Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-31
CHEAT IlAY,S snnnT
1ha Spring Opening as the Driving Pnrk
 Attended by !. .OO0 PsowEe.

Ths Spring Opaning as the Driving Park
 Attended by 5000 People,
 The season of 'g2 at the Waterbury driving park opened yesterday under the most favorable conditions. The weather was perfect, the track was in excellent condition, there was a good field of starters and crowd of fully | 5000, including several hundred ladies, was in attendance.
 There were four starters in the three minute class, and it was pretty races Algonquin finished half length ahead | of R. C.. Horace E. being third, with F. | W. J., who broke twice, bringing upt the rear. Algonquin took the lead on l the first turn in the second heat and | won handily. The fight WAS for second ! place and it was a pretty exhibition. ! Each of the three contestants broke | twice and it was anybody's race until the home stretch was reached. Horace ! B. gave it up at this point, and F. w. J. and R. c. were almost neck and neck going under the wire. The former was declared the winner. The third heat was favorite, but was worried out of posi- tion by F. w. J. After taking the lead F. w. J. broke and R. c. went to the front and won the heat, Algonquin finishing last. The fourth, also, was won by R. O., trotting without skip, while the others broke badly. Algon- quin recovered his form in the fifth and finishe1 a winner. The summary:
 Algonquin, D g., A. Fowler, Fleetwood Park, N. Y., 1 1 4 3 1 R. O., b g, G. w. Haight, Col
 F. ". VO5., J., D ' g, CIV Fenn, . < Bristol, Conn, m Az 3 4
 son, NorwaIk, 84s43
 Time: 2:424, 2:444, 2;4s, 2:4s 9:444.
 Courtland, Pickett, Jerome, Happy Home and Maud were the starters in the 2:30 class. Pickett won the first heat, finishing a length. ahead of Jerome. Courtland was third, Maud fourth and Happy Home last. In the second new driver was placed in charge of Happy
 Home, but the latter acted badly and
 failed to win, Pickett beating him out
 by half length on the stretch. In the
 third Happy Home did pretty work,
 and so did Jerome, the rush down the
 home stretch creating great excitement.
 Happy Home won by head, Jerome
 second, Pickett third, Maud fourth,
 Courtland fifth. Maud was drawn owing to slight injury and the other four finished the race. Pickett won the
 final heat without difficulty, Happy Home finishing second. The summary: Pickett, sg, Thomas s. Morrison,
 Norwalk,
 Happy Home, b g, George Duck
 worth Providence, R. I. 5 3
 umbia, s. c. ss 8
 New York city, 5 4
 Maud, c m, James H. Lewis,
 Time s:s5s, s:s14, s:sOa, a:s4a.
 'I# In the 2:45 class for members horses
 there were seven starters. Just Right drew the pole with Emma. Red Dan, Joe, N. w. H., Maud H. and Dick fol- lowing in the order banned. Just Right
 took the lead and held to the turn when he broke and Emma, went to the front.
 At the first quarter and again st the half Emma was leading Just Right with
 Maud H. coming on very fast. Maud Fl. passed Emma on the back stretch and at the three-quarter pole Just Right followed suit. As they turned away for home Maud H. was easily holding the
 lead and kept it to the end by 8 length. Just Right finished second in good form with Emma behind him. Time BATH. The rest were strung along quarter of mile behind. N. w. H. was drawn and Maud H. won the next heat without , exerting herself. She also captured the third heat. The summary.
 Maud H., oh m, Theodore Oliver, 1 1 Just Right, g, OsG. Camp, 3 3 Joe. b y, N. J. Mq@Srath, 54s Dick, g, Stephen Lowe, AZ [ } Emma m, W. J. -Rigney, 8 6 1 Red Dan, br g, w. H. Ruby, 6 5 ( N. w. H.. oh g, N. w. Heater, 7dI The judges were A. Hicks, l.. J. Mar. s. W. Goodyear took Mir Camps place !, MT Martin was starter.
 sI The bicycle races were exciting and they proved a good drawing card. The , mile open was won by E. H. Allen in 2:574 and the mile handicap by E. A. . Lewis in 3:09. The Waterbury driving comp company ny omer So Is gave SSo r Wortn o' The 2:27, 2:27 and 2:40 classes are or to day. Inv driver of Victory, in the } 2:27 class, will wear cap that Is looked upon as mascotte, having been worr by fourteen winners and never by g loser.