The sun., 1900-07-19
LADY GERALDlNE'S STAKE.
SIZE WINS THE STAR Event AT DE.
TROTT FROM ANNIE BURNS.

nattIssisn Breaks Down while Prominen
Factor - ol5B,OOO Said to Have Deen
Wagersd ON the Races-Cornelia Belle.
james r. and Lady Pipes Easy winners.
DETROIT. July is.-Sensatonal In the extreme
was the grea race Of the Detroit Driving Club.
the NJ. 4 ~ 10000 stake to-day. Over
10000 persons filed the betting ring.
crowded the ouarterstretoh and lawns.
and literally packed from end to end the great
stand Of the club. The race was the third on
the programme. the unfinished 2lU trot and
the 2:2O raos preceding II. There were
eleven horses In the field and up to I
O'Clock Se5.ooo had found Its way into
the box. the various horses selling from
$500 to s25 down the line. The real odds were
established just before the first heat. when
the field sold for $1,000 to $500 on the
Henry s. horse and 600 on tho Con-
stantine bay mare Lady Geraldine. In scoring
for the frat heat Henry 8. showed UP uife
lame. and before the sixth score was so pslpa-
bly, unit to race that the judges ordered him
out and declared all bets OF. In the new
ite at go against the whole field at $50.
II was a magnificent. race between Bat
lie Sign and Axtelo to the three.
quarters where the latter went OF his feet and
% home Hles snstSs aa % o Aaee as issf@ sSo
Geraldine. IL the second heat Bssss
sn sspsa ea hs e & sv0Es e. 10 10 Sa
lensed BY Asteilo with Gsers forcing Lady
Geraldine very fast on the Grtsids Just
AItelo rushed BY with Lady Geraldine at his
wheel. Right IN front 9f the stand Geers shook
q 81 the heat BY a soant head. With Bstslssisp
that Batilssisn had caiksd Himself IN The
break had Gut his nigh forelss badly. ssverins
Annie burns took the next two heats rather
haDdily after the h9lf.miie post In The tith
,r9. Annie Burns. The pace was 6ot and Just
into the air and continued on 4 rpn
ss Ssar @ sT0gns a to the Sens .os s sts The
Lady Gerald flashed under the wire 1t was
for running and di,tanoed. Had this been
any dnSry race. Lady Geraldine would have
won with no second horse. a. all the other
horses wera ruled out a. non-winners; The
nS and Hes Sonou9ns heat o, the day saw
Lady Geraldine favorite at 50 70, 40 Amir
betting. crowd and was loudly ap-
plauded when she came down to the
stand. The pair broke away on the second
score with the Lady neck in front OF Burns
Up the backstretch they travelled like team.
but Wilson behind the Burns mare was footing
a long mile and, Burns seemed TO be
shaky as she dashed past the three-auarters.
Coming down the stretch Wilson Piled his
TO be a sure winner. but Just at the distance,
went into the air and was not steadied
until a couple OF lengths before the
wire, when she regained her feet and passed
under on a square trot. Lady Geraldine
received first and third money. amounting to
$500 while the Burns mare secured 81 500
rs second money. Cornelia Belle was sure win
ner In the unfinished 2l0 trot and there was
nothing but James X. In tho 20 pace. He was
favorits in the betting and led from word to
wire without being pushed. The 2;ls pace was
almost ~ easy for Lady Pipes. who lost the
second heat by bad skip up the backstretch
ana could not regain lost ground
The bookmskers estimate that there was
sllO 600 In the box on the NJ. 4 NJ. Stake and
enough Nnrered on the other races to bring
the total OF the day up TO Si75.OO0. Summary: