The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-21
2 |: II !. STAKES
Pulls p Down First L Money ID tbs
4 n Glass Trotilag Race.
HELEN GOULD WINS THE 2:25 PACE
PaiMetio Prince Downs the silver
Cray Denocracy-The RtchmoI,t,
.9i He Horses Walk Or with the Run
Mug Race Betting Was Hronyy ana
$S$ Brislk-NotcB or the ssnccs.

"a, perfect day and large and thor.
oughly, appreciatiye attendance saw ~,
! third and most successful day Of tht
! track 'S17s1 go 's'l's' = = 49,
The events pulled or were all wen ru,
| anu productive Of great interest. Som,
~ we HHest breeding lin America wa:
| represented on the track, and as 81 20
suit the spectators got their money,
worth many times over, so far as the,
track 49, : Il '''e,'''At 3 lii'
The races reserved for to-day ar,
Pr, ,1 TO be the best on the list, ant
VII! doubtless draw u big crowd. There
VIII be three events, including n run.
! nlng race. the 2:40 trot and the 2:2G trot
seventeen splendid horses are entered
| III the latter. - - -
TIII1 els PACE.
! , Inc iirst event on the programme was
| the unfinished 2:1s pace Brought over
from the day before
| In the first heat (the third of tho RI ce>
| Democracy, who won the second heat
wednesday. got well away, and with q
1alr lead. swerved in the stretch throw
| ing Palmetto back. Under the rules he
could nave been dlstanced, but as the
Iiulages decided the breach unintentional,
tney merely set him back to last place.
| giving Palmetto Prince first, Nina
Noble second and Mike Dunn third. An
bets were declared off.
Inc next heat proved 10 ne the last,
Palmetto Prince winning the heat and
liGe IN iast time and by n splendid
exhibition OF speed and squirt. Demo-
cracy led all the way until the last quar-
| Ter was reached. when the brown stall
non decreased the, lead, and beating the
nest the gray could do, shot under the
wire q full length ahead Of the plucky
so who got second place and
second money. Third money went to
Whltoy and fourth Nina Noble
THE 2:30 CLASS TROT.
AIosul. the favorite, won the first heat
VI TINS race In walk. lowering his re-
cord of 2:29A by 32l seconds. At the sec
Gnu qua rter he led well and by the time
lne lhtrd was reached he had the field
completely at his mercy. being some ten
Or twelve lengths ahead The race re-
solved Itself Into struggle FOR second
pace between Lady Scott and Eufaula
! -. the former winning by n Slight mar
| gin, the latter getting third and Mari
| herS pay mare Irene fourth.
Cu1auln looked like a sure winner of
Inc second heat, especially after Mosul
! broke on tiles third quarter, but she
broke herself, Aand the favorite passed
Ier. winning yby. O. slight lead It wns
thought that the mare would still be
s isIs!s the heat on account or Mosurs
X,
Pc: Claymore, Jr., finished third. witt,
Lady Scott fourth 'GsE
Mosuf Won the third heat In a walk.
ana the race leading twice around, with
; mulauia easily second, and Irene third
IN; me nes was marked by no very nota-
pie STAG nor, indeed. was the result
OF the raG> ever in doubt from first to
last SO far as first place was concern
eu. FIRST money was Mosul's easily
Jufnuln taking second, Lady Scott
third money and Irene fourth money.
THE 2:1S CLASS TROT.
The event Of the day was the 2:1S class
trot. as prettyha race, as was ever run
on THIS track, In spite of the fact that
treat Stakes won the first heat easily
and by a good margin. The fight was
ior second place and Mi Ada had a cinch
on 1t until she broke on the third quar-
ter. and could do no better than come in
last, which was fourth, there being but
TOUR starters. Albert c. finished sec
ond and Walter Herr third
Great Stakes finished the second teat
In Il walk, having held the lead all the
way round. MI Ada was prettily beaten
FOR second place by Walter Herr, Albert
c. finishing last.
The favorite also won the third heat
IN an easy walk, winning the race with
out difficulty. a gallant struggle for
second place between Walter Herr and
Albert c. resulted in a victory for the
FORMER. MI Ada came In fourth. Every
quarter OF this heat was trotted in 81
seconds The money went as they fin
ished.
T1IE 1925 PACE.
Cromwell's bay mare Annie Mariner
won the first heat OF the 2:25 pace very
readily and with time to spare. having
the rest Of the field, possibly excepting
Oakly b., at her mercy. The latter was
good Tor second place, but in being
forced for first broke on the home
stretch and Reflection passed under the
wire neck ahead OF him. NIariner's
| mare Rosa CORN came in third
The second heat was a race royaI and
gave the spectators some seventeen
times worth Of their money Six Of the
eight starters remained punched for
three quarters. with Annie Mariner
slightly in the lead. On the last quarter
Helen Gould came up out Of the bunch
and grandly forged ahead winning the
neat by a length In 2:21h. with Renec-
ton second and Annie Mariner third.
Helen Gould, after a hard str1aala
won the third heat, with Mariners Rosa
CORN close second and Oakly 3. a
good third. Annie Mariner could NOT
finish better than fifth
Helen Gould won the fourth heat with
comparative ease, walking away with
the race and first money Fanny Maple
came in second in the heat. The money
went as follows: Helen Gould, first:
Annie Mariner, second; Reflection, third
and Iaost CORN, fourth.
THE RUNNING RACE.
Great difficulty was experienced in
starting the first heat Of the running
race. Mormon being practically unman-
aEeable, and Uncle Tony but little bet