The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-06

~so,s point OF view, but the at'enuance
Dau - near as large. In the 2:27 class
was az. we're only three horses entered,
, snith,s Ben Fletcher and Will Dee's Bill
Ou''' .ho ,avorite. and Onward Junior.
,, W. .,os I've heats to decide the race, the
..mm,rv Of which iv as follows;
B Be- E y,s,'b6s se. sm''n ::.....S I'll 2
onward J y!sse s aaTry 1885, s:ai; s:s71
Ron Fletcher was the same horse en-
~ nv Smith in the 2:40 class the day
'. .,,ons He is an old track horse and
hmm all reports is eligible to compete in a
YosO class. He is a strong goer and does
n mile without break. but in the three
s..,, he was crowded considerably by
pm yve which is only colt and which
rou the third and fourth heats by a close
ns,cin The last heat. which was given
- Fletcher. was a fine race and great ex-
element prevailed from start to finish
De's Jockey. who handled his horse ad-
mi,shIy claimed the heat on the grounds
d foul driving, but as as the Judges did
not ace the work complained OF, the race
WAS xiyen TO Fletcher. Bill Nye proved
himself a great horse; he is strong and
has lots OF speed. and when on the home
stretch he can do the best OF them. Ho
vas great favorite with the audience
Yesterday and was loudly cheered as he
came under the wire.
The running race between UD-to-date
and Message was in fact the most excit-
11ipg event OF the day owing to the fact
that before start could be made both
horses ran away with their drivers. The
Iormer horse was very unruly and the
three drivers who drove him at different
tines could not get much out OF him.
He Is undoubtedly the faster horse of the
Two, but cannot be depended upon. The
Glowing s the summary:
N ssage Peto.. ........ ........1 l
Ito date, Mcclure. -. ................2 Q
7 me, IS; 81.
10 the last heat Wick O'Connell dem
onstrated he was jockey OF no mean
rank by driving Up-to-date. He was
kpo heavy, however, and could not get
much out OF him.
10 the three minute class r. j. Scott's
Ben had a walk-away winning three
straight heats. The summary:
Ben Harri on, Scott. 49,. ................1 I I
Sasge Belle, stewart ...................5 .
|. Time, 3;OS; 800; 2:56
During the afternoon Two Strike and
Dee's Belle we're driven an exhibition
nile, the former winning in 1927. Belle
trotted pretty mile and had it not been
Tor couple OF short breaks would have
won out. She has more speed than the
gray gelding and the only thing to defeat
.Alu is to keep her from breaking, The
Jockey handling her is meeting with
great success, and before the season is out
sn' will be able to do her mile as steady
@any OF the old horses. She is a great
lavorite with Portage Lake people and
On her appearance on the track che is
:pudly cheered. The races were a success
10 every particular and the management
u the park have every reason to con-
S'atulate themselves on the manner they
were conducted. 1t is expected there will
Os'our other meets at the track before
zoe season closes.
Inc boxing contest between Burns, OF
Aenomlnee, and Beams. OF Port Huron,
advertised = to take place at st. Patrick's
na'l' Monday evening did not materialize
at 'oe place as the attendance was too
'ual'' Thehall was turned over to other
va'''eS who threw it open for a dance.
2 'ue sports WhO did coo~ro<,., N 4 =, go, l. N