The Portland daily press., 1897-07-22
RACED TILL SUNSET.
Great Sport at the Old Orchard
Track Yesterday.
EIGHT HEATS REQUIRED TO FIND
WINNER IN ONE RACE.
Some Gilt Edged Favorites Turned Down
"A Maine Horse Sold OH the Track for
$1O0O-Today's Concluding Programme
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S1OOO-Today's Concluding Programme
LsPEc1AL TO THE PREss.l
Old Orchard, July PA day of high
ly sensational sport was this second day
of the circuit meeting at the Old Orchard
kite track. Whatever opportunity there
had been for grumbling at the condition
OF the track, the delay in starting the
first race, the long waits without any
thing for attraction between heats, was
lost sight of in the exhileration over the
close contests in which some of the best
horses in the country participated.
There were three classes mentioned in
the card, but in the last one not heat
was run off, so much time being spent in
finding winners of the other two. 1t re-
quired eight heats to finish the 219 trot-
ting class, and five heats in the 2.12 pace
We're credited to the contestants before
the race was won.
In the trot as much excitement was
crowded as could be expected to exist in
the average full afternoon s racing. 1t
was race of remarkably fast half mile,
lively brushes, corking finishes and
general surprises for those who consider
themselves fairly good guessers on form.
The blackboard gazers predicted, be-
fore the race began, that Paddy D. or
Palon would be likely to win It, A few
took Much Ado for their choice, but did it
hesitatingly. When one man in the
crowd named Bismarck, Maine horse,
as his pick, many a chuckle was heard
among the bystanders. Bismark didn't
happen to get slice of the purse, but he
proved his staying qualities by finishing
thrice in second position, and his fine
points caught the eye of a Philadelphian
who counted out thousand crisp dollars
in exchange for him.
The race went to Much Ado, whose
final heat was won just as the sun was
lost to view behind the Dunstan woods.
Eight long, fast miles, to say nothing
of the ground covered in scoring, the
four heat winners had to go before the
money could be distributed. Much Ado
got the biggest slice, Edna B. second,
Paddy D. third and Lucy Carr fourth.
That little black mare Lucy Carr was
the phenomenon of the. race She Is
owned in Buckingham, Que. by wealthy
lumber merchant, Mr.. Alexander Mac
laren, but is under the5 management of
Mr.. George W. Leavitt of Boston. Mr..
Leavitt knows thing or two about hors-
es, but this was Lucy Carr's first time
under the bell this season, and he had
watched her in few working out miles
and had made up his mind she would be
outclassed by such money getters as Pad
dy D. and Palon So Mr.. Leavitt ignored
his mare when he did his best guessing
under the grand stand.
In the first heat Mr. Leavitt's heart was
in a flutter when he saw Lucy Carr break
away from Bismark, the Falmouth
horse, who. had led the whole field nearly
around the kite, and heard the crowd
shout as she shot under the wire, half
length to the good. Her mark of 2.19 3.-4
had suddenly dropped to 2.14 IA. The
next time around she repeated the trick,
at slower time.
The third heat was mix-up. Bismark
showed them all the way to the three
quarter pole, then went back into the ruck
and left the favorites to fight it out with
the Canadian mare. Paddy d. pulled off
the heat by a neck and lowered his mark
to 2.l5 Ia. Edna B., another puzzler,
landed in second place.
Next time it was Edna B. IS turn to
capture heat which she did after sew
eral fast brushes with the other good ones
in the field The Maine horse was second
best in this heat, and barely missed get
ting his nose first und er the wire.
A new victor led the van home in the
fifth heat. 1t was Much Ado, whose
stock had been on gradual rise from
the first of the race. He also pulled off
duced to the four heat winners. In the
seventh mile Much Ado was first under
the wire, but he was set back for break
ing and the heat given to his close COM
petitor, Edna B. The sunset heat was
slow mile, and much Ado captured it.
One of the first half miles in this race
was made in LOB 81, which figure goes
down to the unofficial credit of the Maine
horse Bismark. Bismark is handsome
black stud, seven years old, raised and
always owned by Albert Doughty of Fal-
mouth. He was we'll driven by Maine
young man named Richards. Bismark' S
mark is 2.2O 1-2, made on half-mile ring
at Rockland this spring. Good judges
say Mr.. Doughty sold him cheap, but he