The morning call., 1894-11-04
NOT ONE FAILED.
TrOtters Reduced Their
Records.
AT THE SAN JOSE TRACK
William Wood Paced a Mile in
2:o7 Flat.
CARROLL WON WITH HIS BELLE.
Margaret Worth, la Belle, WayIand
w and Bessie Thorne Also
Got Purses.
CARROLL WON WITH HIS BELLE.

SAN JOSE. Nov. 3-The Pacific Coast
TrottIng horse Breeders Association
closed i ; seven days harness meeting to-
day. The attendance was not as large as
co previous days. The meeting has been
remarkable throughout for fast time and
excellent races, and also for the sWal at
tendance, as never have races Ia SAP Jose
been so lightly patroniZed.
W. Wood. the PAGER who lowered his
pacing record to 2:07M yesterday. was sent
the mile to-day 10 beat the latter mark.
The track was in better condition than at
any time during the week, and the phe-
nomenal PAGER went around, without max
ing a single break, in 2:07 fiat. He was
paced by running mate in Sulky.
Locally the unfinished driving club race
attracted the most attention. Yesterday
Benton Boy seemed sure winner, as he
took the TWO first heats in 2:1S aud 2:17A,
but lost the third heat to Our Boy. This
morning Benton Boy pounded one of his
front feet so heavily on the ground that
he was completely crippled at the quarter
and came to a standstll. He walked the
remainder of the distance. The race was
fought out between James Rea. behind
Our Boy, and J. Carroll. behind Belle.
The latter then won in three heats, but
by close finishes, with Our Boy in first
aud third.
The two-year-old trot was especially
iOe, as La Belle, the favorite, lowered her
record in the second heat from olga 10
2:l6. c. E. CIark's Athanio was close TO
her all the way III both miles.
The four-year- old trot was good betting
race, Montana being the faYorite at $40 TO
So On thu field. He won the first heat, but
in the other three broke badly and Mar
garet Worth had an easy time getting first
money.
WayIsnd ", the great horse that broke
the Los Angeles track record by irottng
mile in 2:13 was the fayorite in the 2:l7
trot with I2gO as second choice. Wayland
" had to work hard to get the $500 purse
to-day. for Iago drove him out in the first
heat in 2:I2%, lowering his record half a
second. Shylock made him go mile in
PA in the last heat and Altao was near
by at the finish.
The last regular race Of the day was a
special. in which Bessie Thorne. 2:2734
Wiiema, 2:29b. and Rayanetta were the
starters. Bessie Thorne was The favOrite.
Int little betting was done as the talent
nearly all disappeared. Bessie won the
first heat easily. Rayanetta was then
given a chance 10 place herself on record.
and DID so by making the mile in 2:27.
The third heat was WilIema's, and she
cut off three and half seconds from her
former record, doing the mile in 300 In
the fourth heat Bessie Thorne went out to
lower her record and did so by chopping
off FIVE and quarter seconds, She made
the mile with only Que break in 2:221@.
Wilbur Edwards OF the Garden City
CycleTs was paced a mile by a tandem
team, Tony Demas and Bob Long, sgainst
n running horse The start was made 295
feet inside the wire, as they could not 90
next to the pole Oh account OF the track
being rough. They therefore rode within
ten feet of the outside fence. The run
ming horse got fifty feet the start and beat
in by about the same distance. Edwards
time was 2:C215 for the mile. he went 20
the half-mile post in ffty-three seconds,
the distance being little short, to the
three-quarters in l %, and under the wire
in POPE.
Al of the horses that started for time
records succeeded In lowering former
records. J. Corbetts mare, Eta Wilkes.
by Guy Wilkes, was driven a mile by J..
Dustin to beat 2:3Oh and made it in
2:25%. G. II. Corey's chestnut geldiug
loyal sid, by Royal Wilkes, by Sidney,
paced mile to beat . :95I and did 1t in
2:24K. J. W. Rea's Alviso, by Brown
,IuG-Blg Lie, was sent a mile to beat
2:20l5 and came in in 2:20