The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-07-06
1 SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL.
The Redwood Falls Driving Club
puts Up Great Attractions.

The Redwood Falls Driving Club
Puts Up Great Attractions.
The inaugural meeting Of the Red |
wood Falls Driving club was sue
cess both from the standpoint Of mag
nifcent events and from standpoint
of attendance, nearly one thousand
people being present on the first day
July Fourth, and nearly everybody
who enjoyed horse racing enjoyed the
excellent program promulgated by
the club. The day was not without
accident, however, but the accident
was not fatal one, an unruly race
horse belonging to L. Stegner, boiling
the track and running into phaeton
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Mad
igan, and smashing one wheel of the
vehicle, as we'll as injuring the seat.
Nobody was hurt. The first race called
was the three minute trot for a purse
of 800, and Rockingham, Mime
apolis horse, had things all his own
way, taking the lead and holding it
throughout for three successive heats,
Flushing from one to three lengths
ahead of his competitors each time.
The following is the summary of the
race:
j. Cables b. h. Rockingham
Cable. -. I'LL
Paul Anderson's BIN. Lily A
(Anderson). ....... .......3 3 2
j. II. McGowan's b.h. Bonnie
(McGowan). "a 3
M. E. Weighill's blk h. Dur
ain (WeighilD. ..424
Time, 2:48; 2:45a; 2:47.
WeighilPs horse ives attached to a
pneumatic tire 'sulky, and had it not
been for his bad breaking in the last
heat, would have received second
place.
THE 2:3O TRor.
Probably one of the prettiest, if not
the prettiest races ever witnessed on a
race course was the free for all 2:3O
class trot. The horses we're prettily
punched throughout, and while Rip
Rap won the first three heats, the fin
ish in each was an exciting event. The
summary follows:
G.. w. Pierce's br.h. Rip Rap
(Pierce) ...................1 l
J. Cables b. h. Rowdy Boy
(Cable). ..................222|
G.. E. Yeoman's br. b. Brick
(Yeoman) 3 3
Time, 2:40aa; 2:4O4; 2:39a.
THE RUNNING RACE.
The running race was half mile
heats, best two out of three, and was,
of course the exciting race of the day,
as running races are and always will
be-. Sagwa attempted to ride L. Steg-
ner's horse Red Cloud, but the horse
bolted the track twice, the last time
throwing him, after which R. Their
ing took the mount, but after the
horses had got off Red Cloud ran in
to Mr.. Madigan's phaeton with the re-
suit above stated. In the first heat
Ben Nelson's Bay Billy got the lead
and kept it to the quarter, where Red
Head went past and came in an easy
winner. In the second heat miser-
able start was obtained, and while
Red Head would have came in first
any way, the second place was DELHI
erately stolen from Bay Billy. The
summary follows:
j. Rundle's r. b. Red Head
~. Welch) ...:.::..:......l l
j. Rundle's Swift (Phillips). AZ
Ben Nelson's b. h. Bay Billy
H. Laird). 80. 2 3
r. M. Hamer's bh. Sea Foam
(ThOmpsOn). ....... ........ j 4
L. Stegner's S. h. Red Cloud
(R. Theiring).. 5 DIR.
Time, :56; :55.
The mutuals at the bookmaker's on
the first race, which we're purchased
at ST. each and on the field, cashed in
at $3.50, while the highest mutual paid
on the heats in the running race was
$1.35 for ST., Rockingham and Red
Cloud being barred in both cases.
There was special pace between
G. G. Peck's b. m. Iona S, and H. N.
Tibils' Larey for $40 purse, booked
for the afternoon, and one heat paced
in 3:10a, after which Tibils withdrew