The herald., 1895-08-23
He Beats John r. Gentry in
Three Straight Heats
THE STAR HARNESS RACER
A Remarkable Steeplechase Run at
Saratoga Springs
Turf Events In Other Eastern Towns-sum-
mafies at the Golden Gate-Basebail
and Sporting Notes
Annotated Press Special Wire.

John r. Gentry'i in straight hearts. The
race tookfplace on the famous Washing
ton Park Mack. but as a wind amounting
to almost as gale blew all afternoon SEN
sational tim p performance was out of the
question. 1she three heats were covered
in 2:O5A, 2:(N1l- 2:o7A.
Neverthe eles . the contest IS regarded as
one of the mo st important that has taken
place on the e.rotting or pacing turf.
Patchen's yictcuy was decisive and seem s
to put his claimA to first place among har-
ness racers beyo1 I'd dispute. Twelve thous-
and people saw 4 ne race ana the fact that
betting was proh ibited did not deter the
crowd from show ing degree of enthus-
ism that is seldo m equailed at horse
race Gentry W. undoubtedly slight
favorite in the pu bic well wishers, but
Patchen was cheel ed just the same. In
what little betting there was outside of
the track Gentry also ruled favorte t
about 10 to 9.
A the end of. th second heat old-time
horsemen were ps onounclng 1t the great
. est race in history In these two miles
Gentry was cta Sc con ntestant, and so I.
considering whatawas at stake. the con-
test was regarded sss unprecedented. But
the third heat weR to the big black so
easily that veter.s ms were disposed to
qualify their opinit n as to the pre-emi-
nence of the ia ce.
The start of the ace, advertised to be
at 2:3O, was delayed in the hope that the
wind might die down. 1t was blowing
strong from the we. tern prairies which
mad robbed it of its nvigorating qualities
SO that the condition were in every way
against good tidne performance. But
at 3:15 the two giants of speed were called
upon the track, alth, ,ugh there had been
no decrease in the rid gale. Curry and
McHenry, the oriver 5, stood in the csn-
ter OF the track and ossed a coin tor ad-
vantage Of position. Curry won and
TINS got the pole. While appearances
, not count for q gr,,at deal in the case
of horses, Patchen's looks were SO decid-
edly better that it caused misRivings in
the minds of Gentry's supporters. Patch
en- appeared full of life and spirit. Gen.
try looked tired, and when they scored
for the first time Pa t,hen clearly showed
more speed. Gentry broke on the second
attempt and acted ugay- They we're sent
away on the first SCORE together. Patch
en- moved slightly away from Gentry, and
for over a quarter Of IL mile led by nearly
length, the first quarter being done in
32 seconds. The second quarter they had
the wind at their backsi and raced the dis
tance in 3011. Nearing the half pole
Gentry began to- crawl up and his friends
tore sections out of the grand stand
when he went past Pa tchen at the last
turn as if it was no tr ouble at all. The
third quarter was covered in 80 seconds,
the fastest of the ce. On turning
into the stretch Gentry still led by q
length or m ore, and his supporters were
buoyant but on the way to the wire the
crowd was surprised to see Patchen. with
out being touched by the whip, come up
on the outside and on mis- gameness beat
Gentry out by good length. Neither
horse was touched by the whip in this
heat, and 1t looked to be a fair test of
their speed.
In the next heat McHenry let Patchen
go out and set the pace all the way
around to the stretch. Then epsued
long and furious drive. McHenry using
the whip savagely on Gentry, who over
came ali but three feet of the Two lengths
difference that had separated them at the
head of the stretch, but Patchen had
both speed and endurance and won.
Tim Time BY quartteg1s.55A seconds, 81, Slls,
gameness than Gentry displayed in the
last quarter. For quarter of a mile he
stood the lash, straining every nerve and
being apparently in distress all the way,
yet never once did he .show the slightest
inclination to break.
The third heat was easy all the way for
Patcnen, who lead and won py two
lengths. Time for quarters-3l4, 3219,
BIZ, 31A.
The only explanation offered after the
race was by Driver McHenry and Owner
Scott was that their horse was not in
condition.
I'VE made a mistake" they said, sin
not sending him to Cleveland after the
Freeport race. The other horse was on
edge; ours was not
Colonel Taylor, owner OF Patchen, said
81 knew that my horse could beat him
any part of it, firm one hundred yards to
o. mi Ia oH n n hn
Terre Haute track with no wind, the
first heat would have been in less than
2 :OO.''
Both horses will go to Fleetwood Park
to race next week. An attempt is being
made to get match between Joe Patchen
and Fidol here on Saturday. If this is
not done Patchen may go against time.
= Only one race IN addition TO the special
was completed.
Trotting. 2:25 class, breeders stake,
three-year-o purse $2000-Abnet won,
Pat i. second, Marie D. third; time,
2:14%.
Special pacing race. purse $30OO-Joe
Patchen won III straight heats; time,
2:05A.. 2:G7H, 2:07h; John r. Gentry
second.
Pacing, 2:l2 class, purse $1,000 (unfin-
ished)-Susle G. won two heats, Slumber
won one heat, Ella T. third, Tommy
Brown fourth time. 2:ll.
Trotting, 2:2o class, purse $1,000 lunfin
tshed) )--Annie won two heats. Bryson
won one heat Miss McGregor third, Mar
garet fourth; time, 2:l4.
SARATOGA n. V. EAug. o2-The
last race, the Beverwyck steeplechase
stakes, was the most remarkable ever un.
All went well until the second turn.
where Lafayette fell with Freyling. At
the water jump st. Luke fell and Wood
ford tripped over SHIN. Chandler, who
was riding Woodford was up like flash,
and grabbing his horse swung into the
was in front and was never headed. win
ming easily. Woodford was second, thirty
lengths away. Freyling remountlng La
fayette, caught Beverwyck, who was far
behind the leaders. The pair raced at
the jump near the far turn and both fell,
Freyling being dragged some distance.
Beverwyck was caught and Cahill, mount
ing him again, secured third money.
Five furlongs-Runaway won, Manches-
ter second. Edna May third time, 1:02li.
One = lie, handicap-Pepper won, Maui
Five aud half furlor es-Chugnut won
Mildred d. Second, Fifield third; time
1:09
Mile and a siXteenth-Dungarven won,
Prig second, Cass third; time, ;4914.
Beverwyok steeplechase stakes. two and
q half miles Lion Heart won. Woodford
second, BeverwycK third time. 6l7.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-SIx furlongs-
Tommy Hutter won, Mollie King second,
Martha Griffin third; time, 1:i6M.
Six NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. won, kinsgtone
second, Sir Vassar third; time. :l7N.
Six furlongs-Marchaway won. ica-
room second, Fra Diavolo third; time
I:l624.