Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-29

she half-ran, half-hObbled down the |
stretch and had the flag been dropped |
when it should. she would have been
But for the second time dur
ing the meeting it was withheld, and
this time successfully, as she was nearer
than Hal Pointer had been, and the flag
man, either grossly incompetent or crimi
nally negligent, reported her inside.
The result of the heat was announced
amd gathering darkness, and the race
postponed until the following day, after
an afternoon probably as sensational
aud exciting as was ever passed at Wash
ington Park.
The next day the great stake was of
course uppermost in mems minds. The
previoues vening it had been impossible to
ascertain the true extent of Hulda's injury
but with the morning came the news
that it was irreparable. DR.. Mckillop
had been called to attend her and found
her suffering the most intense physical
pain; the trouble was IN the near hind
leg at the pastern joint. Since the fatal
mis-step on the upper turn tile mare has
been unable to put her foot to the
ground, and while it could not yet be
definitely determined. there was posi-
bility that one of the bones had been
split. In any event, If merely a sprain,
it was the most severe possible, and of
the outcome there could be but one
opinion-that Guy Wilkes fastest and
most beautiful daughter would probably
never race again.
With Hulda completely out of it con-
sternation reigned in the ranks of the
talent. OF her ability to win so sure
had been the opinion of every heavy
gambler who follows the trotting turf
that literally tons of money had been
poured into the pool-boX upon her. Not
only her owner and driver and their
immediate party, but the whole "frater-
nity'' had been on her to man, and
now certain loss stared them in the face.
From the beginning there had been but
one other starter reckOned as having a
was Alix. But none of their money had
been placed upon her, as no remote idea
of hedging had occurred, so perfectly
improbable had the chance of defeat
for Hulda been deemed. But Hulda was
now wreck and Alix stood winner
of two heats, with the pole and the speed
of the party for the decisive one. II
was now too late to get ANYTHING OF
/ her and defeat looked certain. But Will
tn. shady people who engineered to &
successful issue in their day operations
which have called for the acme of DIES
peration and chicanery, no chance wa:
too narrow to be risked and accordingl ~
steps were Immediately taken to Sc
about saving as much of the badly singeC
money as was possible.
70 compass this there could be bu
one way-that was to stop. by fail
means or foul, the little mare viii
whose speed and gameness their destiny
standpoint, stood for it. was accordingly
tried-and upon Friday morning JOIN
Curry. the driver of AliX, was approached
by representative of the "combne'
and offered $500 in cash and percent
age of the books, to drop the first heat
He refused and referred them TO he
halloween and manager. No MAJ
ever knew Morris Jones, however dis
honest himself, but read unfalterins
uprightness in his face, and it is hardly
necessary to say that he repudiated tn,
proposition upon the spot in plain term;
and few words.
Fair" means had been used, anC
failed Foul ones now remained, and
hatiied and desperate, it was plainly in
way offered, Alix wonl1 be knocked int,
the fence or over it if compromise wa
not effected. But he remained stead
fast, and, baked in their first Vancouver
the plotters retired to consider the mex
one.
Waving the rules in a way which they
had no right to, for the Injunction il
mandatory that an unfinished race shall
be first called the succeeding day, tn,
Judges had announced Thursday evening
that the tree-for-all would not be re
sumed until at 3 o'clock Friday after
noon. Previous to that hour Mr.. Jones
went to the judges. informed them O
the threats that had been made agains
Alix, asked that proceedings be care
fully watched, and that as protective
move, extra patrol men be stationed a
the lower turn, where the cuisines" il
any, was to be done. Through the
fundamentally of f. S. Gorton this wa;
done
After several heats in other events
the race was finally called at the time
specified. The track was fast and over
900 people were in attendance, although
the sky was darkly overcast and heavy
cloud-banks, through which the sun broke