The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-22
MISS MEADOWS WON
& New Star Has Risen in the
Racing World.
HAS NEVER BEEN TRAINED
Took the Race Yesterday From
FavOriJ9s.
a saam BATTLE FOR TO-DAY

T1ne Es0CiiEs a 5aioCp FSCEnSioHt tBnt
High Rope Walking, fine Ex-
b'bits and Big Crowd
To-Day.
Quantity as well as quality is what
the people at the Fair race track rot
yesterday. True there were only four
events on the programme, but two of
these were long-drawn out, especially
the first, which 1t took six heats 10
decide. But taken altogether it was
good afternoons sport, notwithstand-
ing the fact that there were several
has-beens and nevertheless on the race
course. To be sure there were many
good horses entered but there were
also some very poor ones. But what
ever ability they possessed was shown
by every horse that went to the post
and early in the game the judges gave
both spectators and horsemen to un-
derstand that they would have 'no
monkey business" In the first race
they took two drivers out OF their
sulkies and fined one OF them for
pulling their horses. After that they
had no trouble and the contests were
fought out on their merits and the
people witnessed them without feel
ing that the result depended upon the
deals made by jockeys and not upon the
horses.
BY far the best contest of the
day developed in the first race,
1900 minute class, trotting. 1t
was a long-drawn-out battle of
six heats and was won by Miss
Meadows, handsome bay mare, own
ed by Mr.. { IT. Pace, of Raleigh She
won strit " on her merits, having
never bee in the hands Of a prOfee-
sioral ira er, and got record of 1891.
Mary Lee took the FIRST heat in this
race by q eek over Baron Wood, Rapid
ocTling Il third, Miss Meadows fourth
and Marie fifth.
In the second heat it was plain that
Rapid, a brown horse, owned by George
ID. Bennett, of Goldsboro, was being
pulled by the colored driver, William
Chapman, to keep him from winning
the heat. The judges thereupon took
Chapman out of the eullSy, fired him
S25 and put Romeo Biggs in his place.
The judges were universally com
mended for this action. Ii was 50 plain
to everybody that the horse was being
pulled that there werC many Wh@
openly declared that Chapman ought
to be debarred from ever driving ON
the track again.
Baron Woods driver, r. T. Gowell,
was also warned after the second heat,
which he won easily over Rapid in
spite of being badly pulled. In the
third heat Baron Wood finished second,
and in the fourth dropped back TO ffth
place. Gowell was then taken out Of
the sullxy and Merrifield put mp and
won the fifth heat in $3.50 fiat, but was
caught mapping in the sixth by Austin,
who drove Meadows, and finished half
q length ahead winning the race. Miss
Meadows won the third, fourth aRd
sixth heats. Mary Lee was distaneed
in the fifth, and the final heat was
trotted by only Baron Wood and Miss
Meadows
Tt VIII be remembered that the gen
tlemen's driving race was won by Miss
Meadows Tuesday in which she made
the remarkable record of 2:35 attached
to a 300-pound road wagon.
Addie S, bay mare, owned
by George ID. Bennett, of Goldsboro,
took the second race (2:5O class trot-
ting, year-olds) in three straight,
Josiah Quincy taking second money.
Croatan was distanced in the first
heat and TqborTic in the second.
The til / race running, q mils
das h, tNv year olds) resulted in o
VIC jory fl Latoile a chestnut Ally,
owed by j. McCann, of Riehm0nS,
Va; Ny ick, owned by Ed DcRboR,
OF aaleig5 was second; Menus third.
alAu Flas.4 fourth. They STARTED or
in bunch with Flash slightly In ne
lead, but they all gradually parsed aim
and he came under the wire the lzss in
the race.
A ,-a,,, {oA..~.v&s,,.s sv,-.AAawA ,v-som A.
fourth race (running, 1Sk MAiIo 5aeh),
somewhat resembling Abe OLE -hima,
long-distance races. Gel BenB@AAM
Cameron's chestnut horse, Mno, whe a.
q good performer, sustained his BswuSay-
5ion by winning right on tac reel. gh@
start was good one, d. G. and Mudy
Helen being slightly in the lead. mMs
got of behind an the rest but he geo1
made UP his lost ground and bef0ra
the race was half finished he was get
ing the pace. He won with ease.
SUMMARY OF THE RACES.
FIRST RACE-3:0O Glars trotitinE,
$3.50
Marie, black fiHy, owned by s. II. Nell
son, Richmond, Va.--5, 4, 4, 2, 3.
Mary Lee chestnut mare, owned by
Smith e. Hooker ,Greenville, N. c.
/, 5, 5, 4 and distanced in fFth
Rapid, brown horse, owned by G. ID.
BENNETT, Goldsboro, N. ca, 2, 3, 3, 4.
Baron Wood, owned by T. L. GoweD,
Va.-2, /, 2, 5, l.
Miss Meadows, bay mare, owned BY
r. T. Pace, Raleigh, N. Ca, 8, 1,1,2.
Time: 2:271a, 2.26, 1892, 2:39H, 1880.
9:31.
SECOND RACE $50 class Tnotting,
years old, 5000.
Addie S., owned by @. ID. Bennett.
4oldsboro, ~ C.--1, 1, /.
Josiah Quincy, bay mare, owned by
!. d. Austin, Raleigh, N. ca, "a