The morning call., 1893-09-24
OLD STAGERS OUT.
Racing Yesterday at the
District Track.
HALLINAN's PUNISHMENT.
The SaIoon-Keepers' Trotting Mat
inee Proves Very Profitable for
the Midwinter Fair.

Frank Dickey is hero. That is. some
people think so. Yesterday he drove two
horses at the trottiDg matinee held for the
benefit of the ,Midwnter Fair. aud he won
both races. Perhaps he had the best
horses; still he displayed a wonderful
capacity for handling the ribbons, and it
was to his skill as q driver that the first
victory was due,
There we're all sorts and conditions of
drivers up behind all kinds of horses.
So me of the animals were dug up from
stables where for decade or more they
had been con tentedly munching oats. re-
f1ecting on the glories and hardships of
past campaigns. little dreaming that they
would ever again have to score up for the
word. There were rOadSters with sleek,
shiny coats and proud carriage, and there
were some that looked like the Fifth
avenue stage horses that the New York
Life is so fond of illustrating. There were
gray horses and bay horses, black mares
and chestnut geldings. All were owned
by men who keep saloons, and all OF them
we're driven by men whose main accom-
pllshmeut is the successful cOncOctiOn of
a cocktail and the muscles of whose arms
are made strong by the pulling of cOrks.
From the point of view of a racing man
the events perhaps were very ordinary.
But there was not person present who
did not take the greatest interest in every
heat. There were enough people who
paid admission and bought soda water ct
the nar to give the Midwinter Fair about
$1,000. At least that IS the amount as at
present estimated. Later returns may in
crease it. Harry Corbett had the betting
privilege. but was not very extensively
paroniZed. In fact, there seemed to be an
air of suspicion at the track.
The main interest Of the day centered in
the pacing race, which was two in three,
half-mile heats. Ned, owned and driven
by Jim OrDdnrff, was expected to win.
He did not Andrew Piercy, who used to
be star baseball player, and more re-
Gently famous as the partner of Harry
COrbett, won with Little Dock. Quite a
fast little nag is Little Dock. He won the
first and third heats in hollow fashion.
going the last half in I'LL, and hitched TO
a cart at that.
When Jack Hallinan won the second
heat with old Sam Lewis, the judges
called him to the stand and announced
that they believed he had pulled the first
heat In the interest of the poolbox, and
told him they were going TO put mp another
driver. Hallinan told them he was very
glad of it. because his arms were nearly
pulled out. On that statement he was
ordered 20 drive the next heat as punish
ment.
Old Meter, a chestnut geldng, who when
ne came out on the tTacK was sim as
a crUwbar, warmed up into surprising ac-
tiyity. He went out and won the fIst
heat by a block. That was in the three
minute class. Meter went so fast that
there was talk of ringers and all that sort
or thing. This was quieted, though. in
the second heat, when Jack, the big black
gelding that District Engineer Mccarthy
used to drive to fires, beat the field in AZ.
Then Meter won the last heat because Mr.
Martin, who drove Jack, was too tired to
keep his horse squared away.
In the $40 trnt Western won the first
and last heats. Belle, driven by Jack Mar
tin. taking the second heat.
King McManus drove a fast trotter IN
the race named after himself, but the best
he could do was second in the second heat.
Martin wanted 10 have Hart, profess
sioual reinsman, drive Belle in the third
heat, but the judges would not allow it.
He finished last with the mare. afterward
explaining that his arms were So numb
that he could scarcely raise them.
The free-for-all trot surprised the talent
There were only two horses in it-Scandi-
navIan, the old black Tacehorse that Billy
Jonathan used 10 campaign. and Frank
NJ, who has record of 2:17A to a cart
Frank M was looked upon as the good
thing and was quite heavily played 10 both
heats, but each time Dickey got his horse
away in front and won as he pleased.
Following is a summary of the races: