The Portland daily press., 1894-08-25
WINNING BY A HEAD.
Fighting Finishes In the Races at
Rigby Park.

The Track Is at Its Best and Is Fit for
Record Making -Today's Programme
of Sports Includes Some Events Worth
Seeing.
Yesterday was another of those perfect
days with which Rigby has been blessed
this week. A better day could not hay
been made to order, and in consequence an
other large crowd was in attendance
The racing was of the best quality, close
finishes being the order Of the day. Seth
Griffin says that he has got the track pretty
near as he wants it and surely it seems as
if it would be impossible to get a glibber
surface. Records were shattered in great
shape. every winner getting mark seconds
better than before. The sensations of the
day being Anna Rhea's half in 1.04 3-4 and
Abbott Wilkess mile in 2.12 IA in the go
pace.
A rafting good card was that for the day.
First came the 2.2l trot with four named to
go, Wild Oats, E. L. Robinson, Little Ethan
and Dot, the first two being the ones most
fancied by the spectators. 1t was very
smooth going lot, it being possible to num-
Der the breaks made in the three heats up
on the fingers of one land.
"AiN Netlo oIoW hlO polO ddA iACiA ~
throughout the first mile. finishing we'll in
hand in 2.l7 l-2. The feature of the heat
was the drive between Scattergood with E.
l.. Robinson and Sheridan with Little Ethan
for second place. They came down the
stretch nose and nose. and 1t was only in
the last two strides that Robinson won by
whisker. All Carpenter tried to do with Dot
was to beat the flag.
In the second heat the horses finished in
the same order. Wild Oats going the route
in 2.l9 IA. Sheridan complained that Scat
tergood bothered him in his eff orts to win
by in and out driving, holding him in third
place but nothing came OF the complaint.
Carpenter cut loose with Dot in the third
heat, and held the lead past the half with
Wild Oats at his wheel. Around the turn
Avery gotta move on and Wild Oats was in
the lead at the three-quaters, holding the
advantage to the wire in the best time of
the race, 2.16 LIZ. Dot and Little Ethan held
an argument for second place which would
decide third money, Robinson having second
already won and the gelding won after a
whipping finish.
Abbott Wilkes was supposed to be the
good thing in the 2.2O pace and finally
pulled it off, but not until he had his
bae kers on the ragged edge two or three
times. J. H. Gilchrist's chestnut mare
Anna Rhea had got into pretty good shape
since her race at Old Orchard last week,
better even than her trainer and driver, Mr..
GARTH thought and proved dangerous
antagonist to Abbott. Wilkes.
The lot got away very fast for the first
heat and went to the quarter in a bunch.
Here Anna Rhea broke and fell behind, the
others continuing together until past the
half where Abbott Wilkes began to draw
away and held the lead the rest of the
journey, finishing in 2.1s IL. When Anna
Rhea came III it was found that her jump
was caused by broken spreadcr, but she
finished third nevertheless.
1t was a tremendous clip that Abbott
Wilkes and Anna Rhea set in the second
heat, the quarter being reached in .33. Tho
strain was bit too much for Abbott and he
made skip. Garth did not allow Anna
Rhea to let up at all, and flashed past the
half in 1.0t 3-4 and tho thee quarters in
1856. From here he stopped driving, actually
taking back from the distance mark, and
the mare won in big jog, time FLA IA.
For the third heat the horses got away in
perfect alignment and it hustle from
the word. Anna Rhea was in front at the
quarter and half with Abbott Wilkes at her
saddle. Sheridan shook Abbott up trI5e
after passing the half, getting a little to the
good at the three-quaters. 1t was Tobasco
finish and only in the last jump did the
game son of Red Wilkes get his nose in
font with the watches marking zig l.. An
evener rated mile than this one would not
be seen in hundred heats, the first three
quarters each beingsin .33 seconds and the
last in .33 IA.
In the fourth heat the brown stallion won
in 2.20 1-2 and finished the rae.
Eight four year olds appeared for the
Fairview stake for trotters.
1t was anybody's heat in the first clear in
TO the stretch, where Marcus came out of
the wreck and got mark Of 2.25 IA
Eldora took the next two heats. off the
reel in 2.25 l-2 and 2.s5 IA, although Nicola
was we'll up in the third. The judges. gave
the decision to Nicola and with it the
fastest record of the race, 2.23 l..
First on today's programme comes the
conclusion of this race. The other events
are the $50 trot, fourteen entries; the 1884
trot, thirteen entries and the 2.1S stallion
stake for trotters with Mahlon, Frank Jones
and Vega as the starters. This makes a
draw the best attendance of tie week.
| The summarizes:
2.2l Glass. Trotting. Purse $500.
| Wild Oats, br g by Norwood avery /
] Ell. Robinson. (Scattergood and
Scribner) 2 2
| Little Ethan, b (Sheridan) 3 8 2
| Dot, blk m tCarpenter 3
Time-s.17 LIZ, 2.17 IA, 2.l6 L..
| 2.20 Glass. Pacing. Purse $500.
! Abbott Wilkes, br.s by Red
| Wilkes Sheridan) l
Anna Rhea, Inn by Clipper Brooks
GARTH 3 l 2 A
| Kings Prote ctor, (O'NeiD ~. 3..:s4 2
| G. o. Taylor, I'D g (Hicks) S 8 8
Allabreve, g tMorrilD 4 S dr..
Time-s. l6 IA, PA IL, 2.l2 Ia, 2.2o 1-2.
Fair View stake-Foals of 1S90-TIotting.
Purse $5t0-Unfinished
| Eldora, b m by Elsmere QCark) 3 IL 2
| Nicola, br h by Guardsman HAY
| dem 2 2
| Marcus. bg by Messenger Wilkes
zs SeEso. b (nsrsp ~
| Milton c., tMcAlvon) 5 4 4
| Hermitess, {Skilton) 6 IS 6 d1
| May Gift, pink ami + dr.