The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-24
WILL Be EXCITING
Races This Week Will be
Close Throughout.
ANDREWS AND MCPHERSON
Pronounce the Track Good
Frank James Starter

Billy Andrews, driver for John R. Gen
try. and John Dickerson, driver for Joe
Patchen, examined the track at the fair
grounds yesterday and pronounced it to
he in fne condition. The track being in
fine condition and both the PAGERS, Gen
try and Patchen, being in trim shape it
is expected and confidently looked for
that next Wednesday the worlds record
for a mile pace viii be smashed fat.
Everybody is coming. Everybody ex-
poets that the visit of the famous horses
to their birthplace after nine years alb
sence would be a poetic occasion for
breaking the worlds record. Andrews
and Dickerson know this expectation and
nobody is keener in the hope that next
Wednesday is to be an epoch in the his
tory Of racing than these two men. Two
of the most famous drivers in the world
with two horses the most valuable and
famous in the world, and the conditions
of the visit make it an occasion such as
may never occur again in the next TWEEN
ty or thirty years.
Ten years ago Star Pointer, John r.
Gentry and Joe Patchen were all foal-
ed the same spring. Probably not in the
life Of any man now living viii any sin
gle year produce such horses again.
Patchen and Gentry are greater than
Star Pointer in a majority of respects.
If the weather is good next Wednes-
day the only trouble Colonel Toler will
have will be to find room enough for the
thousands and thousands who will go to
the grounds TO stand or sit where they
can see the race.
There never was such a field Of excel
lent horses brought together in Kansas
at any time or place as is to race here
the entire week. They come up to the
wire equal nlspeed equal in training to
contest for the heavy purses, and every
event from the opening, Tuesday, to the
close, Saturday, viii be exciting. Any
-horseman who knows anything Of the
entries made will know this.
The gate admission VIII be 50 cents. The
Rock Island viii run trains TO a place
opposite the grounds every thirty min
utes every day Of the races, beginning at
2 O'Clock each day.
The program for each day IS given:
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26.
Farmers race, mile heats, 2 in 3, $50.
No entrance charged.
PIG trot. purse $500: Alverder Atkins, b.
m, John Kopp and Bro, Owensboro, Ky. :;
st. JuEice, blk. s, John Kopp and Bro,
Owensboro, Ky; Myron McHenry, s. s.,
roier Stock Farm. Wichita Manvine. b.
s. L. H. Kemper, Oswego, Kan; Nutgre-
soor, s. s, /. Anderson. Nevada, Mo.
Escobar, br. s., J. w. Creech, Harrington.
Kan; Scraps, b. e., H. T. Weidemyer,
-darysville, Kan; SGunie V. b. m, John
Donovan. Jr., St. Joseph, Mo; Greever,
br. s, George A. Flat. Lnxeea, Kan
Or. Book b. g.. ". G. Durfee, Los An
geles, Cal; Lady Clarissa. b. m, Fay
Green, Oswego, Kan; My Chance, s. m,
y. /. Purvines. Mt. Sterling, Ill
2t pace, purse $500: Lizzie S, br. NJ,
John Kopp and Bro. Greensboro, Ky;
Aeroplane. p. s, NJ II. Myers, Cunning
ham, Kan; Walnut b, b. s, N Swope,
n.
Bloss. Wichita, Kan; FL Reno, $. G., Pearl
Erwin, Chanute. Kan; L. IT. X, h. e..
ray Green, Oswego, Kan; virgie Truce.
sr. m, \. L. Purvlnes, Mt Sterling, H. 4;
Dan T, br. g, W. II. Adkins, Clinton.
No; Phyllis S, b. m, r. c. Vandenberg,
Larned Kan; Miss Peterson, s m, Louis
Peterson, Pueblo, Col; Prince Rot. b. s.,
]. I. Pancoast. Perry, o. T.
Nile dash. purst $50
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER q.
2:25 pace. stake $1,000: Wakeena. b. e,
]. s. Lehr Fl Dorado. Kan; Tampa Ros,
IS. s. F. J. Worth, South Charleston. Ohio:
Louise Middleton s. m, J. z. Oldham,
Wichita; Ed. Toler. b. e., Toler Stock
Farm. Wichita. Barney l., b. g. Barney
Levi, Wichita; Baby Cupps, b. m. f. c.
Dorman, Blackwell, Q. T: Lennie Sears
%. e, /. W Sears. Newkirk. o. r; June.
Tx. m. Joseph Shrameok David City,
Neh; Oak Grove. 70. g, Wickersham &
Drake. Guthrie. Q. r.. Minnie Pilot. h.
IN, J. W. SampseIl, Perry. Q. T: Frank
=, b. e. Dan Anderson, Emporia. Kan;
Albert Lee. b. g, Dan Anderson. Emporia,
kan; Rose W, br. m, Garvine & Muir
ray, Topeka, Kan.
500 trot, purse $500: Chester J.. g. e,
J. T. Axten Newton, Kan; Sunbeam. ?.
m. D. X. Carter Cottonwood Falls. Kan;
'henute, b. y, Steve Hayden. Fort Scott,
Kan; Workman. s $. Lon Halderman,
Douglass. kan; Harder Master, b. =.
w. Z. Dillenbec5. Fl Dorado. Kan: Vic
toria Regina, b. m, r. l. Lee, Topeka
Kan; Lady Ruth. blk. m. Ira Lloyd
Ellsworth. Kan; Lena. blk. m, Cash Hen
derson, Wichita; Anna, b. m. Cash Hex
derson, Wichita, kan; Lady Milan. br
IN, J. W. Creech, Harrington. Kan;
Golddust Maid bk. m, J. Z. Biggs. Gar
den City. kan; Gold Quill, b, g, Ed. /.
Tead. Hutchinson, Kan.
Special purse. $3.50: John R Gentry
200 l. and Joe Patchen. 2.0I 10. To bea;
she worlds race record, 2:ol II.