The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10
RACES CAUGHT THEM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CROWD WIT
MESSED THE GRAND STAND
PROGRAMaIE.
RACING WAS WORTH SEEING.
THE 2.I8 TROTTISG CLASS WON BY
ABUET IN THREE STRAIGHT
HEATS.:s
SHERMAN CLAY ANOTHER WINNER
Wins the Pacing Race in Straight
Heats-Jessie Dhu Takes Spe-
ciaI Purse.


man yesterday, sit makes the enjoy
ment of the later September weather
all the keener." Then he waxed rem
iniscent of other hot spells that ended
with the full moon, "and so will this"
he concluded And it seems he was
either standing in with the weather
bureau or is an. excellent diagnostic of
thermal conditions.
Horsemen were generally of the
opinion yesterday that. had Wednes-
day been MINDLESS and cooler, Happy
Jack would have given our track an
other record. He was keyed and in
the humor and made record for the
first quarter, but the suns smiles were
so ardent that he concluded he had
shown enough of his quality, under the
circumstances. And his failure to do
better than ZIP shows how very meri-
torious that third heat of the PAGERS,
Tom Powers and Classic in 151a; for
Happy Jack is an ambitious gentle
man and always willing to do his best.
+ But what of yesterday? If an enOr-
nous crowd could inspire horses they
should have been worked up to their
best efforts. 1t was an overflow, and
by D. m. the doors of the main stand
were barred and the crowd sent aloft
to the upper tiers which rapidly filled.
The sun was fierce, but Boreas tenn
pered his ardor with a cool breath out
of his northwestern storehouses which
made life not only bearable. but eli
joyable in honor of the patron saint Of
the day, whose children We're out by
tens of. thousands to make the day a
record breaker in attendance. The
lawn on the further side of the quar-
ter stretch was well filled with car
riages. The Judges. were H. M.
French, Minneapolis; N. S. Erb, Fari-
bault, and n. c. Kachell, Mason City,
10. D. Stacy starter.
At AS the three starters in the 10
trotting class were sent away on the
third score to o perfect start Abuet
on the outside forged into the lead,
turning into the back stretch; she
opened little gap for awhile. but Will
kinson closed onto her. wheel and held
there all the way around, Abuet win
ming cleverly by half a length, Victor
Sprague being some six lengths be-
hind. Time, 2:17h.
Fer the second heat they got away
at the first attempt at 2;25, Adjust in
the lead and never headed, though
Senator was close to her wheel all the
way around, with Victor Sprague trail
ing a dozen lengths at the finish,
which was an exact repetition of the
first the Senator's nose being on Abu-
cts wheel. Time. 2:19A.
For the third heat they were dis
patched at the secocd effort to a repe-
tition Of. the other two heats Time,
2:18A. Summary: 3-s ..isae3tt.i :
2:lS class, trotting; purse. 81 Oo}, divided
Abuet. b M F. 8. Gert9n. GTetna, II.
CWesD .............. ..............,....1 l 1
Senator Wilkinson. blk h. Charles See
ly, sMankato (See-y) .:..................2
Victor sprague. g. George schiey,o
Time, 2:1714, 219A, PISA.
The four starters in the 2:07 pacing
race made their first score at 2:0l with
conditions generally good except for
the high wind blowing from the north
west. They were sent on the third
score to a most beautiful start. Red
Strath, with pole. made a splendid
pace for three-eighths in this fast com
pany where they were all punched
Out of this Sherman Clay first showed
at the half. but Phenol pulled up to
his wheel, with Red Strath last, but
pegging bravely away. All the way
round and right home Phenol drove
Sherman hard, but was beaten by a
length, Princess four lengths behind
and two lengths ahead of Red Strath.
Time, 209A the fastest mile on the
Owing to a shoe having been cast
by Eulalia the PAGERS didn't come to
score till $50 They did not get away
till the fifth attempt the starter being
very particular to have them. well in
line, Phenol not being in very coed hui
NOR, Eulalia had the best of the
send-off and took the pole and led into
the back stretch; here Sherman Clay
began to draw up, and Phenol and Red
t>r1t a
bunch at the half. Phenol, coming very
fast, broke badly. Red Strath showed
remarkable gameness, sticking to the
leaders closely We'll down the stretch
along which Eulalia waged fierce bat.
tie with Clay, being beaten half
length, with Red Strath four behind,
and Phenol near the distance, which,
luckily for her, had been waived.
Time, 2:101R.
They were sent off at the third score
for the thirl heat in the pacing race
with Phenol little in the lead, which
she held till she was driven off her
feet by Clay at the three-eighths to
very bad break. Princess Eulalia
challenged Clay and made him travel
a bit, but he won easily by a length,
Red Strath eight lengths behind and
two lengths in front of Phenol Time.
2:O7 class, pacing; purse. $1,000, divided
sherman Clay c g. F. S. Gerton',
p6 GTs5na sr I'll m, y j. Dunbar Columbus
o. dunbar ..................2 4
Princess Eulaia, b m Glenev;s Stock
farm La Crescent (Cameron) ..S 2
Red Strath. b g,sF. W. Force Window, J.
Time, 2:osA 2iOia PIP
Happy Jack went off or his effort to
beat time and started at a good clip
which he held fairly we'll till coming
down the stretch, finishing the mile
slowly in 2:10A.
It was getting rapidly cold when the
2:1S trotters were started at the fourth
score to a pretty good start, all keep
ing pretty well punched. though Jessie
Dhu showed last into the back stretch.
1t was the first time Dunbar was be-
hind her and he was getting acqualn-
ted with her humOrS, after her SKIP on
the turn. She stepped along, however,
and came into the lead on the inside at
the half, which position Ishe held game
ly all the way homes winning easily by
an open length from Wilkes, the rest
strung out. Time, 2:21.
1t was 4:5S before they came out for
the second heat, and oNerccats were in
order before they were dispatched at
the third score. Jessied Dhu held the
lead all the way round, with the others
we'll punched. Ate tho half Wilkes
made a challenge, Caut was shaken off;
again he challenged ono the. top turn,
again the mare responded gamely.
Wilkes got momentarily in front, turn
ing into the stretch, but was again
headed but he stuck to the mare gall
lantly and pushed his head in front
about five lengths from home, but, the
mare responded and won by a short
head; Berry was third Cosette A,
fourth, Ray W. fifth, all close up.
Time. 2:2O Berry set back last for
running.
In the third heat they were sent off