The sun., 1900-12-23
4crscs, Carsiases, sc.
TROIBIU OVER As EEDWay RACE.
The Monk Il, ats Alice Barnes. but a Protest IL
Made.

The Monk ?Oa, and Alice Barnes. :Il'..
furnished the NOS exciting and at the same
time the most Disappointing a!ternConS
sport ever seen on the Speedway yesterday.
The match between these speedy pacing
,rotters has been talked Of and argued about
for e past ten days and hundreds OF lovers
OF a fast horse took the trip to the great drye
10 witness the contest.
The stretches were uncomfortable crow iei
with vehicles of every description. and several
hundred PERSONS stood aloEc III" curb, cage
to see the outcome ci the struggle. The loser
was to pay 5000 20 charitable fund Eo'h
horses had their adherants, although tie
experts gcnerally favored The MorS, a. they
could not see how Alec Barnes could hrdt
the fast son o: Chimes.
Those who watched tic star for the iir.t
heat say that The Monk had shade the better
of H. but the mare was soon on even terms
with him and went 80 tic 'front.' after tEey
rounded the bend aud won by about QUO
length The horses got fair start for tne
second heat and II looked a. though II WIS
r,irr 10 be one ol tie IS 'rme>t brushes ever
seen on the drlv". ln"v ia-Ded around : 20"
heud head ana r"Gd, h'' !, "ao seen tmIt N"
Nrnl. was out~t"rl ing TIA" mare, aithous 4
~" dang tp rim I'll The way ard finished le'e
. tin , lrnrth n"ri"d.
In the start for tAe, tiird heat Mr Gerken
With The Monk told Mr. Snlatl ers, owner OK
Niira Barnes to start ahrad but Mr.. Smlthert
ins!st'd on Mr. G5orlicn t1Slne ne LEAD a. thcy
aud then got the word from George Co!gman,
who was the -t1rt'riNh"n they were Just
. The Monk strlcS his stride gui ker than ths
= mare however and VA Nr!i lG tne lead artrr
,hGr,, few ,lt'dcT ~ leo an Inc way ,n,d amd
three. u four lengths IN front .
II wa~ then the trouble conmeuced Most
Of the special ors at and near the finishing
line -ho,ited foul aud then Mr., ,Smathars
nui, h'5 tra,ner GGorgc spear, said that Mr:
! Gerkin had fonlcd the marc hY crowd,1g
Smrthers got in h"hiud Fred Dictl, who was
jogging down a1d taat. consequently u was
inIpu,Sibl" for him u Win.
lie protested TIE heat tn the Judges. franS
Walker and John rirmins. and wanted
( II called no heat Tie crowd became
3 soma for the othcr. In the meantime. Mr..
! GCrfcrl went 20 the clubhouse NJ llykemnn
! street and George SPEAR tooH the mare 20
the sheds near the upper end OF the rive
/ whorc he wa cooled out.
Nj Gcrhcn aid Tat 10 not only did MOI
/ foul the ilarcl hut that il would hav" been
impos,ible for hin I" havc done % a. no
I wa from two 70 tdrcc l"nGth~ Ghcad nearly
/ oil the NaN and tuat. according 10 the rules
( o. the road lac kept a. the right.
! in ON him To such an cAt"n' That IL was I'm.
| possible for hin, to sct TO the front without
! turning TO tie inside This. he says. he at
| tempted 20 do. when Mr. Dc!tz. who was 20:
| ing down a. the am" unei sqt IN fr2nt OF
| ming lie waited 10 have another heat
| This NJ. G";kru refused 10 do He said ho
had won two heats and the match and he
did not Uroro-" ~ go agai'
| George Coleman appeared at the club
! house ard -aid To Mv. (,erken. who was sur
rounded b, an excited crowd
Mr. Gerl en-, Frank Walker one Of the
! Judge. decide that the last heat We no
heat and that II Alice Barnes l. logged over
the -trctrh the match will be awarded to
, her NIll on start again"
Il will not" replied Mr. Gerken, Il have
won the match fairly and don't pro pose to
do IL over again
While all this was going on George Spear
had hooked Alice Barnes 10 her wagon and
started for her stable Then Mr. T.mmons.
angther OF the Judges. was found and he
DC Jared there had been no foul With that.
in case SIZE appeared. for a walkover heat