Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-28
LAST DAY IS LADIES' DAY Birmingham JockeyCIub's Meet ing Will Terminate Today. SIX G00T EVENTS PROVIDED Grand Para craekerjaek Flyers With Col
 P '-. y,: YESTE 2 fS FINISHES WERE GREAT elof Weather and Fine Sport. in Which the Heroes Were B. O. Reed, Towers,
 Maxima, FritSie and Masonic
 Home in Great Sprint.
SIX GOOT EVENTS PROVIDED
ESTE 2 f'S FINISHES WERE GREAT

Ideal weather brought the people out
 yesterday afternoon in multitudes, and
 the attendance was not less than 10000
 l There was a large number of people up from Bessemer, many from Pratt City
 and other suburbs, and Birmingham fur
 nished the balance. Every train out of
 the city was loaded to it's capacity and
 standing room was at a premium.
 The band was in attendance. and be- tween races furnished good music to l liyen up the spirits of bad guessers and | add to the overfiowing cups of those dl-
 rectly the opposite.
 The finishes were the great feature,
 and something seldom seen at a race
 course. Two of the five finishes were
 won by nose and three by half length,
 all done by hard irving
 | Only one favorite proved true to his | friends, B. o. Reed managing to come
 under the wire first by a half length, with | Maud k. fighting hard for the honor. The first race being such an excellent
 finish, the crowd became wrought up to | tremendous pitch of excitement and | were ready to expect anything in the way of close drives for the purse bags. | Nor were they disappointed.
 Pap" Barrett showed his ability as a | rider when he plunged Towers forward
 at the wire, winning from the favorite, | Harry N, by nose in the second race, r. Jordan followed in the next event with drive for mans life, winning on Maxima, long shot from Commission. | eS Frank, the favorte, by a half length. Hr1tzie sprung the next surprise, being | turned in winner by Warren in spurt | from Whyota by half length. But J. Matthews knocked 'em all out | in the finale. He went into the mile racel | to win on Masonic Home, and after get | ting off second went into the lead at the | quarter pole and set the pace, which was | a corker. At the swing into the stretch | Warren forced Tranby to the front on
 the inside rail, and here excitement be- l gan. Calls for Masonic Home were l heard everywhere, and if he didn't hear
 1t Matthews evidently must have done Sd l as he put on the whip, and the two | beauties came down the lane jump for l jump. Each flyer had his neck stretched | to the limit, reaching for the wire, but Matthews and the chestnut got there, | and close shave 1t was, as the horses | were only noses apart for the purse. The Results.
 First race-B. O. Reed went to the | post faVorite at even money, with Mona | second choice. After six minutes delay | a good send off was given the racers
 Mona leading the string, with the favorite l | place at the turn, head from Maud R. l Corder began to drive at the one-six- l teenth and forged ahead, winning from | Maud R. by half length.
 | Second race-Harry N. was the favorite l and hot tip, this being his first start af the meeting. His price was to 10 all the | way through, and many went up against | him. Towers, the winner. was offered at l 6 to 1, but went four points better, closing | at post time 10 to 1. A celebrated trainer, I ax,1. 1.fI aA.1 | as to Towers, and numbers of strong l bets were made on him. After five min l utes at the post the youngsters got away, | Outing taking the lead with Harry N. in l the ruck. Towers came from third in the | turn and led down the stretch by a head, | Barrett driving him for all he was worth. | It was toss up for winner between Tow | CTS and Harry N, but Pap" proved the
 best driver and won out by whisker | and very short one at that.
 Third race-Of the ten starters in this event Commissioner Frank was the fa- vorite at to 1, going down bit and clos | ing at post time to .. The favorite, | with the others punched heads apart, got away at the first break. Maxima, with P Jordan up, passed Pap" Barrett, on | the favorite, at the quarter, and was never headed. The drive home was a | beauty, and the best the favorite got out l of 1t was seccnd place, one and a half | lengths from Gamer.
 | tOurtn 1aCe-WdTTen IufHlSneu tnc 1 surprise of the day on Fritz:e, winning l out on the colt by a half length from 1 Whyota. Fritzie got away first, but fell | back to second place at the half way sta- l tion, Whyota leading by half length. At the three quarter pole the breach was | widened to two lengths, and 1t looked all | over for Fritzie as they came down the stretch, but Warren talked to the brown | colt and used spurs and whip with all his | might and snatched victory from appa- | rent defeat at the wire by a half length. Fifth race ce-Donation. a first timer, went up as good thing in the final event | and was offered at the prohibitive odds
 Iof 8 to g. closing a post time to 5. The | track, however. was the kind to Masonic | Homes liking, and many bits of paste board were bought on him at 2 to 1. It | was surprise to many that he could | ever be thought anything but a winner, | and many went back for second nibbls | at the bait It was @ good thing and the pIungers pushed 1t along. Tranby got away at the first break head from Ma | sonic Home, Jamboree bringing up the | rear, though not any too far away | Masonic Home took the lead at the quar- | ter and kept fl to the turn giving way a | little to Tranby. Matthews did not in- | tend to lose and drove for the wire with a spirit born of determination, and mid | thunderous applause came home winner | lby nose from Tranby.
 Today's Leading Feature. 1 IL being the last day of the inaugural | meeting. the management have decided | to name 1t Ladies' Day.
 Between the third and fourth events | the flyers of flyers will be paraded with colors up. and there will be seen the finest | steppers in the south or west The horses, | owners stables. colors. pedigrees and rec 1 ords will be as follows
 i OConnell ch. E., out of May Kennedy, | hy Harry O'FalioD; w. J. Spelrs stable. l Coiots-Red, white sleeves, blue--cap. i Holding record of three-duarters of l mile in 112H
 | Assignee. oh C.. out of Maid of Athol, | by Spendthtft; c. C. O'Fallon's stable. | l -fC,o,i iin,,ad on Fifth Para1