The Portland daily press., 1899-08-04
Veteran Driver JOCK bowen a Star
Performer.
Norwin g., Sclavonic,
Glory and Joe Pilot
Carry Off the Honors and Lower
Their Marks.

nlgpy hau another good attendance,
yesterday afternoon. better, by q few
hundred. than that OF the dag before.
Old Orchard summer guests were, next
to the professional sportsmen who travel
the circuit, the most In evidence, but
there was good representation of Port
landers among the occupants of seats In
the grand stand.
The class Of sport witnessed was at par
with the exciting events of the two pre-
ceding days. Every horse that headed a
field under the wire did 1t at sacrifice
Of his previous record, and the two heat
winners In the first race of the day were
forced into the 2.i0 list.
OF the three races the ons which gave
the spectators the most enjoyment for
to be the fastest event In tho weeks list.
Jock" Bowen, that veteran. Of the turf
whose face and form are familiar to
everybody that ever cheered a field of
oil rcuit trotters TO victory, was the star
performer in this race. There was little
personal feeling mixed mp with the rival
~ that ordinarily exists among partic l.
rants In a race. Bogsn's horse was
Norvin g., ownsd by q. L. Fern of Bos-
ton. In the same list was another Boston
Relding, Sciayonic, which was formerly
included in Bowen's string at tho Md
ford stables. For some reason not known
to the profession this PAGERS owner. J.
q. Campbell, Ind transferred him to the
training stablss of John Cheney OF Park
Vile, l.. L. Naturally, Mr.. Bowen was on
his mettle, for no victory could be quite
SO sweet 81 a victory over a rival driver of
a horse once under his own handling.
MIR. Cheney had been saving the gray
PAGER for just such a spread as this, and
the word was passed around that the
winner Of the race would naver again
have a chance to enter In all GLASS.
This prediction proved doubly true, for
nut only "Unols Jocks horse but his old
friend, too, vera plunged into the 21O
list before the. contest was over.
The first heat was lAy-up for
Sclayonio. and a hard drive for Norvin
G., the latter being carried to the front
at oorking clip by the Springfield geld
ing McJos. They finished fully two
lengths ahsad of the van, and were on
almost even terms when they went under
the wire. Norvin G.. g mark had dropped
from ala IA to 9. 10.
The next time out McJoe attempted to
repeat the performance, hut lost his foot
ing at the lower turn and had to be
brought to standstilI to find his g ait.
Meanwhile, Cheney had cut loose with
Sulavonic and went up the stretch neck
and-neck with the favorits. They didn't
part company during the last half-mile,
but Bowen's horse had q little speed and
a few inches TO spare nder the wire.
The veteran drivers face wore q triumph
ant look when he dismountsd from his
sulky and started for the judges stand to
weigh In. but he wasn't as pleased when
| the judges hung out the time card, bsar-
ing the figures. 2 90 Ia.
| The third heat was q Duplicate of the
second, except that Bowen didn't have
McJoe to bother with at the start, that
horse having been distanoed for his folly
In the preceding heat. Cheney teame d
for all he was tn, and succeeded In
finishing a winner, by nose. 1t cost
him full second from SoIavonic's for
mer mark.
One more heat. anda slower ono than
either Of the other three. settled the race.
1t was a hot finish, aud looked very
much like a winning for the gray, but
he broke just before the wire and The
race was over.
The other two races of the day went off
in consecutive heats to favorites. The 80
trot was won by Glory. gelding owned
by Herbert Gray OF HaverhilL His mark
of 2.l6 s.4. made at Dover, was reduced to
2.15 Ia.
There was nothing In the 2.1S pace that
could head Joe Pilot, though four or five
OF the field tried conclusions with him at
different times. and forced him to q new
mark of 3. IL 3-A He is an Indiana bred
animal and Is owned In Philadelphia
He carried a mark of 2. IL IA till last
week, when at Albany, ". Y. he reduced
1t to LA La in order to get piece of
the money.
The concluding races are Q. 10 pace,
s.30 trot and all trot.
The summary:
2.20 Class-Trotting-Pu $500.
Glory, oh by Sir Walter, Jr.-
Harbell, by Harbinger (6at-
comb) II
Flora Woodruff. b m (Grady1 ga s
Alice Barnes. b m (lxilborn) 6 4 Z
Una Belle, oh IN Beverl 4 8
Mikado, b q (Trout) 80 )
Tom Leary. (Dore} s. 8 q
kamala, m (Carpenter) TO 8
Seddie L., br m (Paige) ST 0
Minnie b.. br M (Cheney) 90 !
Time-a.I5 1-s, ais Ia, ais "a.
ais Class-Paeing-Purss $500.
| Hoe Pilot h a bx DsIinaafor