Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-06
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The rrottsSs and PAGERS Perform to .
FAN Crowd.

A. Ionistock PARK lie races openou
early Yesterday with . fine track and
fair weather. Fanny Wilcox was with
drawn. Lord Wilcox aud Little Albert
got away and sped around the track
with Little Albert's nose st the Lords
collar until the half mile post. Albert
gained . trltts. but lost II again. Com
ing down the stretch il looked as though
Little Albert might win Is. bu, be broke
under the whip and fell back several
lengths. Time, 2:2st. All bets On TINS
heat were declared OF.
The fourth heat OF the free-for-all
Was the decisive one. The horses got
away together aud II was BLANKET
race u the finish when Lord Clinton
pulled out and came 10 length ahead.
lime, 2:26.
Lord Clinton took first money and
Little Albert second.
Flying Jsb Won the Pace.
There were SIX entries IN the 2:35
pacing class-Hsrry Van. c &, owned by
+. X. Van Deusen: Glide, By Tom Hall,
owned by ID. Raybauld; Flying Jlo, b
m, by Agona, owned by NJ. Salisbury;
Ira King, b ., by Ira Wilkes, owned by
Farrell 81 Godfrey; HissePs Pointer,
owned by {. +. Kissell. aud Little Won
der. sg, by Blue Bull, owned by G. b.
Hadley.
They got away all right, and went
around the track ike circus process
sion. Flying JIb took the neat, with
Ira King second, Little Wonder third.
Harry Van fourth, kissePs Pointer
NTH. and Glide sixth. Time, 2:22t.
Flying Jlb pulled out IN the second
"A saA NV Ira
Harry Van dropped back and WAS
passed by Kifchel's Pointer, Glide
coming IN sixth. Coming down the
stretch Ira King fouled Flying jos
sulky and stumbled. He came IN
second. Flying Jlb winning IN 2:24.
Little Wonder was third, Kissel's
Van sixth.
The race was decided in the third
heat by Flying Jib, who took the three
heats straight. Time, 2:25i.
The purse was divided a. follows:
First money, Flying Jib; second money,
Ira King; third money. kissel's Pointer;
fourth money, Little Wonder.
Ysarliag stake Race.
An event of interest was the 1-year-
old stake, there being two entries, VAL
ley Boy the finely bred colt by SPHINX,
and Dancer, by Corisco. SlssOn Il Lil-
lev own the former colt, and +. w.
Parkhurst the latter. Dancer. after
keeping several lengths In the rear
until the three-quarter pole was
reached, picked up mis- feet and passed
Valley Boy. winning the heat and the
race by . long length. Valley Boy
broke coming home. Time, 3:4o.
The :ss Tros
In the 3:2S class Gardner II sold
favorite and the others were not in 1t.
Nugget Jr.. BY Nugget, b. g., Maggie b,
b. M, by WhitlIne; Misc Ledo, b. m,
by Ledo and Gardner H, b. g., by But
ler's Bsshaw. Gardner H lost his
head at the start and broke. He soon
settled down 70 work, but Miss Ledo
took the lead and kept it. When the
stretch Was reached Miss Ledo and
Gardner H broke, and Maggie B
shot ahead, winning BY nearly half q
length, with Gardner H second and
Miss Ledo . pretty third. Nugget Jr.
got lost in the shuttle and came neal
being distanced. Time, 2:29. In the
second heat Gardner H kept the lead
closely pushed by Maggie B and Miss
Ledo. IL was GarineF's heat, and Miei
Ledo might have come in second If she
hadn't become ratified a. she passed
the distance house. The distance hal
was dropped OH Nugget Jr., but ths
Judge gave him fourth place. Time
2:27s.
Gardner II started out on good
clipp in the third and kept it up all the
way around the track. Miss LedC
dropped to second and Maggie b came
IN third and Nugget Jr. fourth. Time
2:s7i.
The fourth heat was . repetition o.
| the third as to time and positions
Gardner III won fret money, Msggl'
h second, Miss Ledo third and Nugge
Jr. fourth. Tho program closed with
this race.