Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-14
THE TRIALS QUITE EXCITING.
Attendance Larger Than Usual ON
such Occasions and the Weather
supcr6-Details of the Evcnts-En-
tries for To-Day.
tries for To-Day.


The card included four races. all Of
which furnished good sport, though the
fields were not large. and the track heavy
! from recent rains. IT was made up OF
a 2.A5 trot, a 2:2i pace haif-mile dash
running race, and a mile and half
hurdle race. and the first three events
were won by Richmond horses and the
last by a Fredericksburg horse.
The judges were Messrs. II. Clay
Cnamblin, r. NJ. Pitcher, and Waller
Scott. Mr.. w. J. Carter OBLIGATED as
starter. Messrs r.. f. Taylor and Pres
ton Belvin held the watch, and Mr. p. y.
S. Brine acted as clerk Of the course.
Only one element Of discomfort served
to mar the pleasure OF the afternoon
ana that drew down upon the heads OF
/ the management much criticism. II was
claimed that It had been advertised that
a single admission fee Of p cents would
be charged, but sportsmen and visitors
were confronted with two gates, and al
the latter an additional fee Of quarter
was demanded for admission to the
! grandstand. The management took the
stand that such charges for the privilege
of the grandstand were invariaoie on
every race track in the country.
WON BY A HEAD.
! With commendable prOmptness the sad
/ ding bell sounded from the judges stand
at 1890 o'clock. The First Regiment
\ Band helped TO brighten the proceedings
/ by playing between the races.
/ The first race was the 245 trot. for
purse Of $3.50. There were five entries.
| ". G.. Bryan's mare. Miss Byrd started
| fayorite, and justified the opinion formed
Of her by winning three straight heats.
| The first heat was pretty race from
| start to finish. The horses got on all to-
/ gether and ii was no ones race until
! the wire was passed Miss Byrd and
/ Foxie Lambert drew out at the half and
| trotted neck and neck until the distance
was reached, when Miss Byrd gained the
advantage. and won by a head. Kossuth
finished third, and was the strongest
/ in the field She was very cleverly
| driven by Owner Livingston. AT
! one time she looked as though
she was dstanced, but came
rapidly on, and looked as though with
another hundred yards TO travel, she
would have taken the lead. Prince
| Wilkes finished fourth. and Neville Grant
was distanced. The time of this heat was
1886 ga
The second heat Of this race fell de-
cidedly fiat. Prince Wilkes took the lead
from the start. but broke at the quarter
and gave way TO FOxie Lambert, VINO
maintained the lead until the half-pols
had been passed, when Miss Byrd went
| TO the front and maintained the lead
winning by half a length from Kossuth
| who was travelling under a strong pull
| Foxie Lambert finished third and Prince
Wilkes formed the rear guard. The heat
was trotted in 49,
In the third heat Miss Byrd took the
lead from the start and maintained II
throughout, winning a good drive by
couple of lengths Kossuth lay last,
going easily The leader was only chal-
lenged once, at the half. by Prince
Wilkes, who broke and dropped to fourth
place Foxe Lambert finished second
and Kossuth third. Second money went
TO Lambert. Time 2:S5.
QUITE A SPIRITED TROT.
The second race, PA trot and pace, for
purse of $500. furnished some of the
best sport of the afternoon. There were
three entries-Havelock, Jr. (ScotO.
Princess Eulale Blalis), and Oakley y.
Gregory.
Oakley 3. took the pole, and in the
first heat the horses got off to an eX-
cellent start without any difficulty at the
post At the bend Princess Eulalie went
to the front, followed by Havelock, and
Oakley Il. was left without hope. The
two horses turned into the stretch to-
gether, both going strongly, but Have
lock. Jr., got off her feet and Princess
Eulalie won handily half dozen lengths
from Havelock, with Oakley b. a poor
third The mile was paced in 1882 l-2.
The three horses came TO the post for
the second heat and got away in bunch.
At the quarter pole Oakley d. broke her
hobbies, and, getting ratified, could not
keep her feet. Princess Eulalie took up
the lead and won good race by a
length from Havelock, with Oakley b.
distanced. Tim, 2:2S
The third heat was a chapter of acct
dents. The horses got Off together and
went 10 the quarter as though they were
hitched to a pole. but here Hayelock
fouled Princess Eulalie, cutting her
straps, which trailed about her feet ana
started her OFF at tangent. The driver
tried TO cut the straps loose, but was
unable TO do so, and to make matters
worse the tire Of one Of the wheels on
the Princess's sulky came off. Scott, who
was driving Havelock Jr., however, de-
ciined TO take the advantage offered him
of shutting the Princess out and thereby
winning first money, and waited for her
to come within the distance. This raised
a storm OF protest. and the crowd gath
cred round the judges stand, some shout
ing Shut her out" and others meeting
the protest with negative and calling
loudly for fair play. The judges decided
that the horses must start again. Their
4.
and others TO demand that that horse
should also be readmitted TO the contest,
but the judges decided adversely on the
ground that Oakley g. had not passed
under the wire in the heat in which she
was distanced, and the driver Of Have
lock acknowledged fouling Princess Eu-
lalie. This heat was paced in 2:35.
The fourth heat was the final one, and
was won easily by Princess Eulalie. who
took the start from the finish, in 2:s3.
THE HALF-MILE DASH.
There were four entries for the half |
mile heats, best two out of three for a |
purse of 500. The entries were: Pan |
way Ola Bryan & Ingleking) ROYAL |
Rover al, Hurcamp. Jackson ar. |
Parknson), and Pope lls, MCDANIEL. |
1t took a long time TO get the horses |
off, Jackson and Pope being fractions |
at the post. and when they did get of |
II was to a bad start with Royal Rover |
practically left at the post. Panway. the
favorite took the lead and never re-
linquished it, winning easily In 5S with
Royal Rover second, Pope third, and
Jackson nowhere.
The second heat was n duplicate OF the
first The horses finished in the same
order and ran the race in exactly the
same time.