St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-05
HERMAN II A WINNER.
He Easily Carried OFF the
$4,000 Derby Purse at
Minnehaha Park.
Abbadonne the PriZe-Taker
in the Four-Year-0ld
Stake Race.
Good Time Made in the 2::21
Class, Trotting, by
Jerry L.
Marvellous Escape From Death
Of Driver LOOMS and
Maggie Sherman.
At Minnehaha park yesterday the
various races on the programme result
ed In the following scores:

Rare Ben Observation-Disclosures 3
BAL phia D 5 6
Dandy Time z 7 Z
Time 2:sd, 2:27, 2:a5a4, 2:a6H.
2:2I class, trot.ing; $1,000
Jerry L;1-...-.-....-. ............2 i
A a.. Bsi '..-....'........6 3
King Princeps ....................3 A =
SHERWOOD :.....................4 5 ! 5
Time 2:20la. 2:2G34, s:22 2:34, %. '
The Derby, $780, a three mile dash for
trotters in the LBS claSs-Herman won,
Major Eddy second, Fashion Maid third,
Lady Peek fourth, Jerry W fifth. and the rest
Maid. Redwing Maid. Clip, Portionless, Idol
Girl, Hessie Wood, Erie King, Ole Oleson,
Harry ID. Time. 1888.
The first event of the day was the
four-year old stake for purse of ZOO.
There were originally fifteen entries in
this, but Merle f, King PARLIAMENT.
Redwood, Maud NJ, Monitor, l. l. d and
Clarence parliament were scratched.
They took position as follows: Abba
dome, Joe Gaines, Rare Ben. Ossie.
Dalphia ID, Dandy Time and Hildburn.
The first heat was rather exciting, as
almost every horse took the lead during
various portions of the heat. They fin
iShed, in 1926, as follows Abbadonne
first, Joe Gaines second. Rare Ben
third, Ossie. Dalphia ID, Dandy Time
and Hiidburn.
The second event was the first heat of
the 2:2l trOt, with six horses up-Mag-
| gle Sherman, Vera, Jerry l., AXmin-
ster, King Princeps and Sherwood.
| They get well off after two or three
| false starts with Vera to the front. She
| could not hold it, however, aud one
| after the other the horses passed her.
| The finish was close one, with Maggie
| Sherman leading. The others Came in
as follow: Jerry L, King Princeps.
Sherwood, Vera, Administer. The
time was 2:2O15.
The next thing on the programme
was the second heat in the four-year-old
| stake. An excellent start was obtained,
| and when Starter Mccarthy shouted
Ego" the horses were all in line. Abba
dome took the lead almost at the start
ana tried to hold it, but Hildburn
crowded closely and when the stretch
! was reached made fight for first place.
The finish was one OF the-closeSt dur
ing the course of the day, the horses
coming i'll in the following order:
Hildburn, Abbadonne, Joe Gaines.
Rare Ben. Dalphia ID. Ossie and Dandy
| Time. The time for the heat was 2:27.
Then came the second heat in the 2:21
IIOts 1HCJ lldllC oObCJ dl GIlOl 10 " SeG
off before they were allowed to 20. some
of the trouble being caused by Vera'S
breaking just before the wire was
reached. When they finally got off Ak
| minister's driver was fined SO for going
ahead of the pole horse.
Maggie Sherman and Jerry l. took the
| lead neck and neck and continued their
| position without the variation of a
length during the trial. On the start
Administer took third place, with Silver
wood ana Vera following closely, but at
the half Administer broke and let Silver
wood i'll. At the three-quarter pole
jerry l. made desperate effort to win,
and they came down the stretch almost
neck and neck. But Maggie Sherman
finished half-length ahead. Jerry l.
| was given second place, Sherwood
| third, King PriHceps fourth, and then fol-
| lowed Vera anu Administer. The latter
horse was set back from fourth place to
/ sixth for starting wrong. The time
| was excellent. being 2:16M.
The horses were then brought out for
| the third heat i'll the four-year-old stake.
| After the usual trouble in getting off.
Hildburn took the lead on the pole with
Abbadonne almost alongside. At the
quarter they were the same, with Joe
| Gaines third and Rare Ben fourth. At
| the half HildbUrn broke. Abbadonne
! quickly took advantage of this to pass
to the front. while Rare Ben closed in to
second. Hildburn broke again at the
! three-Quarter pole, but on The stretch
| he close Ill so rapidly that Rare Ben
was left length behind. The finish
was: AbbadOnne. Hirdburn, Rare Ben,
Ossie, Joe Ga mes, Dalphia D and Dandy
! Ilme. The Time was z:255l.
The next event was the third heat in
2:2l trot. Maggie Sherman took the
lead with Jerry l. abreast. Administer
was third. AT the quarter Maggie S
held lead of about length with Jerry
l. second, Administer third and King
| Princeps fourth. At the half the posi-
tions were the same with the leading
horses rapidly punching, and when the
| thfee-Quarter pole was reached Jerry l.
went ahead. The finish down the
stretch was hidden from view in the
cloud of dust and although Maggie
! Sherman came in second and Silver
wood third, they were not given these
positions in consequence of running
down the stretch. The finished posi-
tons were as follows: Jerry l., AK
minister. King PrincepS, Maggie Sher-
man, Silverwood and Vera. The time
was 2:22.
At 3 o'clock the bell was rung for the
| horses in the fourth heat of the four
| vear-old stake. Abbadonne took the
lead with Hildburn closely trailing; the
others were well punched, but Rare
Ben drew out and followed the two
leaders closely. AT the quarter Hid
burn took the lead, but at the three
quarter pole Abbadonne resumed first
| position. 1t was an easy gait to the
| wire, and the time was 1864. Abba
dome was first, Hildburn second, Rare
| Ben third. and then came Joe Gaines,
| Ossie. Dalphia ID and Dandy Time. This
| gave the race and first money to Abba
dome, second money to Hildburn, third
to Joe Gaines, and fourth 10 Rare Ben.
AT the announcement that the Derby
| horses were to be gotten ready, there
was cheer from the crowd. Then the
fourth heat in the 2:21 class was called
The horses got well away with Mag
| gle Sherman i'll the lead slightly, Jerry
l. was next to her and Administer
| close behind. At the three-Quarter pSle
| Jerry l. was in the lead, with Maggie
| Sherman second. just as they were
rounding the turn Maggie Sherman
bolted the fence, and her driver, LOOMS,
| lay silently OIL the ground by the side of
the mare inside the rails. The horses
| finished as follows: Jerry l., first; AK
minister, second; King Princeps, third;
Sherwood, fourth, and Vera fifth.
| The time was 2:24.
Just then Mr.. LOOMS walked up the
track, comparatively unhurt, and the
mare was led to the stable, having re-
ceived no injuries. The only damage
done was the breaking of tip from the
whiff1etIee Of the Sulky.
1t was then announced that there
would be field of twenty-five horses
start in the Derby. There was an in
teresting toss-up for positions. The
fact that this was the largest field of
trotters ever started at one time in this
country excited great amount of COM
ment and interest. There were seven
teen horses at the start The scoring
was commenced at o'clock, and it was
ludricrous to see the drivers looking for