The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-05
ON THE RACE TRACK.
Rain and Mud Interfered with the
Sport.

Sport.
Inc minneapolis people attended the races
largest crowd of -thes1 week enatron;zad tho
grand stand. This was hardly to be won
aelea al, when thesfaet Is taken into consid-
the real crack races for the day. and those
VINO loved speedy horsefesh had ali they
s Manfed IN the way OF fast time and nice
& One. of the features was-a mounted drill nm
the track by mounted Knights of Pythias
from Sioux City, 10. The work was especialIy
me because much Of 1T was executed at a
Irot, IN which motions the movements are
dlmcult. The lines were we'll kept, and the
maneuvers were heartily applauded by the
auaience. The movents by tours and into
line and the line wheels were repeatedly and
successfully executed, and merited the an
plause ~
Marion Mills, the Oshkosh wonder, and the
to a rousing burst of applause, and started
prett1ly, although slow for her. She was
evidently a little afraid of herself, after the
1all she had the day before. The crowd went
WHO as the noble animal finished and stopped
aIter the mile OF her own accord. She made
the mile, finishing in a drizzling rain in
10 Z Shes did the quarter in a.35 the half
have done better had not some men in the
stretch waved their hats in front of her
stopping her speed.
the rain, but in order to do the fair thing by
the crowd which had paid in its money to
see the races, the runners were brought out
and sent to amuse the crowd for thew feared
neither mud nor rain. $3.50
AN UNFINISHED TROT.
: The 1928 class trot: purse. $3.50
They had the 2:23 trot off on exact time and
the three horses entered were away in f1ne
style Lady Nutwood showed a clean pair
OF heels from the start, and formed we'll
strung procession, with Welbeck a bad
second They formed the same order to the
last turn, when Welbeck came on hard and
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lacked the steam to catch the mare and did
not crowd her wheel. Bob M was distanced.
but they gave him third position. The time
well sized up the first heat and the second
was procession, block apart with no In
teresting features except for the drivers, who
had to drive in the rain. Time, 2:221s. The
condition of the track prevented the finish,
which will occur, today.
TRACK GOT. MUDDY.
The POS class, Ipace;E purse, 81, 600
Great interest was taken in the 2:08. class
pace, with plenty of crack sidewheelers in
the list to make the contest a good one. The
weather was bad for good time, and great
things in that life were not expected. There
were six starters, with records ranging from
2;08A to 2:07N. 9The race was paced under
the old style, three heats to be won to name
winner. There was some very gentlemanly
scoring, and ali that kept them back was
the breaking of Lady Nutwood. who couldn't
hold her feet under the wire. They We're off
in a glorious start and they were struggling
at the first turn, with A in the lead, and
Colbert tapping. + They pulled a length away
from the others, and teamed it along the
back stretch, Belle Malone falling out. 1t
looked like struggle between the two lead
ers. when Afrite began to come, and by a
glorious burst of speed passed them both,
Colbert passing A In the mix-up. Down
To the wire it was only a fight between the
latter. and Colbert, who was passed by a
nose at the wire. Time, 2:10%. The track
became so muddy that the drivers refused to
7-ixyo DIV
poned until today. in addition to the regular
programme.