The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-24

| RhAD\II-LE, Mass, Aug. 23-The
! Massachusetts stake of $4,000, the big
| sest event on the card at today's grand
circuit meeting at Readville, by direction
| OF the judges, at dark, is unfinished. and
three horses have an equal chance 10
win 1t tomorrow, with two heats each.
fhe race was, without doubt, one Of the
finest exhibitions ever seen, and the
judges decision found approval and OBJ
lection alike from the great crowd of
excited people which had poured out up
on the track. Tomboy, owned by Frank
Jones, of Portsmouth; Lecco, the favor
lite Boston stallion, and the stallion Char
ley Herr are left to battle the finish.
None was favorite picked to win and
tonight the result is in doubt, with Tom
BOY the favorite. At tho end of the Sec
ond heat it looked as if Mr. Jones' stable
was again on the winning side and a
little later, when Tom Marsh drove Who
Is 1t to an easy win in the PIP class trot,
That opinion was strengthened. Mr.. Jones
has three winners thus far In the meet.
The day was lowering, but the crowd
at the track was the biggest yet. The
track was quite mealy from the last
nights rain. and was made very heavy
later by drizzle and fog, which came in
from the sea. The dampness did the most
to upset calculations, for the heats began
TO be decided in the home stretch, with
the strongest horses we'll to the front
Sometimes the time suffered a little but
so many finishes were whipping ones that
the t1R3 was not cut much
Tie stake event brought out twelve
stables, with BOntella (2:101), the strcne-
est faVorite III the fifteenth place: Fred
Kemp C2:13), sixth; Tomboy (2:111L), elev-
enth, and Queer Alfred (2:12Al, at tho
pole.
In the first two heats Tomboy and
Charley Herr fought all the way from the
hfst quarter to the wire. Each time Lee
co broke badly, but would steady down
Sc that in the stretch he would sweep by
the held with great ease and set his nose
INTO the leaders flank and then all the
drivers would whip their horses.
Next time Ton1boy showed a tired feel
nag and Herr was so strong that no one
questioned his right to lead until the
last quarter, when the favorite Bona
telia, made her hackers happy by a grand.
but fruftless burst of speed. SurpoI also
showed UP WELL but I.ecco's breaks kent
him back
In the fourth heat I4ecco did not break.
and after racing Herr all the way round,
made an easy finish by two lengths. The
fifth heat was similar and the question
Of putting the race over arose. With
darkness coming on the judges called out
the neat winners. The word was quick
~ given, and Lecco and Charley Herr
began to leave Tomhoy in The rear. Lee
co broak at the quarter, half and three
quarters, each time dropping back MANY
yards, but yet only half distance between
first and third horses. On the last quar-
ter Lecco ran so much that he came I'D
to Herr, and In the last sixteenth poked
his nose in the lead and went under the
Wire first Everybody waited for the an
nouncemeEt and when it came Lecco
went into second place for running Elk
element prevailed, but the judges decis-
sion was accepted with fair grace.
All the other races had rafting finishes.
although the best two in three style made
quick results. In the 2:15 trot Tyson
Grove the favcrite, King Albert to win
after very fast first heat. The 2:15 pace
went to Frank Jones Who Is 1t, in the
first race CT the season for the 4yeadfng
The 2:l4 pace is unfinished, Art Alec. the
favorite, having been distanced in the
first heat after breaking at the start and
then coming to a standstill under the
wire.