The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-21
Won By ROYAL BARON
Merchants and Manufacturers
Stakes at Detroit
WINS TWO OF THE HEATS
And Finishes Second In Five
of the Seven.


Manufacturers s1a.OOO trotting stake. This
afternoon Royal Baron. q comparative
outsider, became the winner OF the rich
prize. But 1t was not won without effort,
for never was there finer struggle in q
horse race than the one put up by King
mond, who won two OF the heats and nm
ished second In the other fye. Royal
Baron is a slx-year-old bay horse bred
by Colonel Stoner OF Kentucky, and II the
property of N. w. Hubinger Of New Ha-
ven. He was nominated for the race by
A. J. Haus Of Johnstown, Pa, deceased,
from whose estate Mr.. Hubinger pur-
chased him. Up to yesterday, when he
won an N. and II. heat in 2:12lk, his best
mark was 2:2Sh. To top OF an afternoon
Of magnificent racing, Ia the first heat
of the 2:OS trot The Abbot lowered the
seasons trotting record trom 2:10. made
by Surpol on Tuesday, to 2:OTh. The first
money, won by oval Baron. amounts to
$780, A $2OOO consolation win be trotted
Saturday.
When the n. ana II. stake was called
at 1925 o'clock, the four heat-winners OF
yesterday and three less fortunate horses
faced Started Hayt. After scoring for the
fifth time they were given the word and
Kingmond went out in front and stayed
there, winning all the way, although Sue
cess was always close enough to be dam
gerous. Before the next heat all but the
four heat-winners were withdrawn. Just
as they were sent away Kingmond broke
and before he got down, the others OBJ
tanned a good lead. The Queen cut out
the going until they turned into the last
quarter, when Royal Baron came wuth
a rush, took the lead and held it, finishing
a half length in front of Kingmond, VINO
had again caught the bunch. Despite his
having broken, Kingmond kept In front
in the final heat heat from the first eighth
to the three-quarters, when Royal
Baron's rush again came into evidence
and landed him under the wire a head
to the good. Amid the cheers Of more
than 5000 people present the winner was
led away covered with beautiful blanket
Of flowers,
Z A summary of yesterdays four NJ. and
NJ heats is as follows: Kingmond, the
strong favorite OF the day. encouraged
his hackers by getting heat. Then the
exciting finishes began. McIienry, In
wonderful drive in the stretch, pushed
Success into a winning place in an almost
dead heat finish with Kingmind. Geers
did likewise with The Queen in the third
heat. He tried II again In the fourth.
but The Queen failed to carry out her
noted drivers plans, and went up in
the stretch, Royal Baron rushing out of
the bunch and taking theIheat, while an
other hitherto inconspicuous member OF
the aristocrscy, Lady wellington Of
Cleveland, followed close at the Baron's
heels and got third place. Wilask gave
Klngmond q close race for the first heat,
Kingmond leading almost all the way by
a neck I'm the second heat Kingmond,
wilssk and The Queen were together to
the head of the stretch. when Success got
In the game and won the heat from King
mond by the barest Of noses. In the
third heat, Success and Kingmond APP
preached the final turn neck and neck.
But Geers there came out with The Queen
and justified his reputation by the way
he took the heat away from the favorite.
The bunch came up strongly toward the
enr of the fourth heat. The Queen and
Klngmond were leading when The Queen
broke. while Royal Baron came to the
front and got his nose first beneath the
wire.
The final heat Of the POT class pace, un-
finished last night. was won in the fast
time of 2:07A by Sherman Clay. Bell Es-
prit in the 2:27 trot had no trouble in |
winning. Edith w. lost the first heat Of |
the 2:12 pace to Fanny billiard, but after |
that she was not In danger.
The Abbott was favorite in the fast |
trotting class and justified his selection. |
Geers captured the first heat with one Of |
his famous drives in the stretch. When !
the Abbott broke before the first eighth |
in the next heat It put him out for the |
time being. but in the last two he was |
steady as clockwork and won both. Geers !
afterward explained that Kentucky |
Unions sulky had bumped into him.
After three heats of the 2:15 pace had |
gone to three different horses, the Judges
It until tomorrow on account II |
darkness. Results:
Merchants and Manufacturers $4,000 |
stakes for PA class trotters, unfinished |
Yesterday: