The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-08


.The cake Walks are proving to be a
very great attraction, ana there ~
good deal OF rivalry among the con'ess
ants for the large cake. ana aiso ~
the many prizes that have peen oieIeu
by leading business houses. TWO new
asprants for fame put In an aPpeal
ance Yesterday afternoon, John chris-
<ian and Edith Thompson, ana tney ve
came favorites at once for tneir display
OF grace and style. Each atterhooh ar"
evening the audience designates py lts
applause who has made the creates,
hit. and the couple making the largest
number of points will receive the covet-
ed first prize.
YESTERDAYS TRACK EVENTS.
Yesterdays track events were the best
so far, and the spectators were treateo
to several surprises, none OF then
greater than the slip-up OF MacJoe,.he
favorite in the 2:25 pacing. class Inc
first event was the finish OF the 2;2o
class for trotters. brought over from
Tuesday night. after Neva wilkes nan
reeled off two heats and Ben II. one
Ben III. took two straight yesterday.
There were but three starters in the
2:S0 trotting class. Con Withers, Bessie
owens and Webb. Con won In three
heats.
The 2:10 trot had four starters, with
Dan Cupid the .favorite. The stallion
led to the three-quarters. but dropped
| back OF Early Bird at the turn. AZ the
| distance post Early Bird lost his teet
| and gave Cupid the heat by length.
| The second heat was practically du-
| plicate OF the first, save that cupid
| wrested the honors from Early Bird
| by superior work in the homestretch.
| Queechy took the next three heats.
! The 2:25 pace class had 13 starters.
MacJoe, finishing fifth I'm the first heat,
- 10 m a
ber OF the field. but he walked away
| with the next two heats and had ev-
erything his own way.The talent plung-
| ed on the gelding and then had the
spectacle presented of a break on the
backstretch, which was so bad that
the gelding did not get his feet again
| until the field had left him completely
and he was distanced. The fourth heat
went to Libbie b.. the winner OF the
first heat. and the fifth TO Westmins-
ter Darkness prevented the finish OF
the race. The summarizes
2:20 class. trot stake $1,000.
Ben H. CHI e., by George o.,
dam by Creeper (McDonald). 2 l
Neva Wilkes. br. m, by Brig
nolia Wilkes (Boyce). ...a....1
Dot Miller. b. m. (Miller) .......3
Electric Light, b. m. (Hallow-
elD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
Doctor. br. g.. by Pere Wilkes
Kurkburn, b. g., by Lord Rus
sell (Halloran) 20 al
Brightlight. b. e.. by Darknight
Timems.i7M. u s;:isH. a;ls. ls a:is, s:i7M.
2:30 class. trot stake $1,000.
| Con Withers, b. g., by Cornell.
dam by Gen. Withers tTink-
ham) observation-disclosures.
/. Bessie Owens. ch. m, by Aber-
deem tArthur) .............,.....z
!. Webb. b. g., by Harry Russell
"a'1sro Tinoe-s:is. a:isH. s:isI.
, 2:1O class, trot: purse $1,000.
: Queechy. C. h.. by Alcyone. dam
Myra B. (Burch). )..............4
Dan Cupid. b. S.. by Barney
Wilkes MCCARTHY. )...........1 Il
: Early Bird. u. s., by Jaybird
= (<napp) ....................~ %
Prince Lavalard. gr. s., by La
Timeaa:ifM. Talaea im s:is. a:l5. a:isis. a:sit.
!, 2:25 class, pace; purse $1,000 (unnu
a ished).
q Lizzie c., b. M. by w. w. p.
- (McDonaldD ...............:. l. . i
= Westminster, b. g., by Glendire
!. child ................... ....'.lz
Tom Arnold, b x. (Johnson).. 2
Ben Wilkes b. s.. by Mambrino
Wilkes (Fisher). ........... o
,e Costina. b. m. by Coastman
" (Howard) ................:. 20
re Tom Reed. ro. e., by Kentucky
n Ruler (McGrath). ............. %
le Mars Chan, b. e.. by Gambetta
y Wilkes (Bowen) ............. 30 o
te MacJoe. b. g., by Alcantara
n Mccarthy ......,........... Q
~ Dictator Wilkes, b. g., by Royal :,
n Dictator Lyon) ........-.... oi
ne King Harry. b. g, by Ben
tn Nevis (Proctor) ............. III oi
ne Mryt1e H., b. m. by American
Boy (Smith HID ............lO al
r. Lizzie s.. b. m. by Campbelrs
10 Electioneer Leonard. ........ll or
of venora, b. m, by Tennessee
" Wilkes (Shultz). .........: al
ny Time-2:17h, 2:13lh, 2:15%. 2:l2ls, s'zf