The Portland daily press., 1894-08-16
Especial to the PREss.)

Especial to the PRESS.)
Old Orchard, August l5.-TEreatening
weather made the attendance at the kite
track rather slim today. The races were
started on time and three heats were run
off before the rain came down SO heavily
that racing for the day was Rocked higher
than the shape of the track.
Allen Lowe again acted as starter and
kept things on the jump as long as possible.
His associates in the stand were DR.. W. l..
Simpson and L. S. Grant of Providence; E.
D. Higgins and j. G. Smith were the
timers.
For the 2.27 pace six horses came out,
Annie Rhea being considered a one to two
shot by the experts on the form shown by
her at Mystic last week. The lot got a good
send of. but Annie Rhea and Chief Scott
both made tangled breaks before reaching
the furlong pole. and it was a guess as to
whether the favorite would set inside the
flag or not. Garth accomplished his task.
but O'Neil with Chief Scott, was about a
quarter Of mile behind when the others
finished. Olive paced away from the OILERS
to the half in LOS, piloted by John Sanborn,
who drove his first race since his accident.
At the three-quarter. G.. o. Taylor and
Lady Logan came up with the leader and it
was race between them to the wire, the
son of Ben Franklin getting the heat by
about half a length and with it a record of
219 1-2.
1t was raining hard when the second heat
was started, and all through the mile the
drivers kept we'll out from the pole so as to
get the dryest footing possible. Garth with
Annie Rhea was nearly lenght behind and
way on the outside when the word was
given, but was quicklysin second position.
chasing close to Taylor all the way until
they struck the stretch. Here resulted one
of the prettiest finishes ever seen on the
track, the two coming almost locked to-
gether all the way to the wire. G.. O. Tay-
lor had the longest nose, however, and won
by about nalf the length of it in 2.17 1-2.
There we're seven named to go in tine 2.23
trot, all good ones. with E. L. Robinson
thought to be the best of the lot Avery
drove Wild Oats in place of Jim Golden.
who is at the Rochester. N. Y, meeting.
and clever bit of work he did. He drew
the pole.and the horses eot away quickly in
a perfect line. 1t was bunch to the half.
but here Wild Oats and ELL Robinson drew
away from the others and fought it out be-
favorite, he breaking and running the last
twenty-five yards. Wild Oats stayed on his
feet and got the heat in 2.17 1-2.
Just as the horses were to be called for
the second heat of this race, the rain,
which had been coming down in rather a
desultory manner, started at 2.10 clip and
kept it up long enough to sleave the track
SO slippery that the races were called off
until tomorrow at one o'clock sharp, when
those postponed from today, the 2.T trot
and the 2.26 trot will be on the list. A
splendid field will start in the 2.l7, made up
of Sta1 light, Ben H.. Merry Bird. George
H., Vega. Big F. and the Maine stallion
Mahlon. If the track today are suitable,
Nelson will also be started to make track
record for trotters.
The summary of today's races as far as
they went is as follows:
2.27 Glass. Pacing. Purse $500 Unfinished
G. .. Talyor. br by Ben franklin, /
Annie Rhea. ch m Cart 5 2
Lady Logan, ch IN (Wilson) 2 5