The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-13

lug positlon. lie was SILL climbing along
right behind Pembroke when they swung
into the turn for the final and then he
lost his gait and made--a break, giving
Fearnaught Prince his place. China
Boys burst Of speed left it still in doubt
and there were those in the crowd watch
the contest who looked upon him as the
probable winner of the next heat
But it was not China Boy after all for
the Oriental made skip at the start
and fell back to third place where he
staid. Pembroke won the heat and the
race, but it was no walko yer, for Fear
naught Prince collared the Bangor horse
and travelled right along with him. Once
or twice it looked as if the gelding
was to be beaten out after all by the
stallion, and so another heat added to
the contest 1t was fighting finish to
fighting race. one where driver shout
that peculiar and long drawn "Hi-yah,"
and whips play over the sweat-moistened
f1anks of the rushing flyers whose short,
hard breathing can be heard as they go
under the wire, to be drowned in the
sharp treble of the hand -clapping and
the deep bass of mems voices in the
stand. 1t was nobody's race until the
wire was reached, although it began to
be evident as the leaders sped down the
stretch that the Prince was quitting
notwithstanding the persuasive power
of the whip in Jenkinss hand Penn
broke also felt the touch of the. lash, re-
spending to it eagerly and winning by
length. Gertie B was out under the
rules. but came in fourth when the purse
was awarded. The summary:
e.as CLASS, TROTTING, PURSE $780,
(Concluded.)
Pembroke, b S, by Jay
| Bird, (Wheelden), 2 8 1 ! ]
| Fearnaught Prince, ch
g, (Jenkins), l 1 3 8 2
China Boy, b S, Grey
esr5is n9lss2; 3, b m, (ohuse), 8 ! ! 8 : 70.
Slide, ch g. The Seer,
| (Hutchins), Or.
Winthrop Pilot, br S,
(RamsdelI, 2 DIR
! Charlie Startle, b 6,
(Anthoine), 6 dis
Time-2.25 IA, 25 3-4, 2.27 1-2, 2. 25 3-4,
2 26 3-4, 2.26
gramme it looked so gloomy overhead
and SO wet under foot that the judges
were in doubt what to do, but there
were SO many people on the ground that
rather than disappoint them it was de-
cided to trot at least the first race. Then
the sun struggled out, and so the other
races were called. The first event on
the card was the 2.a7 pace with six start
ers. Nelson was there with Sarah Full
ler and..the Portland stallion Billy Crock
er was in the field with Noyes holding
the ribbons. Then there were Dimple
P, Grendale, brought over by G. K.
Richards, Philos and Gen. Mac. The
Gorham track is as dry as Roosevelt
Sunday in Gotham after the sun has
shown on it an hour or two, and so as
the fun progressed it soon got back into
Q 81 pace was RATHER with three horses
in a bunch, but on the second round
Billy Crocker pushed ahead and passed
the field at the three quarters pole, win
ming by about a length. 1t was 2.27
race in reality, for the heat was paced
In 2.27 fiat.
Billy Crocker was at the pole at the
start in the second heat and staid sthers
through the mile, but it was not exactly
cake ,walkyfor him. the field being at his
heels, nevertheless he finished without
being pushed. Glendale and Sarah Full
ler were again second and third horses,
although Sarah had gone up into the
air in way which seemed to imperiJ
her chances.
Glendale collared Billy Crocker in the
next heat, and then Billy lost his feet
and was the leader no longer, going back
into the bunch The Portland horse was
running when they turned into the
stretch and there was almost tangle
there. for Reynolds sent Philos in on
the pole in an attempt to pass Billy
Crocker. The sulky wheels were danger
ously near the gutter for a second, but
Moves pulled out and let the other by.
Meanwhile Glendale had been steadily
pushing ahead and paced the wire With
Philos next.
1t was another trial between Billy
Crocker and Glendale in the next heat
Nearly every horse in the field broke
during the mile, but the.two leaders
neither lost nor gained by..that perform
ance. At the end of the first half, the
two were neck and neck. Then Glendale
pulled away again and held the lead. but
only by a narrow margin. as Billy was
at his heels in the stretch
The last heat was gamey one so fal
as the leaders were concerned. They
trotted much Of it as if they were IN
double harness. In this way they went
under the wire at the end of the first
half and kept it up until the turn when
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