The record-union., 1896-09-18
FINE AFTERNOONS SPORT.
Fast Running and Close Finishes in Most
OF the Races.
The Largest Attendance of ANY
Day During the Present
Meeting.

There We're more people at the Park
yesterday than on any day since the
fair opened. All the stands were pack
ed, and there was hardly room for one
to move in the space beneath. 1t was
estimated that there We're fully 1900
people present Governor Budd and
members of his staff-the latter in mil
itary uniform-occupied seats in the
Directors stand, where they witnessed
a series of firSt-clasS races.
No records were broken but Wheel
of Fortune made a splendid race in
the mile and one-quarter, the Favorite
Stake, her time being 2:011a, or a
half-second slower than the State rec
ord. 1t was close race between her
and Installator and was Won by only
a half-length.
While all the finishes were close and
exciting, that between Annette and
Libertine in the six-furlong handicap
was a ''corker." In the books just be-
fore the race odds Of from 10 to - to
I were offered against Annette, while
but / to was offered on Libertine. 1t
was one Of the chances for "out-
siders' to pick UP few dollars on
small investments, and many laid
bets on her at the big odds, while the
heavy bettors staid with their sure
thing. 1t was the general opinion that
Annette won, and when the judges had
her number changed On the Indicator
from first to second place after it had
been run up, the hackers Of Annette
roared. It was certainly a very close
finish, and if it had been declared a
ri n ~ how 10
if any, fault to find.
In the fifth race Favory, with odds
ot to / against her, surprised the
talent by beating Rummel, at 6 to 5.
il 1:14M. The favorite was heavily
hacked, but Favory beat him 50 hand
lily that there was no chance for dis
pute.
There were six events on the card,
concluding with a hurdle race, max
ing a very fine afternoons sport The
track was in excellent condition, and
Havey operated the starting gates in
good shape.
FIRST RACE.
The first race was eleVen-siXteenthS
of mile, and the starters were Do
lore 1O3, to 3. Principle %, 3 to /,
Amelia s. 103, 10 to !, Billy Vice 104,
L. L.
Amelia S. was the first to get away,
followed by Grandezia and Principle.
In this order they ran to the three
quarters, where Dolore began to show
up. Coming home the latter went
easily to the front, and won by two
lengths from Grandezia in 1:07, Amelia
S. third.
SECOND RACE.
a
a mile, for three -year-olds and up
ward, with q field composed of Ber-
nardo 9S, 40 to /, Tnelma 9S, 21a to
1. George L. 107, 60 to /, Ricardo 9S,
5 to 1. La Flecha %, - to L. Encino %,
u to /, Silver State 101, 20 to /, Miss
Pollard 90, y to i, Chartreuse II. 104,
went from even money to ! to 10, How
ard 107, i to /, Sea. Spray 10S, to
/, Mainstay 10S. 10 to l.
Mainstay set the pace for a half mile,
with Chartreuse next, the others well
punched. In the last quarter Char
two lengths in 1:14i2, Mainstay second
and Sea Spray third.
The winner had been entered to sell
at $500 but was run up to S10J at
which figure her owner bid her in
THIRD RACE.
The third race was for the Favorite
Stake, one and one-quarter miles, a
handicap for three-ycar-olds and up
ward. The starters were Articus 100
IL to 1. Installator i15, Claudius 109,
and MARCEL 100. 211a to L. Wheel of For
tune 107, 6 to .. The value of the
stake was S1,025.
This was a grand race and a fight
from start to finish. Installator led
first past the stand, with Wheel OF
Fortune at his flank, Articus third
MARCEL fourth, and Claudius last. The
position were unchanged at the quar-
ter. except that Articus was even-ur
with MARCEL in third place. At the