The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-08
TRoITING AND PACING.
The Greatest Contest In the History or the
TrnnsylvanIa stakes.

LEXINGTON, Oct. odd turfmen at the breed
ers' meeting said that tho race for the Sc. 900
Transylvnnia Stakes. which was begun to-day
and unfinished, owing to darkness, was the
greatest In the history of the event. The Monk
lowered the record for the stakes from 2:OS4 TO
2:OSl4. C. ]. Hamlin's four.year-old peldinR
was the fa~vorite. selling for $50 to $50 for the
field. Charles Kerner OF Great harrington.
Mass. had a vell.supported entry in Bush, she
selling for S45 to 500 for the field. Rilma was
well supported in the betting. There was 4 half
hours dclayin getting the field of. Rose Turner
set the pace and led TO the head OF the stretch,
with The Monk second and Rilma third. The
Monk took the lead in the stretch. Rose Turner
dropping back. An eighth OF a mile from home
Rilma and The Monk were on even terms, but
Rilma broke when within fifty yards Of the wire
and The Monk won the heat, Just as he went
into the air. by a length. The fractional time
was: o:324, ! :oiii, 1871, 2:o9e.
Tho price OF The Monk went up in the second
heat. he selling for $50 and the field for $50.
Bush went away in front and led TO within a
few yards of the wire. The Monk was second
and Rilma third. Bush broke and The Monk
won by a length. The fractional time was o:32at,
l:04, ! :36l., 2:Osh. The odds on The Monk re-
manned the same for the third heat. Bush got
away first, Rilma second, and Pat Watson third.
Rounding the FIRST turn. The Monk, who had
gone ahead OF Watson, broke and his sulky co..
lidcd with Watson's. throwing Pat Carney out
and badly iniuring him. GeerS got clear Of
Watson. but the leaders were so tar ahead OF
him that he trailed and made no effort TO do bet
ter than save his distance. Bush went on with
liilma and Tommy Brltton in the order named.
and IN an easy finish the black mare won tho
heat by two lengths. Riima was the same dis
lance before Tommy BriGtOn. The time: O:3lA,
l:O3la, 1854, 9:O9i2.
Ben Walker was put up behind Pat Watson,
but after trottinR the fourth heat the horse was
draw IN InSh WAS he tANOFlte anu SOLD for S1D
and the field $50. She led on going away, with
Tommy Britton second and Lesene third. The
Monk was pocketed. Geers, instead OF waiting
until he arrived on the baCkstretch to get out,
pulled around the field at the first turn, and
when he got clear OF the horses he was far in the
the half was IN third place and crowding Britton
hard. Ncferran. the driver OF the latter. al
lowed Chimes son TO pass him. but when
Bush broke al the head OF the stretch
Britton came on and challenged The
Monk. 1t was a pretty race to the wire.
was two lengths before Bush. The Monk trot:
ted the last half in :02. The fractional time of
the heat was O:32k. l:O3A. 1874, 2:llli. Then
The Monk sold for 800 and the field for S5O.
Tommy Britton started away in the lead Ia the
fifth heat. The Monk being second and Rtlma
well in the stretch. when The Monk showed
slightly in front. Rilma. however. outtooted
them al. and captured the heat by an open
length. Black Seth was second and jamie Smell
ton third. The fractional time was O:33. LOON,
$40. 2:l3l2-
which went TO Ace after losing one heat TO
Peter Turney. the favorite. The 2:2T trot was
unfinished, Acts Tell ana Alves each winning a
heat Summaries: