The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
LAST RACE DAY
AT DRIVING PARK


lCOnCluucu lIOI1 DlSt =
a skip and won the race without being
urged. Billy II. and Bellman were even
chances for second until Bellman broke
near the wire and finished third, Billy
II. two lengths behind Annie j. Time,
.371a, LA, 1.49, 2.26la.
Summary:
g. 20 trot or pace, purse $500.
Annie j, b. m. ..,.,.,.....,.'''.,''''' i
John Lanning, Wilkes-Barre.
Billy II, b. &. ......,.,....... .;....'.... z
Lehighton View Farm.
Bellman, b. &. ...".,'...,.....'...'.3 3 .
+. w. Cook, Scranton.
Mark Anthony, b. g. ..........".....
w. II. Ash, Binghamton, n. Y.
Myrtle >, b. m. ......,.....,.........'' o D
r. Il. Westlake, Scranton.
Clay Cross, b. G. .....".........,..:..'. B
w. C. Merton, Aldenville.
Time, 225i4, 2 25ia 2.26lk
The running race, three quarters of
a mile, brought Red Rose, Young Trou-
bador, Loan Oak and Rambert to the
post. They started at the quarter post
and finished at the wire. Red Rose and
Troubador were the most fancied.
They got off well in the first heat and
when going past tho stand Red Rose
and Troubador were together, Loan
Oak a bad third and Rambert out of
it. The order was the same Mt the half
Red Rose and Troubador were whip
ping into the stretch. the former next
the rail. They came nose and nose for
the wire with both jockeys whipping.
Trouhador had the advantage of a
head and might have won the heat but
for his Jockeys attempt to make n
| grandstend finish, Red Rose winning
| by a half head.
In the second heat, won by Young
Troubador, that horse and Loan Oak
| got the best of the start with Rambert
and Red Rose off last in the order
named. Troubador's lead was a long
one and he had a gap of Is lengths
| between himself and Loan Oak on the
| lower turn where Red Rose went Sec
ond. Trouba6or Won hands down.
LOAN OAKS ACCIDENT.
At the head of the homestretch Loan
Oak stumbled and broke bone in his
right forward ankle. 1t was feared
that he would have to be destroyed, but
he hobbled off TIE track and was pre-
scented to Michael Duffy by the owner
w. r. Edwards Time: 25, 55ia, l27tf
ilCubiuOl NCHl u lIC IuSJ Il Vol I.
ever Red Rose in the third and d cid.
ing heat in which only those two com.
pet I'd. They took the flag together bu
in going around the first turn Rost
made the running and opened gap o.
a doZer lengths between herself ant
the black. She made the half in "a
Going VI the backstretch il was plain
that Troubador had shot his bolt bu
| Nyb in ,,y
spur and the horse fell at the head o
the last turn. Neither horse or ride
was injured.
Red Rose came to the wire pulled VI
IN 1.29.
Summary:
Three-qlarter mile running race and re
peat, purse 800.
iteu Rose, D. IN. .,.,.,................ l
II. F. sullivan, Binghamton.
Rambert, b. g. .......................4 3 -
Frank Holgate, Scranton.
Young Troubadour, blk. h. .........2 l -
L. f. Harvey, Wilkes Barre.
Loan oak, g. &. Observation-Disclosures. 3 dr.
w. r. Edwards, Scranton.
Time 1.24, 1.27A, 1.29
During the waits Rowdy Joe (20S,
one of the fastest but most unreliabl
performers that ever appeared on tn
track, paced against Ravens 215 track
match, pacing record. He was drive
by H. f. Kidwell and was paced b
! a running mate, Little Friend. II
made two attempts, acted badly i
each and failed.
1t was the fifth score on the frs
trial before Kidwell nodded for tn
word when the horse was on a gai
, far below his usual pace. The frs
quarter was in 40, the next in 80, tn
half in LII. the third quarter 361a an
1.53, the last quarter in 80 and tn
mile in the slow time of 2.271a.
Later in the second trial he got o.
well after two bad failures and reache
the quarter post in c5la, but broke o
the upper turn. Kidwell nodded for
start when he reached the wire, bu
Rowdy broke again on the first tur
and abandoned the attempt.
NEW TRACK BICYCLE RECORD
Bicycle record breaking was MOI
successfully attempted. Keller an
Gregory, of the Green Ridge Whee
men, rode a Spalding tandem unpace
and broke the track half-mile recor
of 100 flat. The latter was made {
the Green Ridge meet last August b
John +. Corser, of Allentown, on
specially prepared track paced by tf
Barnes tandem.
The Scranton pair yesterday warme
/ for a mile and then nodded. Thre
watches in the judges stand time
J them 55si seconds, or, IA seconds b.
| low the record. They made the fir
( furlong in 1872 seconds, and the quart,
in 27.
AMATEUR RAIL NOTES