The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21
R MARKS LOWERED
INDIANAPOLIS TRACK BRINGS DOWN
THE RECORDS.
FASTEST Vile for q Three-Yenr-OId
This asOn-T 2;25 Pace
Won in 2:1O "a.

YESTERDAY. proved TO be the greatest day.
up to date. of the Grand Circuit races at
the Fair grounds. Five thousand people
saw tho best racing witnessed on the cir
cult this season, not excepting the places
where the great free-for-all PAGERS went
for the big purses. The track was at its
best; the horses had accustomed them
selves TO it's conditions: the weather was
the best that could he desired. All the
conditions were favorable TO good racing.
Even the crowd. which is not a small fac
tor in the general requirement for success.
was there. The beautiful weather and the
fine card offered brought the people out In
fol- ce. The gate receipts showed the larg-
est attendance of the week.
The grandstand will seat In the neigh
borhood Of five thousand. 1t was not near
Iy full at any time during the afternoon.
but, if the thousand or more persons who
never left the betting ring, the hundreds
under the grand stand and the other hum
dreds who remained along the fence with
their carriages. had taken places in the
grandstand, its capacity would have been
severely taxed. OF those present a fair
per cent were ladies. It is a noticeable
fact that the ladies' are taking a great In
terest in the trotting races this year.
They come in companies, alone and with
their husbands and friends. The fine
weather gave an opportunity TO display
some late creations of modiste and millin-
cry. which some were not slow to take adj
vantage of.
1t was a day Of record-making. though
not one of record-breaking. except in one
instance. In the three races there were
three horses who beat their own records
and the fastest mile for a three-year-old
of the season was paced. In the first race
Pearl Onward, who won the race, lowered
her w record from 2:11A to 2:10&. In
the same race Thorndine clipped a second
and three quarters from her best record
made at Red Oak, Ia, a few weeks ago.
when she was reported as having made a
sensational mile In 2:13A. Yesterday she
vent 1t In 2:1l12. making the fastest time
for "a three-year-old this season. Again, in
the Grand Hotel stake race. the great Ken
tuck Union lowered his own record of 2:OSA,
made at Columbus two weeks ago, to
2:07A.
The races were extremely exciting
| throughout. The first heat of the first race
gave the spectators an idea of what was in
store for them, when Sherman Clay and
Thorndine came in so nearly together that
Ii was others race to the wire. Then, IN
4 tile ltISl ltdL " lit 9C1OAAo o@1S "bAN4
| followed Immediately after the first heat OF
the first race. Fred b. and Birdie Clay
trotted what appeared to the spectators to
be a dead heat. This style OF exciting
sport was kept up throughout the several
| heats which were required to determine the
winners of the three races The interest
was maintained throughout. Few people
left until the last heat of the last race
was concluded, for while IL was as good as
settled that Kentucky Union would wiz the
third race. the interest centered about the
other starters as possible second-place
horses. The winner was considered by the
bcokmakers and the sporting fraternity,
outside those who had an interest in the
purse for which the horses were competing.
more in the light of a than as
one of the Contestants. She was barred In
the books, and second place to any other
place in the other races.
Yesterday was a pretty good day for the
bookmakers. After the first heat in the
first race the talent was guessing vaguely.
1t dropped upon Sherman Clay for this
heat and beat him hard. but fell down
by selecting him as the sure thing in the
second heat at long odds. In the second
race place money was badly scattered and
fell into the bookies' vaults in big rolls
Tie odds on Fred b. were not such as tC
be a great inducement to plunge on him
In the last race Pat LIS winning the place
in the first and second heats threw the tai
emit over again, for the most of the money
was on Piletta and Miss Nelson at poorer
odds.