San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-05-05


The band appeared to be about blown
out" yesterday.
To take In the races and all the COM
forts visitor needs 80 cents for hack,
so cents for admission, 10 cents for a
score card, 25 cents for reserved seat in
the grand stand and several dollars for
beer, lemonade, popcorn and peanuts
and big wad for the pools.
y you drive out in your own rig, you
will have to give up 25 cents to colored
man for hitching to the fence.
Some Of the small saaried clerks in our
dry goods stores appear 10 be dead game
sports, and have plenty of money TO oet'
Several of the ladies present lost gloves
and candy on the races,
They will make a wager much quicker
than they will pay when they lose.
But their gentlemen friends are too gal
liant TO press them for payment.
But when they win, good gracious, woe
to their creditors!
They'll pinch 'em hard.
And they usually have good Judgment
as to horses.
But they don't understand the pool
selling.
And the harmony in colors of the jock
eys is to them disgusting.
But they are full of sympathy for the
horses, and shed tears when they see
whipping finish.
In the third heat of the 1926 trot and
when about half way around the track,
the sulky in which Investigator was be-
ing driven, collided with that OF Racer,
causing Investigators pneumatic to break
down. Bates, the driver of Investigator,
accused Slimm, who drove Racer, of trying
to foul him. but the judge upon investl-
cation decided that the collision was
unavoidable. and gave him third place in
his heat.
AS on the two previous days the wealth
er was all that could be desired Light
clouds obscured the suns rays and made
it pleasant for the people as we'll as the
horses and jockeys.
The turnstiIes registered $500 paid ad-
missions yesterday.
The merchants, through their generOS-
ity in closing their places OF business yes
day afternoon, swelled the crowd in the
grand stand to standing room only.
Many of our leading business men, their
bookkeepers, clerks and saIes-ladies were
out to see the races, and enjoyed them
hugely.
The grounds were pbotogra phed yester-
day by Paris & ROthwell. Snap shots
were taken and some pictures were the
result,
The track was springy and fast and
good time was made in some OF the races.
The electric cars were equal to the oc-
caSion.
Even the ladies became enthusiastic,
waving their handkeTchiefS and fans at
the winners.
Nearly every available space for hitch
tn nonnniaI hy parriaupC hnuuiaS
and wagons.
The time is not far off when our south
ern ladies will use their judgment and put
up their money on their favorites in the
pools as in the north
The near situation of our breweries TO
the club grounds was convenience APP
preciated by those who were dry yeSter-
day.
Barrel after barrel was emptied to
uuench the thirst of the betterS, who, az
ter yelling themselves hoarse, wet their
whistle.
The first two heats between Yellow
Creek and Alice McCurdy proved very in
teresting and kept everybody guessing
Yellow Creek, the favorite, who won
the 2:24 pace. is the property of the presi-
dent of the San Antonio Jockey cluo, ID:
d. Kampmann. Yellow Creek, who is not
considered as fast as Alice McCurdy for a
short race. is possessed of considerable
more wind and endurance, and the five
heats being necessary for decision, gave
Yellow Creek a chance TO show his strong
hold.
Racer won the 2:26 trot on TECHNICAL
ties. The judge saw fit under the rules
to score Investigator, his opponent in the
racer for going another gait but trot,
therefore their decision In the race In
favor of Racer. Racer is owned by the
Vice President of the club, l.. P. Peck,
and proved himself worthy of his name.
According to special London cable to
Richard K. Fox, Pony" Moore and
Charles Mitchell have bought the steeple
chasers, Red Rube, Lucky Admiral and
College Boy, for $1,000, and propose to
race them.
BETTING.
Betting was contagious, yesterday. The
rich man bet his bills, the clerk his dol
lars. the labOTer his halves and quarters,
and the booJback his nickels and his box
Yellow Creek played even against the
field in the 1926 pace, but Alice McOurdy
winning two heats gave her admirers
hope, and her friends backed her heavily
against Yellow Creek in the final heat
and race.
Stella NJ. was the favored one in the
third race against the field and carried
off the honors.
In the fourth race Tom Sawyer, Jr.,
was played the favorite, Kittie Wells re-
ceiving the next hOnOrs against the field.
The betting on the field used good judg-
ment as Lille Kinney came under the
wire first.
A we'll known and thorough turfman
put the following question to a LIGHT re-
porter yesterday: IF Investigator won
the first two heats with the same gait,
and half gallop, as the judges called
it, why did he lose the fifth and last
heat and the racer" Quien Sabe.
Did you ever notice that when the
races are over and you ask your friends
"how they came out?" they invariably