The record-union., 1896-09-19
CLOSING DAY Or THE STATE FAIR.

the track fast, and the starting work
by Dick Havey was excellent.
Ever since the State Fair meeting
opened the indicator invented by the
veteran horseman, Captain Ben Harris,
showing the positions of the first three
horses in each heat, has enabled the
spectators in all parts of the stand to
tell the positions of the horses. Cap
tain Harris generously permitted the
society to use the indicator, knowing
that the meeting would give fair test
of it's merits, and the result has been
most satisfactory. Everyone has voted
it a good thing, and no doubt it will be
adopted on all tracks.
1t was a favorite's day almost from
start to finish, four out of the five win
ming first money. j. E. Terry's three
year-old Caliente captured the first race
of six furlongs in 1:1412, and his Fleur
de Lis filly also got first money in the
two-year-old race at the same distance.
making the same mark.
Bookmaker George Roses Ruinart
beat the champion Vinctor in the mile
race in ZAP. The only favorite that lost
was Terry's Bueno, in the seven and
one-half furlongs race, which fell to
Shaner & Burlingame's Miss Pollard
g to - In 1862.
J. c. Humphreys Little Cripple took
down the long end of the purse in the
last race, at a mile and quarter, in
2:O9h.
FIRST RACE.
The first race was selling, three
fourths Of a mile, and the horses that
came to the post We're Howard 101, IL
to 1 Sunrise H. 103, 6 to 1; Coda 81, 10
to / Lucille 81 10 to L Caliente 80, 2
to 1; La Flecha 81, 20 to 1 Seaside LOT,
31a to /; Rose Clark 90, 20 to / Sabilla
90, 5 to 1 Sir Richard So, Is to 1.
1t was a good betting race, as the
field contained several good ones. Rose
Clark was the first to show out of the
bunch, with Seaside and CaIiente lap
ping In this order they ran around
the turn to the stretch, where Caliente
shot through and won in 1:1412 by three
lengths, Rose Clark second. La F1echa
came on and got third in close drive
with Rose Clark.
SECOND RACE.
Next came the mile race between the
cracks Vinctor and Ruinart, with Grady
in to fill up. Vinctor and Ruinart car
ried 115 and 105 pounds, respectively,
and Grady 100. In the books just before
the race 8 to 10 was offered on Ruinart,
even money on Vinctor and 20 to ! on
Grady. No odds were offered on place
against either but 10 to / was marked
up on Grady.
The result did not come uD to the ex-
pectationS Of the onloOkers. Ruinart
won by length in 40, Vinctor second
and Grady third. 1t had been expected
that 1:41 would be beaten, as the con-
ditions as to weather, track, etc, were
all favorable, and Vinctor had ran the
distance over the same track in 1894
Grady was the first off, but at the quar-
ter the three were even. They ran in a
bunch to past the half, where Ruinart
and Vinctor drew away a length to-
gether, the former having a head the
better Of it UP to the drawgate. Mar
vaez on Vinctor plying the whip vigor-
Ously. There Ruinart drew away and
won by length, Grady the same dis
tance behind Vinctor.
THIRD RACE.
The third race was three-fourths Of q
mile for two-year-olds, and the starters
were:' Hardtack 10S, 80 to /; Hohenzol-
lern 1OS. 21a to 1; F'leur de Lis 1OS, 6 to
D; Hallelujah 105, 10 to 1; Howard g.
10S, 212 to l.
In this race Fleur de Lis proved her
self to be a genuine racehorse. Piggott
kept her back toward the rear end of
the procession until past the seven
eighths, where she shot out and won
from Hohenzollern by length in 1:14I5,
Howard S. a close third. HalleIujah
cut out the running for the first half
mile, with Hardtack in company and
Hohenzollern third, but in the last quar-
ter F'leur de Lis and Howard S. made a
sprint and left them in the rear.
FOURTH RACE.
For the fourth race, selling, fifteen
sKteenths of a mile, for three-year- olds
and upward, the starters were: Won
Dunk 116. so to /; Encino 49, Z to l.;
Warrago 119, 80 to / Longlady 119, Is
to !: Jack Richelieu 125, 20 to /: Two
Cheers 122, 4 to i: Bueno 122, to 81:
Miss Pollard 113. to / Rebellion 116.
10 to l.
This time the favorite wasn't in it at
the finish, though Bueno was even up
with Encino at the three-quarters. with
Two Cheers third. From there to the
Il
the group, winning by half-length
from Longlady, 10 to /, Two Cheers
third, in 1861.
FIFTH RACE
The fifth event was a selling race for
three-year-olds and upward, one mile
and a quarter. The starters were: Trlx
lob. 10 to / Mirambo 103, 10 to /: Cas-
tanette SS, go to /: Clara johnson 81
2OO to /; Fred Gardner 81, 3 to /: Lit
tie Bob 81, 3 to /; Phaeda 81 10 to l. On
Little Cripple, with 81 pounds up. 9 TO 1
had been offered but he was backed so
heavily that the bookmakers erased his
name.
Castanette was first past the stand
with Trix next, Little Cripple the fa
vorite, being next to the last. Casta-
nette continued to lead for nearly a
mile, and many began to think they
missed a good thing by not putting n
few dollars on her at 60 to /. But
rounding the turn Cripple was seen
forging through the group, and on the
way home she got there in great shape.
winning by three lengths from Phaeda
QU to ID, with Little Bob third.
SUMMARIES.
State Fair meeting, Sacramento Septem
Der Is. 1896. Running, for three-year-olds. :.
selling three-fourths Of a mile
El Primero Stables CHI c. Caliente. by
FL Rio Rey-Hettie. Humphrey, 90. -. 1
Prince Norfolk Eta w, o. ... .
Floodmore Stables ch. f. La Flecha bv q
Flambeau-Flam, 81.
Lucille 81, Howard IO7, Sunrise II 1o3
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