The sun., 1900-07-29
TWO-MINUTE CLIP TOSULKY
PRINCE ALERT PAGES A QUARTER
OF NILE ~ THIRTY SECONDS,

And Finishes the Round In 2vO2. the Fastest
Mile Of the Year In Harness-Anacouda
Only . Neck behind the Hoppied Geldins
Last Day Of Cievelsnds Big Meet.
CLEVELAND, July 2s.--The coming together Of
Anaconda and SearchliRht. both with a record
Of 2:Os,., for the fr time this season In the
2O4 pace. scheduled for this afternoon. had
much interest attached to IL at the Grand Cir
cult races When the betting crowd arrived at
the track for the early morning auctions they
we're much d. pointed to find that Search
light had been drawn. just about this same
time "Knap" Mccarthy was working the son Of
Darknight and stepped him q mile In 2OsN.
This dispelled the rumors that the horse had
lost his form. and II was soon explained that
those In control were adverse to a record which
would put him out OF the 204 class. since II was
plain that tho winner to-day would be CON-
relied to do that very thing. The Searchlight
people brought out Indiana. who had also been
named. and thus were enabled to suit their own
convenience about starting the star Of the
stable
The betting on the event was quite brisk. the
ruling odds being: Anaconda. 800; field. with
only Prince Alert and Indiana, Nv. Anaconda
had not had race this year and made an un-
expected bad break few lengths beyond the
wire after they got the word. Nor did he act
steady during the scoring. The break put him
about double distance behind the other two
and when he struck pace was compelled to
travel near two-minute clip for three quarters
Of the mile to beat the n g. Prince Alert
logged under. the wire In 2:os. couple Of
lengths In front Of Indiana. 1t was now thought
thar Anaconda was not up TO q race and
the favori,e. The odds were about
round. Anaconda acting well McHenry pur-
sued his old tactics Of trailing, keeping, how
ever. quite cl,se W. Prince Alert led to the
In 1874. When they got headed home McHenry
swung out and made desu crate effort to getto
the side OF the hoprled selding and at he draw
Kept the son of Crown Prince going in a manner
altogether unex pected under this tremendous
Ir'ssure, and when he finished scant neck in
was almost unbounded, This Is the fastest
mile for the year and all the more remarkable
since the same horse was second In the next
which was in the record breaking 200 pace.
when he forced Coney to his record OF 2O2'..
Johnny Agan and Jan es X. divided h nors In
the betting In the 2ls pace. each bringing 40.
J he other three starters fetched only $40. The
first named won in the shortest poss bic order
without apparent EFFORT and entered the ?io
betting on the feld of trotters In the 2ls clqss.
Palm Leaf. Senator X and Archie W. who were
ranked first. second and third were In It alone
after iV q hard rounGs all being heat winners
Archie w. proved the best n the end, however.
having gone easy in the early part Of the con-
test, and landed the money at the end of the
seventh heat.
Annie Burns, Indifferent az has been her
showing was an even-money favorite for the
2:27 trot, the last on the week. card. Dick VII
son kept the mare down and won handily In
2.l3 and 2I4n. Summaries:
2O4 class, pacing: two In three heats; purse
81 500;