The Portland daily press., 1895-08-29


fences. In the open space in front of the
club stables the teams were standing, and
they were of all kinds and descriptions.
The private carriage was cheek by jowl
with the delivery wagon. There were
the large buckboards which had come
out heavily loaded from town. When the
races began there were between ninety
and one hundred carriages standing be-
fore the stables, while others We're in side
the oval of the track, and there. too,
were many bicycles. 1t was estimated
that over TO-, 900 people were on the
grounds when the racing began. Some
placed the number on the grounds as
high as $1,000 persons. There were prob
ably 1000 people sin the grand stand, and
they made buzy of talk and movement
which could be heard a long way When
Professor Laroux went up in his balloon,
there was a sound in the grand stand
like the falling of hail on board roof
1t was the patter of several thousand
feet as their owners arose in their eager
ness to see the daring aeronaut. Miss
Peek's performance with her saddle hors-
es was received with plenty of approval.
The handsome trick horse Boston, seemed
to realize that he and his rider were the
centre of the gaze OF thousands OF pairs
of eyes, and never knew his lesson bet
ter. Miss Peek also rode mile standing
on two horses, and drove three horses
TIE horse Nelson was shown on the
tra6E and did quarter of a mile in 80
, s.soonds.s He will be sent a fast mile to-
day.
Chanlder's band enlivened things be-
fore the races and between the heats.
THE 2. 40 TROT.
First on the card was the race for trot-
tiers of the 2.40 class andInine Of them
came to the wire. They were Slide, one
of Hutchins's Auburn lot; Queen Eliza
beth, Claremont, N. H., horse, Robert
Shedd, the chestnut gelding, owned by
Allen of Waltham, Mass. Silver Mark,
owned by Clark of Philadelphia, Quod-
DIV Girl, 1.-THE property of 6. W. Leavitt
Of Boston; Exploit, gray STALLION, all
the way from Lexington, Ky: Senator
Blackburne, Tyngsboro Mass horse
Record, a black gelding from down South
in South Carolina, and the we'll known
Bird Simmons, one of Johnson's string
from Brockton. The Carolinian won
the nrSt heaI, pushing u. lne lroNb dluer
general scramble for the first place.
Slide held the lead through the back
stretch, but failed to keep his advantage,
while Bird Simmons was pushed into
the second position. 1t was a good heat,
the field being well punched, and the
mile being made in 2.22
The second heat was another to the
credit of Record, although Robert Shedd
lead the field most of the way around
the track. Robert went to pieces on the
stretch and Record then won hands down
| in 21714, fast time for a 2. 40 class race.
Robert Shedd was in hard luck, for
after breaking it took him SO long to get
op his feet that the distance flag finally
shut him out.
Record was not out of first place in the
concluding heat but Silver Mark was a
close second, and cryswent up that the
black would lose, as Silver Mark was at
his wheel, and then the two were neck
and neck, but skip and jump sent
Silver Mark back to second place, and
the race was over. Record took first
money second went to Silver Mark; third
to Bird Simmons and fourth to Slide.
Record, the winner, is green horse
and promises to make his mark. The
summary:
o An GLASS TROTTING PITRSE ssor