The Portland daily press., 1900-09-17
A BREEZY TIME.
,vnsn the Cape montagues and Capu-
lets Trotted Hoses.

At the driving park at Gorham, Satur-
d.v afternoon, occurred remarkable
'hoss race" The Trefethens and Stud
Laws are the Montagues ana Capulets of
south Portland, although being allied
hmlllss, their rivalries and competitions
are always good-natured.
Mr.. G N. Trefethen has fast horse.
lucky Roy by name, and his cousin, Mr..
O. A. Studley has another fast horse
named Temple Hal. There has been long
and loud debate both in South Portland
and along the water front Of Portland
TO which OF these horses is the faster.
An attempt was made at Gorham Satur-
day to settle it; buU it is doubtful If it is
settled yet Amid the frantic shouts of
hundreds OF Westbrook, Portland AID
South Portland men, the horses trotted
five heats and were 50 evenly matched
throughout that nothing but the united
decision OF the judges silsnoed the clam
ors Of Temple Halls supporters
The contest had all the ceremonies of a
great race Alonzo Libby and &c. w.
Hunt, old timers famous on Every fair
ground from Scarboro to Harrison, were
judges. Charles Aver kept time, and the
starting was done 10y John Heald, who
has sent under the wire enough horses to
equip the cavalry of an empire
Lucky 10y was driven by Ira Wood
bury, almost as famous as Bud DoDIe.
whose catarrhal name long since filled
the trump OF fame, and Temple Hal was
well handled by Iom Woodbury. Of South
Portland
Now all is arranged, ana out came the
horses for the first heat. All the fish deal
ers Of Portland are there, anu as the well
gr,omed steeds 60 prancing by they one
and all express admiration at the shining
of their scales and the lively movements
of their inns
heald gives them the word and away
they go, Lucky Roy ahead but closely
pressed bv Temple Hal. Everyone keeps
tolerably cool this heat when Lucky Roy
wins in 233<
The partisans of Temple Hal We're moi
downcast They declared that their horse
hao not begin to trot, and that when he
did show his fin action no sculpins were
in it with him II any of Lucky Roy's
partisans wanted to put up either codnsl
or dollars on their favorite there wal
plenty or either, for wasn't all the fishing
interest OF Portland there?
And Temple Hal proceeded to justify
these expectations. Lucky hoy led, Il
be sure, but there was Temple Hal on hi
wheel for threepuarters or mile, and
just as strong at the finish as at the enc
OF the first quarter. This hard won hea
went to Lucky Roy i 243<.
In the third heat Lucky Roy's bride
got over his ear, ana in his nervousness
he forgot to trot. Temple Hal therefor
logged in ahead IN 2.3O1S time.
But what man shall describe the fourtl
HEATH South Portland's most ancien
mariner never heard of the like in any
port Of the wide world. The excitement
was OF the kind that prevails when q
sworddsh is going out with the line
Neck by neck, urged by drivers, the tw
noble horses flew around the course; bu
Temple Hal was ahead, only half a necl
ahead. He finished In %. q.
It as now two and two. The friends o
each horse were in great excitement
Money began to be pulled forth from til
inner pockets. and a conservative ma,
who viewed the spectacle, claimed tina
two thousand dollars at least was wagere
in addition to the $500 on side for which
the race was held.
Exciting as was that marvellous heat
intense as was the mental strain of spec
tators,a description cannot be padded out
to more than two lines. The two horses
started together, staid together, were
whipped together by frantic drivers, and
ended so near together that no one but
the judges could decide, and their deois-
ion is satisfactory to only one side. The
judges conourred in giving the heat t.
LUCKY Koy by about a foot, in 227.
A dissatisfaction arose among the par
tisans Of Temple Hal, and Mr.. Trerethen
offered to make another race for $500 a
side in week or fortnight.
Mr. Studley said Saturday evening that
he was not satisfied with the decision OF
the judges. He considered it robbery and
nothing else The last heat should at
least have been called dead heat, and
except some biased fish folks all the PEG
pie there were OF this opinion. Mr. Stud
ley intimated that he might agree to
the second race If it could be held at
he Lewiston track.
THE UNFINISHED HEAT.
The unfinished heat coming over from
the fair was won by Lottie May in 2.S5A