Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-23
A SENSATIONAL DAY,
The Judges at Homeweod
Park Suspect Crooked
ness and They Call
TW00F THE DRIVERS DOWN
The FavOrites Are Once More Knocked
Out and Outsiders Win.
SHELDON WINS THE 2:21 CLASS,
Nellie B Gets the Facing Stake After an
Exciting Struggle.
A SURPRISE IN THEFREE-F0R- ALL TROT

Is was quite sensational day at Home
wood race track yesterday. There were no
records broken or very fast time made, but
the hot favOrites, those slead-pipe'' sure
things, were knocked clean out of sight. The
talent was again left to mourn, as not a
tavorite won race.
And what was claimed to be siob'' was
stopped, and two drivers taken down and
Others put in their places. This change
caused quite sensation because ons.of the
drivers ordered down was no less person
age than "Uucle" John Z. Turner. This
happened In the free-for-all trot. 1t would
probably be unsafe to say that either of the
drivers ordered down had any deliberate in
tentions TO act dishonesty; but it was evil
dent the crowd thought they had. Rosalind
Wilkes was backed heavily by the public to
win the race. Many thousands of dollars
were invested on the race The first three
heats were trotted in remarkably slow time,
and when the time of the third heat was an.
nounced as 2:24ik, and Rosa!ind Wilkes only
TEird at that, there was general howl.
Brewster Was Also Called Down.
The trotting of Diamond was also unsatis-
factory TO the Judges, so they decided on
was put up behind Rosalina Wilkes and w.
S Evans up behind Diamond, c. II.
Brewster being ordered down.
Turner argued strongly against the change
He claimed the mare had not been settled
to her trotting and that he expected to win
the next three heats. He assured the Judges
shat he would try for the next heat and if
the mares performance wasn't satisfactory
they could declare the heat off,
Tbie bad M affao+ op fha ;,,doae opd Co1
Inns landed Rosalina Wilkes winner in
the fourth and fifth heats, but the mare was
too tired to stav the sixth heath out. She
got second money and Collins was given
$50 out of the winnings for driving her.
Many people argued that Turner would GER
tainly have done as well with the
mare as Collins and many more peo-
pie thought otherwise. As matters
went it looked as if Rosalind Wilkes could
have won the first three heats but there are
some funny things in the trotting business,
and after the second heat Splan informed
the Judges that ne intended to Law Mann
brino Maid up for the third heat. Starter
Martin forgot TO announce this to the pub
lie, and some money was dropped on the
Maid as a result Aline, the winner of the
tree-for-all, is by Almont Boy, and was an
outsider in the pools
An Easy One for Bert Sheldon, Jr.
The first race was somewhat easy foY Bert
Sheldon, Jr. He won in three Straight
heats He was we'll backed, but. Martin x
was the hot favorite ior the racf The win
ner is by Warwick Boy, and Son the race
by steady and game trotting.
There t.Ess some good speeulktio on the
oducers' st2ns toE-2:24 PAGERS. Mary
Ivre was the ''hot shot" for the race,
Linden as second choice. The Pitts
e horse. Raven, was also well backed,
II the winner showed up in Nellie B.
.fter six heats had been paced. Allan Lowe,
owned by a Boston newspaper man of that
name looked like a winner one time. He
might have won. but he los: his toe weigh
in the fourth heat and broke badly ius .