The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-12
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After the fifth heat. the Judges took
the horse out Of the hands Of her owner
OR one OF her owners--and
placed Policeman Shields on guard at
the entrance Of her stall to see that
nothing was done to the horse. There
was quite a row raised over this devel-
opment, and 200 or 800 people were at
tracted to the scene, brought by cry
OF light" raised by some one. There
was no fight, but 1t developed that
Daisy Elders hobbies had been stolen.
and after an investigation Officer
Shields found them In an adjoining
stall.
Just who is Daisy Elders owner
seems not to be known. Mrs. I.ucy
Bayne. of Columbus, was said to be her
owner, and the fact that she was bet
ting heavily against Daisy Elder In the
pools was cited to the Judges us an in
dication that the horse was not being
driven TO win.
After the seventh heat. some OF the
people interested In Daisy Elder pro-
tested to the judges that Driver Rogers
had injured the mare on one of her fore
legs, and wanted to draw her out, but
this request was refused by the judges,
and Daisy was driven In the eighth
IL.
The occurrence Is reErettable, but 1t
can be seen that the officials made ev-
cry effort possible in behalf of honest
racing. and for this they deserve the
commentator of the patrons of the
1a!r who, OF course. are unanimous for
honest sport.
The second race on the programme
was the 2:30 trot with field OF thir-
teen starters. but Quetzel showed his
superiority in straight heats.
In the third event. too. the win was
made In straight heats by Improve, the
favorite. The races In detail were rs
follows:
2:14 Pace.
First heat-They were off after sever
al Intellectual efforts. with Jessie L.,
Daisy L. and Joe Rea fighting for the
lead. which was finally captured by
the first named horse. On the back
stretch at. the three-quarter hole, Daisy
Elder was put out of it, her wheel COM
ing into collision with Jessie L. with
disastrous results for the former. Jessie
took first place and Gladys second.
Time. 2:lSh.
Second heat-Jessie L. went out In
| the lead. four lengths to the good at the
quarter. with the field stretched out In
nh ever frightening row to the rear.
At the upper turn. Jessie's lead-cut
down materially by Nicholl, and at the
half Jessie is only q length to the good.
On the lower turn Nicholl comes UP
with such surprising quickness and goes
into the lead SO easily that there are
cries of fake" from the stands. On
the upper turn Nlcholl Is leading by two
[ lengths and she wins easily. though
Jessie L. is driven for keeps down to
the wire and compels Mcmahon to lay
on the whip. There was a long delay
before the result was announced, and
when starter Barnard announced that
all bets on the heat were declared Off
and that Jessie l.. was fined SIS, there
was general applause from the specta-
| tors and entire satisfaction In the
betting ring. The time was 2:l5%.
Third heat-Thls was the prettiest
race Of the afternoon, and aroused some
enthusiasm. Nicholl. the pole horse,
went out In the lead. with the other
gray, Daisy Elder coming hard Jessie
L. went into break at the start and
was out OF It, being distanced. so her
win of the first heat counted for moth
ing. At the half Nicholl was still Lend
Ing. Daisy Elder second. and Joe Rea a
], close third. On the back stretch. Mich
oil was still leading. with Daisy Elder
and Joe Rea on even terms right at his
heels Elder was on the outside and
held Joe Rea pocketed until the home
stretch was entered. when the black
| gelding got out and gave Nicholl race
for his life. the latter winning by only
n head. Elder was driver hard at the
finish and was third, half length back
| OF Joe Rea. 1t was q beautiful race, but
would have been win for Joe Rca II
he had been able to unpocket himself
earlier in the game Time, 2:14iis.
Fourth heat-NIcholl. the pole horse.
went out to the front, but In the back
stretch Joe Rea came up. wrested the
lead from the grey gclding. and was u
length to the good. On the upper turn
Nicholl was going like clock-work and
had overtakcn Joe Rea. At the half
! Nicholl was leading by length. On
the lower turn Joe Rea took n balloon
ascension and Daisy Elder. the fnvorlte.
took up the running with Nicholl. Soon
Daisy was on even terms. and the two
| greys figured ir. desperate contest of
speed 10 delight Of the crowd, which en-
Unused to beat the band. They finished
almost In n dead heat. but Daisy. was n
nose to the good and Nicholl had failed
| TO ndu the necessary third heat 10 his
string OF two. Rcn was n close third.
The time. 2:lfN. was the fastest OF the
afternoon.
Fifth hent-Excitemen was added to
the race In this hent by n new horse
coming In with win of the heat. Joe
Isen went into the lead on the back
stretch. with Daisy Elder IL length to
the bad. and Nichofi close up. At the
hnlf Elder and Rem were on even terms,
Nicholl two lengths back In third posi-
ton. On the bnck stretch the two
lenders were still even up, with NiCholl
pocketcd close up. In the home-stretch
there was n great battle on between
Daisy Elder and Joe Ren, and the lat
ter outfootcd the grey to the extent of
two heads. Nichol finished third, by
two lengths. Time. 2:1ik.
Sixth hent-It was fight between
the two grcya. Daisy Elder and Nch-
oil, us Joe Rca, the winner OF the NTH
heat, went up In the air on the lower
turn md was out OF II almost mt the
start. At the half the two grcys were
neck md neck. Nicholl to the good. but
he lost the advantage on the lower
turn. Elder going length to the
good. On the back stretch Nicholl was
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