St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-06
RACES AT MINNEHkHA
About Two Thousand People
Witness. a Very Credit.
able Days Work.
A Very Large Number of
Ladies Among Those in
the Stands.
May Hill Takes the Last Three
Heats in the 2::25
Class.
10 10 First in the Paee--The
2:37 Race Is I'm
finished.

Another perfect day and good racing
marked the second session of the Min
nehaha trotting meeting. The day was
even better for fast time vest erday than
the opening of the meeting, and the
track was also in better condition. 1t
was dried out thoroughly. The crowd,
while not so large. of course, as on the
Fourth of July. numbered about 1000
The facing went Off as smoothly as on
the first day. Everything moved as
smoothly as ii oiled. There was not
hitch from start to finish. Horace Pratt
officiated as starter and everybody was
satisfied with his work. The judges
were the same as on the preceding day.
The spectators were exceedingly good
natured, and the horsemen had but one
complaint-they wanted to finish the last
race which was postponed until this
afternoon OH account of the falling
light. The announcement that the
ladies would be admitted free brought
out a large number of the fair sex.
They will be admitted free during the
remainder Of the meeting, that is, today
and tomorrow. The music furnished
yesterday by the Fort Smelling band,
under the direction of MIR. Graves, was
Of kind to stimulate applause even
while the people were waiting for the
start of race and eagerly watching
the scorers. The same band will be in
attendance again today and will have a
programme fully equal to that of yes
terday.
The First Event 4
of the day was the trot for horses in the
2:25 class. The A'bOokies" started Mag
rn ft,a fnxy
They placed odds of 70 l against Mel
lie Mason and inside of few minutes
these were forced down to to s. The
odds against Michigan Prince were to
l. Willett II had been drawn but some
few people were foolish enough to bet
their money before they know whether !
he WAS IN the race. Michigan Prince led
nearly all the way around to the lower
turn in the first heat. In the stretch
Nellie Mason took the lead aud won
by one length from Michigan Prince, a
length i'll front of May Hill. Maggie
Sherman and Alaska a bad fourth and
fifth. Alaska could not be kept OIL his
feet, and caused good deal of trouble
in the scoring. Although Nellie Mason
wCn the first heat apparently with ease,
she could not get better than third place
in the remaining three heats. Michigan
Prince travelled second in every heat.
Nellie Mason was favOrite at to 5
for the second heat. and Michigan
Prince to l. Maggie Sherman was
played even, why. 10 one could tell, and
the others stood in the books at 10 to 1.
In the second heat Nay Hill showed the
layers OF fayorites that they were
wrong. She took the lead at the start
and held it all the way around the track
although Michigan Prince chung to her
wheel like prOfe ssional politician to a
fat office. The third heat of this race
was pretty race all the way down the
back stretch. Michigan Prince and
Nellie Mason made the race to the half,
Michigan Prince leading. Going into
the lower turn May Hill turned loose,
the others being well pumped out, and
let the way home, Michigan Prince and
Nellie Mason acting badly. These two
horses broke frequently again in the
fourth heat. May Hill had it all Ter
OWE way.
with the Races.
In the betting before the first heat of
the pacing race, 2:40 class, 10 10 was
the favOrite at 4 to 5. Albert l. was
backed at even money, Peter Logan to
1, Dan . e to l. and Mac Ii to l. 10
10 took the lead in the first heat and
showed the way around the first turn
and most of the way down the back
stretch. Peter Logan following close be-
hind. Out of the turn into the final
stretch Mac H led and came home that
way. Albert l. good second and 10 10
4 third by length or SO, Peter Logan
and Dan o G behind. 10 JOS owner
said that he could win the race. Eth er
that remark or some other influence
of which the public is supposed to know
nothing and had an effect upon the
betting. 10 10 had finished third in the
Init t,nt fn, fI,,
opened with 10 10 hot favorite at 2 to
l against the field. 10 10 showed that
he could win easily by opening up gap
of half a dozen lengths right from the
start and jogging to the wire. Albert l.
and Peter Logan made a pretty race for
second place. though. They were neck
and neck NEST of the way around. both
Of them giving way TO all occasional
break. Peter Logan led down the
stretch, but broke little way from the
wire, and lost the second place by
the way around until into the
stretch. He secured fourth place. In
the third 10 10 again had a soft thing
for first place. and Albert l. had cincil
on second. Mae II got third place by
Peter Logan and Dan o G cutting up.
And 10 10 had it in the same way in the
fourth. Peter Logan and Dan D c made
a pretty race for second place. They
were close together throughout the race
and seemed TO have sure thing of sec
ond and third. Mae Ii, however, stole
up ON the outside and captured second,
and Albert l., in hard drive, came in
third, Peter Logan losing his feet near
the wire. 10 10 took first money, Mac
Ill second, Albert l. third and Peter
Logan fourth.
This Was Hot.
Had it been started earlier in the day,
SO that it could have been finished. this
trOtting race for horses in the 2:37 class
would have been the best of the day. 1t
was productive of the most exciting
finishes of the meeting. With time for
race to decision, it would have been
a hard, bruiSing race. Merle was
the favOrite in the betting. She led all
the way through, until the bunch turned
into the stretch. Ben Gaines mad been
laying back and going steady away
from the breakers. He now came to
the front and sailed in winner by half
length. Merle f again took the
lead in the second heat. Haroldine,
trailed the bay mare and Ben Games
chung desperately to her off wheel.
Down the home stretchiI was nybody's
race, with the horses all punched. Jack
Martin began to sing to Merle f, and
everybody whipped hard. There was
good deal of noise that was distaSteful
to Merle +. She acted as if she wanted
to quit, but Martin laid on the whip,
and she went under the wire winner
by a neck, Gold Finish second, and
HaroldiIe close up. Hampton Maid
and Ben Gaines were not far away.
Gold Finish, Fannie O, Merle f and
WeStwood made the race during the
first half of the third heat. The pace
was hot. but all of them were in it.
Down the back stretch daylight
could not be seen between any
of them. Once in the stretch
Haroldine, whose driver had been saw
ing her for struggle, let out link,
and she drove home winner by almost
a length. 1t was as near dead heat
between Merle f and Gold Finish for
second place as was ever seen on a race