The Portland daily press., 1898-09-16

Roam Wilkes, Who. Won High Favor at the
New England Fair, Beaten by His Old
Rtva,-Dione Wins a -Four Heat Race in
the Ia CIass-Meeting Ends Today.
Rieby has thus far been favored with
delightful weather for its grand circuit
meeting. The attendance is daily in
creasing and Portlands sporting blood
gives evidence of reaching degree of
richness that will insure permanent
paying patronage ,of the track.
The races yesterday, Though not.up to
the standard of the previous day, were
well worth watching.
Uontrar4ato the previous experiences
of the meeting, all three events went to
favorites, two Of them In straight heats
and the third being .lengthsned to four
heats by an unlo6Red for turn of the,
tables.
Tie o5;pace, which had been looked
forward to as prlnoiRaf feature. Of Che
week, proved a rather disappointment,
from tho fact that .Searchlight, the great
stallion owned by A. B. Spreckles, the.
San Francisco l6illionsire, had speed to-
spare in every heat, and with .apparent
ease, headed the field homs. This horse
and the Tennessee horse Roam Wilkes.
always a favorite in Maine, furnished
last month the most .exoiting1Iace and
the fastest time made during the New
ENGLAND fair. On that occasion the Roam
was more than match for The Caii
fornian. But yesterday, Saarchlight.
with Geers up behind him, retrieved his
defeat and showed clean pair of heels not
only to his forInersrival, but to such royal
PAGERS as Bumps and Planet. After two
heats the judges complained that the
time was too slow for such slick rer-
Formers, and they ordered Mr.. Baggss
down from tie sulky and substituted
Tom Marsh behind Roam Wilkes Mr..
Marsh did his best to pull of the heat,
but the roam horse wns i having an off
day and could not: be forced tb2a winning
gait.
T. e. Heating, Searehlight's trainer,
had the satisfactionof landing the big
gest end of purse with another of his
string. His m are Dione, who had been
favored as the pool sellers pick, got
away with two heats Of the 2.14 trot
without slip. She had Jupe and
Stamboulette at her sulky in both fin
ishes.
When they came out for the third mile
everybody supposed it was all over, but
the mare Town Lady. owned by j. II.
Shuts, the millionaire Brooklyn baker,
had surprise in store for the talent.
She had been pooketed both times before,
bat in this heat Driver Cheney was
making hard drive for place, land he
succeeded in getting through, coming
down the stretch, and notsonly secured
his sought for place, but shook out
final link that caused his horses nose to
show first under the wire.
In thetfourth heat Town Lady lost the |
pole at the lower turn, at the upper end
of the stretch, got into a pocket and fell
back to the trail.
A The 2.26 pace was cinch for Royal r. |
Sheldon. At Hartford last wesk he went
an easy mile in 2O7 3-4. Today hlslbest
mile was in 212 IA. Split Silk was the
only thing in the field that could give
him any argument, and her attempts at
heading him amounted to nothing away
from the back stretch.
The grand circuit meeting will end
today with 2.32 trot and 2.08 pace.
The summary:
2.O5 Glass, Pacing; Purse $1,000.
Searohlight, br 8, by Darknight-
Nora Ma pes by Furor, (Geers), Ill
Roam Wilkes, 70 8, (Bsggs and
Marsh), 23 O.
Bumps, b g, (Miison), 3'25
Planet, s, IN. Demarest), "A Al
Time, acc ga, 2.0S. 2.07 Ia.
a.26 Glass, Pacing; Purse $500.
Royal r. Sheldon, blk by Con-
stantine Flaxey by Bourbon,
Wilkes (O'Neil,) Ill
Split Silk, oh m, (Wilson), 222
Gano Wilkes. Oh G (Kent), 81 3
John 6. br G, (Riley), a 4
Time, s.13 IA, ala IA, 2.13 9-4
ala Glass, Trotting; Purse $4,000.
Dione. b no, by Eros-Graoie S.,by
Speculation, (Keating), 1921
Town Lady, B m, BY Wilton,
15 {ohgSDs s' 1('nooarsny,, 81 5
Stamboulstte. BIS, (Van Bokke-
Eouity blk e, (Geers,) SIS
Tom Boy, b m, (Marsh), 4456
Red of Waronoke. br s,(keynolds),5