The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-18
EXCITING RACES
AT THE SPEEDWAY
WITNESSED BY TWENTY-FIVE
HUNDRED PERSONS.
Silver Chimes. Owned by ]. !. Craw-
ford, Reduced the Track Record
from 1.O7 to 1.o4 1-4-Exciting
Event Between Hugh Keenan's
Violet and Leo Coyne's oene-Levi
Patterson's Horses Won the Team
Contest, in Which a Number OF
Fine Horses Were Entered.

Fully twenty-five hundred persons
were present at the Boulevard Speed
way Saturday afternoon and enjoyed
what was probably the best exhibition
of horse racing ever seen in this city.
The crowd that witnessed the 1.-THE,
graceful looking steeds speed along the
excellent track was composed princi-
pally of professional and business men,
| accompanied by lady companions, and
made up an aggregation of spectators
who watched every move with the
most intense interest and greatest en-
thusiasm.
Seated on the portico of the Speed
way Club house was Bauer's full band,
which enlivened the occasion by rem
dering an excellent programme.
The races began promptly at 3
| O'Clock. Judge James Kelly, Time
keepers John Simpson of Carbondale,
and j. NJ. Wood, of Duryea, and Scorer
c. S. Motiska took their places at the
wire and announced the first race. the
2.30 class, in which were entered John
Slattery's Little Roy, Smith Germans
Walter j. and Leo Coyne's Gene. The
| race was an exciting one, but Lille
Roy won both heats, Walter J. and
Gene coming in second and third.
One record was smashed during the
day, Silver Chimes, ]. L. Crawford's
handsome racer, doing half mile in
1,04A, and by so doing earned a two
minute harness offered by Del Simrell
and broke the track record of 1.07.
THE SECOND RACE.
In the second race, the 2.24 class, Da-
vid Copperfield, Major S. and Good
Treasure were entered. John Ladwig
driving his own horse, David Copper
| field made better time than any of his
| opponents and won out, making the
| first heat in 1.10A and the second in 1.10
| Major S, driven by his owner Smith
| German, came in second, and Edmund
| Robinson brought his animal, Good
| Treasure, in last.
| The third event was one of the snap
piest of the day. Hugh Keenan's horse,
| Violet and Leo Coyne's Gene were
| matched against each other. The first
| heat was won by Keenan's horse by at
| least six lengths. Violets stock went
| up.
| The crowd was thoroughly on it's
mettle and in the second heat the two
| horses shot away at the word go like
projeCtiles from a cannon. The spec
| tators were cheering and yelling their
| loudest and the two animals, flying
like two demons, were neck and neck
on the home stretch. At the sixteenth
pole Violet broke and, running under
the wire, Gene was given the decision
for the heat Pandemonium here broke
loose and Genes stock went up so per
cent. Several bets were made sub rosa
and when the starter gave the word
and the two horses started down the
track on the third heat the crowd was
strung to the highest pitch. go II
Gene" "Whoop 'er up, Coyne!' etc.
were roared by the excited men around
the track and down the track went the
two animals neck and neck until the
quarter post was reached when Keen.
ans horse shot ahead several lengths
and "Vioets wins!" was the shout tha
broke from hundreds of throats. Vic
let maintained a big lead now ant
looked like a sure winner until tn,
sixteenth pole was reached, when sht
again broke and Gene went under tn,
wire first and won the race.
PATTERSON WON.
The team race was one of the mos
exciting OF the day, the contestant
being Levi Pattersons team, Nellie 1
and Jim Doyle; Colonel Hallsteadi
pair, Jim and Hattie, and Smith Cor
mans team, Major S and Walter J
Frank Hannas drove Hallsteads pal
and the otner owners drove their own
In the first heat Hallstead's pal
maintained the lead, but near the fin
ish Patterson rushed ahead and wol
out. In the second heat Patterson VOL
out, maintaining the lead throughout
but only beat German out by nose
A pair of coolers presented by G. w
! Fritz went to the winner, Patterson
the time of both Heats being lis.
The last race was a great event
probably the finest exhibition of hors
racing ever seen in Scranton. The en-
: tries were Cadmus, owned by j. L
: Crawford; Jennie C, owned by A.
Schnell; Guy Cole, owned by Pet
Cummings; Belle Freeman, owned b
= Edward Robinson, and w. o. Bradley
: owned by NJ. II. Keller. With the ex
, ception of Belle Freeman and Cadmu;
: | the owners drove their own horses
: Dave James being up behind the for
mer and Frank Hannas reined the lat
ter.
Owing to the crowd thronging on tn
field it took considerable time to star
4 the race. From the very start tn
: horses were punched, the first hea
being won out by Jennie c in 1,06A
with Guy Cole and Belle Freeman clos
behind, however.
/ The second heat was Just as hotl
y contested and was finally won out b
Jennie c. although Cadmus did fin
e work, and in the last quarter made tn
n winner go it's best to win. Jennie