The Portland daily press., 1900-09-28

were cheers for the heat winner as bo
is great favorite here. The second heat
was somewhat similar to the first, for 1t
brought Charley Herr again the winner.
with the pole, he immediately steppad to
the lead. AriOn broke when bundred
yards away and dropped behind to 0et his
Ieet. Cresceus was after Herr and at his
WheeI the two passed the quarter. Graf.
Tan boy being third, Arion sixth and
Jupe In the rear. 10 the half there was
no change except that Herr was almost
length ahead OF Cresceus. AS the
horses came to the three-q quarters, Grattan
BOY made a great bid for place with
Inc leaders, but he could not hold his
speed. At the three-quarters Herr was
royalty lighting Cresceus with his length
TO che good AMI in a grand drive in.
around the curve and through the stretch
Herr won by q nose.
The third heat Charley Herr lost and
as 1t proved, the race, by a nose. Herr
had the pole but Cresceus flew out at the
START and led at the first quarter. The
race to the half was a grand one, and
there Herr once more took the lead.
Right here Grattan Boy made his great
est effort, getting by Cresceus and within
half length OF Herr. The pace, how
ever, was too fast and he soon dropped
back.
1t looked like Herr for winner, but
there was speed in the king not seen thus
far, for 1t was magnificent to see MIN 90
after Herr in the stretch. Coming down
to the wire it was anybody's finish. But
Cresceus got there by a nos, it seemed,
and the crowd went wild. Herr looked
tired, but he was still good choice on
MS known qualities of dying hard.
The fourth heat opened with Cresceus
the favorite once more. At the word
Cresceus, Charley Herr and Arion
went by on even terms. Out went the first
named, pulling Herr after him, and tn .
latter a triae the better Of it after the
quarter While Grattan Boy had displaced
AriOn as third. Charley Herr continued
to lead at the half by length, Cresceus
could not shake Grattan Boy, while Arion
was four lengths behind and as usual,
Lord Vincent was practically forgotten.
1t was at the three quarters that HERR
chance Of winning looked the best for
with whole length to the good, 1t did
not appear that he could lose. But with
an ease that carried the crowd off its feet
Cresceus stepped out and in going
through the stretch went to the front by
four lengths, while poor Herr, tired out
was whipped under the wire a second just
out of Grattan Boys way. The others
W ere well behind.
The fifth and last heat was a simple
affair. Cresceus lad all the way round,
after beautiful sendoff The feature
was in the last hundred yards, when GRAFT
tan Boy beat Herr for place. The race
was ended and Crasceus was crowned
again.
The 2. IA pace was a fine event, so we'll
were the horses matched but these seemed
a mild tonic compared with the stallion
race. 1t was finished, however, by TUNA
taking the fifth heat after Fred W., the
favorite, had two to his credit. The 2. 10
pace and 1924 trot were started, but the
gathering darkness did not permit their
finish, and so ley went over until to-
morrow. The Summaries:
Stallion Championship Trotting-F Free for
All-Purse $50, 600.
Cresceus (2.O49l), Oh b, by Rob
ert A1cGregOr- Mable by Nam
brine Howard (Ketcham) 3 ?
Charley Herr (2.09), b h, by
Alfred g.. Bessie Hunting
ton (KeIIy) 2 2 3
Grattan Boy (sOs), b h (Mil-
Ar rgo1 Ca.o724,) Criter) ) 6 s 8 5
Lord Vincent (2.0834), b
Bs sSR5nn Il. (alo), oh CmaF,
bIe] 6 dis
Jupe e. O71z),b (Gatoomb) z dis
Time-.32 /. O3; 1.35; 2.O7L
.3124; 1929; 1.34.74; 9.07.H.s
.313I; 1925; 1.3434; 2.07.14
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