Arizona republican., 1899-01-22
THE RAGING MATINEE
A Very Interesting MeefnJ of
 Valley Horses Yesterday.

The races given by the Gentlemen Driving association yesterday after
 neon at tho old racing course were
 reasonably well attended. and among
 the crowd quite a sprinkling Of le5is- ladcEs.
 The weather was splendid and the
 warmth of the sun aided materially
 in the establishment Of several very
 gc-d reccrds. Net a little work had evidently been done on the track al- iLhOugh it was somewhat dusty. Every other feature of 'ahe day united to
 buoy the spirits eff the hcrses and fil- lies and lend aid tcl the success of the meet.
 In the intervals between races tte spectators were entertained by music and singing furnished by a small c-i- cred string t3nd wlaicse comic melo- dies frequently called fcrth the ap- plause Of the auditors. The usual quarter stretch was not in evidence; little money changed hands and the favCIftes were mostly in the minority lat the finish. Scoring was unusually slew and the races dragged slightly toward the last
 The first race, d haif-miIe Iace, was NS'iANo GU = OO D. H. IASlN 1ISo 1Q S1u-lSS, ,, James GibsOn's Alberta Darling, John Rocks Fred B. and Harry Georges Little Della, in which Little Della was an easy winner for the first heat which was paced in 1:11H; Fred B. seIc-n5l
 Tho second race. a bsEf mile tr0tt, had entered R. D. Wocdell's Art more, J. Kirstling's L-Frpc+e, J. C0l- lin's Membrirc, F. o. Richmond s I<ingpin, and B. P. Lyke's Bell J. The flag waved and Artmore t~ok the pole and lead fer about 300 yards when he broke and allowed Lampoke to pass and lead the bunch merry race under t-le wire. All the drivers experienced difficulty in keeping their horses from breaking and it was due to this fact. ttat tb finish WIS so u1- even. Bell J. took second and Art more received third money. Time 1:19.
 After several unsuccessful attempts the h.--ses started in the second heat of the first race and maintained a lively gait for several hundred yards when Alberta Darling broke and took durt from Litt'e Della. Toward Ire finish Fred B.. who had been left well behind gathered himself from a break and finished stronger than ,ihe winner but not enough to prevent p'enty of day light from stealing between the crev- ises and losing the heat and race to LittIs Della. Time i'll, slieht- ly better than that of the first heat. Fred B. finished third.
 An exhibit'o on H mile trCt rex took piece with two h-rses entered. Bl7ck Paddy and Surprise, 10th California hcrses with eI~cd records A pretty start was made and Surprise gained the pole, holding it and the lead in a closely contested and highly excit- ing race, Surprise cf-sing with nar- TOW margin over Back Paddy and making the excellent time If 32:2 5. It is said that the winner had a pre- vious record Of 29: f fer the same dis lance. At this juncture ere Of T. w. Pembertcn's two big blocks, which had for some time been friskirg while to a dCubie-seEted rig reared up and became entang,ed in the 2ar ness, after which beth horses ba ke ! ! furi-usly and threi3tened the safe V of Mrs. PembertOn and her child who were sitting in the rig at the time | Timely assistance. however, freed b tn | rom danger and restored the horses 10 ! good order wit1 only 9 slighs damage to the conveyance.
 The seocnd heat Of the second race