The Portland daily press., 1895-07-13
ON THE KITE TRACK.
Sport That Made Even the Blood of
Veterans Tingle.
The Racing Sensational in the Extreme
Track Record Broken.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l


saw sport that would send the blood
tingling through the veins of the oldest
turf follower. The racing was sensational
in the extreme, better than has ever be-
fore been seen in this part of the country.
1t is doubtful, indeed, if anything ex-
ceiling it has ever ccurred even in the
Grand Circuit. Eighteen heats were
trotted and paced in an average time of
2. 13 1-9, one heat in 2. II, all of the rest in
2. Is or better. Barney broke the track
record in the 2 90 pace, finishing in 400
3.4 in the face of a strong wind that blew
up the stretch all of the afternoon The
average time would have been consider
ably better had it not been for that wind,
as may be judged from the fact that
Barney went the first half of his record
breaking mile in l. O2 3-4, the first quarter
in 81 1-2.
In the 2 15 trot, Early Bird fulfilled the
prediction that his former owner, DR..
Drake, made concerning him, going the
route the second heat in 2. 10 fiat and re-
peating in 2. 10 IA Frank Hayden proved
conclnsively in this race that he is clever
enough to rank with the best, for al
though it was the Birds first start of the
season, he was in the game all the time
after Hayden cut him loose in the second
heat.
First on the days card was the un-
finished 2 13 pace Robert G. came out
in the best shape and finished the race in
two straight heats.
Falkland was fancied by the wiseacres
for the 2. 16 trot and won the first heat
after a fighting finish, with Sabinah and
Vega. Tom Marsh opened up with Vega
in dead earnest in the second heat, and
won after beautiful drive through the
stretch, coming on the outside and head
ing Sabina and Falkland in the last
jump. Falkland was laid up the next
he at, but Sabina and Vega again made
close thing of it with the black horse
again a winner at the wire In the fourth
heat Falkland made determined effort
from the word to beat Vega, but the
black had little too much speed and
was most judiciously handled by Marsh
landing heat and race in 2 IA IA. Rarely
is better matched field of starters found
in a race than started in this one, all
twelve staying in through the four heats
A start could have been made out of any
one of the finishes, SO close together did
they come under the wire.
Next came the 200 pace with five flyers
as starters Barney showed clean pair
of heels the first two heats, and most
people thought that the race was all over,
but the shouting when the horses came
out for the third heat. The delightful
uncertainty of horse racing was never
exemplified more fully, for Barney, who
has been on his good behavior in all his
races, so far this season, and had begun
| to be looked on as thoroughly refined,
took it into his erratic head to make
trouble He broke shortly after getting
the word and didn't quit cutting monkey
shines until he was hopelessly in the rear
and finally got the flag despite Brock S
best efforts to straighten him out. Gil
Curry won the heat and was thought to
have cinch on the race with Barney out
of the way. 1t was Curry's turn to cause
furry in the fourth heat, and he did it
by making bad skip, narrowly escaping
| Barney's fate. Had Hilson driven all the
way home with Henry f., the heat
winner Curry, would surely have been
shut out. Mooney got the gray ghost go
| ing in good shape in the fifth heat, and
that one and the next were easy for him
closing race that had made many a
man wonder "Where am | at?"
| A bonny field of seven starters in The
2 13 trot, and the race is still unfinished
with six heats trotted, three horses having
two each to their credit. Wistful came
out of the bunch coming down the stretch
| in the first heat and was first home
| I1dyuCu lldu IOU luetu6 luUCll VI dill GnOIU
in the first heat but in the second he
drove like a fiend from the start and
landed Early Bird neck ahead of Edith
| III. and Tomah at the wire in 2. 10, after
a finish in which every driver was at the
| bat The third heat was a dead ringer
of the previous one the field finishing in
almost the same order, Early Bird in
front in 2. 1O1-4 Miller with Norman and
Golden with Caprice opened up in the
| fourth heat chasing EARLY Bird all the
way and beating him through the stretch
in a ding dong finish. Only person over
the wire could tell to which one of the
| first two the heat belonged. The judges
from their point of view decided in favor
of Norman. Miller kept Norman in front
much effort. This left only the three
heat winners in the race, and most people
thought that it laid between the two
stations, but litter with Wistful had
something left up his sleeve, and COM
| plicated matters by winning the sixth
| and last heat trotted. 1t was too dark to
| finish the race tonight, SO it goes over until
| 10. 30 tomorrow.
| Tomorrow programme is made up of
| four races besides the unfinished one, the
2. "a pace, 2. Is pace, 2 80 trot and 2 23 trot
Large fields will start in all these classes
and exciting sport is sure to result.
Racing will begin at 12 O'Clock.
Nine out OF ten OF Une nOTSeS now mere
will be taken to Rigby park for the races
next week, when four days of equally as
good sport as has been seen Oh the Kite
track will surely result
| Todays summaries:
213 Glass. Pacing. Purse, $500 Geo n
| cluded.
Robert c., br G, by Thorn
dale Echo (Ramsey) 8 2 2 1
Socks, ch h, by Rockdaie,
(Yapp) 5 Ill 2 s
Antidote, b h, by Anteros
(Jones) 2 4 {
BLIZZARD, b g, (smart) 4 2 2 5 5 re
Walter Roberts, g g,
| (Brock) 8 dis
rime-s. IN, a.1oA, a14A. s.15A,
2. 1917, 2.17
2 16 Glass. Trotting Purse $500.
Vega, blk h by Woodbrino
| (Marsh) l
Falkland h, by Happy
Medium (Kenney) II {
Sabine, b M (Noble) 2 2 II
Proteen, b IN, (Nay) s