Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-05
BEST or SPORT
A Day Of Keen Excite
ment Had
At the Kent Running
Attractions.
Over 5000 Persons
in Attendance.
HOnOrs Are Divided
Even Up.
Pagan and Lemon
Blossom Win.
Pestilence and Luke
Not In 1t.
The BOOkieS Made Ex.
tremely Happy.
Pestilence and Luke
Not In It
The BOOkieS MadeEx.
tremely Happy.
The Incidents and Minor
Events of the Day.
How the Races
Were Run.

Over eight thousand persons saW
Speculator win the steeplcchass yester-
day.
II Was the glorious Fourth Of July.
and the jockey club had made elabo-
rate preparations for the event. Five
races we're booked and the entries
would have done credit to . city of q
million inhabitants. In the fiat races
were Lemon Blossom. Pagan. Lady
Pulsifer, Bagpipe, Jim Dunn and
Lord Of the Harem and st. Luke. Bob
Thomas, Spectator and Evangelins
were TO run in the steeplechase.
The crowd was an immense one.
Long before O'Clock every seat in the
grand STAND wac filled and every sue
ceeding tram brought hundreds more.
For space Of two hous the stretch
was filled with long lines of humanity,
trudging mcrrily along TO the grand
stand. The roads were enveloped in
clouds OF dust from the proceesscn Of
carriages and nameless vehicles. Al
most everything was represented in
the assortment, from . lumber wagon
to . baby cab, and from the bright
and shiney victoria, with Its stylish
trapplngs, TO the old-fashioned buck
board with its accompanying absence
Of anything that suggested adornment-
There were nearly 400 carriages On
the grounds when the races were
called, and the turnstils showed
that nearly 1900 persons had passed
through the gate. The occupants Of
the grand stand were lasrely women,
the mascuIine element uocupying the
lower floor where easy eo(ess might be
obtained TO the book makers and the
ginger ale stands.
was . Happy crsvd.
The crowd wae . very happy one,
but it was also . very ignorant one %
far as the yernacular of the fraternity
u concerned, and the man who was
unfortunate enough 10 be . "sportv
employed large portion of his tisns
in explaining the game to his less in
telIigent neighbor. Then the man who
had just acquired his Information con-
cerning the great and glorious sport
known as horse-racing went up into
the grand stand 70 impArt the know1-
edge to bis girl a5d pose ~ IN old
timer who Was something Of sport IN
hrs way, don't you know.
A.
time yesterday. although they claimed
TO have Lost in the fourth race and The
steeplechase. Betting of the shin
plaster variety was lively. but no
amounts Of any importance were
staked. The IS aud $40 bet was about
the average sise Of the waeers; but
even at thie rate She man With the
straight tip managed 10 Ice . - a
pile Of hie 0lvef. At O'Clock WurB>
burH's hand struck up "America,r 40
Mccain, the assistant starter, daneu1
. lively jH for the benefit Of The
jockeys that Laurence wsa weiehIne.
Al the same instant Reilly few by
on b. b. Million and the crowd
immediately caught the spirit Of tbs
day. The crowds began 70 iesve ths
roulette wheel and the bores Of the
book makers 10 tbrong the grand stand.
There wasn't any room there. % they
pressed into the reporterf boz and -
on the raiIings, 90 tae other spectatos
wouldn't be iIabie 20 zee too much Of
the race. Even the coiored stable boyp
that bad been "sbooting erape" back
OF the buildings shuf5ied out and -
cured first olsss positions On the fs0es
| pr egaratory 10 the opening event
PEsTlLErcE COULDN'T WIN.