The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-30
SWIFT HEATS PACED
One at Louisville, by Directly
in 2:03 Ia.
GENTRY AT SPRINGFIELD
Defeats Patchen in a Match
Race, in 2:03 IL.
GENTRY AT SPRINGFIELD

Louisville, KY Sepe. H.-Tns cniet
event OF tho Driving and Fair Gssocia-
SSon's meet today. the 2.os pace. was tas
occasion OF excelsent sport. bad smash
Up and some broken records. which In
clude the fastest paced hea; OF the year.
The race was won by Directly In straight
heats. Bumps. a strong fayorits. beng
clearly eea ten, whtle Anaconda ere sec
oad choice, e0ad give the back horse
but little trouble, Bumps opened at %
5. while To S could be had agAIrls; d.
reotly. The third heat saw the accident.
and the fastest time OF the year. As the
horses were coming into the ssretca
Bumps 'sGlky ran against that OF Frank
Bog2sh and was overturned. Planet md
Ananias ran into IL They were also over
turned Fred Keys the driver OF AaA-
Mas. had his right foot wr~nchsd while
Dick Watson who handed Buugs. be-
sides a dislocated shoulder. suffered se-
we're internal injuries. was removed TO
n hospital. Directly won the heas easily
from Anaconda. the time being 2yo3 IA.
the track record and The festest heat
paced in a race this year. with the ex-
ceptson of the match between Patchen
and Chehals The Kentucky Matron
stakes was won BY Mary Celeste in
straight heats from Boralem while Ber-
nice. at 4to l. had no trouble IN taking
three straight heats IN the 2;ls pace. Her
time in tho first heat. 2;l7 Ia. - ne best
of the year for 4-year-old trotteTs, Rs-
suits
Kentucky M@tron stake. 2-ye&r-oid trot-
Imaginary Celeste won IN straight heats
Time 2:I7 - AIS IA Risky. Handspring.
Carrie Summons BogRlsna and Crystal
line also started.
200 pace purse 81. 5Oo-Directly won IN
straight heatS Time. 104 Ia 2;os -
2:09 Ia. Anaconda, Chehahs. Frank Bo-
cash, Bumps. Ananlas and Planet also
started
2ls pace purse ssco-Berrsee won IN
straight beats. Time. 2.Os Ia e:la. 2:i0 IA.
Jim Kennedy. Maud Emperor Hopeless.
Peaches. Fanny Purnam. Edgar Ross.
MaSirliiian, Walnut The Maid. wag1
Nesht and Tom Sherlock also started
NEXT TO THE FASTEST.
Springfield. Ill. Sept 29.-At thu state
fair today. IN the presence OF a crowd %
5000 people John r. Gentry defeat-d Joe
Patchen with ease in tho match rAcs for
a purse OF 500. Patcnhen Was ths favor
lie with the Immense crowd that niied The
big &nphitheatre and bisacheTs and lined
the track for several hundred yards on
each side. but the honse was noa In The
best of condition and WAS never Gn ths
race at any tine. Gentry was driven by
Andrews and Patchen by Marks. The
first heat was Won IN 2,o4 IA and the sec
oni in 200 IL ana Starter New1Dn tnme-
diats'y announced tlIsat u was the sas-est
race OF the yesr and also that Il was The
best competitive heat ever done by Star
Pointer. jos Patchen or Robert J. The
conditions for the race were that both
heats must bs made in 2:0S o. icss 1hs
winner received the purse. Seither horSs
broke during the race
The horses had "A fine start In the FIRST
heat. Gentry having the pole. Ito w~ns
20 the front from the first ard az tbs
quarter FED by four lengths. Then Patchsn
pulled himself together little and a. thu
half mile had galn,ri two lengths He re-
manned at tbs distance until on the homo
stretch. when Gentry gained steadily on
him and Dassef under the wire. gotnE eas-
uy and three lengths ahead Of tho black
horse Ths first quarter was made In 20
seconds and the sccond 81 - IA seconds.
the third quarter IN p ssoVnds and ~
last IN q - seconds.
The second heat war n trfns more inter
csting ON the third scoring tfs word was
gwen and ffse ESessr started wen A. tas
quarter mile Gentry Ted by three-anAEaers
81 a length. and at the balf-rnlle by a sa1
length. A. the ftres-quarteTs post Gen
try led by THREE guar bzs Of a length, ard
on the home stretch Gentry again forged
ahead and won 10y four IezlssSs With essse.
amid great oasers. The tisne by quarters
was. FIRST. 81. second. q. third. y -.
fourth. ~ -