The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-22
AT THE HORSE FAIR.
The Track Race Record Lowered to
2.1O Ia.

1 terday and Some Hot Racing-In the
Record Breaking Heat Jack Distanced
the Field of seven-Prospects of Sue
ccssful Meeting.
If seemed more like an October day than
one in August yesterday at Rigby. fresh
| crisn breeze was blowing in the torepart
of the morning and together with the warm
sun was the best thing that could have
| happened for the track, left moist and
| sticky from the rain of Monday.
Seth Griffin and his crew were at work
| almost at sunrise and the veteran track
master kept at it until dusk. The result of
his labor is easily apparent in the time
made in the several heats trotted.
The feature of the afternoons racing was
| The breaking Of the track race record by
the bonny bay PAGER Jack, in the third
heat of the 2.25 pacing stake. He made the
| round trip in q 10 IA. just one second better
| than the records made by Claybourne and
Henry f., at the last meeting
In the early morning the judging of the
horses entered for premiums in the classes
onthe list for the day was conducted under
| tho direction of Mr.. r. W. Goodrich of
| Poulteney, vt. On accornt of the track,
not being in condition for exhibition pur-
| poses, this work was carried on in the pad
dock between stables No. 2 and No. 8. The
awards will not, in all probability, be ready
| for publication before Friday morning.
Glass No. 81 (gentlemen's driving horses, Is
/ 1-2 hands and over} and Glass No. 66 most
| stylish single hitch were both carried over
| until TLul sday.
| AT half past one O'clock Mr. Griffin in
formed Starter Pompilly that the track was
in fit condition TO race over and shorses for
the first race of the day and meeting, the
| 2.26 trot, were called.
Eleven starters appeared for the word,
| Val, the erratie son of Vasco, being con-
sidered the crack-a-jaek of the lot. He,
however, gave his supporters bad tumble,
getting distanced in the second heat. Katie
Mack. who was beaten after a hard struggle
by Cebolla, at Old Orchard, last week,
turned out to be the first money winner,
taking the first, third and fourth heats.
1 Queen, one of Nelson's string, got the
second heat in the fastest time of the raceA
| Time for the several heats, 2.22 34, 2.2O IL,
1 2.2l Ia and 2.21 3-4.
After their knock down in the first race
the talent bobbed I'D just as serenely as
ever with another cinch for the second. the
| Preble House stake for horses eligible to
the 2.25 pacing class April. 30th. Jack was
the good thing this time, and the issue was
never in doubt. Jerry O'Neil drove him as
he did Val in the first race. and turned the
tables in a remarkable manner, ssass
1t was Jaok in the first and second heats
/ by as much as O'Neil cared TO make it in
I ans Ia and 2.l9 5-4 The chestnut horse
| Merrill, by Nelson, was second in both heats,
| being seemingly as much better than the
| rest Of the field asF Jack was superior to
him.
In the third heat came the surprise of the
i day. O'Neil cut loose from the word, going
| to the quarter in SO IA and the half in LOS.
Here the field was strung out lengths be-
hind him, but O'Neil kept on, going as
though there was horse right at his wheel.
1t became apparent when he swung into
the stretch that unless he pulled up the
4 entire fieldzwould be distanced. Unfortu-
nately for the rest, O'Neil kept up his drive
and when he flashed under the wire in
2.101-4, the others were every one. outside
of the flag. 1t was afterward discovered
that O,Neil thought by distanoing the field
he would be entitled to the entire purse. as
is usual in most stake races, but the rules
governing the sRigby stake provide that
winners distancing the field or any part
thereof are entitled to first money only. 1t
+ was sad mistake on the part of O'Neil,
for the other drivers but occasioned quite
a iaugh--for, all that.
The third race of the day was the Sunny
side stake. for three year old trotters.
Twelve lively youngsters capered around
for some time before Starter Pompilly
thought them In good shape to send away
for the first heat. The Muster.Hill Stock
FARMS handsome chestnut FLY Sylvia. by
Edgemark, behaved herself like an old
campaigner, and brought Brady first past
1.-THE Judges in 2.2S 3-4. In the second heat
Sylvia was wobbling when the word was
given, and Brady was quite ways behind
the bunch when he got her going steady.
When she did get started she went like
clock work. and passed everything except
ing Nancy Rice. Ii was close thing to the
| wire. but Sylvia could not quite get up and
Nancy Rice won the heat in 2,s7 Ia. This
was the list heat of the day as it was close
on to seven O'Clock when finished, and the
race was postponed until today. The battle
between these two youngsters is likely tt
be a close one, and it seems to be quite q
| question as to which one will prove to be
the winner.
The officials in the stand were Starter
Isaiah Pompilly. Judges Levi S. Gould
Felix Conlon and E. D. Wiggin; Timers DR.
Charles r. Wood, Allen Lowe and Charles
D. Palmer; Clerk of the Course E. W. Hun
tington. 81
The summaries:
ZIG Class. Trotting. Purse 5000.
Katie Mack, b m by Robert Nc
oa ssss'fb m iS s. Selson, crozler,
+ HOLSTER, b g H'arer) q !:
Newport, b S tCarpenter) 3
Margaret L., b IN (SeddD
Dow. b iHoughton) 0 +;
| Comcine, b IN tDnstinl
Corticello, br NJ (Sanborn) II
Slippery Tom, blk lE'itzsimmonsl!
Royal Wilkes; b S {Hayden) 10 10 II
Val, b tO'NeiD dis.
Time-2.22M, 2.sO14, 2.2l14, 2.21M.
Pa Glass. Facing. Purse $500. Preble