The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-08

anu MS pSck0rS In the grand sbstuu yohoe
like mad. He was giving the Victor horse
| another hot fight for the wire and almost
had him done for, when he went to
break just before he reached the wire and
| finished second with the Victor with only
few inches between their noses.
| Then came another hair raising drive
in the fourth heat. On the send of the
General, Dexter K, and Glenmere Boy
all went into thesair. This put them SC
far behind Record and Louis Victor that
they practically had it all to themselves
for the remainder of the mile. Turning
into the stretch neck and neck the Victor
and Record fairly turned themselves
loose and the way they made the dust fly
on their road to the wire WAS pretty
sight to see. Faster and faster grew the
pace until it got too much for Louis Vic
tor and he danced up into the air from
sheer excitement. After this Record had
hit easy to the wire and logged under 1t q
winner by several lengths. Dexter K.
having run greater part of the mile
trotted in under the flag and finished IN
last place. Louis Victor and Record each
had two heats and it was believed that
the fifth must surely decide the race, but
the hackers of both horses had chance
to guess again for new factor sprung
into prominence in the shape OF Nicola.
On the send off in this fifth heat Louis
Victor took the lead and held 1T until ne
was Joined at the half by Record, the rest
OF the field crowding up behind. For q
quarter of mile and more the two heat
winners raced neck and neck, and when
the bunch turned into the stretch good
| sized blanket would have covered the
whole lot For all this Louis Victor looked
| an easy winner, but now Nicola came up
on the outside and beat them all out to
the wire, taking the heat in as exciting q
| finish as was to be seen at Rigby yester-
day. This leaves three horses, Nicola,
| Louis Victor and Record to fight it out
| this morning. The race will be called at
$50 O'Clock before the others are started.
. No less exciting was the racing in the
2.l0 pace Jock Bowen up behind his
famous mare Refina carried about all of
the money and was slated as an easy win
her, but he had trouble in landing the
big slice of the purse and the cause of it
was Mignon, o bay mare belonging in
Atlantic City, N. j. OF course Refna
took the lead at the send off, and held it
until the three.quarter mark. Here being
pushed forward at a record breaking gait
by Mignon, Refina went to a break and
dropped back into the bunch and Mignon
and Lantana fought it out into the stretch
with little to choose between them. Re-
flna came the last quarter in great form
and beat Lantana out for the wire in a
| very close finish.
In the second heat Reflna again took
the head of the procession. Woodshed de-
cided that it was time to show his speed
and he chased Bowen's mare up to the
half, making this first part of the race
very exciting. But Reflna was not to be
ratified and was as steady as q rock.
Mignon also crowded up behind Refina
and the three horses came tearing around
the turn intokthe stretch at terrible
clip. Woodshed made great. try for the
first place and the finish was of the hair
raising kind. Mignon was in a pocket
and couldn't get her nose past Refna,
but she drove Bowen's mare in under the
lash and for the fastest time of the day
|21O IA.
Refina led in the third heat until the
half. where she was Joined by Woodshed
and Mignon, The battle was on from here
out.
Once Mignon stuck her nose past the
gray mare and headed the procession for
a time, but Bowen used his whip little
and the gray responded nobly, forcing her
way past Mignon and winning the heat
by two good lengths leaving Woodshed,
and Mignon to fight 1T out for the second
place. This was very well battled too by
Woodshed, but Mignon won. Certainly
this Refina is a great PAGER.
In the fourth and last heat. Refna once
more led to the half. Here all of the field
closed up and travelled for quarter of a
mile closely punched. Mignon tried to
beat ont Lantana for the second place,
but couldn't do it. 1t was Refina's race
nd Jock Bowen was the happies5 man
on the track. Those who saw Refna's
performance yesterday have good reason
TO congratulate themselves, IL WAS IN
deed great race.
Today the 2.15 trot will be finished, the
2 u trot and the 2.l4 pace will be pulled
off.
The summaries: @
2.l5 Stake-Trotting-Purse 5000. Unfn-
ished.)
Louis Victor, &, Tuscarora
Sea King, dam May Blossom
by Blackwood Patchen( Biz
/ nie) s114 4
Record, g, by Recorder, dam
C. by Sam Clark's Chief (Kel-
ssly) Ia 81 2
Nicola, by Guardsmen, dam
the John billiard mare
Dexter K, oh h (Traut) 5 ; s 5
General, b g (Bowen) 5 3 8 6
Glenmere Boy, g g (Murray) 6 s
Time-2. IA 3-4, 2.12 3d. ala 1.2, 2.13 1-2,
2.14 "a.
s.lo Stake-Paoing-Purse $4,000.
Refna, G m, by Reelection.
dam MinDa Wilkes by Geo.
Wilkes (Bowen) al / 1
l.