The Portland daily press., 1897-10-07
FASTEST DAY OF THE MEET.
The Flyers Made Lively Time at Rigby
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Only Two Races Were Pulled Off, Each In
Straight Heats, But They Were Well
Contested and Very Interesting-Quad-
riga and Geo. A. the Winners.
The third day of the big stake meeting
at Rigby dawned bright and fair, but in
the afternoon the wind was rather strong
and cold and told more plainly than
words could have done that the racing
season for this part of the country is rap
idly drawing to a Close The attendance
at Rigby yesterday was not much larger
than it has been on tho other two day S
and that was very small indeed, but the
races were far better and.. more interesting
than any which have occurred so far dur
ing this meeting. Every heat was driven
for all it was worth and there is little
doubt about the fact that the best horses
won in every race.
George A. belonging to f. H.ssFoster of
Tilton. N. H., was an easy winner of the
2.19 trot taking three straight heats. He
was stacked up against some flyers too,
and the lowest time made in any of the
three heats was 2.13 3-4, which is travel
ling little for such unfavorable weather
for speed. as yesterday was. Three fast
mares had trial with George A. and
each one did the best she, knew how to
beat the New Hampshire horse out to the
wire, but. though some of the finishes were
very exciting George A. was not headed
once.
Suzette drew the pole in the first heat
Of this race, but was sent off far behind
the rest of the field. This was plainly
Gilbert's fault, for though Suzette scored
down some distance behind the other
horses Gilbert was seen distinctly to nod
his head for the word and Starter Merrill
gave it to him. The result was that
Suzette lost her position and went all to
pieces. Venture W. took the lead and
held it to the last turn when George A.
came up alongside and the field turned
into the home stretch well punched, with
Venture W. and George A.fghting it out
a little in the advance of the others. The
New Hampshire horse won out the heat
In the next heat Tom Boy, one of
Frank Jones fast ones, tried conclusions
with George A. These two fought out a
very pretty race and made a very close
finish, but Tom Boy couldn't head the
winner of the first heat and came in a
good second.
In the heat the bunch was sent off well
together Muchado broke almost directly
after receiving the word and went all to
pieces He rau to the eighth mark before
he caught on and this spoiled his chances.
Turning into the back stretch George A.
was half length in the lead with Lucy
Carr second, Tom Boy third and Venture
W. almost neck and neck with the latter
The four were well together and it looked
as if a good sized blanket might have COW
cred the lot. George A. kept his position
and all the time was increasing his lead
When the field turned into the home
stretch Muchado who had come the last
half mile in great shape made heroic
effort to land in the first tier but failed.
Lucy Carr did her best to beat George A.
out of the wire and every horse finished
under the lash. But George A. was not
to be ratified and he won easily.
There were six starters in the 220 pace,
which was by all odds the best contested
and fastest race of the week. Roy MilIer's
Quadriga took three straight heats, but
ba ha5 a 6rht for ax,o,.,7 ono Of +bo,,, Cid
worth especially proving himself to bees
troublesome customer. In the firstneat
Esperenza held to the three-quartess mark
ard then Sidworth tried to he'd the pro-
cession but failed. Quadriga took the
pole at the three-auarterr mark and from
there out to the wire il was very pretty
race between Esperenza and the Georgia
horse. Espefanza was beaten out by half a
length, the result of the field being close
behind when the wire was passed.
In the second heat Sidworth stepped to
the front and made things lively for
Quadriga, but could not head him and
though the finish was close the result was
never in doubt for minute.
The third heat was also very close
one. Again and again Sidworth made at
tempts to head Quadriga and once or
twice came near doing it but the Georgia
horse was too fast for him ana won the
heat and the race. The summarizes:
2.19 -Trotting-Purse $4,000
George A., n, by Glencoe Wilkes,
dam Patchen May by Godfrey
Patchen, Jr., (Sergeant) /
Lucy Carr. f, (O'NeiD 8 2
Venture ~, b m. (Conley) 2 4 s
Tom Boy, b m, (Marsh) 5 2 8
Luxon, br 6, (Macey) 5 6
Suzette, b M, (Gilbert) 6 z 4
Muchado, b 6, (Kennedy) Z 6 z
Time-2.13, 2.13 ga, 2.13 ga.
2.20 Stake-Pacing-P $4,000.
Quadriga, G, by Parkville, dam
by Tennessee Wildes (Miller) /
h, (Sullivan) 4 Q
h. (Sterling) 2 6 4