The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-10-06
TOURNAMENT AND RACES.
Successful Meeting of the Carroll County
Frotting, Riding and Pleasure
Association.

He thought that the colt had a flight OF speed,
Ana ne backed him with secret citation:
| But he learned ere night il was only flight
! OF his own imagination.
The first meeting of the Carroll County
| Trotting Running and Pleasure Association
took place Wednesday, and was a success
from every point of view, the weather being
hne and the attendance large, there being pres
ent about |, 800 persons.
A tournament, in which eight sir knights
participated, preceded the races. The fol-
lowing is the list OF contestants: Knight of
Linwood, Lynn Wood; Knight of Freedom,
George Beasman; Knight of Woodbine
Henry Davis; Knight of Forest View, C. Lyon
Rogers, Jr.; knight of Rose Lawn, Grant
Baesman; Knight of Westminster, Jesse f.
Stem; knight of Clients, K. G. Rogers;
Knight of Waterloo, c. c. Crawford
The successful knights were c. Lyon
Rogers, Jr., knight of Forest View, who
crowned Miss Bette Reifsnider, of Westmin-
ster, queen of love and beauty; Grant Beas.
man, knight of Rose Lawn, who selected
Miss Melissa Baesman first maid of honor;
George Baesman, Knight of Freedom, who
crowned Miss Louise Lynch second maid of
honor; and Henry Davis, knight of Wood
bine, who crowned Miss Estelle Duddera
third maid of honor.
The charge TO the knights was delivered by
Mr.. Guy W. Steele and the coronation ad
dress by Mr.. David N. Henning, both of the
Westminster bar.
The first race, free for all county horses,
purse S75, mile heats. best 3 in 3, was won by
Belle, owned by Robert l.. Hoppe, and driven
by Chas. n. Mitten, in 2. 46 and 2.46, in the
second heat distancing her only competitor,
Patrician, bay stallion, of the Clover Hill
Stock Farm.
In the second race, purse $50, for Car
roll county horses, mile heats, 2 in g. there
were six entries and six starters, as follows
Spinner, owned by State Senator p. j. Ben
nett, of Westminster: Jay Bird, owned by d.
l.. Crawford, Sandyvile; Fannie, owned by
+. Coppersmith, Fenby; Lilly D., owned by
Ii. 0wings, Warfeldsburg; Topsy Gold Dust,
owned by A. G. Kaufman, Dennings, and
Marshal Ney. Jay Bird won in two straight
heats in 2.54 and 2.5G, Topsy Gold Dust being
second and Spinner third in each heat.
Third race, 2.40 class, purse 500. The
entries were: Master King, Glover Hill
Stock Farm; Little Maggie, owned by Jacob
Thomson, Westminster; Billy, owned by
Joseph Franklin, Westminster; and Fannie
Gold Dust, owned by James NJ. Smith,
Woodsboro. Fannie Gold Dust won in three
straight heats, time PA, 2.4O and 2.44!,
Billy being second. Little Maggie and Master
King were distaneed in the first heat. Fannie
Gold Dust was an easy winner, without skip
or break.
The last and prettiest race, running, half
mile heats, best in 3, purse 800, was won
by r. j. Walden's bay FLY Fearless in two
straight heats in 81 and 50 seconds, with F.
littleield's chestnut colt Lord McNair close
second, and Charles Hesson's Pearl Top
third. The first heat was won by a nose and
the second by neck. Gruley and Gaiety
both Carlisle, Pa, horses, did not start
The Judges were DIR. H. M. Sade, P. H.
Babylon, and +. B. Arnold; starter, David
Cowan, Jr.; clerk of track, Orlando Reese;
Marshals at tournament, f. A. Crawford,
chief J. W. Beggs, Chas. Z. Herring, r. l..
Gist, j. G. Skunk and C. T. Reifsdider, Jr.
The meeting was nicely managed aud reflect
ed great credit on its projectors. The attend.
ance was large enough to suggest continued
success of the association, and would seem
to indicate also that the grand stand accommo-
dations are insufficient. The best of order
prevailed, and officer Matthews chief &C.
cupation seemed to be picking up peanut
bags from the track.
The Westminster band was in attendance
A noticeable effect of the meeting was the
fact, that, on returning from the track, every
fellow imagined he had 2.40 nag and drove
accordingly.