Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-08
AT EMPIRE CITY TRACK.

NEW YORK, September Five
thousand people journeyed out to the
Empire City trotting track to-day and
were rewarded with first class after
noon sport. The opening event was a
2:25 pacing class for which the Cali
fornia black gelding, Coney, was the
favorite at even money. He proved to
be rank counterfeit as the bay gelding
Toboggan won the race in straight
heats with quite a little to spare, An
ME Thornton driving him out in the
first heat and the brown mare Evolute
in the second.
The big race of the day was the
$4,000 Empire City purse for the PIP
class trotting class. The crack four
year-old of the season, Peter the Great,
sold for $50. Lord Vincent fetched
the same price while the gray gelding
"Who Is IT. brought S35 and the bal
ance of the field brought the same
price Peter the Great led the field
from start to finish in both heats and
won in excellent time.
The 2:1S trotting class had only
small field and though the bay gelding
Excel was backed at $50 to $40 against
the field, it proved to be the most pro-
longed contest of the day. The bay
gelding Farris surprised everybody by
jumping out in the front and taking
the first heat in driving finish with
the favorite, Excel, a close second.
The favorite landed the second heat.
In the third heat the finish was between
Pilot Evans and Whitney and the for
mer in a desperate drive, just managed
to land by a nose. This only left three
competitors and the long delayed fav-
orite put on his best manners and lead
ing from the start to finish, closed out
the race in 2:15A. Summary:
( 2:1S class, trotting. best two in three;
purse. $l.5G0:
Pio ifG Evans sp 5. 3. Spear
Farris, b. g., (Bowne) .;....... 3
w HltneN, %. &. McDOnalu.. D Z Z TO
Sadie Sac M NJ br M GMcDo1welD....- $ro
Frank Dreamer, br. g.. (Arthur). dis
Time, 2;1212; 2:10$4 Z:13A 2:15l4.
225 class, trotting, two in three; purse,
So 000
Kingmond. bh g. by King Darlington
Rosamond, by Red Wilkes (Marsh).. l
Venus H., b. m. (McHenry) ............ 3
Paul Pry, g. &. (McCarthy .............. 2
Maid Thorn, b. m. (Maxheld) .......... 4
James Shevlin. b. g. (Dickerson). ..... dis
lEiprT0t
212 class, trotting, best two in three;
purse, 5000:
Peter the Great, b. s. by Pilot Medium
Santos (Titer) ..........................1 l
Who Is It, gr & (Marsh) ...... 2
Lord Vincent. b. 5. CMcHenry) ........2 4
RonateHa b. m. (Ames) .............. 3
Queen Alfred, b. m. Clark .......... 5
Ed. Lock, b. 8. (McDowelD. ........... Z
Alves, b. &. (Thompson). ............... 6
Piloteen, b. m. (Conkln) .............. 8
Fred Kohl, b. s. (Dtckerson) ............ dis
Tudor Chimes, b. g. (Geers) ........... dis
Woodford G., b. E. (Stevens). ......... dis
Time, 2:07h; 2:CSA.
rs class, pacing, two in three; purse,
So co.,
Toboggan, b. G., by Mountain Prince
iDlckersonD .-.-.......-.....-. .........
Annie Thornton, b. m. (Wilson) ..2 4
Actuary. br. s. Q<ely) Observation-Disclosures. s
Lizzie Wilkes. b. m. Davis ...-.......S 8
Governor bushnell, b. g: tCritchfield).. 5
Eagie Medium, 2. g. (Norton) .......4 :
Coney, blk. g. (McHenry1 ............... $
Wandering Jew, b. 5. Kinney .....7 =
Alice Hall. b. m. tHoward) .......
Time, 2:11l2: 29Sla. Distanced.