The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-03
FAST HORSES
And Long Races at Rigby Park
Yesterday.
ONLY THE 2.34 PACE WAS
FINISHED.

The 2.13 Trot Postponed by Darkness
at the sixth Heat-Splendid Contests
and Much Excitement-Three $4,000
Purses for Today Besides the Sixth
Heat of the 2.13-Races Begin at Twelve
O'clock.
The warmer weather of yesterday
brought much larger attendance to the
Rigby races than the day before. At least
two thousand people were present Never
in this state was there better exhibition
of close contests by horses that are worthy
country The account below will prove
this
THE O-THIRTY-FOUR PACE
The starters in the 2.34 class pacing
drew their places as follows: Success,
Mascot. Jr, Holliter, Last Request,
Billy Croker, Bumps, Sarah Fuller and
Pussy Cat. 1t was expected that Bumps
and Mascot, Jr.. and Last Request would
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records of 2.10A, and the latter has
pushed them to the wire in that time on
several occasions Nelson. received per-
mission to trail behind the pole horse.
At the first turn Success lost the pole,
Last Request taking the lead, with
Bumps close after her. At the first
quarter Bumps went into the air and was
SO long in getting his feet that his
friends feared distance. Last Request
kept the lead till the home stretch when
Mascot, Jr., forced her SO hard that she
lost her feet and had to finish in second
place Hollister, Pussy Cat and Success
were punched for third place, but finished
third, fourth and fifth respectively. The
time was g 1917, and thus Mascot Jr.,
knocked quarter of a second off his
record of 2 1921 The quarters were, 80,
.O5, 1.3S
The second heat was more exciting,
and gave promise that the fight for this
race would be long and uncertain one.
Mascot Jr broke under the wire and this
threw him out of the heat, that other
wise he would very likely have won. Hold
Nelson. who was trailing behind the
second horse. took advantage of the
break to dodge in at the first turn, and
70 ain the pole, but Sarah Fuller was in
too fast company to retain that coveted
position for more than one hundred
yards, and the other brown mare, Last
Request shot ahead. Bumps was close
after her and from the half around to the
finish these two superb horses were al
most neck and neck. But it was the
beautiful IN ares turn to win this time.
Close together, without a skip, they
came around the turn and down the
stretch. Bumps could not force the mare
off her feet as Mascot Jr, did in the first
heat and so she won by a neck.
Third place went to Success, who was
on the inside. Pussy Cat came down the
outside very fast and Hayden raised his
whip in hopes of third place, but he
hadn't quite reached it. Mascot Jr.
didn't recover from that first disastrous
break and apparently didn't try. He
finished seventh. The time was 2. 11A
The third heat put third horse in the
line for first place, ..and split up the result
still more. Mascot Jr. broke again at the
beginning and was out of this third heat
as we'll as the second Those breaks are
very bad for a horse that took the first
heat in 2.1O1a. Last Request led for the
first half, but Bumps was ready this time
to show what he could do and fought for
the lead splendidly, and took it at the
third quarter Nelson was coming fast in
third place at that time and it looked as
if Sarah fuller might get inside the
money limit But the home stretch
showed that she was in too fast company
Bumps drew away and crossed the wire
far in the lead. Last Request was steady
and kept second place Pussy Cat and
Hollister came up from behind Nelson
and captured third and fourth respective
ly. The time was s.1314. Billy Crocker
was drawn.
The fourth heat was .a great surprise
and a delight to all 1t was splendid
exhibition by Mascot Jr. After going off
his feet in the two previous heats and
getting seventh and sixth place, he settled
down to the best that was in him, and
far surpassed all the others Elliot got
permission to "trail' at the start and
scored that way once, but Bumps's
driver, Wilson, who was afraid of Mascot
objected and Elliot had to take his place
near the oustide. This didn't seem to
bother him much for he remained on the
outside and kept passing horse after horse
till at the half he was close after Bumps
and Last Request, who were fighting for
the pole. At the last turn Mascot strobe
past Bumps and came to the wire SO far
in the lead that Bumps drew up a little
since he had second place safe Nelson's
Sarah Fuller had been having close
contest with Last Request, and won it
this time, coming in third. Hollister also
made a squirt and took fourth place from
Last Request. The time was 2. 10 Mas
cot Jr's long steady gain around the out
side and final long lead to the wire with
out skip, was the cleanest heat of the
race The "old man. Elliot, made a
demonstration of supreme exultation