The Portland daily press., 1897-09-20
RIGBY.
Saturday Chilly and Damp and the Track
for Races Didn't Dry Well.

Last Saturdays sport at Rigby
previous days of the great race meeting,
for the weather conditions were not quite
fright and the horsemen and spectators
We're subjected to a tedious wait while tho
track was drying out from Fridays
rAfhs. With two unfinished races to be
wound up and two other events on the
regular card, the officers of the track had
Edecided to call the horses early.
The time set for bringing out the
T first field of trotters was O'Clock, but at
that hour it would have been i'm
possible to drive fast mile over the
course. The track has the reputation Of
being an exceptionally fast dryer, but it
| needs both a bright sun and a dry atmos-
| phere to develop it's best qualities in that
line. The sky was somewhat clouded till
/ late in the afternoon, and the air was
chilly and damp.
I But the scrapers, brushes and other
equipments with which Rigby abounds,
I We're kept at work, while the crowd pa
tiently waited for the altering rays to get
in their work. AT O'Clock the call bell
was jingled and the 209 trotters came
struggling out. The Wisconsin stallion
B. 3: r., which showed good speed in the
drawn, not being in the pink Of condit-
ion. Dan Cupid, a New York horse, with
one heat to his credit Friday, cleared
F the eyent from5the card.in two heats with
out getting down anywhere near his
mark. Both finishes were good ones.
The 2.10 pace, which came over from
Thursday. with an interesting en-heat
summary, was won by Nicol B., who
lacked but a single heat to give him the
largest share of TIE purse. He and King
Egbert changed positions several times
during the mile, but at the finish the
royal competitor was full length behind
the winner,
field of eight, though there was no prob
ability of it's being finished before sun
down. Two heats were pulled off, both
of them taken with apparent ease by
Cadet, a chestnut gelding owned in New
York. Billy, a Boston PAGER, made a
hard try for each heat, but hadn't quite
the necessary speed. 1.-The race went over
unfinished, to supplement- the opening
days card Of this weeks interesting stake
a1leeting, which is to begin today and
continue five days. 9
! Summarizes:
1910 Glass, Pacing; Purse S500.-(Con-
7sf cluded.)
Nichol B., b h, by Al Carl
us, dam Maythorne, by
Hawthorne, (Quinton). 1881 l21
King Egbert, b g, (Hudson) 8 8
Gazette, s, (Shockency
and Smart). 6 9
Eyelet, m, ~ g 2
Kansas, CHI S, (Walker), 149675d
Minnon, b m, NJ. Saunders),2 6 4 70
Pilgrimme, blk S, (Opdyke),3 2 6 4 70
Lautana, b M, (Dore) gro
Merrill oh S, (MerrilD, 4377d DIR
Time, 2.O91-2, ali, 200 "a, all,
40 3-4. gil, 214 215 Ia.
200 Trot, Purse $500. (Concluded.)
Dan Cupid b S, by Barney Wilkes,
dam by Strathmore, (McCarthy),2 /
Derby Princess, b m, by Charles
Derby, dam Princess, by Ad-
ministrator, (Saunders), 1432
Que Allen, b s, b $, (McKinney), ABS 8
Gov. Strong, br S, lFoote), 5544
Louis Victor, b G, (B. Demarest), 6 6
B. B. p, b S, Certify, 2 dr.
Time, 2.OS l-s, s1o 12, 2.14 IA, 2,l4 ia.
s.l5 Pace, Purse $500. (Unfinished.)
Cadet, oh g, McEwen, dam by Tom
Hal, (McCarthy), II
Billy, CHI 6, (Lowe), 90
Flirt, b m, (Renick), SO
Myrtle g.. b m, (Quinton), A
Zanita, b m, (Nosher,) rs
Lee, oh g, (O'NeiD, IS
Rodney b., b G, (Baggs), Sc
Mcbride, b s. (Scbmulbach), ST
Time, 2 IA IA, ais.