The record-union., 1896-09-10
WELCOMES GREAT VICTORY
The Little PAGER Won a Great Race
Yesterday.
Most Exciting Finishes Since the Fair
Opened-Fast Time in All
of Them.

Yesterday was a great day at the
Park, the races being the most exciting
Of the meeting. Despite the fact that
two trains of upward of twenty coach
loads Of people-mostly Sacramentans-
went over to Stockton to help celebrate
Admission Day in that city, the attend
ance at the races was perhaps one
third greater than on any previous day
Of the fair. The weather was charm
ing, the track very fast, and the pro-
Gramme Of events Of a superior order.
Although the first race, the 2:15 trot,
was won in straight heats by Gazelle, it
was we'll contested by Jasper Ayres,
Helena and Chris Peterson, and the
time made would few years ago have
2:1412 and 2:13.
But it was in the second race, for 2:14
PAGERS, that the surprise came. AL
Gregor was so prime favorite that be-
fore the race started the bookmakers
refused to take any more money, while
in the auction pools he sold at more than
two to one against the field. The best
that AL. Gregor could do, however, was
to come in third In three Of the four
heats In which he started.
Welcome, an outsider that nobody at
first cared to risk any money on,
won the first and second heats
in 2:101a each, but still there
were men who believed AL. Gregor
would win the race. and they backed
him so heavily that only small odds
were offered against him. The third
was won by Hanford Medium In 2:11%,
and then the money went in on him.
Del Norte. which came In second In
the second and third heats, went out
and won the fourth heat In 2:13%, and
he showed such excellent form that
most Of the betters plunged on him,
while many stuck to Hanford Medium
which finished second.
Welcome was third In the third heat.
and no better than seventh in the
fourth, and he was then considered out
Of the race But Andy Mcdowell. who
piloted him. evidently knew where he
was at" for when the three heat win
ners-Del Norte, Welcome and Han
ford Medium-were turned loose in the
fifth heat, Mcdowell didn't do a. thing
but drive Welcome out three lengths
ahSad of>Del Norte In 2:15 These two
were SO we'll matched that for three
quarters OF a mile they went side by
side and there seemed to be but one
horse as they rounded the far turn.
1t was a great race. taken altogether,
and the best betting event Of the meet
ing thus far.
The last race was not without inter-
est, although Mamie Griffin won It in
teen horses in 1t, and on all sides were
han RI nv hok
number boded iii to some one
And the Ill luck came to Lee Shaner.
the driver Of Eva T., in the last heat.
He had just reached the first quarter
pole when the right wheel of his bike
broke down, and horse, driver and sulky
were thrown In heap against the out
side fence So intent were the specta-
tors in watching the leaders that no
one seemed to miss Shaner, and it was
not until some stablemen were seen
running up the backstretch that the
crowd realized something had hap
pened.
Then they saw horses legs saving
the air. as the animal lay in a. sort of
ditch but neither Shaner nor his sullky
could be seen from the stand. and it
was feared the veteran driver had been
killed. The men got the horse up. how
ever, and 1t was not much hurt. Then
Shaner crawled from under the wreck
and it was found that he, too, had es-
capped serious injury.
TROTTING-2:15 CLASS.
The card opened with q $1,000 purse
for 2:15 trotters. the field being COM
posed of Gallette, Gazelle, Jasper
Ayres, Challenger Chief, Helena and
Chris Peterson. Gazelle was the choice
for the race at $40 against $5 for the
field.
The books offered for the frst heat 30