The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
EVERY One GOES.
That IS Why the Running
Races Are SO Successful.


. a The big day. figure on the aoplss,on
y Badges TO Nafragansett Park yesterday
vo1 3 ~" and there were more rs Woru
1han any OF the previous fg1res.
he cr9wd grows bigger ana the tracn
11ifcr assfhe meet progresses and from all
&icafions the two weeks will be none
\ TOO long to satisfy Providence people who
have thoroughly caught on TO running
xaces. The out Of town people are also
very numerous at the track, SOME OF them
W1ll -known sporting men from tne
6thor cities. For. instance. white
haired Kid Bitzgefald is q regular
attendant and stFolls about the hciu and
4 POOL rooms all sNnconscious OF the fact
that someone may be pointing him out TO
someone else, and giving bits OF his past
historH But those that know him say
thnk- this Fitzgerald is mighty
good square sort OF fellow IN
spite of The record. Handsome Dan
1furphy il another character familiar at
the c66rse. Yesterday for few moments,
BE mQde ope Of an interesting group con-
eisffdg Of New Englands star detective,
Patsy Parker, the musical Heiiey and sew
eral more celebrities. IKE Weir, the ''Beh
fest Spider" an old Jockey himself, who
has ridden many cracks, and Stanton
Abbott are twosnore patrons whose names
+ ara public ones, and yesterday the theatri-
cal man Shea, who recently caused row
in the Manola- Mason company at BOSTON,
< Was out there picking winners. Besides
1HfHe ana a lou more out-OtrtoWneIs thete
ore scores OF local somebodies present every
afternpon, generally enough City Council
men for quorum and more than enough
Af16rfnen TO manufacture committees out
ot 1t isra cosmopolitan crowd, the
society bellies, the real article, viewsng
She men and horses from the
grand stand, the ragged tip5ters and
dressy touts on the ground, the poolroom
full OF men who e'by chdnce altogether
oud moreiwho try it for diversions sake,
ow1crs. trainers and jockeys, and perhaps,
1oaSt OF all, ths rpbbrs down and
by their nick names, whose 'ages is a
mystery to themselves, whose beds
are the heaps of straw in the same
STALLS with the more valuable animals
that they are to look afteF. One OF
thcm, called 3tMonk, was buried yesfer-
haEe already forgotten whether it was
Friday or Saturday that he was murdered.
Bpt murder has nothingrt TO do with yes
tcrday's races.
The First Event.
The first event was mile handicap for
year olds >and over. Six horses
e6me to the pole with Wheeler and
Token as the favorites, Wheeier's
stock selling at to 5, the lowest quota
dipconcertsd the talent at the. start by
Winning the race, aud handily at that.
Whe6ler, who, according to the setting,
DhOuld shave beer first, was second, and
there was nothing on. him for place.
Noedmor1 finished third. Time, 1:4o.
Second Race.
The horses in thu second sace ran the
half mile with bheir relative positions
xxactly in accord with the-book, namely,
Norway, 3 to 8, first; Reinzja, 3 to +, Sec
ond; Treasure Colt, 4 to /, third;
: and First Light a 20 to. shot
away o6t OF the game. Still a9ob OF peo-
4 Ple had booked First Light to get double
kXu for their ones because there was a
egpeetition that the long shots' turn had
more contagious than in aSbettiug ring.
An Outsider Won.
Efiza Ann got considerable hacking in
&be next race for the same reason,
khs big odds, but the favorites
held their own without a waycr
. and Figaro, the outside horse, won
by length. although it had beah
anyope'srace for the first half of the male.
e tact & Come ELL Home Rss isd to the three a
K thc horses we're we'll into the quartnr
otrstch before Figaro's jockey was Obliged
4, 10 look behind him to see anythi,g else
xnnning- The time was :z4sl.
A Isig Field.
The field was n magnificent one In the
1oufh event, ten good horses tdstart and
nothing abnormally slow about any of
ehen. 'Rhe. lopg shots were in
{avor again because they had
rood boys on their backs, but not
sven Lew and Macy could keep their
mounts up with such runners as Be!lwood
4ud Mary 8. SThe former won in :23h,
!. Mary 8. second and Harry Alonzo third.
And4Elkwood Lost.
Tho result Of the fifth, five furlong
<ocA made~the exciting finish OF the day.
lakewood, jim, Corbett and The Shiekh
x went under the wire together, and their
Hehks almost touching. The crowd yelled
Eikwood wins, }" and that's how it looked,
kQt the judges were pondering
l6r they had seen something which the
Qrdinary people failed, in their excite
pent, to notice. Little Monarch, the ia
y0ritej had followed right at the heels of
9he three lcaders all the way down
to the quarter stretch until within hau
1UrlopF OF the finish, then with
E magn;hcent spurt ifis rider, Mr.. HUM,
pulled him bver to- the outside and he
&Eshod under the. wire winner by q nose.
X ukwood was second.
Wcstmoreiand Won the Last.
Wostmoreland won the steepIe chase
olthorgh be wns not frat faporise and
& Jngurtbp who had been st even money
lsl.ed 70 get place; Il was not by
that h9s been run during the meet. There
vas Too much Indian file work
and several of the horses refused
: the Jump mt the first trial. Max,
She little horse that every one is fond of,
Nhctber he wins or not, did get second
Vlaee and'Summer Breeze was third. The
bookmakers had offered 30 TO on Harry
~, and several people took
the bait, and couldn't get mad
+ if they tried on account OF laughing at
1heir horse when he did finish, providing
they waited long enough to see him do
~ Harry n had movement m
baking the jumps suggestive OF the
wooden steeds Of merry 20 round and
BE performed a circus side step on the
quarter stretch. Westmdreland's time
The Summaries:
. rTRsT RACE.
one mile handicap Tor s-year-olds and upwards;
4 Fox Glove. NJ. New Meyer.
= Wheeler. 1i3. Lcndrumi
Heed1nors. lfb J. Jones.
Tine, Ez5. Betting, Token f6 10 s. Necdmora Y
- tM Glove 20 silver Queen 10 10 I, Wheeler
y = z<no 10 10
srcosp RACE.