The San Francisco call., 1899-10-06
TALENT GETS
A VERY BIG
SURPRISE
Peter the Great, Considered
a Cinch, Loses the Tran
sylvania.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 5.-The $lo,0Vo
PENNSYLVANIA to-day, which attracted the
attention of horsemen all over the cohli-
nent and in which it seemed moral Gel
tainty that Peter the Great could not DC
beaten. was one of the greatest surprises
ever witnessed in Kentucky. After Ter
rife battle in which fortune was III
ters favor up to the third neat "hiSH
he lost by a break within $50 yards Oh the
wire Lord Vincent won the great stake
by sheer pluck and unexpected bottom
AT 1:20 the candidates were on the track
for the first heat for the IranSylNahld
was the first race called. They were sent
on the fourth score, with Charne herr III
the lead Look at Peter, murmuIeo the
crowd as he took the lead on the hISI
turn. At the quarter Peter still led, with
Charlie Herr half a length away and Hal
lie Rocket third 1t was the same at the
half, with Peter a length ahead. Up 10
the far turn litter was leaning back IN
his suIky restraining his horse. Ihey
came to the thTee-quarters in the same
fashlOn ana began drlVing through me
eprercb Peter the GreaLr' yelled the
croWa ana coming easily he won by
Ieugtn from Charne Herr, whose drlVer
had useu his wnlp from the nalf-pole.
ITS ali oVer!' sald tne plungers, pTeak-
ing for the betting shed TO nedge; Peter
now sold Tor nifty and the held proughC
hut ten L ney were again on Tor the sec
ond heat litter wanted, to make a run
9Wav 9lAu race Of il and was length in front
of Charne Herr at the first turn. They
nassed the quarter in :3Z42 IN TINS order,
with Halle Rocket third. In l:0572 they
reached the half, with Charlie at Peter )
saddle. At the three-quarters Peter was
still leading and Charlie Herr gdmeIy
hanging on. his driver whipping. Under
the string they went in the same 5I orueT,
Peter winning by length from Charlie
Betting did not change for the third
heat. but there were few takers for the
field Peter began his old race when they
were sent away the third time: AT the
quarter he led Charlie Herr, who was a
length in front of Kingmond. Past the
quarter Herr began to move up ana, neck
and neck with Peter, passed the hah =, IN
:O316 Around the far turn Peter in
creased his lead and turned in the stretch
d length in front. a hundred ana hfly
yards from the stand it looked easy for
Peter He broke passing the distance pole
and [ingmond pushed ahead, coming like
a cyclone on the outside, and took the
heat, with Herr second and Peter third in
2:09 fiat.
The betting shifted to 80 for Peter and
Go for the field. KingmOnd was away nrSt,
with Peter second, in the fourth heat,
and Herr close up. Before reaching the
quarter Kingmond and Herr left their
feet and Peter went on two lengths before
Lord Vincent. Peter led four lengths at
the quarter, and it looked all over Nln-
cent was second and Herr third. Bunched
but in the same order they came in the
stretch Peter again broke half way down
and Vincent came on even Terms. LIE
spectators were on their feet yelling as
they passed under the wire. Peters head
was six inches in front, but he had run
in the break. The heat went to Vincent,
Pc Peter r.! sold $50, field 800 for the next
heat The faVorite was done for, how
ever being tired out. Herr and Peter
fought to the head of the stretch. Here
Tudor Chimes and Kingmond Joined in.
Vincent had left his feet at the half and
was out of it.
but broke at the distance pole and fin
ished fifth. Kingmond took the heat,
with Tudor Chimes second and Herr
In the sixth heat Vincent, Herr and Pc
ter were up The field sold for $50, Peter
$25. Non-Winners were sent to the barn.
off to a good start KingmOnd led to the
quarter. then broke. Peter took the lead
by two lengths, but tired and was passed
by Vincent and kfngmond, the winner
finishing pulled up.
Vincent sold for $50 and the field for
away with Vincent in the lead. Peter was
too tired to keep the pace and the finish
was procession, with Vincent, King
mond and Peter finishing as named.
The betting on the Pennsylvania was
sensational Two of the largest pools
ever sold on trotting races was auctioned
heat, when KingmOnd and Peter the
Great trotted a head finish. Andy Welsh,
the well-known bookmaker, bet Thomas
w. Lawson of Boston $4,000 to $4,000 that
Peter would not win. After the fourth
heat Welsh bet Lawson $4,000 to $1,000,
again taking the field. Mr.. Lawson's s
losses were conservatively estimated at