The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
THE RACES.

| The first matinee race that has eveI
been given in Wichita, took place at the
| fair grounds Yesterday afte-aocH, and il
must be said. from a speed standpoint, al
the races were decided success The at.
! tendance however, was not as general As
| it ought to have been considering tbs
character Of the SPORT and that eryEhins
cost twenty-five cents. 1t may be that
| some thought because the admission fee
was so small the races would DE OF cor
| responding character. Ii So they have
missed what many regular race meeting
would be proud TO record. is a race with
| four heats tlottsd ia $50 CT better. There
was nothing about the groGnds tlat woald
have caused any one te regret their visit.
There was no pool selling cor devices Of
any description, 20 draw TIE money from
the pockets Of the visitors; everything be-
ing on scale 70 make such faces popular.
II conducted the same way. Many Of the
best citizens were noticed II the grand
stand. enjoying the sport. TIE
fist race called, was the 2;30
| trot or epace. Mr.. E. Struble withdrew
Struble's Dauntless from the contest, but
| consented to work out his horse with tie
others, III order that the crowd might see
this Noted animal. It was the opinion Of
all, that Dauntless would have taken a
| very fast mark had be been in the race, as
he showed great speed in several parts Of
the track. This left the entries CT the
Kiova stock farm and the Mount View
farm as starters. TO say thai it was a
horse race would be putting it mildly. ?.
III. Chaplin. representing kiewa had a
mark Of 2:33. and Bobby Howard, repre-
sentins the Mount View had no mark. be-
ing eligible to the 800 class.
Every heat was closely contested and
resulted in both horses enter
ing the charmed circle as the summary
will show. The second race Was fer horses
eligible TO the $50 class, trot or pace. The
entries were, Joe Cook, owned in Wichita,
aud Riley MeGsegor, owned by Mr.. E. 3.
Wilbur. The result Of this race was that
Joe Cook won in straight heats. The
winner is one of the colts foaled by Dolly
r.. the grey mare owned and used by Mr..
Ii. r. Farnum as family horse, and was
one of the worst gated colts ever seen,
when taken in hand by Mr.. Cox, her
driver. His action yesterday demonstrates
the fact that he has now an improved way
of going, and reflects great eredia upon his
driver, Tho drove his first race with Joe
Cook
The next race was the 2:53 class, and
brought out the Kiowa and Mount View
farms again, Blue Stem representing
kiewa and Steelmont the Mount View.
The race was won by Blue Stem, in
straight heats. although Steelmont dem
onstrated that he was a race horse
Blue Stem is The Damo colt that
won the 2-year-old trot at the
fair last year taking a record of 2;3214
brother to that great race horse Egmont
Chief. Steelmont is owned by w. S.
Brown of this city and is being controlled
by the Mount View farm for campaign
purposes. Barring accidents, be is sure TO
join his brother in the charmed list this
season.
The last race was one heat of the year.
ling colts. All three entries faced the
slater and were sent away on the first
score. The race Was won by Sandburr,
with the Ashland Wilkes colt. Hooper,
second and Merrick Diver third. 1t would
be hard to particularize the individual
colts They were all good and will IN
doubtedly be heard from again.
While all the races were good, the main
race was the first one, and in order that
our readers may know something of the
breeding Of the two trotters, it may be
we'll to say that p II. Chaplin was sired by
Chapin's Egmont and damned by Green's
Bashaw. Bobby Howard was sired by
Standard Bearer and damned by Egmont
Chief
The following summary will give in de-
tail the result Of each race:
SUMMARY.
Race No. For trotters or PAGERS elegt-
BILE To the 2:30 class:
kiowa stock farm B.H. P. Chaplin
Mount View farm b, II. Bobby
Howard tTrOtterl.
Time, 2::229I4 2.29}4 2:3o, 30.
Race No 2-For trotters or PAGERS elegi-
bic o the 2:30 class:
J. L. Cox b. g. Joe Cook Cox. ............ l l
E. b, Wilbur G. Ii. Riley McGregor
'T Time, a:59j5, 2:5ajs.
Race No. 3-For trotters eligible to the
2:33 class:
kiowa stock farm b. h. Blue Stem
tIlnkerl.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. L l
Mount View farm br. h. steelmont =
Zine Time, 1854. 1854.
Race No. 4-For yearling trotters, half
mile:
Kiowa Stock Farm b. C. Sand-burr Tinker
K. a. Aasou b. C. Hooper (Aiason)
Thomas Arnold bic. Merrick Diver (Wilbur)
Time, 1:4554.
So ended the first and best matinee ever
given in Wichita. When will the negt one
take place?