The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-08
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SUMMARY.
RACING BY ELECTRICITY.

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Country Success.
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o, a spa e a Byron, a Dickens, and ther
For the brush Of a Rembrandt, Van Dyke o
To picture s this scene in an adequate wayl
Only once, in St. Louis. was the ex
pertinent ofracing at night by electric
arc lamps tried before the trial on the
course of the West Virginia State Fail
grounds last night, The second tria
was success.
Fully 1000 people gathered on thC
grounds as soon after o'clock as they
could secure admission. Owing TO the
difficulty in getting people out who had
witnessed the day races, there was
some delay, and almost all the crowd
had gathered at the gates before they
we're allowed to enter. There was never
such rush there as followed when the
gates were opened. People poured In
in veritable food.
Society was there in large numbers.
AS many carriages and buggies az usu'
ally seen in the quarter stretch in the
day time were there, and it was one big,
merry party that occupied the rigs.
The grand stand was at Leaf half full,
and outside the track the people were
lined up eight and ten feet deep. Nate
Feil's dulcet tones were audible all over
the grounds as he Grated in the pool
box.
The light shows the horses fairly we'll.
It is hard to distinguish colors, but the
race can be followed satisfactorily from
start to fnish.a
Financially the night experiment
came out with the balance on the right
side, which will be source OF gratif-
cation 10 everybody.
THE 2:40 TRoT.
On the first call for the first race, a
2:40 trot, Hideaway sold tavorite at to
/. and got the pole. Jack B ran badly
Mt the first score, but on the second ef-
fort there was beautiful start. At the
hall Bropzemart led, with Jack B a
neck behind and Pierwood fair third.
Hideaway was way back. They fin
ished in the same order, little more
closely punched, in 2:39t.
On the second heat Andy sweeney's
Bronzemart led all the way around the
first half easily, but on the second Jack
pushed him pretty close, and at the
finish Bronzemart only led by neck.
Pierwood was again third and Hide.
away fourth. The time was 2:3S.
On the third heat Hideaway got the
lead on the first half and kept it, fin.
ishing first in 1881, Jack B close at his
heels, Pierwood third and Bronzemart
fourth. Pierwood was set back to
fourth place by the judges, however,
for running badly.
Hldeaway took the lead on the fourth
heat and kept it for the half and in.
creased it on the second, taking the
heat easily in 1854. Bronzemart was
last, and Jack b second again.
Before the fifth heat there was neces.
sarily tedious wait, everything else
being done, and most OF the people got
tired, as it was after 10 o'clock. At least
half Of the crowd, possibly two-thirds.
left the grounds. The only excitement
was a little accident, one buggy run.
ming into the wheel OF another and
MASKING out several spokes. The noise
caused a little panic, but it was soon
over and little harm done.
Two rounds of the prize fight were
also reported from the grand stand dur
ing the wait, creating a ripple OF en-
thasiasm.
When the start was finally made it
was good start for good race. At
the half the horses had scattered badly,
however, and Hideway led by several
lengths. He took the heat and race
with Pierwood running at his wheels.
Hideway took first money, and Bronze
mart, who finished fourth in the heat,
took second.