Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-10
Granite City Trottlng Park
Meet a Great Success
TRACK RECORD LOWERED
A Big Crowd Was The Only
Thing Lacking to Com<
plete Success.

On Saturday afternoon the racing
for the second and last day of the
meet at the Granite City Trotting
Park took place. The stiff breeze
blowing and cuppy track made the
time little slower than it otherwise
would have been, but the races were
full of interest from start to finish,
and the medium sized crowd present
enjoyed themselves thoroughly. All
who failed to attend missed good
thing, as there was as some as pretty
racing as was ever seen on this track.
During the waits between heats
the special attractions were intro
duced The music furnished by the
Citizens band, w. j. Gilbertson
leader, was first class and deserving of
special mention. George n. Dauph-
in, the "Lewiston Wonder" repeated
his excellent program of the day be-
fore, and received mcritcd applause.
speacock." the Guideless White
Ghost, a horse twenty years old, APP
peared before the public for the third
time. and gave pretty mile against
the bicycle ridden by Harry Davis sof
Bradford. his trainer. The whippet
races, Roger and Archie, dogs owned
by DR.. Ashley, raced 200 yards, CIV
ing pretty exhibition. Their time
was | seconds Hat for Archie and III
| for Roger. After the third heat Of
the free-for-al Charles Cheney of
Barre town exhibited the two year
old hlly, Red Silk, owned by him. She
stands 15 hands, y inches tall, and
weighs 1890 pounds. Her sire is
Charlie Knox, and dam Polly, Il thor
oughbrcd imported mare.
In the 225 class, trot and pace,
there were seven starters Factor
would probably have been winner
in three straight heats, but made a
bad break in the third and came in
seventh, narrowly escaping the dis
tance flag. Susan made break in
the second heat and finished sixth.
She was drawn before the fourth on
account of having lost shoe. Ger
trude S. made a bad break in the
fourth and Just escaped the flag.
Wilkes made breaks in the first and
second heats.
Following is the summary:
, % Trot and Pace, Purse 5000.
Factor, b. G., Moulton, ! ] ! |
John S., b. G., Weller, 4 ) | 3
Miss Dillald, b. M, Page, ? , ,
Almead, br G., Harding, 5 5 : .
Susan, ch. M, Sunderland, ; 6 5 d
Gertrude s., ch. M, Slayton, 6 4 8 6
Ethan Wilkes, b. e., Winch, : s / I
Quarters, "a, 34I, 80, "a
Halves, 100, l.l0i, I'LL, 1.l0I
Three quarters, l.l3, LAG, LIS, l.47a
Miles, 2.22i 2.24 2.24 !, 2.23a
The free-for-all was a pretty fight,
and Mr., Murray, who drove Diavolo,
showed thorough knowledge of his
own horse, and the others as we'll.
T.. T.. Knott behaved like an angel
in the first two heats. but as it took
ten trials to ''go" in the third, he
began to get cranky, and Diavolo had
a clinch after that. Goliath did not
trouble the others much excepting in
two heats. Diavolo made bad break
in the first and came near getting the
flag. He also broke in the fourth,
but made a splendid burst OF speed
and got there all right. Knott made
bad break IN the fourth and just
escaped the lag. The finish in the
second heat between Knott anc
Diavolo was splendid. They weff
neck and neck on the last quarter
and forged ahead when he sighted the
wire. Sunderland then sent Knott
down like a whirlwind and he wcn1
under the wire barely six inche!
ahead of DiAvolo, doing the mile ir
PA Hat, and lowering the track race
record one-fOurth of second.
Knott had the pole the entire hea'
and Diavolo must have done a mile il
2.13 or better. Terrill S. lowered th'
track race record to.2.l4 during th'
races last July. In the third hea
Diavolo and Knott were neck ant
neck at the half, but Diavoo sooI
forged ahead and won the race easil.
I in three straight heats, jogging unde
the wire at the finish of the fifth.
Following is the summary
Free for-all Trot and Pace, Purse 500
Diavolo, br. g., kittredge, 3 ,
II. r. Knott, ch. g., Sun
derland, ! !
Goliath, b. g., Page, : )