The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-29

Yesterday a%Itornoon's races on tho
State Fair Grouuds concluded tho frat
m.atins OF the Wheeling Driving Club.
From tracing point OF Wow tho meet.
Ink has been Il groat success; Wheeling
urvct betore saw auch lnc harness con.
,c,ts, but financially tho result; is not
30 encouraging. It Is given out that
the driving club will lose Il little money
on the meeting. but the management
announce that another spring meeting,
better than ever, will DO run nextJunc.
Yesterdays crowd WAS not as good rs
had boon expected.
Ono feature alonN will in tho future
mako Wheeling racGs popular with the
best horsomen Of tho county. OF the
hundred hor,omen. more or less. who
we're here. not ono was not emphatic In
saying that Wheeling now possesses
ono Of the finest hali.mile tracSs in tho
country. Some stated that it was tho
best course in tho United States with.
GU. exception. Many Of the horscs
that raced here this week will be y q
here again next fall at the state Fair
races. aud It has been given out TINT
the racos At the fair will be- tiuer than
ever before.
The quality OF the racing yesterday
did not compare with that OF previous
dsye, notably Tuesday and Thursday.
Both the winners. Raven and Colonel
p, won out with tho greatest ense, three
heats disposing OF each race. Tho 1927
,,ot did not Ill and was declared off.
Ravens performance in tho opsning
heat OF tho first race, When she wentthc
mile in a:i4t, is tho beet ever seen in
this vicinity, aud tia! mark Ia now tho
track record.
FREE ron L Tnor AND FACE
Conditioas-Thrcs in i've heats;
purse $500.
First heat-0f the nine horse, en-
tered all but four were drawn, leaving
Dr. Wood, Hustler Russell aud Lora to
contest with the great Raven. OF the
two. L.ora was tho only animal that was
a.all in the contest with the black mare.
At thu start Hustler broke badly and
lost so much ground that he Was dis.
t2nced. Lora played second fiddle TO
Raven throughout, At one time being
only a head behind, but on tho upper
turn on entering the stretch Raven
drew slightly away and came under the
wire q winner by 4 length. Tho pace
from start 10 finish was fast. and whom
the time was hung up 4 murmur OF sur
prise swept over the Crowd-it was2:l4!,
which /. the fastest timc ever made in
q race on the Island track, Haapis' 2:l6
made on Tuesday bein- The previous
record.
Second heat-Raycn aud Lora, only,
figured in this heat, Dr.. Wood barely
escaping being distauced. The hea:
was practically Il repetition o. the first
Raven leading lora slightly and win
ming by q length without being pushed.
Tine. 2:l7i.
Third heat-Rnven aecurcd q good
lead. Just as in the previous heats. and
won with ease, Lorl being n length in
the rear when the black showed up
under the wiro. Time, 2:l62. Tho
summary:
raven. D. IL, ~ftAIONkACuS 1ELl, &c. i / L
Lcra, c. n. James CApchart, Point Pleas
DE- Wood, c. S, n ]. MccEorry, cOvinE-
Hustle: Ka,Seii. 5. h.. il i. MGrehesI.
IafGntrr!, Pa ok
Dallas. Peter Piper. Hanuu. IT,, Queen Goth.
al and Nellie D drawn.
Tiuc-2:iia. s!7H 2:lGis
2:i0 rEor.
Coniition,-Threcin five heats, purse
800. .
First heat-Three horses, Fraeland,
Nellie Bly, and Nellie B. were ou. OF it
by reason OF Freeland's bad break at
ile first quarter. Colonel p, winner Of
the first days trot. went TO the front,
Gad about his only dangerous COMPETE
tor was Sunlight, who succeeded in
finishing a remarkably close second, sc
close tina. it developed the FIRST enthu-
siasm OF the afternoon. Time, $50.
Second hcat-Coloncl 7. repeated his
success, winning easily. thet ield punched
ia MS rear. It was n pretty contest tor
second position between Sunlight and
Nellie g.. the hitler winning in Hdriying
iG!sh. lime, 2:20.
Third hcat-Was won By tho winner
Of tho TWO proceeding heats, Colonel P,
in tho fastest time Of the race. The con.
test between Colonel p. and Sunlight
began on the back stretch and was kept
Up to tho wire, Sunlight bsing beaten by
one.haIf length. lime. 2:eS.
The summary:
coloasl r. b. & John Cell. Gleuylllr. OIL / /
Slalisht, b., J. HOWE. BEDFORD Ohio = J .
Helic b. b. m, l.. s. Drsidock, Noun,
Nellie ny ", B. m. II. ]. williamson,
IRELAND b g.. {. Ffiei. TIiwGuE h.. / 6
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!!Ese-2:59. 2:2y. 2:!SH
Hustler Russell, who was distanced in
the irce.ior-all, worked \ milo in 2:1G
a!.cr tho race.
Sch Wcrtfcger & Robb presented Mr..
Collins, driven oil Raven. with Il iIand-
t6nO horse blanket for driving tho
Taste! mile evor driven w this track.
VII. Collins has driven Raven in thirty
races. winning twenty-five, which is q
rerr lnc record.
a low persons who had pcrhap, lost a
lev dollars on the horse Sunlight. made
a vigorous Kick against tho driyor.
iiowIo, claiming that no was not driving
to win. The judges announced that II
.nch wn tho case thoy would imma-'
hiatelY renoyo Slr. iiowic. rs i; was
tHcir duty to protect tho public, but as
'thli not appear to them in that light,
thoy would not rnmove Afr. liOwio until
II had heon fully proven that lIc was
NOT driving his horse to win. II being
siso sh"ir duty to protect tho drivers
and owners Of horses. Mir. iiowio ,hcn
mounted tho Judges stand and signified
"' Willingness 10 lc: another driver
replace him, bpiuy confident that nm.