Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-24
THE FAVOR|TE GOT LEFT.
Mckinney Surprised the Tai
ent at Stockton.
He Won the Free-fOr-All TrOt
With Ease.
The Three Best and Fastest Heats of
Record on the Coast.
Belle Hamlin and Honest George Lower
the Double Team Trotting
Record--Other Turf
Events.
By the ASS ocIated press.l

STOCKTON, CAL, Sept. 23.-Today was
the big day of the fair, and 5000 people
attended the races. The first race was
the postponed trot, in which Maud M.
had two heats and McNasser and Annie
E. one each. Maud M. was the favor
ite, and won the race in the third heat.
McNasser took the first heat in 2 :23
second was dead heat in 2:201s, and
Maud M. took the third and the race in
2:2l. Annie E. was withdrawn on &C.
count Of lameness. Clay Duke and
Cubit were ruled out after the fret heat,
not having won heat in the race.
A running race for z-year-olds, dis
tance seven-eighths OF mile, was next.
The starters were Donna Lila, Helidora,
Oracle S., and Castro. Castro was the
favorltes in the betting. Donna Lila
won the race in l :29.
The race of the day was the free-for-
all trot for purse of $1,000. Beaury
Mac sold the favorite, bringing s100 to $50
on Richmond, Jr., $40 on Mckinney and
$27 on Frank NJ. The word was given,
with Frank M. in the air. and on the
turn Beaury Mac and Mckinney went to
pieces. Richmond, jr., led to the half
in :0S, the others trailing. Mckinney
came up fast, and pushed Richmond,
jr., but could not get nearer than his
wheel, holding the same position when
Richmond, jr., crossed under the wire
in 2:15, Frank M. third, and Beaury Nc
fourth.
Before the second heat, Richmond,
jr., sold choice at $40, Mckinney bring
ing $42, Beaury Nc $36 and Frank M.
$11. They went round the turn in g
bunch, but at the quarter Beaufy Mac
showed in front by an open length in
the lead of Mckinney. The half was
reached in this manner. in :071s, and
on they sped in the same way till the
stretch was reached, when the struggle
between Beaury Nc and Mckinney be-
came exciting, Mckinney crawling up
slowly, but surely, on the bay. Within
100 yards from the wire they were neck
and neck, and both drivers were plying
the whip. Mckinney came in the win
ner, by good head, in 2:l5; Frank M.
third, and Richmond, jr., last.
The pools then changed, and McKin-
ney sold the favorite, at $l00 to $32 on
Richmond, jr., $50 on the field.
Beaury Mac, in the third heat, left
LIS lcGb Ou t4C htpb tuiA anu w as lOt-
lowed by Richmond Jr. Frank M
at his wheel, Mckinney going down in
| :O6. Richmond Jr. settled down to
work, and in the stretch passed Frank
who trotted in handily in l :16, and won
the heat. Beaury Mac trailed in poor
fourth.
Mckinney then sold for $40 to $40 on
the field. In the fourth heat he was
pushed from the wire by Richmond, and
reached the half in l: :0S, with the
Others close after him. On the turn,
Mckinney pulled away, showing re-
markable speed, but Beaury Mac was
coming fast and Mckinney let out an
other link, and won in 2:l41a; Beaury
second, Richmond third, Frank NJ last.
Mckinney was awarded the race and
fsat money; Richmond. second money
Beaury Mac, third, and Frank M. fourth
money. Mckinney trotted the three
best and fastest race heats of the Pacific
coast record.
The next race was for 2:30 class,
3-year-old trotters. The starters were
Antioch, Graves and Belmont Prince.
Antioch won in three straight heats.
Time, AS, 2:491a, 2:481a.
The last race was pacing for the 2 So
class. The starters were Jessie p, Or
land and Mount Vernon, who has a
trotting record of 2:1S Orland was the
favorite. Jessie 2. won the first heat
in Q 1862, and Orland was given the sec
ond heat in 2 1925, although Mt. Vernon
came in first by half dozen lengths at
beautiful trot. Mt. Vernon was
placed last for trotting. The race was
then postponed on account of darkness.
Lady Markham, a PAGER, went over
the kite track early in the afternoon to
beat her record of 2:24, and lowered it
to 2:17A.