Richardson was put back for running. Fol |
lowing is the summary: