Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-11

more people than were in the iudpa..
STAND. The driver protested and told
the story just as the spectators saw
H. out the heat still was given IN
nehle Wilkes. Time of Camden Bow.
90 iioA, LAB, 2.31A. which was an
hounced as the time for the heat.
IN this heat in rounding the corrar
turn and turning to the back stretch
Iiatie 5. and Bertha Wilkes had a mix
| up mat give them the two last posi-
tons and smashed Hatty S. s,,,,,,,
wilkes driver mounted his sulkv and
| nnished the heat No one was hurt
quite delay was experienced IN
starting the third heat Of this race. as
'here was an amount of scoring, and
'ien the tire came off wheel of the
su'ky attached to Fanny. Rena wiki
es TOOK the lead and kept it through
out the heat though she was CLOSELY
pressed by Camden Boy. The Ausls-
Ia people We're greatly pleased to see
Renie' Wilkes or as she is called "Slon.
by weather. win the heat by half a
head. Talrantine was left away be-
hlnd on accout of a bad break. In the
last half horse hitched to the fence
on the back side of the track bro,,e
away and ran alongside Tarrantine to
the stretch and later followed down
the stretch. Several tried to stop the
ANIMAL and one man was finally sue
cessful. Tine for the heat, 81, LA, $50.
2.2S Ia.
Nelson drew Tarratine from the race
after the third heat, so there were six
starters for the fourth heat Guy Ed
wards was up behind Suzzelle. and he
met with an accident on the back
stretch in the first half She suddenly
stopped and backed into the fence
breaking off a wheel from the sulky.
Renie Wilkes took the lead in this
heat, and kept 1t well for the first
half. though closely pressed by Hattie
80 NAiS SNNpAil Aui IL III tlit StCOuu Hall
Renie made a break that so set her
back, that she came in fifth. The race
between Hattie and Camden Boy was
pretty one, Camden Boy winning
Time, Sc IL, 1.13 lac IL, 227 Ia.
The race in the fifth heat was be-
tween Camden Boy and Hattie s., the
latter winning. Alec Yates was up be
hind SuzZelle in this heat, and claimed
he was foued in the first half, nearly
throwing his5 mare from her feet.
Time, 81, 1.13 IL, $50 2.27 ga.
In the sixth and last heat only three
starters appeared, they being the three
who had previously taken a heat or
more. Camden Boy. Hattie S, and
Kenie Wilkes. The latter's driver was
evidently out for blood. and but for a
bad break in the last half would have
made the others hustle as she was
closely followed by Camden Boy until
the break. As it was the race in the
last half was a hot one between Cam
den BOY and Hattie S, the former
winning by. a narrow margin, Time,
81 81 1.13, LBS IL and 2.33.f
80 RACE.
OF the ten horses entered in the go
class. five came out when the bell
called them there being Bayard Dean.
Al Pointer. Nellie A.. Silver Pilot and
Glen Wilkes in the order named as
they started. Al Pointer took the lead
but soon went off his feet leaving the
race between Nellie \. and Silver Pilot
They came down the stretch nearly
together. but Nellie ran under the wire
so the heat went to Silver Pilot. Time
SO IA. 1.13 IL 1.5l, 2.29 "a
1t was in the second heat that was
the hottest contested one of the day.
and the one that all the rest of the af-
ternoon the people talked about. sill
Yer got a little ahead of the rest at the
start but did not keep it, the others
closing in on her quickly and for
time it was hard to tell who was
ahead. IN the last half of the race
was 50 hot between Silver and Al
Pointer, that there was not a necks