The morning call., 1892-09-14
RATHER PECULIAR WORK.
Eow The Plungers at the State Fair
We're Ill Mixed Up.
THORFWOOD BEiTEE III SLOW TINE.
lie Then Genes Back and Wins Easily, and Through
Il III the knowing Spectators Staid b!
The FayOrite With Their M0ney.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10. - The morning
was occupied at the fair grounds by grand
stock parade and a vaqueTo exhibition
which were well patr0nized, more especially
by the ladies and children, who were hugely
diverted by the performances Of the Mexi-
can rough-riders.
There were three trots and one pace on
the afternoons racing programme, and Gov
error Markham and staff were present to
witness the sport, which, however, proved
somewhat tame until the 2:25 class trot.
Five broken heats were trotted in this races
and it was nearly dark when the last heat
was finished. Finally the race had to be
postponed until noon tomorrow. Again
the track was very hard and fast, and fine
time was made.
The sensation of the day was furnished
by the heavy betting on the last race and The
in and out trotting witnessed therein.
Spectators were kept in a fever heat OF ex-
cItement until the very last moment and
then went home through the cleaning with
their hearts in their mouths until Tomorrow
when the last heat Will be decided.
First Race.
The three-yuar-old stake. value SIPS,
was the first event. and Adelaide McGregor
was selected at SIS TO beat Peko and An
tech $50 on her past record at Salt Lake.
Peko trotted nose and nose with her to the
half. where the Palo Alto FLY broke. The
favoTi.e took the heat slowing up by four
lengths from PekOin the good time OF 2o12.
Adelaide had no trouble in placing the
next heat to her credit trotting without
skip or bobble a length in front Of Peko
from wire to wire in 2:2l4.
In the third heat there was e little excite
ment, as after leading around 10 the lower
turn Adelaide MoGregor broke badly and
Nolan dreve Peko to the front, where the
faYorte caught her gait again. She bad
big streak OF daylight TO close up. but she
did it, Gradually oyerbauling Peko and
trotting like a locomotive, she caught and
drove the latter to a break twenty yards
frcm the wire and won amid great cheering
in -.
SUMMARY:
SACRAMENTO. Sept. l3.-Trotting, three year-old
Adelatde MacGregor. b. f., by simmons, dam
Pe 4Sei b ~ yG Eiestoneer oanj
Antioch br. c. by Anteyolo wall. ........... 3
Time. 2s201a-2;2l1a-2:22
Second Race.
The two-year-old pacing stake was a very
tame affair, as 0ctOroon was the only one
left in to fight with Madcap. The latter simply
logged home a winner, distanclng Oct0roon,
thus getting all the money. The time was
poor, 5:17.
SUMMARY.
Same day-Paeing; twO-year-olds.
Madcap b. +, BY SVeinway dam Maggie Mac
ueforoon. Dix. f., by Soudan (Gardnerj
Time, 3:l7.
Third Race.
Speculation had ruled dull on the first
two races as they were all one sided. The
booksellers we're now kept busy on the 2:27
class tTOt. Th0Tnw0Od sold choice az $40,
Lou Wilkes brought SIG and Del Rey $50.
The last-named acted badly in the scoring.
and finally this gave him the best of the
start, the other two breaking badly. Del
Rey got a big advantage Of twenty lengths,
and 1t looked as II Lou Wilkes, who was
trailing, would get the flag Then the leader
tired, and shouts were raised as Thompson
brought IhOTnwood at a fast clip, but be
broke Just as lie reached Del Rey's wheel,
and lie latter wen on his tiptoes by three
lengths. Time, 2:2454. Lou Wilkes was
third, just saving her distance.
In the second heat Del Rey moved little
lame. he led Thornwood. however, right
around 10 the stretch, where he broke, and
Tl0mWO0d then won the heat in a jog un-
der a big pull, four lengths ahead OF Del
Rey. Lou Wilkes gailOped from the half
inside the flag, but the judges let her in.
TIE time Of the heat was PA.
The betting was now $50 for ThoTnwood
easily round to the stretch, where he
seemed to tire, and great wall went up
from the talent when they saw both Lou
Wilkes and Del Rey drive up to him.
Thompson gave Thorn wood the whip. but
Lou Wilkes Outfooted him and gained the
verdict by couple Of lengths in 2:30A.
In spite Of his apparently tired condition,
ThOrnwOod. singulsrly enough, still ruled
faYGrite at $50 to so. The fourth heat was
a pretty race, all three trOtting nose and
nose on the backStretch. where Lou Wilkes
went of her feet. Del Rey raced witt the
fayorite TO the drawgates, but the latter
then beat him without an effort in 2 :25H.
The next heat was big jog for Thorn
wood, who won in the surprising time Of
22H in the fifth neat. The question arose
then, How came he to get beatensn the
third heat in 1904 p The answer is pal
Of the extraordinary difference in time in
the two heats, namely, 81 seconds. Fur
Their comment is SupeIf1uOuS. Lou Wilkes
was shut out in this heat.
SUMMARY.
Same day-TrOttlnE 2:27 class: purse $1,000
ThornwoOd Oh. e, by Hawthorne, dam
March :he Fourth (Thomps0n) -. 2 l
Del Rey ca. s.. by Clay Duke tMartinL l 2 2
Lou wilkes, blk. N. by sable wilkes
Time. 2.24sl-2:24-2:5 800. 2;25 80 :224.
The Fourth Race.
There were nine starters in the % class
trot eight were driven to the new bikes"
Leap ! ear being the only one hitched to
the old-time sulky. The betting was very
heavy at the following figures before the
first heat: Don Marvin $40, Billy Thorn
hill S23, Col. May S22 and the field So.
There was a Struggling sendoff, and the
tangling and breaking v hich ensued mixed
the horses all UP. Maud Ii was first at the
quarter. She broke On the backstretch. but
still led al the bali and into the stretch.
Col. May, breaking several times, lay second.
Then the ruck came and Maud IL, Col.
May, Maggie, Emin Boy and Don Marvin
: drove along like line Of cavalry. Shouts
were raised for the favoElte, but EmiG Bey
shot out, kept going and won by length
from Don Marvin in 2:23k2. Nearly all the
field tangled up at one time or the other.
Don Marvin bad finished apparently
strong and there was a rush 10 buy him at
$50 against $40 for the whole field. The
Don never showed prominently. as Col.
MAY and Maggie were ia front from the
very START TO the finish. McCarty's mare
winning handily from Col. May. who
bobbled several times. The fayorite was
eighth. Time, 2:22R.
There was any amount OF excitement now.
The talent still held on like grim death to
Don Marvin, for whom they paid $50; s25
was paid for the field and S23 for Maggie.
1t was evidently Mc3arty's mares day
out, for after Leap Year and Billy Thorn
hill had alternately led to the half, Maben
sent Maggie to the front and she was never
headed, winning under a drive by a neck
from Waldstein, who came like lightning in
the stretch to the finish Time, 2:24
The hackers Of Don Marvin now feH very
sick ana Maggies stock went up first
choice. he treasured them, however, some
what by winning the next two heats in
2:22A and 2:221a, showing that he was quite
a campaigEeT to come back in such time.
Notwithstanding that the ast-gathering
twilight rendered il difficult to see across the
track to the quarter, part Of the big crowd
waited to see the final heat trotted off be-
tween Maggie, Don Marvin and Emin Bey,
all the others going TO the stable under the
rules. The trio came out on the track, but
il was found to be absolutely too dark to
Judge the race and at 1880 the event was
postponed until Il o'clock tomorrow.
THE CALL named two winners out Of
three events decided.
To-Day's Events.
To-morrow's running races are very at
tTactive, and the booksellers tent is
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