The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
Waldo ] Drew the Poe Position
and Downed w. Wood
With Ease.
A BIG CROWD SAW THE SPORT
The Palo Alto Entry, Helena, Took
the 2:Io Trot-Mr Schrsder's
Cigar and the Butchers Race.

The closing day of the race meeting held
at Ingleside track by the Pacific Coast
Trotting-horse Breeders Association was
attended by over 5000 people, notwith-
standing the many counter attractions the
glorious Fourth offered. The fair sex was
well represented and the male portion OF
the crowd was there with their betting
clothes on.
The butchers race drew goodly num-
Der of the knights of the block and
cleaver, and they snapped up pools as
eagerly as an Indian does red lemonade
at a circus. The same old raw wind blew
in from the sea and considerable scoring
was necessary to properly warm the horses
up.
An unusual occurrence was the fact
that in all four of the events decided the
winning horse won in straight heats.
The big attraction of the day was the
match race between the two crack side
wheelers, w. Wood, 2:07, and Waldo j.,
2 20S, the gray ghost from Santa Paula
Everybody looked forward to a stubborn
contest and the outcome was disappoint-
ment. In the auction pooling Waldo J
sold for $50, with the bay gelding bringing
SD. Waldo drew the pole with his COM
OUT III the CuDDy going.
This is not TO the latter's liking, and the
gray ghost. leading throughout, won the
heat as he pleased in 2:15.
The betting now Jagged; the favorite
bringing $50 against So for the Oakwood
Park Stock FARMS representative. The
second and deciding heat was repe-
tition of the one preceding, Waldo Jogging
under the wire eased up in 2:17A.
Helena, handsome bay daughter of
the dead Electioneer, entered By Palo
Alto stock farm, was the first winner Of
the day, placing the 2:19 trot to her credit
in straight heats. The betting on this
event was extremely lively. In the first
pools sold the field waA Afavorite at $40,
with Nutwood Wilkes bringing So and
Helena 81. They shifted before the horses
were called out. Helena selling for $40,
Nutwood Wilkes $40 and the field Sc The
Wilkes horse drew the pole, but after
turning into the backstretch Helena out
trotted him and took the inside position,
Dustin rated his mare nicely and passed
the wire a length to the good in 2:1SA.
with Wilkes dozen lengths in advance OF
Mamie Griffin.
For the second heat pools sold: Helena
$50, Nutwood Wilkes $12 and the field 81.
This was a well contested heat, for after
leading from the word Ego" Nutwood
Wilkes came with fine showing of speed
and the Palo Alto mare won by but three
parts OF length IN Z:loA. Helena now
sold for $50 against So for the entire field.
When McNair sent them away for this
heat the favorite appeared trihe uncer-
tain, and just after turning into the back
stretch went TO break. At the half
Wilkes was leading her by two lengths,
but at the three-furlong pole Dustin drove
his mare around the stallion and again
had the pole, turning into the stretch for
home.
The previous hard heat had evidently
told on the colt, for Helena passed the
judges eased up three lengths before
him in 2:1S14. The second quarter OF this
heat was paced at 200 gait, and this fact
probably did not help the chances of the
son of Guy Wilkes.
The 2:35 pace, with field OF four start
ers, was decided under the new innova-
ton OF making each heat a race The
books beld GLADYS W 4 to chance for
the first heat and the wise people after
ward wondered where the tip came FROM.
She broke repeatedly and was distanced.
Adele, the second choice at to 2, captured
the heat easily in 2:20A after shaking
Sindwood off furlong from the wire.
Adele was now hot to chance for the