The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-22
CAPE CHARLES RACES.
THE FfTOEfrES CIRRIED or TIE
HEIT> ~ ORDER.
Little Gritty Stumbled i'm the First he"''
but Pulling Herself Together secure"
Third Piace-AE BALLOON Ascension.

their many coored dieS9e9 an"
faces.
heavy fall OF rain last night made the
ro,d and track very soft. Bright ana early
this morning a gang Of men were put 70
work on tho track, and with roher ann
scrapor put 10 IN fine CONDITION. "'io'o
-, er. Sas "A balloon ascension to-day
al , o'clock. The balloon rose straight IN
the air. and after ASCENDING seNt."i ~, -
Gred feet. the aeiohaut cut 49,,
from the balloon and dropped. alishllnS
almost i'm front of the grand-stand. TIC
balloon fen Just outside the track.
The betting was lively to-day and an
on day for the bOolics, as the faNorltea
i'm AN three races carried Off the meats
I'm order except the first heat of the IS
class. when Little Gritty stumbled, pu,
pulling terself together secured thiiu
place.
THE EVENT.
Despite the fact that the races were
Won i'm straight heats they were h91y
contested. and the time was fast. Inc
First race-9:2s class, trotting, purse
80
Little Gritty br M. I'd. Pendle-
ton, Baltimore, Md............-..- L i
Bella a. d. M G. Scattcrgood,
Hugo lb. 81. Fahoon. Baltimore. d,
Nd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. >
Grover G. (b. g., Janery' Landon-,
4iile. No 55s a. 5;s - 55s 32s
Second racc-25S class. troturg' purse
$50
Mentoprincess br. m). T. L. stock
house Marion, 5. C.......:..,,::. - l
"a ade Hampton &c. -, T.. q. hcly' ,
KlrkWOOd. Dcl...........---.- ......-.f .
sarah NJ 10. M. J. Reamer. Phila-,
dclphia, la................-... -........- d .
Leola d. M. G.. scattergood, Phila--
chsl FERN, d d. -. 5. %. NclsoN
Richmond. ..........E
Hampton 40. g., a. NJ Brownel
Richmond Na............-...-. ......' D o
Lady L;ghtfcot Is. M, r. f. Ian
doh. Virginia. ................,....-...o
Time. 2.3p. 3d. 2.3o.
Third ra,c-four- year-Olls and under,
Eastern shore Na.) horses. p'use $50
Bursar Cbr 50. II. p. James, cape
Pin Money G M. Floyd Brothers.
cape tharlts, la......... -
Tady Maud DIX. M. }. r. Bull.
BobtOwn. Na..........-............
Time 252 -, PAS IL, 2:B.
Al TIE AQuEDucT.
AQUEDUCT RACE-TRACK. Aug. IL
The weather was perfect for racing pur-
poses here to-day. and the track fast.
The attendance was large. nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that the programme present
ed was a very mediocre affair. Three
favorites won to-day. but finishes were
very tame Summaries.
First race-four and One-half furlongs.-
Royal Princess l09 -. Doggett TO u
first Glaliot second, Reba third. Time,
So IL.
Second race-one mile.-SoUvenlr O0S,
Whine. 10 20 u first. Speculation second.
Fi0rinda third Time. 1:i5.
Third race-sX and One-half furlOugs.-
sun Up nl9. McCanerty. to - first.
Hailstone second, Roundelay third. Time.
l.23 If.
Fourth racc-mile and sixteenth.-W.
y. GiI. Ballard. 10 - FIRST. Logan and
Charade dead-heats for the place. Time,
l.50i-i
Fifth race-one mile.-Diabolus OlS,
Penn. s 10 - first. Lancer second. Fred.
Douglas third. Time. la.
Sixth race-oue mie.-Bishop G09.
smms. TO lW first. Chiswick second,
Gold Dollar third. Time 1:i 81.
THE srrVcrE HANDICAP
SARATOGA. y. y. Aug. 1.-THE
Spencer handicap was one of the prin-
cpli events on the Saratoga rack. the
contest for which has always been wit
messed ty very large crowd, bot got so
this year. The Spencer purse was the
principal feature OF to-days card. Eight
horses We're originally entered for tbs
event. but only three went to the post.
The remainder of fair overnight card
WAS spoiled by scratching. The day was
strongly suggestive of late autumn, and
the track was hard and fast
First receive furl0ngs Sal Favorable
OH, Cassln. cvem first. Sindl1a ILL.,. Sec
ond. Florence COville third Time - l-2.
Second face-siN furlOngs -Hanwcll G5.
Mcrlain. Z 10 y first, Ajax second, Pop
Gray third. Tine. 10 3D.
Third racc-the Spencer handicap. for
three-ye1r-olds and upwards--R A. Can
field iO guarantee the value Of the stake
10 be $3.50. one mile and a quarter-Sr
Excess Nl2 Martin. 10 30 first. Sara
eossa second. Roy El Santa Anita third.
Time. Dos -.
Fourth -mile-Counter Tenor Gl6.
Martin. . To- - first. Flying Dutchmdn
second KanlOr third Time. l.ii1 -
Fifth race-hve furlongs -Hidalgo no
ChOrn. 4 10 - first, Engineer second.
King Michael third. Tine, 1903.
Louis Ezels promising Splinter Rapa-
tap four years old. by Rapture Wanton.
dropped dead on the track this morning.
Heart disease is believed 20 have been
the cause. \ stable boy was gallOp.ng
Rapatap slowly. He had completed IA
mile and was going around the turn when
the boy noticed him stagger The boy
jumped quickly Off and RaDatap crashed
through the rail He arose again. stag
gCfcd few feet and fell dead.