The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
ROBERT j BEAT FRANK AGAN.


He Had to Pace Nile in 2:O4 to
DO 1t.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 20.-Robert J
did the trick to-day and his rival, Frank
Agan, was second. While records were
not cracked, the track record was equaled
in the first heat. The second day of the
grand circuit meeting here brought out
large attendance. The weather was cool
and pleasant and the track in excellent
condition. The feature of the day was the
free-for-all pace, in which Robert ], Frank
Agan and w W P scored for the word.
Robert drew the pole and went the dis
tance without skip. Agan held 10 his
wheel at the half, tapped him at the three
quarters and came into the stretch with q
good fighting chance, but the little geld
ing outfooted him from the distance-pole
and won by a good length in 2:04, the
track record. The second heat was
repetition of the first, except that w w
P acted badly on the first half and failed
TO save his distance. In the third Robert
] and Agan got off we'll together and at the
half Agan showed in front, but Robert
recovered the lost ground before the
stretch was reached and beat his opponent
home handily. Summaries:
2:16 trot. purse $1,000. Chance won, Rife
second, AZmOn tEIrd. Best time, Z.lZIZ.
Free-for-all pace, $4,000, Robert J won Frank
Agan second, w w 2 third. Best time. 2 O4
2:10 race, $1,000 (unfinished), Sphinzetta
won two heats, Miss Rita won one and Heir-af-
Law took two heats. Best time, 2:083I.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Aug. &c. A
large crowd witnesses the third DAYS
programme of the New Grand Circuit
races here to-day. There was some fine
racing and good time. The result in the
2:15 pace was surprise. In this event
Sherman Clay was the favorite, but Pearl
Onward was the steadier after the first two
heats, winning with comparative ease.
In the 2:15 trot Fred B stepped forth and
won three straight heats, although he had
not been counted as a probable winner.
In the third heat Splan sent Newcastle for
the heat, but was pocketed in The stretch,
on which he claimed foul, but it was not
allowed. The feature of the 2:12 trot was
the fast time, the race being conceded to
Kentucky Union before the start Pat l.
trotted good second. Summaries:
2:15 pace, $1,000, Pearl Onward won, sher-
man Clay second, Thorndike third. Best time,
2:10sz.
2:l5 trot, $1,000, Fred B won, Newcastle
second, Birdie Clay third. Best time 2:IlL
2:12 trot, Grand Hotel stakes, $1,000, Ken
lucky Union won, Pat L second, Miss Nelson
third. Time, 2:1oL.
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, Aug. 20. =
Hail Cloud by Herschel won the first race,
the 2:l3 pace, to-day, from big held in
the first, third and fourth heats. The
second heat was won by SG A, good
gelding by Colonel, who took a mark OF
2:09H. reducing his former record one
second. Governor Strong took the 2:16
trot in straight heats, Regret being the
contending horse. In the 2:G9 pace Badge
was winner and reduced his record to
2:07L in the second heat, going the last
hall in 1:01A. The first heat Unexpectedly
went to Ella 7, and the judges declared
all bets on the heat off. Affrite took the
next heat and the favorite, Badge, cap
tured the next two and the race. Russell,
Affrite's driver, was taken OUT of his seat
before the last heat and c. A. Thompson
substituted, but the change did not affect
the result of the race, as Affrite made
bad break in the stretch, leaving Ella T to
drive Badge out in 2:0S1l. Summaries:
2:13 pace, $1,000, Hail Cloud won, G A
second, Lady Nottingham third. Best time,
2:16 trot, $1,000, Governor Strong won, Re-
gret second, Judge Rice third. Best time,
2:09 pace, $1,000, Badge won, Affrite second,
Ella third. Best time 2:071z.
CONEY ISLAND, N. Y, Aug. 20.-Futurity
course, Rhodesia won, The Manxman second,
Rlrlesque third. Time, 1:12.