Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-14
"sYnBoLEER."
The Enterprising Tvo-Year.OId wins Laurels
Anew In Texas.

The Enterprising Tvo-Year-OId wins Laurel.
Anew In Texas.
DALLAS. TEXAS, Nov. q, 1894
The greatest fair in the history OF
the Lone Star state came TO a success
fui termination today The papers bad
announced that Lena Hill" the Sa
BILE Queen of he Texas turf. -'Ss mia
leer." the fest footed Apollo of Kan
sas, r. land g." the cyclone OF trn,-
trrs, and Joe Patchen," the phenome
nal PAGER, would start IN their respec
I'VE races to-day This vas suffic,en,
TO draw The crowd and brt~eer 80 ONi
and 1000 people paid then money and
-qu' FZed through the furnsiS les al The
Rairs OF The great fair TO witness tbr
raciDR carnival of life time.
So tar as ''Synboleer" was concern
ed they were not disappointed. He
not only won his race from the gray
ghost John Carpenter" 2:l2. but he
took the track record away from lie
ma Hip 2:l29, and eclIpsed all pacing
and trotting records ever made in thu
Lone Star state. Nor is this all. In
his mighty onslaught he plucked the
crown from the brow of the heretofore
invincible Directly" and proclaimed
himself cOnQuerer and king of racing
two year Odds.
The Dallas track has a stiff up grade
IN the back stretch and ia AS hard AZ al
asphalt pavement and is considered
from four 10 Eve seconds slower than
the tracks Of the eastern circuit. wh,ci,
of itself makes Slmbnleer's perform
ance all the more wonderful
The race between "SymbOlper" and
John Carpenter" was fist called an.
hP gallant sterds received hear,
OVATION when they appeared nn ti,.
track. They Were sem aWav al the
fourth score on even terms and raced Ia
thu quarter like double team in thur
tv-three seconds; here they began to
climb the hill. the gray ghost setting
the pace on the up grade. intending if
possible, to break the heart of his
Youthful adversary in the heaviest prr
ton of the track. But his tactics fail
I'd and he found the young Hercules
clinginR to his throat. with a demands
grasp. and he could not shake him off
They were head and head at the half
mile pole in LOST The top of the hill
had been reached in safety. Tinktr
nav gave the colt his head and lie wei
- Carpenter Like fash. increase,
his lead at every stride Carp.n. ~
seemingly gave up the chase ami Ink
~ eaSed no around ,he ;urn aud ,n;u
To- stretch Ctrpen Frs V..' eran di V
~ Mas quick In observe las and n.
Sr*t gfthst WIS again seem cnmug TX.
, meteor. Tinker and the colt heai d
IT their adversary and from that point
20 The wire we've masters of The sitna-
ton, finishing as he pleased in the phr.
n"mena' time of oil. which liz one sp,.
"id faster than 'Drectly's'' race rec
md. and i. also the fastest heat ever
usde BY any PAGER or trotter in thu
5fate ot Texas. The announcements o.
Us wonderful heai brought forth pro
'nged applause. Symboleer seemp,
INK and unsteady in the SECOND hea
md Tinker tried to go easy, but the
ed, would not have 1t 80 and IN fight
ng for his head went to a stand still
Freak. thus giving Carpenter an advan
tage and he soon opened up great gap
b-tween himself and his youthful rival
SVmboleer finally squared away and
came on at terrific clip with as pure Il
gait as was ever seen; his beautiful
head swayed to and fro and every
stride lessened the distance between
thin and the feet footed Carpenter
On. on, he came moving more like q
hing Of steel and iron than of flesh and
bone; he fairly few through the stretch
and though he had Carpenter by the
throat at the wire the judges saw the
gray's nose first and the heat was given
To the gray ghost in POI A more gal
liant and desperate finish was never
Seen on q race course. In the third and
deciding heat the colt had matters his
'wn way and won hands down IN 2:2O
"Ryland IT, won the free for all troi
10 2:l4&. just Ct seconds slower than
mis- former record. Joe Patchen" also
won from LENA Hill" in straight heats
in 2:l5 which is Just IL seconds slower
than his former record. From the
above it will be seen that the time made
over the Dallas track by the phenOme
nal record breakers sink intn insignifi
canoe when compared with that Of the
race record breaking colt ''SymbOleer.'
bred and owned by w. E. Campbell OF
Kiowa, Kansas. and our whole nation
tips her hat to "Symboleer," his own, r
and driver.