The Portland daily press., 1897-09-21
THE TWO YEAR OLD TRoT.

allowing Andy ever. place for the head OF
! the procession. At the half Lucrative
had slight lead, as Andy broke. The
latter colt, however, recovered quickly
without losing much ground and led
around to the wire by a comparatively
slight margin. Lucrative showed we'll
and was good second, leading jamie T.
| in by nearly length. There was good
space between jamie T. and Nowaday.
Nowaday had but little difficulty in
winning the next two heats, both Of them
being practically PROFESSIONS. Nowaday
is owned by j. Malcolm Forbes and gets
a mark of 2.16 IA. The summary:
Two year old-2.6O Glass rotting-
Purse $500.
Nowaday, b f, by Lookaway Titer)4 1 1
Amby, b G, by Ambassador (Payne)1 2 8
jamie IT,, (Fnller) 3
Lucrative. b (Hyde) as 4
Lady Geraldine, (Bithcr) 5 5
Sister Euphraser (Marsh) 6 di
Time-2.25 Ia, 2.2O, 2.16 IA.
THE THREE YEAR OLD RACE.
The first real race in the Transylyania
stakes of the week was the three year old
nominations in the $40 pace, which
brought out eight starters including
Patchen Boy with a mark of 2. 10 1-2, Red
Seal with Eli IA, Miss Margaret with
2.1S IA, Lady Bashford, Georgia L., Red
Rover, Samaritana and George W. Leder-
or. Red Seal drew the pole, with George
W. Lederer second, i Miss Margaret third
and Patchen Boy fourth. The field was
well punched when it got the word. Red
Seal lost the pole at the first turn to Miss
Margaret. From that time out the result
of the heat depended upon these two for
| they were separated from the rest of the
field by at least half dozen lengths. The
two were neck and neck after leaving the
| three-quarters pole, but after rounding
the last turn, Miss Margaret drew slight
ly into the lead, but Red Seal chung like
glue but could not overtake Ben Walker,
who won in 211 Ia, thereby lowering
Margaret's mark by two seconds and one
of the fastest three year old pace racing
records Of this season.
| When the horses were called out for the
| second heat the weather was decidedly
unfavorable. A very thick fog had set in
| nearly completely obscuring the track
| from the first to the last turn. To add
to the discomfort it began to rain in a
desultory sort of way. It was practically
impossible to determine from the stand
whether or not any of the contestants
broke in the semi-darkness. IT was a red
hot race and there was considerable
| difference of opinion as to who won it.
Miss Margaret lost the pole before reach
Ing the quarter pole and what transpired
going to the three-quarter pole was a
matter of conjecture, for the field plunged
into fog bank and all that could be seen
from the stand was a mass of struggling
horses. The field took on tangible
shape when the horses emerged from the
fog bank at the head of the stretch. Here
it was found that Patchen Boy and Red
Seal were to the fore and coming hard to
the wire. They were neck and neck, both
Macy and Dick Wilson driving for all
they were worth. Almost everybody
thought it a dead heat but the judges
gave the heat to Red Seal in 211 1-2. The
summary:
Three 40 Glass - Pacing -
Purse $500. Unfinished.
Red Seal, b C, by Red Heart, dam
MAJ Aiis Mo M By M II R1 na Maoey
Lady Stanley by Stanley (Walker) 1 8
Patchen Boy, bl (Wilson) 2
Samaritana, b IN, (Miller) 4
George W. Lederer, b Q (Birnie) I
Georgia L., gr + (Mooney) Z 6
Red Rover, b (Ihayer) s 8
Lady Bashford, b IN (Reinhard) 6 s
Time-2.l1 1-2, 2,11 1-2.
THREE 1925 TROT.
There were five starters in the 225 trot,
including Prince of India, AIS "a, Dare
Devil, Medium, who made a new mark
over this track last week. Little Miss,
Cecil NJ, Georgianna, who has given
several fine performances at Rigby, and
who is prime favorite here. 1t was a
pretty contest between Georgianna,
Greenbrino and Dare Devil to the half
with the rest of the file we'll punched
nearly length and half behind. After
passing the half Dare Devil gradually
drew up and the three leaders were Tapped
early to the three-quarter pole, and they
swung into the stretch on even terms. 1t
was a fine race to the wire and aroused
considerable enthusiasm at the finish
when Geers without raising his whip
seemed to urge Dare Devil on and on un-
til the black horse thundered by the stand
in 2. IS 1-2, or half second less than his
mark. Georgianna made good try for
| the heat
When the horses began to score for the
second heat the fog had greatly increased
in thickness and the rain began to fall
quite heavily. Practically nothing could