The Portland daily press., 1896-07-03

AoD'Jf sAoouIuS ny the courier ilk6 q
meteor. taking the pole anil winning
with ease.
Saladin came third as before The
time was 2.1o 3-4, phenomenal for the
day. Had the conditions been right the
track record would have tumbled this
heat.
THIRD HEAT.
There was little interest in this per-
formance, as Guinette was an easy will
ner to moral certainty, and taking the
lead ut the start, won as she pleased.
Berkshire Courier made break in the
last quarter and gave the plane to
saladin. Time .. 10. l-2. -
Free-for-All, Pacing. Purse $500.
Guinette, g, by Gambetta
WILKES, dam by Bonner's Mann
brine Startle, (MoClary), l
Berkshire Courier, b G, (Millerl, 2 2 8
Saladin, br h, (Turner), 3 3 2
Time 2.12 ga, q. "a, a.1O1-2.
at CLASS-FIRST HEAT.
This class brought out six starters
Queen Wilkes, (Dwinal), Nibs, MERRILL,
Mystic Girl. (Howard), Fascination,
Kinney, zebrino. (Marsh), Senator
Blackburn, (Hayden).
1t was kinky lot and it took Starter
Walker some time to get them away.
When they did go Nibs made break and
fell way behind. Mystic Girl shot out
from the bunch and at the half had q
long lead. The rest of the lot were
stretched out in procession with Fnsoi-
nation at the lead. The fast mare got
after Mystic Girl and gained rapidly,
and Nibs struck his gait and followed
the mare. 1t looked as If Fascination
would beat the Girl out, but shs made
break and Howard took the heat with
Fascination second. Nibs logged al easy
third and could have got the place had
Merrill made a drive for it. Zebrino,
Queen Wilkes and the cratic Senator
Black burn brought up in the rear in the
order named The time was 2.24 "a.
THE SECOND HEAT
caused the longest scoring Of the day,
but Mr.. Walker finally got them off in
fairly even terms and all on their stride.
1t was race to the half between the
handsome Nibs and My site Girl, Nibs
getting there first. Here Fascination
began to come very fast and beat the
two out to the finish. Nibs. falling back,
giving the place to the Girl. The others
finished precisely as before. Time,
2. 10 Ia.
THE THIRD HEAT
of this race uncovered surprise. Fas-
cination, the favorire, dropped knee
boot at the start and fell away in the
rear. The balance except the cratic Sen.
ator Blackburn went the half well to-
gether. Dwinal put Ira Woodbury. up
behind Queen Wilkes, and the latter put
some toe weights on the mare and she
remembered owner and driver by win
ming the beat under Woodbury's fine
drive. going under the wire just ahead
of Mystic Girl in a rattling finish. Zebri-
no finished third, Nibs fourth, Fasoina-
ton fifth. The Senator came struggling
in on the jump and WAS drawn. Time,
2 10 3-4.
THE FOU RTH HEAT.
of the race was an exciting one from
start to finish. Zebrino and Nibs set the
pace for the first half, and Fascination
went off her pins loosing badly. She
recovered herself and showed great speed
in the back stretch. She was just get
ting up with the singers when she again
f1u out nf +
But it was not SO. This mare can show
a wonderful burst of speed and came
down the stretch where Queen Wilkes
had taken the lead, like whirlwind. 1t
was nip and tuck to the wire, but the
Speedy ascination poked her nose in
first. Woodbury. was second with Queen
Wilkes, Mystic Girl well up in third
place, and Zebrina and Nibs came in the
order named. The time was 30 10.
FIFTH HEAT.
and what proved the final heat, was al
most an exact repetition of the fourth,
except that Mis- was drawn. Again the
mare Fascination made two bad breaks
and was apparently beaten, and again
she made grand rally and won in the
stretch from Queen Wilkes. This was
the mare's ninth race mile and the SEQ
ond race won in two consecutive days,
remarkable performances. Mystic Girl
came third and Zebrina fourth. The
time of the heat was 2. %, and the days
sport ended at O'Clock.
s.27 Glass, Trotting, Purse $500.
Fascination, b IN, Kinney. 21511
Mystic Girl, br m, by Withers,
dam untraced, (Aoward), IL 2 4
Queen Wilkes, br M. by Messen-
ger Wilkes, dam by Silver boy,
Woodbury.
Zerbino, b q, Marsh, 4 4 3 4
Nibs, br s., (Merrill), 33 a 5dr
Time-2.24 "a, 2.1S IA, 1921, 22C
1-2, 2.22. 9i3E
These are the entries for today's races
2.12 Glass, Pacing. Purse $780,