The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-21
OVER THE FENCE.
An Event That Was Not on the
Horse Show Programme.
Charles Blood Smiths Horse
Runs Away on Track.
ESCAPED UNINJURED.
Best Horses In Kansas Compete
For the Prizes.
Dean r. Low Captures First
With His Handsome Black.
ALL FEATURES GOOD.
Races Are as Fine as Ever Seen
In Topeka.
Thursday Will Be a Big Day
The Programme.
Best Horses In Kansas Compete
For the Prizes.
Dean r. Low Captures First
With His Handsome Black.
ALL FEATURES GOOD.
Races Are as Fine as Ever Seen
In Topeka.
Thursday Will Be a Big Day
The Programme.

The most exciting event in the horse
show was runaway which fortunately
ended without serious results.
The first class in the horse show, gen.
tlemens roadsters, brought out a good
sized list and the track was well filled
with horses and buggies speeding
around for the benefit of the judges
Among them was Free Sprague, a large
beautiful sorrel driven by Mr.. Charles
Blood Smith. The roadsters were sent
off to speed a half mile. Mr.. Smiths
horse was near the last of the bunch
but as the first turn was made his horse
commenced closing up and he soon
passed the others.
All the horses were working their best
and the crowd was intently watching
the amateurs racing round the half
mile. On the back stretch Mr.. Smiths
horse broke On down the back stretch
went the big sorrel Iunging and plung-
ing At first the crowd thought the
horse was only breaking but as he made
the turn it was apparent that he was
running away.
The Judges in the stand could see Mr.
with no effect. The horse was hitched
without a breeching and as Mr. Smith
pulled him in the shafts slipped and
the horses heels c1attered around the
went but instead of turning down the
home stretch he went straight across
the track and crashed through the
fence.
AS the vehicle struck the fence the
horse fell and Mr.. Smith was thrown
several feet into the air. He landed al
most on the horse and when assistance
reached him he holding the ami
mails head. The wonderful part of the
affair is that Mr.. Smith was not hurt
and besides a broken shaft the horse
I,41er 1iT7iI rod
Mr.. Smith explained that his horse
was unmanageable and that he was
afraid if he kept on around the track
that he would run into some of the
buggies in front of the grand stand SO
he turned him into the fence purposely
to avoid running over some one.
The contest for the best gentlemen's
driver brought out the largest and finest
array of horses ever seen in Topeka
The horse show managers did not an
ticipate such an array of well bred driv-
ing horses. When the string lined up
in front of the grand stand many old
horsemen remarked that they had never
seen such an array of roadsters
The judges were Charles Westbrook
of Peabody r. Williams of Marion and
G. F. Statter of Sioux City. The crowd
applauded nearly every horse as he
passed the grand stand and when the
judges gave the blue ribbon to Dean r.
Lows horse Ashland w, the crowd
applauded but were equally as demon
strative when rfre> red ribbon went to
some bay. The yello7~-Sibbon for third
went to Dolly Evans owned by M A.
Low. d. r. Low drove the winner.
Charles Tanner drove Pat Sherman and
o. M Keats drove the third winner The
other entries were as follows, with the
drivers names first and owners second:
Dick, F. E. Wear; F: E. Wear.
Dan, Harry e. Gavitt; H. E. Gavitt.
Velma, w. 1. Miller; w. 1. Miller
Belle Harris, Geo. P. Stitt; Geo. P.
Stitt.
Prince, c. B. Merriam; c. B. Merriam.
Free Sprague, Chas. Blood Smith;
Chas. Blood Smith
Dan McGregOr, r. P. Van Hook; r.
P. Van Hook
Daisy A, G. d. Adams: C. D. Adams.
Alphonso, N. Leach; D. w. Kent.
Mack. r. T. Kreipe; Newton &.
Kreipe.
Torreon, -: M. A. Low.
Lynda, o. G. Woolverton; Geo. P.
Prichard.
AS a curtain raiser to the horse show
Thomas Bass exhibited the famous Miss
Rex. She holds the record for being
the finest riding horse in the country
and she must know of her triumDhs
from the proud and naughty manner
in which she pranced onto the track.
Many horsemen who watched her re-
marked that they had never seen so
handsome and intelligent a saddle horse
as Miss Rex. She went through every
known step and gait and all the time
her rider, Thomas Bass, sat perfectly
still. He never moved line and never
raised his whip and the horse galloped,
walked, marched, waltzed and single
footed to the entire satisfaction of every
one. Miss Rex appears on the track
every afternoon.
The second event of the horse show
was the pony class. Little Garry Bur-
ton swung onto the track with his four
horse team of diminutive Shetland
ponies. He sent the whip cracking and
seething around their ears and down
the track they came. The little fellow
is not four years old, but he took his
four in hand past the grand stand and
back like a veteran driver. He circled
his team and handled them as easily as
if he were guiding one instead of four
He was the decided favorite with the
crowd. The judges gave the first prize
to J. S. Goes team, driven by E. B.
Gully, the second to G. G. Burton's four
in hand driven by Garry Burton and
the third to DIR. ]. c. McCIintOcks tan
dem Shetland team driven by Miss Nc
Clintock
The entries entered were as follows:
Pony Hughes. Jamie Hughes.
Bill, Harry Eagle.
Hobart Garry Burton.