The Portland daily press., 1895-07-12
TRACK RECORD TIED.
Great Sport on the Kite Shaped
Course by the Sea.

Nineteen Heats Trotted and Paced yester-
day and None Slower Than Q 21 IA
Stuff of the Hottest Kind.
| ESPECIAL TO THE PREssI
Old Orchard, July lit was hot stuff
of the very hottest description at the Kite
track today. Four races were decided
four heats paced in another without find
ing the winner, and a total of nineteen
heats trotted and paced. The slowest heat
was 2 81 IA, while Antidote in the @.
pace, tied the track record of IA. The
track had dried out thoroughly and was
in very good condition, as was evinced by
the time made. A crowd of good sized
proportions turned out and thoroughly
enjoyed the royal sport furnished.
Starter jenkins and his associates in
the stand, DR.. Campbell and Messrs.
Drew and Quimby, deserve the highest
praise for the clean cut manner in which
the days sport was run. Mr.. Jenkins
work was as near perfection as it is
possible for starting judge to reach, the
fields being got off quickly and in good
form. In the 2 10 trot with its fifteen
starters he introduced the idea of an
assistant, who formed the field on the
starting ground. The effect of this inno-
vation was particularly noticeable in the
| first heat, when the horses got the word
the first time by the stand.
| The first race called was the 2 "a pace.
Ic,,,~. I@xr 49, De-.
| showed his superiority in three straight
heats He started without record, but
when the race was over he was in the 2. 13
class, getting a mark of 2. 12 IA in the
second heat. Violet L., a handsome black
mare from Indiana, finished close up in
all three heats, but did not have quite
speed enough to reach the wire first.
In the 2. 3S trot, one heat of which was
decided on Tuesday in favor of George S.
| Clark Elber, the favorite, finished in
front three trips, the fastest In 2.20 IA,
and got first money. The first heat was
made exciting by great finish between
Elber and George S. Clark, Howell, with
Elber, just beating out Bither, with
Clark, in the last few yards Maine horse
Barrett's Col. Aest, is bred the same as
Elber. There is a striking resemblance
between the two horses.
The 2 10 trot brought out great field
of fifteen starters Dennis, dark horse,
showedsa clean pair of heels to the others
in the first two heats, finishing. in 2.16
3-4 and 2. IA IA. Jock Bowen, with
Cebolla, was close up in the second heat,
and evidently made up his mind to ride
| in front the rest of the race, for he won
| the third heat in 2. IA IA by beautiful
drive through the stretch and followed
this up by leading the crowd all the way
the next two heats. This was very
popular victory, for old Jock is always
great favorite with race goers and then
Luques of Biddeford, which impaired a
| localffavor to the triumph. This was
| Cebolla's first start since he cut his
quarter at Saugus, and he went better
| ands.gamier race than his driverand owner
had ever dared to hope for. Dennis threw
a boot just before the start of the third
heat, and trotted without it, finishing in
next heat, but in the last acted badly and
got the flag, rather. tough luck for a
| two heat winner Mart Demarest must
| be credited with driving a great race, his
reinsmanship making it possible for
Corticella to get second money.
| Ed Bither had good goods in the 2.27
trot in the shape Of the black horse Lynne
Belle. by ST. Bel. He had little trouble
in finishing first, three straight trips, al
| UuOuSu tuC llOp DibulC lOI S6OOnd lIOAOy
between the other nine starters forced
| him out in 2 IA 1-2 the last heat. Emsie
got second position in the first and last
heats, and comes next to the top in the
summary. Dick Hilson made one of the
prettiest drives of the afternoon in heat
number two, Linda Stanford getting
second position from Church Bell by a
clever handling.
a Fifth and last of the days races was
the O. 13 pace with five starters. 1t turned
| out to be the most sensational of the lot
in several ways. The first heat was duel
between Robert c.. and Antidote from
wire to wire, the former winning by a
stretch of the neck in 2. II IA. The duel
was continued in the second heat This
time Antidote turned the tables, getting
under the wire first in 2 10 IA Two
such heats evidently tired the winners for
in the third both were unsteady and
Socks, the game little PAGER who became
such great favorite in New England
last season. came home first and repeated
his work in the fourth, completely up
setting the calculations of the knowing
ones. The race was then postponed until
tomorrow at IL. 30.
The card for tomorrow is a corker, in
cluding as it does tho 2. 16 trot, the q 0e
pace, the 2. 13 trot and the 2.24 pace. The
New England race record seems destined
| to be broken III tne 2.O9 pace. LII Unls
race Barney, Gil Curry, Henry F.,
Jubilee Wilkes and Sterling are sure
starters. All five are on edge, and it will
be battle royal Norman, Early Bird
Edith H., Fred Wilkes and several others
will make great field in the 2. 13 trot
Today's summarizes
2 80 Glass. Trotting. Purse, $780,
Elber, br h, by Egbert (HowelD6 1 1
Geo. S. Clark, CHI G, by Leicester
(Bithers)
Lynne Bourbon, blk m, (Jones)3 8 Q
Bird Simmons, b 6, "a. Johnson)2 5 8
Georgianne, br IN (Walker) 4
Richard B., br g, (Bowman) 5 6
Slide, ch g, (Hutchins) 2 dis.
Time-2. 201S, 2. 2.s0A, 2.2054, 2.21A.
s.34 Glass. Pacing Purse, $780,
Bumps, b G, by Baron Wilkes
(Dick Wilson,
Violet L., blk G, (Quinn) 2 2
Magnolia Belle, ch IN, (Bowman) 3 4