The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-24
WALIINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT THE RACES
 .AT CENTER STREET TRAoK.


 There was a good attendance at the races on the Center street track Sat- urday, and the races proved quite in- teresting. The prizes were one hundred bushels of oats in each race. The sum mary of the events Is as follows:
 2:4O Class-Half-mile Heats. Leo Wilkes, J, H. Beach,
 Branford ........,,........ 5 l Orphan Boy, Walter Pullon,
 Meriden .................,.. l Mabel C., c. N. Appell, Wal
 hngford .........,.......... Little Dick, Thomas Ward,
 Wallingford ............... 5 5 Hattie B.. G. B. Bronson,
 Meriden ..................., 6 Gold Leaf, w. A. Booth,
 Wallingford ............... 6
 Time-1:141s, 1:16A, 1:171s, 1:14.
 2:3o Class-Half-mil Heats. Ben B., w. A. Booth, Wal
 lingford .................... Sarah, N. F. Ingraham, Wal
 lingford ....,............... Z Little Dick Thomas Ward, Wallingford ................ 8 5
 Time-1:15, 1:14A, 1:15, 1:15&.
 The officials were: E. M. Smith, Mer- iden, starter; E. c. Wixson of Shelton, James Roberts of Centerville and sam uel Hodgkinson of Wallingford judges.
 The ball game between the Walling- lords and Brass Citys Saturday after noon on the South Colony street grounds was not a model game as far as good ball playing was concerned, and at times errors were more plentiful than runs, although in the error col umn the visitors excelled and did some some remarkable yellow ball playing. The local team did some ragged play | ing early in the game. but steadied down later. At the finish the score was 27 to IS in favor of Wallingford. At | the beginning of the sixth inning the score was 12 to 12, but in the last three innings the home team had it all their own way and batted out fifteen runs assisted by the Waterbury errors. For | the Wallingfords Ives pitched the first | six innings, Casey the seventh and eighth. and Powers the ninth. Sheehey | of the home team showed up well at the bat and scored five safe hits, in- | cluding a two-bagger and three-bag- | ger.
 l There was one feature just before the | game was called that for a short time caused more interest and excitement | than did the ball game. Officer George | White made an attempt to arrest Thomas, better known as "Porggy," | Doonan, who has for some time been | wanted by the authorities for resist ! ance to and serious assault upon Off, cer Mooney in the night lunch wagon several weeks ago. Doonan has thus was among the spectators on the east side of the ball grounds, when he was bounced upon by Officer White. There was a short scuffle and Doonan broke loose, leaving his shoe in the wire | fence. He made a break across the I ball grounds, running like a deer, fol- lowed by the officer, who was once considered quite a sprinter Doonan kept ahead and went through the crowd on the west side. No one tried to stop him. Over the fence and across the railroad track he went, closely follow I ed by the officer and a bowling crowd q of the spectators. The fugitive proved I too fleet of foot and escaped, and the iI officer had to return without his pris- I oner. His only capture was the coat which Doonan threw away while on the I run. The affair was quite exciting i while it lasted
 | A grnd concert will be given at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, May 20, under the direction of Mir. Alfred | Harrington of Hartford, Conn. The Cecelia ladies quartet composed of Miss Bloomingdale, Miss Gouge Miss Elmer, Miss Levitt, MT. Porter, tenor; MT. Harrington, baritone; Miss Rosen. | thai, accompanist, will sing.
 THE PROGRAMME.
 Earnings "The Miller's Wooing" | quartet.
 Anon, "Taters'; Barnby's "The Rose ant II tine Nightingale''-M Porter. I Hawley's Awake to Love-" Bartlett's "A
 Dream Miss Levitt;
 | Lell Aqua s " lllalelIe MISS IOnpo. | Bells of scotlond"- d"-Ladies' quartet
 Tours Angel at the Window" Yerdl's "c
 Don Fatale"-Miss Bloomingdale.
 Pinsuti's "The Parting Kiss" Roeckel'.
 "Madcline"- Mixed quartet
 St Quentin's ''The Dream Angel" Cherry.
 "Will Q the Wisp;" Podbertsky's Rosa Song selected-Mr Porter.
 Nevin's Peggy"-Ladies' quartet
 Pinsut's Good Night, Beloved"-Mixet | quartet
 There was a lively runaway uptown Saturday afternoon. A horse driver by boy from North Farms started or run from in front of L. M. Phelps and upset the wagon, throwing out thu driver The first collision was with z tree which smashed up the wagon; tht next was with one of the horse posts which was broken off and the horse cleared itself from the wagon and har. ness and started down Center street where it was turned into Dr. Me Gaughey's driveway, and was stopped afterit had made three circuits througl the recently planted garden, much tt the disgust of the medical examiner careful gardener
 Saturdays real estate transfer re corded: Steckel & Hagis of Meriden t. Edward and Paulina Hirzig, house anC lot, 43x147 feet in Washington street.
 J. Atwater Hall has gone on a fishin.