Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12
HAL POINTER AGAIN.
The Great PAGER Defeats Direct in
Three Straight Heats Once More.
THE FIRST HEAT PACED IN 2:O9.
Nancy Hanks Trots to Beat Her Record,
but Only Equals 1t.
CIRCUIT TR0TTERS AT ROCHESTER

GRAND RAPIDS, Aug. 11.-Nine thou
sand shouting, excited spectators to-day saw
Hal Pointer snatch another victory from
the game stallion, Direct 1t was 4:30 P.
M. before the event which the crowd had
come to see and for which they had patient
ly waited was announced. The announce
ment was received with applause and necks
were craned and hats and handkerchiefs
waved frantically in the air as the little
stallion, Direct. took a turn down the
stretch to timber his legs. The betting was
S25 to S6 in favor of Pointer, but the little
beauty had captured all hearts, if not all
pocketbooks, and received more applause
than his swift competitor. At o'clock,
under a fair sky and only a slight breeze
blowing, the two horses came down the
stretch neck and neck, and as they passed
under the string together, the cry 'They're
off, was heard from thousands of throats,
then silence ensued as the great race began.
Hal Pointers Very Speedy Heat
First heat-Hal Pointer had the pole,
and the horses got away from the wire neck
and neck at lively clip. They kept these
positions to the turn, then Geers pulled
Hal Pointer ahead length. Starr made q
squirt, and at the half brought Direct close
onto the flank of the gelding. Direct could
not held to this pace, however, and Geers
drew steadily away till he had gained a
length at the last turn. Starr was fighting
gamely, but could not lessen the distance,
but long and loud shout went up as it be-
came evident that Direct was gaining in the
hnmoefrafph
could not win, and pulled up little, and
came in a length and half behind his rival.
Time by quarters-321l, 1:04Z, 1871, 209.
Second heat-The start was made with
Direct at Halls girth. The horses went as
if tied together for the first quarter, then
Hal drew away again in the next hundred
yards, but on the back stretch Direct drew
up again. At the half Hal spurted to the
second turn, and Direct was again left be-
hind. AT the head of the stretch Direct
was going game and fast. Starr put the
whip on, but could not lessen the distance
and the finish was made with Direct
length behind. Time, 2:11L.
Third heat-Direct had evidently given
up. He went full tilt to the first quarter,
and then the little stallion sulked and fol-
lowed Hal Pointer around the mile with
devil-may-car expression two lengths be-
hind. One hundred yards from the wire
the little beast gave up absolutely in dis
gust, and logged in three lengths and half
behind the victor. Time. 2:13Z.
Muta Wilkes an Easy Winner.
The S., 900 trotting race was tame, Muta
Wilkes winning with ease. In the PIG
trot Steve Whipple, a to shot, surprised
everybody by winning the first heat and the
added purse of ST, 900 in 2:14H. The third
heat of this race was hardly contested, St.
Vincent making squirt at the close and
beating Nightingale, prime favorite, by
nose, Nightingale second, Una Wilkes
third. Time, 2:18A. Nightingale won the
next two heats and the race.
When Nancy Hanks with her owner,
Budd Doble, as driver, was seen approach
ing from the paddock there was wild ap-
plause, which subsided into breathless sus-
pense as the little mare shot under the wire
and was off in her race against old Father
Time. The track had been rolled and
worked between heats all the morning, but
was still trife lumpy and fully two Sec
onds slower than when Allerton made his
record upon it. Horse and driver made a
game effort. however, and were greeted
with cheers when the starter announced
that the plucky animal had kept up to her
record and made the mile in 2:09. Time by
Quarters, 49, LOS, 1:373<