The morning news., 1894-01-02
HADLEY TOOFASTFOR THEM
The Florida PAGER Leads the Process
sion at ThundeTbOlt.


aDead Heat-old South Captures the
Three-quarter Race-Hadley Does
Not Disappoint His Baekers.
A perfect day of bright sunshine glad
dened the hearts of the horsemen at the
ThunderboIt Driving Park yesterday.
The weather was all that could be de-
sired, and Manager A. P. Doyle's card of
racing for the afternoon fulfilled the most
| hopeful expectations of the patrons of his
park.
| The track, though safe, was very slow.
The recent wet weather made it a perfect
sea of mud. Had the track been in good
condition it is safe to say that 2:30 in the
harness race would have been beaten and
new record established for the track.
Fully 1000 people were in attendance.
| The free-for-al harness race was first
called and superb field of horses an
swered the bell call.
The starters were jeremiah, Morena,
Hadley, Jr., Pat Fallon and Anna W.
| Hadley, Jr., was strong favorite in the
| betting. After several short delays
caused by the breaking of the harness on
jeremiah, and the changing of the boots
on Hadley, Jr., the horses finally scored
| up for the word.
/ Off fOh THE FhEE-FOh-AIL.
At the third attempt they were sent on
their journey for the first heat to a good
| start. Hadley, Jr., Immediately took the
pole on the first turn, and won pretty
much as he pleased. The fight for second
place was very interesting. Morena finally
won the place with jeremiah third, Fal-
Ion fourth and Anna w fifth. Time of
heat, 1865.
Anna w could not trot in the mud, and
Mr.. Kerr did not start her the second
| heat, as he felt that his mare would
suffer severe punishment if he continued
the race. He was allowed to withdraw
her. In the second heat the audience
had an opportunity of seeing
Hadley, Jr., do some great pac-
the four horses went away to a splendid
start, Hadley, as usual, paced to the
front. Before the first quarter was
reached he stepped in a hole and broke.
The other entries Immediately went away
| from him.
HADLEY SHOWS HIS SPEED.
Morens was in the lead, closely fol-
lowed by jeremiah and Fallon. The
leaders were so far in front of Hadley
that every one felt that the great PAGER
would get the flag From the "half-
mile" pole Hadley began to gain
rapidly on the leaders, and
when they reached the three-quarter
pole he was in the bunch. The race home
was an easy one for Hadley, and he
finished two lengths in front, with Jere-
miah second, Morena third and Fallon
fourth. The heat was given to jeremiah,
and Hadley, Jr., was set last for his long
run after he broke. Time of heat, 2:4615.
Morena was given second place and Fal-
lon third
The third and fourth heats resulted
in a procession for Hadley. He
had the speed of the party and
had no trouble in winning both
heats Time, 2:471$ and 2:52. Hadley
could have easily shut out the other en-
tries the last heat if he was called upon
to do so.
Fallon won second money and Morena
third jeremiah was tagged the fourth
heat.
The favorite Hadley, Jr., was driven
by Mr.. James A. Dell, of Baltimore, who
handled him with much skill This was
the first time MIR. Dell ever sat be-
hind the horse.
THE RUNNING RACE.
The event of the afternoons pro
gramme was the five-eighth- mile heat
running race. Lake Shore, Little Baltick
and Alta were the three horses that
ranged up for the word, and a more evenly
matched field Of runners was never seen
on track.
Jockey Bell, ''the kid, +" had the mount
on Lake Shore, Bub Gardner on Little
Baltick and the colored jockey of the
Rutledge stable rode Alta Alta had the
pole, Little Baltick second place and Lake
Shore for the outside. Little time was
lost at the post. When Starter Furlong
dropped the flag the three entries went
away at a flying clip.
Everyone could at once see that it was
going to be great race.
AS the horses passed the stand on the
first eighth of mile they presented
beautiful picture. Little Baltick was first,
with Lake Shore at his neck and Alto
close third.
From this point the three iockies be-
gan to make their ride for the heat.
LAKE SHORE AT BALTIoK's HEAD.
When the horses turned into the back
stretch Jockey Bell tapped Lake Shore
with the whip, and the gallant gelding
moved up to Baltick's head. The two
leaders ran with their heads together
until they swung into the homestretch for
/ the finish. Now the battle for
first money began. 1t was a desperate
fight and stirred up the widest enthusi-
asm In the grand stand. Gardner began
to use the steel vigorously on Baltick and
the game little stallion responded to
every touch. A hundred yards from the
! wire Baltick had head the best of it,
Inch by inch Lake Shore gained on him
and when the horses ran under the wire
nose and nose the yells from the excited
audience were intense. The judges pro-
nounced it dead heat
In the second heat Lake Shore was too
much for Baltick, and won by half
length. Time of heats, 10, 1:10k
The three-quarter heat running race was
also hotly contested affair. Carbine, Old
South and Duke of Kent were
the contestants. Old South won, with
Duke of Kent second. Time of heats,
1:28. 1:27.
This race concluded the afternoons