The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16
THE FINISHES CLOSE
ABNET, THREE-YEAR-OLD MAKES
THE SURPRISING MARK OF 2.i2 IA.
Phelps, Driver of Ole Hutch. Fined
800 and Suspended for Pulling
His Horse.

The third days programme of the Driv-
ing Clubs races was far superior TO those
of the previous two days. The races were
OF far better class and much better time
was made The crowd for yesterday
eoualed the combined attendance for the
first two days and a majority of the fin
ishes caused intense excitement. They
| were such finishes to cause the spec
tators to jump TO their seats and shout
encours cement to the different favorites.
| At the finish OF several heats hats and
handkerchiefs were waved and winners,
as they returned to the stand, were
| cheered and applauded.
The sun shone numerically but the ex-
| cited crowd which remained in the betting
square minded not the heat. Those in the
| grand stand were kept cool by a northeast
breeze, which was delightfully."- refreshing,
especially to those on the highest seats.
The street-car company was on hand with
ample accommodation, and no complaints
like those of Wednesday were heard. There
| was a large number of women present,
and it was observed that majority of
them remained until after the last heat
of the last race, which finished at $50
| O'Clock
The performance of Abnet, three-year-
old filly. daughter of Ambassador. was the
feature of the day. Horsemen pronounced
Ii simply wonderful and many pleasant
things were said regarding Miss Abnet's
prospects for the future. She was entered
in the 2:3O trot, with horses much older
and more experienced than she, but she
put up splendid race and made the fast
est time of the race, going a mile in 2:l22..
Her best previous time was 2:1615 After
doing well for three heats, Abnet showed
evidence of being tired and she could do
nothing toward winning first place. 1t was
not surprising that three-year-old should
| fail to win in such class, and Abnet
demonstrated that she is most excellent
filly. Her performance has been surpassed
but twice this season.
Be Sure in winning the first heat of the
! ZIP pace went the mile in 2:07s4, the fastest
time thus far made, but not so fast as Be
Sure has made. He went the first quarter
in :S1A, the half in 1:O1A. and the three
| quarters in 1:33%. 1t was observed that
| the little stallion was not pushed in the
the as r ss eat he dses We're
| satisfied that Orlfes, driver of Be Sure,
was endeavoring to get good start and
! Starter Lopez said he had seen Be Sure
] in former races and he had never OBJ
/ served him act so peculiar as he had been
doing Orlfes was instructed to get BE
/ Sure in line and go for the race and the
next score Be Sure came to the line at a
steady and winning gait
The result of the first two heats of the
PA pace did not look well either to the
| spectators or judges. Ole Hutch, the IA
sore t before n the race Nv came IN
1t seemed as il Phelps the driver of ole
Hutch. was pulling the brown horse and
Phelps was removed from his seat and
| Shanks put up. The latter was stranger
to ole Hutch, but he succeeded in winning
| the next three heats. A strange driver
taking strange horse and winning as
easily as he did, convinced the judges that
there was something crooked about the
first two heats. Phelps was fined 500 and
suspended from driving until the fine is
paid. Shanks was given 800 by them tor
winning the race, the money to come n from ON
cision Of the judges was loudly applauded
| by the crowd, which came expecting to see
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| all other events of the day were honest
| contests.
FOR CROOKED DRIVING.
In the betting Wednesday night. Ole
Hutch was the favorite with the crowd
| but in the betting at the track upon the
first heat, Duchess ONeill was the favor
lite, with ole Hutch a second choice. There
were some who did not understand this
and many, believing the bookmakers were
trying to make Duchess favorite, con-
tinued to back ole Hutch heavily. But the
onslaught of the crowd did not make the
bookmakers change the figures and the
| Duchess continued the favorite. Among
| the two thousand people who came to the
| track to see the sport and not to bet
favorites were selected according to beauty
Duchess O'Neill wore hobbies and the
| crowd did not think horse which had to
| be made to pace would amount to much
| Russie Clay was a very pretty mare, bui In
| horse race looks count for little. for Russie
| was distanced in the first heat. Ole Hutch
| had substantial look and steady gait
| so the crowd took very favorably to him
! The start was obtained after two trials
and Duchess O'Neill went t. the front with
| the others well up and Ole Hutch leading
Duchess kept her position to the finish
with ole Hutch length behind 1t was
| evident to a novice that Ole Hutch was not
being driven by Phelps to VIM
| Before the second heat Duchess O'Neill
their money upon her The non-bettine
| crowd talked O.e Hutch. and many horse
men placed money upon MN. Inc norses
| started off with little dfficulty They were
/ Beautifully punched until the half-mile pole
was reached, with Duchess in the lead anc
| ole Hutch second. They finished in that
and not hard driven Frank Bogash was
again third. Then ii was that Phelps was
taken from his seat and Shanks put In his
change and Duchess O'Neill continued as
favorite in the betting. although horsemer
said hobbled horse could not stand the
crowd rather expected some dark horse t
| come forward and one woman was seer
to bet another five cents that Barmont
/ horse which was distanced. would be first
| The horses started with Duchess in the
| lead and Ole Hutch very close behind
| Frank Bogash was third. On the back
| stretch the distance between the Duches:
| and ole Hutch increased and some in the
! crowd yelled that it was Duchess O'Neills
1 race The yenturesome bookmakers cried
rive to three ole Hutch don't win the
| heat"
After the half mile was passed it looked
as If the Duchess would win. 1t seems that
| Shanks, however, was simply saving Ole
Hutch for the finish. for at the three quar-
| tiers Ole Hutch began TO move forward until
| ne was abreast with Duchess O'Neill. The
! two horses came down the stretch neck and
| neck for some distance. ole Hutch began
/ to increase his gait and he came under tho
| wire a handsome winner, length ahead OF
| Duchess O'Neill. Frank Bogash was good
| third The crowd applauded and Shanks
was compelled TO tip his cap in acknowi-
| edgment 1t was the kind of finish O
| crowd likes TO see and the way in which Ole
| Hutch passed Duchess ONeill looked very
| much as If he Rad not been driven honestly
| the first two heats.
| ole Hutch became the favorite. The fourth
| heat was very much like the third. Duchess
| O'Neill tok the lead with ole Hutch second
| and Frank Bogash third. These positions
| were kept until the finish, when Ole Hutch
| for a second. time came TO the front. and
| when but a few yards from the wire he
| passed Duchess, winning by half length
The finish was made during the widest ex-
| element Everybody in the grand stand
| Was ON tiptOe and the fence separating the