The morning call., 1894-10-06
MADE 1T IN n Id AND Al 1-2.
Wonderful Performance at the
Vallejo Track.
RAGE OF Oracle SIS OWNER
He Made Most Vicious and Unwar.
ranted Assault Upon Jockey
Hazlett.

VALLEJO, Oct. 5.-The fastest half mile
ana repeat was run at the Solano Agri-
cultural and Speed Association track this
afternoon that has ever been made in
America, William Dxon's chestnut mare
Qurt, by Joe Hooker Trifie. winning two
straight heats in AN and AK.
There were five horses ready to start In
the race, but Garnet, after three Intellectual
starts, was lett al the post in the first heat.
The four got off in a bunch and Vaiador
led for short distance. but was passed
by CURT with Yalador neck behind as
they passed under the wire and Oracle
close at his heels. April was shut oul.
Time, Az.
In the second heat good sendoff was
had. Valador was slightly ahead. In
coming down the quarter stretch the three
were running neck to neck like the wind.
Quirt again leading. with ValadOr and
Oracle at his neck. Time, :47h
When the second heat was finished
and the riders came to tine scene
scene took place that has not hereto
fore had its duplicate. HaZlett, the
rider of Oracle S, had dismounted, and
was standing on the track directly OPP
posite the judges stand. He had ridden
Oracle the best he knew how, finishing
a close length third in two of the fastest
heats ever run In America. WnIle there
the owner of Oracle S, w. Willis, came to
him, white with passion, and, without the
exchange of a word, he struck HaZleit a
vicious blow. cutting cash in his face
with a ling, from which the blood
poured. and telling him TO the ground.
The blow was followed by brutal kicks
before the bystanders could interfere.
Before Willis could draw his pistol, which
he was about 10 do, his arms were pin
Toned.
By Holly. one of the judges, was a wit
ness Of the vicious attack. lie called on
the Marshal to arrest Willis, which was
done, Willis being taken to town and
lodged in Jail. The affair created an in
tense feeling, and had not Willis been in
charge of the Marshal he would have been
mobbed, as the crowd itched TO take him
in hand.
When quiet was restored Holly an
nounced the result of the heat, stating
that the two fastest half miles ever run 10
America had just been finished. HolIy's
voice was not in its accustomed tone. He
was angry at the brutal affair which took
place before his eyes, and had made up
his mind that Willis should be made an
example of. Time-keepers and horsemen
had been TO him, demanding that justice
be dealt out.
''I'll attend to him." Holly said in each
case. and after the time OF the second heat.
which was greeted VITA wild applause, he
waited until silence was restored and then
ruled the owner of Oracle S off this
track aud all other blood-horse associa-
ZION tracks in the United States.
The crowd choered Holly's ruling, and
the horses for the two-year-old trot were
called to the wire. There were fully 1900
people at the park, the majority Of whom
Witnessed the proceedings.
First race special. hall mile and repeat; purse
$3.50.
Dixon's CHI. Quirt, by Joe HookerTrife,
l2Z (StewarD L ]
S. r. Smiths & &. yaiador. III (kearns) 49,. 2 =
w. Wilis' &. ID. Oracle 5. by Prince Norfolk
Groy Belle, 103 (Hazlett). ..................
Garnet and April also
Time, :4714-:4112.