The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-27
WEDNESDAYS RACES

The races Wednesday afternoon be-
gan with the trotters and PAGERS OF
the , % class which alternated with
the = 30 class and two heats of the
running races. The . 30 classes were
called after the above classes were fin
ished. The = % class had only four
starters out of field of nine entries.
The first heat of this race was a battle
royalstbetween " Prince Lavalard, -
"Checo" and Sarah Ann with
the latter as favorite. When the word
was given "Checo''. who had the
pole, got away nicely but was closely
followed by Sarah Ann. At the
half-mile pole "Checo" made one Of
his slips, prince Layalard'' closed
up on him as both horses made good
footings, the third quarter pole found
them neck and neck, and from here
out it was hot finish. At the upper
home stretch Prince for a moment
crowded "Checo" off his feet and as
the momentarily break gave Prince
chance to forge ahead. his driver
made what proved to be a serious mis-
take as he passed the bay gelding he
swayed from his course into that of
his opponent, which lost him the
heat, although ne finished in first
pace the Judge turned him down to
fourth place and gave the heat to
Sarah Ann. ''Cobden'' getting
second place, while "Checo' had to
be pleased with third place for this
heat. The time was the fastest of the
In the second heat Sarah Ann
was never headed as "Checo'' and
Prince Laralard' both INDUCED in
some unfortunate breaks, especially
one by the latter on the home stretch
which gave the second place to
Checo, Sarah Ann" winning the
heat by three lengths. ''Cobden 2d''
could only trail in for fourth position.
Starter Chapman placed fine of s. on
driver John Swan in the third heat for
scoring ahead of the pole horse, so on
the next score down, they caught the
word in fine form. Sarah Ann" once
more forged TO the front closely fol
lowed by the " Prince" and "Checo, "
Golden keeping within dozen
lengths Of the latter. As they swung
into the nome stretch, the first three
horses were prettily punched but when
within seventy yards of the wire
- Prince Layalard" made another bad
break which again lost him second
place and money by scant two feet
Summary.
FIRST RACE, 2:22 cLAss-prRsE s4Oo-saoo, 500,
s6n. so.
Sarah Ann, IN, VIM Morris, Auburn,
bero - .iobn swan Ann ;,a
I ohden 2d, ch <, W Randall, II Johns
. hurN. VI INSTRUMENTATION. .... (
Prince iayalari q :, swan 4 Stone,
Aihul, Mass, ,....... 8 3 |
Time, 3:ls "a, ; 81 2:l9 IA.
In the , :35 class ELTON" met the ex-
pectations of those who knew his re |
cent records at Mystic and Providence |
aud won as he pleased from a fast |
field. In scoring for the first heat
A wheel in Elton Is" sulkev COLLAPSED |
just as the field were to GET the word. |
so here was a delay of ten or fifteen |
until new. wheel could be /
placed in position. Summary
SECOND RACE, 2:S5 cLAss-PuRsE $3D--Sl75 |
$3.50, $3.50. SS5.
Elton, :, Will \ Bags, Springfield,
Red Elm, eh 5, 6 ii Prouty, Newport. Newport
itps,y Boy; :, Whitaker, Turner'S
iloster ii, :, NJ Daley Hartford,
.dith +, br III. Gilli> S Son, Framing
ham, Mass q !
. Y. G, oh & J W cooncy, Lenox,
Time, IS, :26 ~, 3.25l4
y field of seven horses "shuwed up"
or the $50 class. Sharley Sleeth'
nd Ed Wilson'S Major. = were the
avorites. "Sharley Sleeth" had
cinch - taking the heats as he pleased,
nj doing them in remarkably good
me.
Major" INDUCED in couple of
ad breaks in the first heat which
hoyed the little brown mare into sixth ]
lace but in the next two heats third
nd fourth places were found good I
nough for him. which gave HIM
lurth money. summary: !
IIlRp RACE, 80 ,LAsS-PURsE SaOO-slr0, !
50, $50, so.
harley >leeth. ch m. W NJ Cobb, Ale
ghHuy, y l............... ....... IT.
pc wilkes, h :, u W Leach, walpole, '
u'aont, b z, John pumont, Springfield, !
oyor, ch z, Ed Wilson, Brattleboro . y t
Vi, So. ~ 2 =
iNoneer, VIM Morris, Auburn, N.Y..
lcamont, ch :, J W severance, wal
pole, Observation-Disclosures. ! !
yringhurst, blh :, c ID Noyes, Brattle- {
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