The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
LABOR DAY AT THE TRACK.
LIVELY CARD OF EVENTS FOR
NEXT WEEKS RACES.

The Entries VIII Close Thursday.
Some of the Probable starters in
the Various CIasses-An Exhibition
of ROscO's GuideIess Pacing One OF
the Events of the DRy-Prizes Pre-
scented by Local Merchants.
The Thunderbolt Driving Park will be
the scene of some lively racing events on
Labor day. Sept. l. The loca. horsemen
are taking great interest in arranging the
| programme, ana the best talent among
the PAGERS and trotters are to face the
starter in two of the harness events.
The local carriage and harness dealers
have offered prizes for the winners in each
contest and the races promise to be a bat
| lie royal from start to finish. Mr.. Mark
Apple has hung up a set of rubber-mounl~
ed harness for the winner of Che 2:20 class
and Mr.. P. j. NJ cEneneany Will give a
set of oak and tan grub boots to one Of
| the harness events. Mr.. Howard Cohen
| will present a road cart to the winner OF
| the 2:35 class and Mr.. Leo Frank viii
give saddle and bride to the one who
| captures the running race
The local horsemen are delighted with
the prizes offered by the carriage and
| harness merchants and in every contest
| there viii be at least four candidates score
down for the word.
There was a large gathering at the
| Thunderbolt Driving Park yes terday, and
after a consultation with own
ers and drivers Manager A F.
| Doyle decided that the harness races
would consist of a 2:2O class and a 2:35
! class, and each event would be open to
| trotters and PAGERS. This arrangement
| seemed to meet with the hearty approval
of those present, and the entry list was
| Immediately opened.
| Manager Doyle will close the list Thurs
| day a O'Clock p. m. This will give am
pie time to owners to condition their fav-
| orites for Labor Day.
| Savannah has more good harness horses
| than any city of its size in the South.
Among the probable starters in the 2.20
| class, can be mentioned the brown mare
| Opus. This speedy animal can be seen
any afternoon on the road driven by her
owner. When in shape, she is hard one
| to beat.
Queen Wilkes, the swift PAGER owned by
! ]. j. Egan, is also eligible to this class
| When Queen Wilkes captured a heat in
! Augusta last season, pacing from wire
to Wire in 2:19la. she furnished a great
| surprise for the Augusta sports, and won
| big money for her Savannah admirers
Another candidate for this class is the
! brown trOtting mare May Bee, owned
! by William Belford. She is game and true.
and it will take a speedy one to win the
| first prize from her. The others that can
start in the race are May Flower, Little
Clay and Dick Egan AL of these steppers
are well known to race-goers and should
they start there will be big money eX-
| change hands on the event.
The 2:35 class will prove another inter
| esting race, as there are several horses
eligible to the event and many of them
| newcomers.
Black Hal, the PAGER that is now being
handled by II. Kuck is a new one on the
| boys and his trainer says that "he will
certainly start in this event"
| Sloats Bitters. the handsome little PAGER
recently from the Land of Flowers is a
candidate for this event and from his re
| cent performances at the park, he will
make it interesting for the winner of the
thirty-five class.
Max Kraft will surely start Madwood.
| and the blind trotter is in excellent shape.
A. p. Doyle has an entry for this contest
| in the brown pacing mare Helene Biazes.
/ Helene paced some hard races in Charles
ton recently and proved herself a thorough
| race mare.
! The other horses eligible to this class in
cludes the brown mare Bell, Gray Eagle,
| Lizzie ONNeill and the bay gelding Mercer
! Prince.
The running race will be open to all
| horses owned in Savannah prior to Aug.
IL. and the entries will close day before
! the race There will probably be hat
| dozen sprinters in this contest. In add
| ton to the card of events for Labor Day,
Manager Doyle will try and arrange an
| exhibition mile by the famous guideless
PAGER Rosco who is by far the most in
| telligent horse in the South, and his Won
| derful exhibitions have charmed the low
ers of horse sport on several occasions
| at the Thunderbolt park. The ladies, es>
| pecially, take Lively interest in the ex-
| hibition as given by Rosco, and Manager
Doyle has been requested 10 have the
horse on the programme on Labor day.
| Rosco is a handsome sorrel horse ana
PAGES like piece Of machinery. When
in motion he is a perfect picture and when
| al fun speed with the runner at his side,
the finishes are stirring in the extreme
In one of his exhibitions a few days age
| the great PAGER covered the mile in 2:;s
and swept by the half mile post a 2:l2
gait. Rosco is regarded by horsemen Is
the fastest horse that has ever appeared
on the Thunderbolt track.