The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-05
AT THE RACES.
n0sCO's GUIDELEss PACING CAUGHT
THE SPECTATORS.

the 2.:So CioSS-"hay Bee" Came in
Second-TGvO Drivers Finished
Heats With Broken WheeIs-The !
RunninG Race Won by MAUD"
The COIOred Snapper Garrison
TumbIed From His Mount, But Es-
capped without Injury.
one of the best days racing ever seen
in Georgia was run off yesterday after
noon at the Thunderbolt Driving Park.
Many surprises developed. The track
Uas in perfect condition, and the weather
all that could be desired Fully twelve
hundred people saw Little sloat's Bit
ters win the 2:35 class from fast field
Of starters, witnessed the superb exhibit
ton of the guideless PAGER Rosco, and
laughed heartily at the funny running
race.
At $3.50 o'clock Messrs. Ed Whalen, Will
lam Bouhan, ]. F. Doyle James Fur
long, Jr., and George Hurley, took their
places in the judges stand, and the big
bell was tapped, summoning the entries
Of the 2:35 class to the post, There was
Ittle time lost, and the candidates soon
bl gan to appear on the track. Madwood
WAS first to show up, with Trainer George
Palmer in the sulky. Then came May Bee,
with H. F. Kuck driving her. Helen
Blazes followed, with A. p. Doyle up and
last. but not least. came Little Sloats
Btters with James Furong pulling the
ribbons behind him.
M of the entries showed good form, and
every driver seemed to have a confident
all. which indicated to the quiet
observer that his entry had an
easy thing of it to win the event in three
straight heats. The result however, was
a great surprise to every one excepting
Jim Furlong, the driver of Sloats Btters
In the betting May Bee was a favorite.
with Helene Blazes second choice.
In drawing for positions May Bee won
the pole, which is a decided advantage on
half mile track; Helene Blazes was Civ
en- second place, Madwood assigned thirG,
and Sloats Bitters given the outside Aft
er a few attempts for the word, the signal
was given, which started the entries on
their journey for the first heat. They
went away at a lively clip with May Bee
in front At the first turn Helene Blazes
moved up to the side of May Bee, and the
race between them was exciting. When
the first half was covered. the two lead
ers were close together, with the other en-
IT es strung out in the procession order.
II. F. Kuck drove a splendid heat of it,
and landed Mey Bee a winner by half
neck from Helene Blazes. Time 2;S2l9.
The second heat proved another victory
for May Bee. The mare trotted a beauti-
full mile Of it, Helene Blazes was hot
member but the pace was too warm for
her, and she dropped out of it when with
in fifty yards of the wire. May Bee then
moved on in fine style, and won the heat
in 1904 which was the fastest mile of the
race. When Driver Kuck and May Bee
returned to the stand after this heat they
We're loudly applauded.
jim Furlong made sensational
drive in the third heat which
delighted the spectators in the grand
stand. Four or five times the drivers
spared for the advantage before the start
er finally caught them in line at the wire,
and shouted Co" May Be- with her US
ual burst of speed was first to the turn,
with Helene Blazes a close second. The
entries moved in the same positions down
10 the nalf-mile pole. At this point Helene
gave up the chase, and the blind horse
MadWood began to close up on the leader.
When the entries swung into the home
stretch, the heat looked 10 be safe in the
hands of May Bee or Madwood. All at
tenton was on the leaders, and both driv-
ers doing their best to win At the dis
tance stand little Sloats Bitters put
up burst of speed that surprised every
body excepting his cool-headed driver,
jim Furlong who sat in the sulky using
the whip for all he was worth on the
speedy little PAGER. A voice from the
crowd shouted. "Bitiers will win" and
sure enough he did in grand style. Fur
long made furious drive of il for the
last 100 yards and when he landed the
game little PAGER a winner in 2:3715, there
was wild burst of applause from the
excited crowd.
The fourth heat was another victory for
sioats Bitters, whose stock went way up
In the betting. May Bee was a close sec
oil hn fYVt
29Glb
Ine fifth heat furnished another sur
prise for the spectators. The trotter Mad
wood, who, up 10 this time, was looked
upon as the poorest entry Il in the
ouhch' put up hot argument
Tor first place. When the word was given
S.oars Bitters shot to the front, with
dadwood a close second. Trainer George
Iamer put up an excellent drive behind
me blind horse when the leaders past the
, holf one of the tires on Pamers sulky
became detached from the rim This did
not rattle Palmer a particle. for he kept
ON driving his horse and paid no attention
70 the broken wheel, AS the leaders en-
tered the homestretch Sloats Bitters was
III front with Madwood at his wheel max
ing lively brush for the heat. At the
distance stand the other wheels in Palm
erS sulky blew up and down went the
ground. Palmer displayed a remarkable
presence of mind and stopped his horse in
irne to avoid serious accident to both
horse and driver
Little Sloat's Btters had too much speed
Tor the other tired entries and won the
neat in the slow time of 2:40. The PAGER,
having three heats TO his credit, was
declared the winner Of the race with May
Bee second.
me interest of the afternoon was CEN
tsred in the exhibition mile by the guide
I7SS PAGER Rosco. and he did not disap-
POINT his admirers. II was a little after
clock when the lordly and beautiful
so'ln-coated sorrell was brought on the
,io'k by his rubber William West and
Introduced to the large audience As Ros-
90 passed in front of the grand stand
"eArlng the national colors, which
covered his pacing outfit, he was greatly
a'hlred by all those who appreciated the
zoo qualities of the great PAGER Miss
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