The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-09

Several hundred people visited til o
HolmesDurg Driving Park yesterday,
drawn there by the announcement
tibet james B. Green's Saladln. 2053{,
would exercise over the half milo
course. Green had the black PAGER out
and gave him two miles, both at fast
gait. On the second mile some OF the
watches caught loss than . 10, and the
stud did not seem to BIZ going fast at
that.
There is no doubt that SaladIn Is
fit for his trial against time next
Thursday, when lie will go to lower
tile worlds haif-mile record at 2OgSI
Entries close to-day for the swee D.
stake races setween bowen kensing
ton and Richmond horses, aud also
for the .. 40 and three. minute classes,
to be run on the same day. This one
days meeting Will DO The event IN focal
lrottlng circles and the result OF Saa.
dln's Efforts will be eagerly looked
for.
About nifty sports witnessed a glove
contest between Two colored pugillsts
: yesterday afternoon, behind the old
stone cr1sher beyond Eleventh street
bridge. The men fought Lw0nty-three
rOu nds and 1t ended In draw
Tho Quaker City Wheelmen held
thsir third monthly road race on Sat
i urday over the regular course. a
! WonZel, from scratch. lowered tho 1.-Two
mile competition road race to IL min
i, utes and 10 seconds. Dnmpman unt
= Thompson, the other scratch men
were inside the Old record. William
Han, of the Wissulickon Wheelmen
made an attempt at Lugan's record
doing the live miles in IL 49, Ii,
: was paced by Butscher, Grlt1i.hs
Est9chi and Wenzal.j
James Alexander threw William
Wrigley twice In a wrestling mattel
at tho Wynnewood Athletic ground.
on saturday. The first fail was nc
oompl'shed in iiItean minutes, the sec
ond in fourteen minutes.
n Colonel a. Loudon Snowdon drove
. Minnie bale and Oxygen a mile oveI
t Belmont yesterday III 2.40, the las
> quarter IN 1S#4,
= Hapbrino Prince, David L. Ward
l f2Vorlse trotter, showed q milo L
5 harness on Saturday over tho Be!mon
: track in 2.52 repeating In 3.27
Zimmerman won yesterday neal
Q The month OF June was n remarkable
ono ns regards the light harness racer
Never before In the annals of tn
sport have the trotters and PAGER
a made such fast time go early in tn
1. year. As rule anything of the record
q breaking order generallyh appens wei
: along in tho Fall-Septemb Der an
:, OGtoOer-and the earlier contests hay
= usually been moro of skirmish tina
J, battle royal. glance over the iiel
will demonstrate the early spec
shown.
The half.bred stallion Whips, b,
Electloneer. out Of an Enquirer mar q
'. has given some color to the late La
1t land stanfords liking for a thorough,
4. bred cross close up by string tn
IL phenomenal young gelding Co6webe
Palo Alto bred youngster that start
N ed at Philadelphia last week in the Z. Z
class and won it in the most hollo,
fashion, trottlng one heat in 2l6A
Cobwebs was one of the bargains 1
t. the last Palo Alto sale In this city, hi
III owner having paid but $3.50 for him.
id In the West. at Council Bluffs, Ia
j. the Californian PAGER Flying jill
stepped a mile In 2.05L, very nel
record time, and the four.year.
Outline, by Shadeland Onward. mace
It three heats In all. . l2 and .. l0L, tim
e. that only season or two back wduIl
have set new champion record.