Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-13
TRACK A FAST ONE.
Seasons FaVorites at First Fall
Meeting at the Rock Is
land Club.
UNIQUE AND EXCITING EVENTS.

Entertainment Modelled After an Up-to-
date Race Course-Bookmakers and
Wheel do FIourishing Business-PIung-
Ing Fast and Furious Large Bunch of
..Phony" Money Exchanges Hands.
Four of probably the greatest events
that ever occurred on a western race
course took place at the first fall meet
ing of the Rock Island Club on its
kite-shaped track last evening. With
fast track and entries from the tow-
er of the seasons favorites, the races
were all that could have been asked
by lovers of fast and gamey horses.
The entertainment, which was for
the Club membership, was modelled
after an up-to-date race course, with
everything from the paddocks to the
judges stand and the betting ring.
Two book-makers, F. A. Head, with
Fred j. Kinney as clerk, and DR.. q. l..
Eyster with Meyer Loeb as clerk,
chalked up the odds that showed the
favorites IN the betting ring. Charlie
Skinner shouted the red and black
where the star paid five for one. About
SIS, 900 in confederate money was
distributed equally to the visitors as
they entered the Club and they soon
thronged about the book-makers and
wheel, where the plunging was fast
and furious. At the track the Judges
were f. w. Hurst and Guy Bowman;
official time keepers, Julius Junge.
+. III. Plummer and Charles Stoddard;
starter, B. ID. Connolly.
The entries on the first race, which
was free-for-all, one mile straight
away, purse 5000, were as follows:
Col. ID Ourham), Long George
Price) Lulu (Ludolph) Martha MAR
shall, &. b, Quinine Ben (Hartz).
After trial or two they got away III
good shape and made an interesting
finish, Long George winning by
half head. The race consisted in
cutting through strip of muslin
from one end of room to the other
with a dull pair of scissors.
Second Race-Hurdle for 2-year-
Olds, purse 81 900. Entries, Muslin
Boy (Reck, Warren), Jumping Joe
(Comegys), Balk Line (Har-
ris), Yellow Fellow (Spencer),
Shadows (Lamont, Benz. The
starter got them of well together, and
Yellow Fellow won in driving finish.
The race consisted of blowing out six
candles each and then relightiug them.
Cne-MiIe Handicap.
The third event was 1mile handi-
cap, kite-shaped track, purse So, 500.
Entries were rs follows: Admiral
Dewey (Uead, AID, Gertie B (Buford,
Charles), Blue Jay Curtis, Hugh),
Papa's Joy (Kcrr, w. Lady Mac
(McHugh, Charles). It was a pretty
start and anybodv's race until well
down the stretch, when Gcrtie Il went
off her feet and Admiral Dewey went
under the wire a nose ahead. 1t con-
sisted of carrying six bottles each the
length of a room one at a time and
setting them up on the small end.
The last was down as a match race,
purse 81, 500. The entries were as
follows: Good Roads (Rosenfield,
Julius), Happy Jack Stafford, j. T.),
Haber Dasher (Stewart William), Miss
Lou Levi, Mayer, Long Filler (Mor-
rison). They got away in a bunch
and Gro wded one another clear around,
the finish being very exciting. Haber
Dasher and Happy Jack were nose
and nose, the judges finally giving it
TO Haber Dasher. The race was stick
ing twenty-five matches into card
board about fifteen inches square, it
being necessary to jab the matches
through. In addition to the big
purses the winner of the first race
was given a silver cigar cutter, the
winner of the second a silver match
safe, and of the third an imported
stein.
The cigars offered for the one win
ming the most money were equally APP
pOrtioned among Charles Skinner, w.
l.. Ludolph, II. II. Cleaveland and
Warren Reck.
smoker After Races.
The end of the races showed the
same miXup of men who had gone
broke, and the happy ones who picked
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