Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-10
MERRY CHIMES.
He Wins the First
Special
In the 2:fO Pacing
Race,
Making the Mile in
2:l4s..
AzOte Takes the 500
Race
In An Easy jog in
sb..DsDl
SabIedale Wins the
Colts Stake.
SabIedale Wins the
Colts Stake.
A Fine Crowd for the
First Day.
The Races ut COmstOck
Park - Great Success.
Notes by the Way.
$4,000 in Pools.

The races at Comstock park began
Yesterday under most favorable
auspices. BY special C .ntract with the
weather clerk the afternoon was a
typical one not only for racing but for
the comfort of the audience. All the
good people of the town that could
possibly get there were present The
wealth and the beauty of the city
turned out en- masse and the audience
was very swell gathering. The races
were for the money and the fields
beng evenly matched in the main
made the contests close and exciting.
The work of that prince of starting
Judges, Frank Walker of indianapolis,
Was beyond criticism, aud by keeping
the people informed OF what was
gong on. snd avoiding all needless
delay, Mr.. Walker contributed in no
small degree TO the enjoyment of the
sport.
The programs. or score cards, were
furnished by Thomas Phillips and were
models OF convenience.
A swagger crew came from South
Bend ia French drag or some such
outlsndish vehicle. Tueir horses were
a scrub lot with tang tails. The whole
gang looked as # they had more dol
lars than sense, and II they expected
an ovation they were very properly
disappointed. Any enc who viii for
the sake OF apeing some foreign custom
deprive a dcfen-eless animal of ma
tuTe's defense against insects should
get ninety days IN New Jersey without
mosquito bars.
The Track Perfect
A billiard table would have been q
corduroy road compared with the
tFsck yesterday. and tho time made
shows whether the flyers !i<ed II or
not. Considerable dissatisfaction was
expressed over the decisiOn giving the
first neat OF the pacing race To Merry
CHIMES, as Que u the judges and nearly
every spectator saw san Pedro fTss At
the wire.
This horse. san Pedro, was drawing a
hesrse year ago IN Los Angeles, Cal. &.
but q was discovered that he nad more
speed shsn was necessary for the un-
dertsking Business.
The Officers of the society are highly
grAllticd over the first day and the su-
diepce was more tnan pleased with the
program and toe way u WAS carried
out.
IL wasa great day for the Electioneer
family, "a members OF that tribe won
the pacing race and the 3-mInute
trot, wnHe still another won second
-
feature OF the day. too, was the exhibs-
N0u OF Arion, 2,lef, at 2 years OF age;
a sOn Ut Eiect.Oueer aud Alfred e.,
3l9i; grand son of that horse. Cali
fornis. too. came IN for the lIou's share
of the winnings OF the day. "a every
event went either 10 a Cslif,Tnis horse
or 10 Que bred from California stock.
ressy's Grest contest.
Todsy's program includes the fifth
Of the famous pacing matches between
Direct and Iisl Pointer. Hopors are
even hetweeu th.s mighty pair, each
having " n two races, 40 the battle to-
dsy may De sptly termed the rubber.
The races between these great SIDE
~heelers are tse m9st sensational ever
seen since harness racing began
and everv race between them has
hecn in faster time than any other pair
have rescbsd- A The Buffalo race
has Seved both horses % concert pitch,
and TIE track suits them ooth exactly.
tsdsy's race VII in AL probability oest
sll records over a regulation track.
Axteil. the uiee st,sn 2 yesr-0ld chsni-
pion. wi3i ee sShib tel today. The ca
reer % tbs horse 0ss hesn phenonfe-
mai. lie was bred. trained and driven
a. Ms s-vesr-0ld record OF 2i2 hy {.
" Williams OF Independence. Tovs.
owner of sllertoa. Hs wss never
Beaten m singie heat. and vas sold ~
his present owners for SIes.aoo
Merry Chimes. She winner Of The
pasaag rsce, won the $50 extra for
h~st,ng s,is Yesterday. rhe regular
proxrsn yesterday = gwen below.