The morning call., 1891-08-16
Palo Alto TrOtS a Half Mile
in 1:O7.
Several Excellent TrOtting RaeeS-Starlisht,
Una Wilkes and LightfOOt the
Winners.



plenty of quantity, the trouble was there
was very little quality about it. Palo Alto
made futile effort to show a half-mile,
and got home in slower time than he made
last Thursday. Up to to-day tie racing has
been apparently perfectly clear from at
tempt at jobbery. 1t remained for the un-
doubted job in the :27 class race to tarnish
this hitherto enyiable record.
Baden, gray geldng by Steinway. that
won good races at the Breeders with
out a skip and In the easiest of fashions in
straight heats-time 2:29, 2:2s. 2:2s and
2:2512, 2:2G12, 2:24A-was made the favorite
in The 2:27 class at 500 against SGT for the
four others that came out against him. In
his races at the Breeders his steadiness
was most noticeable, yet to-day he could
hardly raise a trot, and broke and ran every
time a score was essayed After twelve of
these failures, the gelding always being last
in coming up, Orrin Hickok, his driver,
| called up the owner of the horse to see if he
| could find out what was the matter with the
horse. Hiekok suggested to the owner, Mr..
| Potter, that the best plans under the cir
cumstances would be to request the judges
| to allow the horse to be withdrawn and thus
save the supporters of the horse in the bet
| ting from total loss. Mr. Potter could not
| locate the cause of the horses alment but
he stated that evidently the ge ding was not
in condition.
| BADEN GOES W RoNG.
In the hurry of the MON ent Mr.. Potter
| forgot to act on Hickok'S sugges tiOn, and
| the horse was not taken out of the race.
| When on the thirteenth score they did get
| away, Baden, still acting badly, went ali to
| pieces at the first turns and stopped COM
! pletely close to the one eighth pole. Hckok
turned around and drove back to the stable,
| and then going to the stand inf ormed the
| judges that the gelding was call wrong"
| but how he could not explain. Strange to
| say the judges failed to order an imme diate
| inquiry into the circumstances. The horse
| most evidently had been tampered with, so
| that he was practically braten horse be-
| fore he came on the track. There was
| much money bet on his chances by those
| w.lo believed they Would get a square deal.
HIckok, his driver, is entirely at a loss to
| suggest an explanation of the case. The
| horse was under the care of men in whom
he had confidence, but it IS possible that un-
perceived by the stablemen some ono may
have dropped poison i'll the horses drinking
THE FIRST RACE.
The first number on the card was a match
| between the two twO-year-olds, Starlight
| by Electioneer, from Palo Alto, and Rosiris,
by Iris, owned by II. P. Perkins. 1t was
lower his record OF 2:31, made at the
| Breeders, than to make match of it. Star
| light easily went the mile in 2:26R, making
the half In % and distancing KoSris, who
| was very rank in the first heat.
SPEED TRIAL.
| Marvin then brought out the AZmoor
| yearling, Rowena, a Pal0 Alto much-fancied
| youngSter, to beat her record of :39b, also
made at the Breeders. Accompanied by
| runner, the filly went to the quarter pole in
| 0:3SA, the half 10 30, the three-quar ters in
200 and the mile in 2:37. She made bad
| break on the back stretch and was nearly
| pulled to walk.
Cyrus Il. 6 years old, by Nutwood, was
| sent next to beat his mark of 2:29, and low
cred ii to 2:26. He had runner alongsi
| to encourage him.
| PALo ALTO AGAIN TRoTs.
After the first heat in the 2:2i class Palo
| Alto was sent in an exhibition half-mile,
| going the last half of the track with run
ner accompanying him. After making three
| scores from the half-mile post he got away
| in good shape and went to the quarter in
0:32h, half second faster than on Thurs
day last. He was going strong up the
stretch when, hundred feet or so past the
threeeights pole, he left his feet and was
slow in settling. He finished the half-mile
| in :07, half second slower than on Thurs
| day. He threw a boot when he broke, and
| 10 this accident his failure is attributed.
THE $1,000 PURSE.
Next came the $1,000 purse for the 2:24
| class, with San Mateo Stock Farms Una
Wilkes, Goldsmith, Coral by Electioneer
from Palo Alto, Marvin, Lynette, Agnew
and Guide Hickok as starters. Una Wilkes
sold at $50 for the first heat against $50 for
| Coral and $40 for the two others Gold
smith laid up the first heat, which Lynette
took readily after going to the half-mle in
| 1:10A 10y two lengths from Guide in 2:22h.
| Coral, who broke repeatedly, was third and
| Wilkes last.
For the second heat Wilkes was the favor
ite still at $50, against $40 for the field and
| $50 for Coral Coral led to the first quarter
in 0;31 and then broke, and Wilkes went to
the half with Guide second in :101a. Wilkes
led the rest of the road and won by ten
lengths from Guide in 2:23hs. Lynette, who
also broke badly, was, with Coral, dis
tanred. Poo! selling stopped now and
| Wilkes handily took the third and fourth
heats III 2:22 and 2:2j1a and winning the
| race.
THE 2:27 CLASS RACE.
Baden, with Hickok as driver, Flora NJ
| with Foster, Maud G with Simmons, Nc
Kenny with Durfee and Lucky Jim with
Wilson came out for the $1,000 purse for the
2:27 class. Pools opened: Baden 500, Me
Kenny S25 Maud Z S24, the field Lucky
jim and Flora) $50. The actions of Baden
in the first heat are described above, when
Baden was withdrawn. Flora NJ led Nc
|
the half in l 10 by one length. She was in
the lead to the three-quarters and finally
won by length in 2:22 from McKenny
Maud G third, Baden withdrawn and Lucky
| Jim diStanced.
For the next heat McKenny was the
favorite at $50 against 500 for Flora and S11
for Maud c. He won easily by ten lengths
from Maud c in 1914, Flora third.
McKenny brought $50 against 81 for the
field in the third heat. The favorite led all
the way, Maud making desperate drive
at him throughout and won by Ealf a length
| In the fast time of 2:22. 1t Maud had not
broken near home she would have taken
at 6eat 1t0Ppng @
and the field Sl5. All three were pretty
| well tired. but McKenny was so the least.
He won all the way in 2:25 Maud second,
ten lengths back, Flora NJ third.
A SPECIAL TRoTTING RACE.
A special trot had for starters Lizzie F,
Leck, who went in gaitipg hobbies, Lightfoot,
Daylight and Alzero. by Ansel, from Palo
Alto. IL was so late that no pools or mu-
tnals were sold on the events. Lightfoot
took the first heat easily from Lizzie f.
filth, in 2:31. Leck won the second by
length from Lightfoot in 2:29, Lizzie third
and Alzero fourth. LightfOot secured the
third heat, after all had repeatedly broken.
by length from Lizzie +, Leck third, AL.
zero fourth, in 2: 81. Lizzie f then took the
next two heats in 1884 and 2:30 with Alzero
second and Lightfoot third in each heat.
Leck was driven in the fifth heat. When
the last heat was trotted it was so dark that
the horses could hardly be seen by the
judges.
HOW THE MUTUALs PAID.
The best mutuals of the day were S14 IS
on Lynette's first heat in the 2:24 class and
on Una Wilkes S14 80 in the second AS
usual the short-end buyers have their reg
ular good luck. They bought Mckinney in
the Baden race for S25 against S144 for
Baden and the others. Baden's wrong 90
ing proved the right for them and the know