The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-25
RioBYS FINISH.
Interesting Horse Racing Ycster-
day.
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tendance was better than was ever expert
enced before at a class meeting. WIN
the exception of the thunder storm OF
Thursday afternoon, which soaked the
track and caused postponement of that
days full programme, nothing occurred
to interfere with the success OF the meet
ing.
The most sensational occurrence at
the park Saturday was the escapade of
Passing Belle, a well-known mare from
the Empire farm, Copake, N. Y, who
won a new mark of 200 81 at Hartford,
early this month. She was entered in
the free-for-all pace here, and was looked
upon as likely to give the favorite, Roam
Wilkes, a very close argument. The
Belle was brought out in the middle of
the afternoon for warming up mile, and
when just inside the lower gate she be.
came frightened at passing horse,
wrenched aways from her groom, over
turned the sulky and broke one of the
shafts. Then she started off down the
stretch, with the broken 'sulky still
dangling at her heels.
She was going at the top of her speed
and it was useless to attempt to overtake
her. So the grooms and the drivers
who were in front ofithe judges stand
made their plans to stop her when she
reached the finish of her mile.
"Ring the bell, and she may stop of
her own Accord shouted one of the
drivers. Starter Dorrithy jerked the bell
rope and kept the hammer changing, but
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dozen men got in her way, waved their
hats and attempted to hold her up, but
still she kept on. Mr.. Dorrithy struck
the bell again after she went under the
wire, but it had no effect on her.
She reeled off a second mile, and then
third, and was just entering the home
stretch on the fourth mile when a groom
caught her by the bride and brought
her to standstill.
Her chances of going into the race were
ruined, but her owner was satisfied to
have her come out alive. Her legs were
badly scratched and bruised. On the in
side of one of her hind legs was wound
five inches long from which blood pro-
fusely flowed.
HOW THE HEATS WE'RE WON.
Of the three events the 2. 16 pace was
the only one that contained any exciting
Isabell's string, was set down in the
books as a probable winner, though Mr..
Golden was expected to cut loose with
his Hal Wilkes when the time was ripe.
The others in the field, Gretchen,
George K, and A. S. L., all had their
admirers and everybody was on the qui
we from the time the horses first got
the word till the fifth heat was finished
Underhill lifted the hopes of his cham
pions by leading the field under the wire.
after having had numerous lively scrim-
images over the course with Gretchen and
a. 5. L. The other TWO seemed content
to remain in the wake Of the leaders.
Underhill was forced to mark of 2. 10 ga.
The next time out Underhill snapped
his check, when he was rounding the
lower turn, and he ran half the way up
the back stretch, his driver powerless
to bring him down TO q level gait A
series of breaks brought him to stand
still in the upper end of the home stretch,
and he came trailing home just IN time
to have the red flag Haunted in his face.
With Underhill out of the race. Driver
Golden, who had been holding his stall
lion in reserve, gave him a loose rein in
the next heat and captured it at sacri-
fee of only 1-2 seconds from his mark
made at Providence fortnight ago. The
next two heats were nearly duplicates of
the third. They all tried to take the
measure of Hal Wilkes, but were forced
to surrender at the finish. The fifth
heat was a hard drive for place by
Gretchen and A. S. L., the mare succeed
ing in poking her nose under the wire
ahead of her adversary. Hal Wilkes is
Maine horse which Mr.. Golden bought
at a bargain last fall.
In the $40 trot, Bither 81 Conley s
marc Prudence, which forced Miss
Beatrice to mark of 2 10 IA at Provi-
dence, YVES SO strong fayorite that there
was little chance for argument. She
trotted pretty race but was never once
urged to her best performance. In
finishing the last mile Driver Conley
drove her way on the outside, and even
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under the wire.
With Passing Belle incapacitated by
her runaway, there were only two horses
to start in the free-for-all pace: Roam
Wilkes, with a record of 205, and Nellie
Bruce, 2.10 q The race was cinch
for the roam horse, who was not crowded
to his best effort except in the finish of
the last heat. That heat was paced in
209 a.
$40 Trot-Purse $500.
Prudence, m, by Bonnie Nc
Gregor- Prudential, by Smuggler.
(Conley), l 1
Confessor, oh G, BRADY 20 2
King Malcolm. b S, (Proctor), 3 8 8
Nominator. b S, (Jordan) 445
Cornie S, br m, (Noble), 5 8 4
Time, 2.20 IA. 2.20, 220 1.2
2.16 Pace-Purse $500.
Hal Wilkes b S, by Beaumont
dam untraced, (Golden), AL /