New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21
AIIX AN EASY WINNER
DIRECrUM MAKES A SORRY EXHIBITION
AT MYSTIC PARK.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE VIEW
THE MATCH RACE BETWEEN THE "i'N"
ION AND THE LITTLE MARE
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Boston. Oct 2O-There were 1900 disappointed
spectators al Mystic Park this AFTERNOON WIZ"
Alix and Directum came together IN '"e '
talked-of match race. which was expected u "
tie the question Of supremacy as between t"eS'
two renowned trotters and to develop one Vi ."'
fastest and hardest-fought contests on record III"
race turned out to be one-sided nuke o"'ns "
Directums lack of condition, and AK won III
walk. to speak, without having 10 ''o' c.
than 200. The big race attracted horsemei i'o,''
all parts of the country. many weh-known OIc"i'
followers having made a flying trip from the west
ern- Southern Circuit meeting at Nashville Iehh',
while others came from Chicago. ST. LOUIS anu
the far West. John Green. the owner Oh Drc''u'
travelled all the way from Dublin al 10 sec
his once great horse perform FRANK D "ol .o.''
vice-president OF the Washington faTk ''"o'
James Murphy and Robert L. Allen were among
the Chicago delegation, while David Bonner Al
bert Hale Samuel NJ. MILAN. j. w Knox anu
others represented the New-York horsemen'
The dav was a perfect for racing. with the
sun almost too warm for comfort ana the Navy
October air at a dead calm. Not so much can
be said for the track. the WORKOUT SOIL OF "hicn
lacks the adhesive quality that is the strong point
of the record breaking courses In the west ~
was as fast Mystic Park can DE maue, ou'' III
spite of the work and water. the ioo'he was
loose dead and cuppy much so that Monroe
Salisbury said he considered the course from three
to four seconds slower than Terre Haute' al ieas'
so far as his mare Alix was concerned "heh
the horsemen gathered at the track TINS iioii.in
the prevailing impression seemed 10 De Una. '
would win the race. Something had evaeh'S
changed publ.c opinion within the last day OF
two for up to last night the betting was even
money and take your pick" while to-day the oous
were strongly in favor of AK. A feeble attempt
was made to establish Directum as the laNor'e
when the betting began at the track, one or 'wo
pools selling at 500 for the stalhoh against 90
for the mare: but when the heavy players stepped
odds shifted to 800 $50 on the mare before the
first heat was trotted. Hickok had worked the
black horse out sharply in his warming-up nhleS'
and while he appeared to be sore and all ued-up III
jogging. Directum at times showed something vi
his old time metle and speed. rushing through the
stretches with square and rapid stride AK never
looked better than when Mcdowell sent her along
at half speed the way of the track her
driver pronounced her good and predicted that
Directum would have to go three heats in the
neighborhood of 207 to win
Both trotters were greeted with applause when
they logged up the stretch for the start out tne
hand-clappins was loudest when the dainty h'tie
mare moved past the grandstand with minclng step
showing that she was the popular favorite. as Wen
as the choice of the betting fraternity. The hrst
time the famous trotters came down for the wore
Starter H. w. Burress sent them away IL was a
wretched start. Alx having half a length the oest
Of II, while Directum went away pacing lie was
almost break before he finally squared away;
BY this time Alix had reached the eighth pole a I
had opened a gap of four lengths or more. Nc
Doweii did not turn about to see where Directum
SE mare fatty t boil the sharp
lower turn and up the backstretch az soihet nny
footing which broke away beneath her flying Zee,
every stride. Hickok called on Directun ana
thai; he held his ground the finish, without los.
ing more than his mixedup start had cost him at
ease apparently in 2O9 for the mile. and Drectum
likewise pshed without breaking thought bro IN. to ,s
yards when he saw there was no ehance TO Win
Sa s % THIS Sosa e ana
far better contest when Directum should get away
aiine however showed that Ax was the prob
able winner for the odds heightened until she sold
In the mex heat the scoring was again brief the
pair getting off after only one false start McD9% Sa
took his mare away up tire stretch to score; wnle
eksk turned b ssbo Ms tnf hat XIX s
speed. once shufiied and mixed ana paced'
AZ in ~ tbe first round. the mare went right away
from him a, the star, while Hickok again had 70
before he reached the frs, turn The little hay az
mare kept her work as before. and she opened
q longer lead than In the first heat. making show
OF Directum by logging the las, quarter in $4s4
seconds and finishing at last in walk with ne
mare 214s. and that of the vanquished stallion
This sorry exhibition left no further room TO
doubt that Direc;um was not himself and me race
Hickok was greatly chagrined on account Of Di-
rectur's poor showing. and he asked permission to
draw the horse. This the judges consented 70 and
by way Of making up for the hzzle Mr. Salisbury
consented to have Mcdowell drive Alix a fast mile
The best she could do on the cuppy track was 2D'9,
ana she finished the heat perceptiby tired, after
going to the half in 1924 The fractional time Of
her miles was In the first heat.O:S2 :4@s l;S''
ifS Si iS4s., 2os54 Summaries.
MATCH. S5.c0O-TROTT1Nf;
Alix b. m by Patronage darn Atlanta. by Aitor-
Drectum blk $. by Director. dam Semwinder.
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