Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-13
THE IS HcEs,


y Some Very interesting Event.
y In which the Prizeaw were
Holly e ontested.
The races at the Morrison county
h fair grounds this year were without
doubt the best ever witnessed here,
u and nearly every prize was won after
9 hard fought contest by both good
horses and experienced horsemen. NJ
The first event OF the week was
4 the 3-year-old trot, best two in three
mile hea ts, In which there were three
starters-Nico demus, owned by
Chapman, OF Osseo, Minnesota Belle,
l by Mckenzie and George Robbins
Colt. The race was a good one and
the order in which they finished was
as follows: ss.s Il. ..&5 4. I
t#NlcOdemus !
Minnesota Belle..... ..........,.....:... 2
Robbins Colt...... ........................3 8
The next race was the ESQ pace,
best; three in five mile heats, and re
quired SIX heats to decide the winner
and also left the finish Of the race for
the next day. The entries were
Kempton's Ragnarok, Chepman's
Prince Howard and McKenzie's Ken
ebec. The first proved the win
ner. The following is the score OF
heats: %% $5 : .*.55
RagnarOk .....:.....,.3 8 Pill i
Prince Howard. ..:............2 1 / 2 2 3
Kenebec i. =. .a....1 2 3 3 8 2
Time, 3:45. BIZ, *s < S3%.1&. .EE.5$%
~ The third event was the pony run
ming race, best two in three, quarter
mile heats, and won by Lone Star,
owned by Richard Neill, OF Green
Prairie, with Flora B., owned by
John Bradford, OF Big Lake, seconu,
Fanny Tip third, Molly fourth.
Time, 26, q, 26H, r. ...>. - +. 4 T.
s5 The race for Morrison county bred
horses was next in order and had
four entries-Free Trade, by M. La
fond; Excelsior and Judy, by r.
Neill and Fox by F. Richardson.
4 Free Trade won very handily taking
three of the four heats trotted, with
Excelsior second and Fox third,
Judy having been set back for run
ming. Fox showed that with alittle
more work and experience he would
prove, ii not faster, a very hard
horse for Free Trade to conquer.
The score by heats is az follows:
Free Trade. .............."..........1~ 2 l
ExcelsiOr....... .........................2 l 2 3
3 3 2
JUDY 4 4
"a half mile running race, best two
In three heats, was next and al
though La Belle: France, owned by
Bradford, was an easy winner, 1t
was interesting on account OF the
hard contest for second place be-
tween Minnie W., owned by Wilson,
OF Motley, and Maud Downing,
owned by F. Richardson, it was
captured by the former. King Bill,
( who was also entered for this race,
proved as usual, very unruly and
was left at the wire. The heats
were run in the following order:
I La Belle ...........................1 l
Y Minnie .........................3
Maud Downing......... l..."...........2 4
Fanny Tip. .......... ......................4 3
King Observation-Disclosures. 0
!, The three minute race was the first
race called on Saturday, the closing
day, and was an event of great in
terest. There were four entries
Polo. by Wilson; Prince, by McKen-
zie, P. III. Newman's 3-year-old
Archie N. and Nicodemus, Chep-
mans 3-year-old. and winner OF the
3-year-old race Of Thursday.
Polo proved the fleetest OF the bunch
hut was pressed SO hard by Prince
i that he was forced to mark himself
/ in the $50 class. This was Princes
first season and be made a. very
good showing. The performance Of
Newman's colt was quite remark
able, it being his first race and with
out much training, finished each
heat very close to the winners. He
was not good starter, and would
have a gap Of five or six rods to
close up each heat, but finished in
fine shape, showing by several
n watches held on him. a 2:4O clip and
remarkable staying qualities. Score:
" Frl0Ce
Arcner . Z
NicOdemus .......................... A q
The free for all and fastest race ol
the meeting, was called and had
3 four starters-Kenebec. Ragnarok
Sam and Prince Observation-Disclosures
decided in five heats with Kenebet
the winner, Ragnarok second, Sam
third, Prince Howard fourth. This