The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-05
HE LOST THE RACE
JOHN r.. GENTRY BEAT JOE
PATCHEN. BUT HE COULDN'T
BEAT THE JUDGES.
WON THREE STRAIGHT HEATS

But the Judges Declared the Last NO
Heat, and seven Heats Were Paced
-..McHenry Protested, and Re-
fused to Pace Gentry Any Longer.
Letting Him Jog Along 10 the Wire
in the Last Heat--Judges Threaten
TO Deal With McHenry.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 4.--The at
traction at the Belmont race track to- day
was the special race for 81 900 between
Joe Patchen and John r. Gentry and 1t
was the cause OF more dissatisfaction
than anv similar event in the history Of
the association. Had there been betting
it is doubtful if Curry, the driver OF
Patcher, would have escaped mob VOL
ence. On the first heat, Gentry took the
the lead and led by a length throughout.
The second heat was repetition OF the
first. In the third heat Gentry again
took the lead and held it to the wire,
winning bY nose. 1t was apparent to
the Judges, as it must have been to the
spectators, that Patchen was not being
driven to win. Curry was hooted and
ieered at. and cries of 'take him out,
TUUDtE. anu SQIu l1hO %RhAN A1OAAA eAN~
grand stand The judges declared this
heat ''no heat" The time was 2:OS IA.
In the fourth heat Patchen Went out
in front and led to the wire, winning
easily in ali. In the fifth there was
further trouble. Patchen set slow pace
and led by two lengths until well onto
the stretch. Here McHenry brought
Gentry up and Patchen broke. Curry
claimed that he could not prevent his
horse from breaking, but the judges
thought otherwise and declared this also
s'no heat and ordered both horses out
again.
McHenry said it was an outrage to
make his horse pace any more, he being
in no way responsible for Curry's mis-
deeds, but the judges ordered another
heat. They took Curry down and sub.
stituted Dickerson, who had driven Fred
Kohl. Patchen won the heat easily,
Gentry not being driven out and was
distanced. The judges waived the dis
tance and ordered a seventh heat.
Patchen took the lead and logged the
mile IN 232. Gentry finished in about
three minutes.
The judges said they would take action
against McHenry TO morrow for the man
ner in which he drove the last two heats.
The first heat of the race was the fast
est mile ever made over the Belmont
track The best previous record 2:08,
was made by Saladin on August 10th,
1898
The other two events were easy wins
for Fred Kohl and Lynne Belle.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 4. 4.--( (Bulletin)
In the race between John r. Gentry
and Joe Patchen, the PAGERS, for 1000
at the Belmont Driving Park, Gentry
won the first heat by ten lengths il
2:06 f. This beats the track record of
2:0s made by Saladin.
Gentry Entered at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. The entries
for the stake races for the meeting of the
Louisville Driving and Fair Association,
which begins September 0 and continues
six day., have been completed There
will be ten races, for which stakes to the
amount of $22 900 are offered, none be-
ing for less than $1,000. The most
interesting event of the meeting will be
the free for all pace for purse of $5, 900,
in which Robert j., John r. Gentry, Joe
Patchen and Rubenstein are entered.
Gentry and Baronet to be Retired.
Mr.. L. Banks Holt, owner of John r.
Gentry and Baronet, in an interview
day or two ago said:
''The meetings of the grand circuit
have many features which are distaste
full to me, and / expect the withdrawal
of both Gentry and Baronet will be the
final outcome. Horses this year of all
classes in the grand circuit are required
to go at so great a clip and | am always
fearing they will share the same fate as
Pamlico, and feeling that they have
already won honors and purses sufficient
to equip them for the head of any breed
ing establishment in the United States,
am anxious to retire them to Alamance
farm, where they may serve the purpose
in advancing high class harness horse
breeding in North Carolina | wish to
withdraw them and exhibit them at the
North Carolina State Fair in order to aid
in making it the greatest fair ever held
in North Carolina. So you see there are
many reasons for retiring these valuable
horses, and the day is not far distant
when North Carolina will shelter the
fastest stallion in the bounds of cur
knowledge"