Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23

race Oh Lie 4IOIJ4IlB ON L eSS4L3
Turf.
Chicago, August 22.-JOe Patchen to-
day won the match race against John
R. Gentry, in straight heats. The race
took place on the famous Washington
Park track, but as the wind, that
amounted almost to a gale, blew all
afternoon, a sensational time perform
ance was out of the question. The
three heats were covered in 2:O5A,
2:0714 and 2:07A.
Nevertheless the contest is regarded
as one Of the nose important that has
ever taken place on the trotting or pac-
ing turf. Patchens victory was deci-
siye and seems to put his claim to first
place among harness racers beyond
dispute. Twelve thousand people saw
the race. and the fact that betting was
prohibited did not deter the crowd from
showing a degree OF enthusiasm that is
seldom excelled at a horse race.
At 3:15 the two giants OF speed were
called upon the track, although there
had been no decrease in the arid gale.
Curry and McHenTy, the drivers, stood
in the centre OF the track and tossed
coin for the advantage Of position.
Curry won and thus got the pole.
They were sent away on the fifth
score together. Patchen moved slightly
away and for over quarter OF a mile
led by nearly a length, the first quarter
being :32. On the second quarter they
had the wind at their backs and raced
the distance in :3O12. Nearing the
pole. Gentry began to crawl up and has
friends tore sections out OF the grand
stand when he went past Patchen at
the far turn, as if it was no trouble at
all. The third quarter was covered III
80 seconds flat-the fastest of the race.
Turning into the stretch Gentry stlll
led by a length or more and his sup
porters were buoyant, but on the way
TO the wire the crowd was surprised TO
see Patchen, without being touched by
the whip. come upon the outside ana
his own gameness beat Gentry out by
good length. Neither horse was
touched by the whip in this heat ana II
looked to be a fair test Of their speed.
In the next heat, McHenry let
Patchen go out and set the pace all
rbe WAY around to the stretch. Then
eusued a long and furious drive, Nc
Henry using the whip savagely on
Gentry. who overcame all but about
three feet of the two lengths difference
that had separated them at the head
of the stretch. but Patchen had both
speed and endurance and won. Time
for quarters. 333t; 81; 31l2; 3O12.
Never did horse show greater
gameness than Gentry displayed in
this heat. For a quarter OF a mile he
stood the lash, straining every nerve
and being apparently in distress all
the way. yet never once did he show
the slightest inclination to break.
The third heat was easy all the way
for Patchen. who lead and won by two
lengths. Time for quarters, 91&; 32A;
311a; 31%
The only explanation offered after
the race by Driver McHenry and
Owner Scott, was that their horse was
not in condition.
I'VE made a mistake" they said,
"in not sending him to Cleveland af-
ter the Freeport race. The other horse
was on edge, ours was not"
Colonel Taylor, owner of the victor,
said:
Il knew that my horse could beat
him any part of it, from 100 yards to
a mile. Had the race to-day been on
the Terre Haute track, with no wind,
the fastest heat would have been in
less than two minutes.
SURPRISED THE EXPERTS.
Only one race in addition to the spe-
cial was completed. That was the
three-year-old trot, in which Pat l..
surprised the experts by losing FIVE
heat argument to Abnet. Pat l.. made
a fatal break in the last heat. Both
the PIP pace and 2:20 trot were uncom-
pleted A great surprise was sprung
in the former when Susie G., the prop
erty of l. Z. Lambert, of Emporia.
Kansas. took the second and third
heats handily.
RESULTS AT RACHESTER.
Rochester, n. Y, August 22.-There
days grand circuit races at the T;oches-
ter Driving Park. II special events
drew the crowd. 10. a s. Johnson
paced by OConnor, Stevenson, Wcneg
and Seavy, tried to wheel a mile in
less than two minutes. Weineg, be-
fore the trial Of speed was quite badly
injured by running into a fence while
trying to avoid a horse. He did Lot
leave the track.
Johnson was to have received
bonus had he gone under 1:55. The
track was in good condition, but John
son only made the mile in 2:02A
AliX tried 10 beat the worlds tTot-
ting record. but she made poor show
ing. and Andy McDowk II, the driver
only succeeded in speeuing her the
mile in 2:09a4.
Tomorrow Johnson will endeavOr to
beat the half-mile horse track record.
Each of the races was won in one, two,
three order. Azote, as expected, was
the winner of the 2:06 trot, her best
time being 2:0SA Right Regent had
a walk-away in the 2:14 pace, and Red
Pointer. to the surprise of the book
makers and admirers of Belle TruXton,
captured the 2:27 trot Stanley did eX-
cellent work in the sulky, and as a re-
suit the gelding lowered his record
from 2:274 to 219A.
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