The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
A FIELD DAY FOR LAKE CHARLES.


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On Saturday, August Ith, according to
previous announcement, was the opening |
of the grOundssto the public. Strenuous
efforts were made by the directors to have
the track in condition OH the 4th of July,
last, bnt the time was too short and the
intervention of two hard storms pre-
cludod all possibility of successful
meeting at that time, and the directory
wisely concluded to let the Pleasure Park
boys have their own way, and, in fact,
gave them all the aid and patronage
in their power The Pleasure Park
scored signal success on that day, but
not greater than that achieved by the
lIOo-HOO boys last Saturday and Sunday.
The distance from the nearest point on
the dummy line is about one mile, and
from this point TO the race track vehicles
Of every description were on hand to car
ry passengers to the grounds, the train
making a trip every half hour.
By ten o'clock fully seven hundred
people were present.
The first event was the foot race be-
tween Will Day and Bud Fruge. The
first named is a sprintcr of note in south
west Louisiana, who, up to this date,
had never met II defeat. As n matter Of
course he was n fuvOrite with the Lake
Charles boys, and nearly all of them
placed their money on him. However,
as far as we could see the betting was
even, except at the last, when the odds
were in favor of Fruge.
The race was for purse of 5000, but
| " il estimated that ut least $500 or
$1,000 was up.
Fruge is Il Creole from st. Landry
parish living near the dividing line be-
tween that parish and Calcasieu. lie had
plenty of friends on the ground who
were able to cover all the money in sight,
which they did right promptly.
When the race was called the
champions were on hand and some little
time was spent in scoring, and when
finally they started and ran through it
was decided by the judges to be false
start, and the race had to be run over
again. This was test however of the
merits Of the two sprintcrs, Fruge COM
ing in about thirty feet ahead of Day,
and then evidently not doing his best,
From this time Oh Fruge was the fayorite
and money was offered on linn with no
takers Time was again called and
Frugc trOttcd through the course, Day
declining to run. This decided the mat.
ter in favor Of the FTenchmnn, and We
are pleased to state that the boys lost
their money with the utmost good
hum0r, although not few had to Dor
row money to take them back to town
The next event was the ball game be
tween the IIawkeyes and the Calca
sious.
In the beginning Of the game and even
up to the close of tho sixth inning th'
) visitors had it all their own way, scoring
twenty runs to the CalCasieH's two.
The crowd guyed the Calcasieu boy
numerically, but soon u change cam
over the spirit Of their dreams. Tn
Calcasieu's pitcher was disabled, Nn'
= Wall, of the Lake Charles nine, was sub
stituted From this time on the Calca
sieu boys began to score, and rapid
crawled up to ten, twelve, eighteen AM
finally On the last inning, reachin
twenty-six to the IIawkeyes twenty -fOuI
TROTTING RACE.
4 At two o'clock the racing began tn
first event being the trOttimg race be
tween Charley Richards s. q. Tony an
Il Sim shattuck's Il. M 30 So, best two j
= three.
Tony won in two straight hoatr
Time: 2:55l l-2;55.
Sim told the boys from the start thu
e Tony was the best horse and not to Iot
l. their money.
r. The knowing ones say that Tony coul
rs have made better time. The facts al
is that Tony has future, and We scarcel
d dare to state what is said of him.
r. PACING RACE.
r Three to start--May, Of OpeloUSa
r. Roam Dick, of Crowley; Texas, of Calci
o sieu; Sol. BlOch's gray mare.
ie May won this race in three straigi
h heats. Time: 2ls, 2;4I, 2:l6,
eI TwO-THIRTY CLASS TKOTIING AND rACIN
RACE.
StaTters-TOm Upton, Black Coun
= Louis =.
'r Won by Tom Upton, Tine' 2:3
~ 2:42, 2;43.
sc As before remarked the first heat WI
q tFOtted on Saturday evening. s0'
!. thereafter came heavy shower of ra
u and the track was heavy the next d'
" which accounts for the slow time,
q The Creole pony race, 0ne-half mi
to dash, was won by Niger Time;
j. seconds.
le Next came half mile pony race
W which three started. Queen Of the WEI
Crockett, Nellie, Queen won this Fat
Crockett second, Nellie third. Tin
56 seconds.
The last race was free for all tr'
Three to start--AldebaT0n Daisy
at Louis p. Daisy won the tiEst heat a
NJ AldebarTon took the second, third a
ny fourth,
Of Thus ended the festivities, the ntnl'
At good feeling prevailing, and resolve
the part Of the stockholders to spa
th neither time, labor or money ip maxi
~ the track and grounds worthy the grt
th parish Of Calcasieu, being abundant
ur assured from the patronage received d
their efforts are appreciated and IL
'er they will bear fruit in due time.
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