The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-06

cheer went up when the timers hung out
Z:OSt4. lone improved her position in this
heat and finished fourth. about eight
lengths behind the winner
The third heat of the race saw Major
Muscovite, winner of the first two heats.
go past the starting post on the dead rua.
He was Immediately passed by all the
others and continued to gallop for half q
mile, by which time he was fifty wards
behind Partitude, in eleventh place,
When he steadied down he paced in good
style, but was, of course, out of the
race. The others in the lead made a
good race of it with Alpha w in the
lead. When they emerged from the dust,
three horses that had been pretty well
back In the other heats were seen to be
leading, all three abreast. AS they near
ed the finish the racing was most eXcit-
ing and when in the last few strides
Mark Derby pushed to the front the
cheering was tumuituous. Lou Vaughan
was second, lone third, and a blanket
would have easily covered the three
Alpha w was fifth. Time, 2:11.
The fourth heat was started with Mai
Muscovtte in the lead At the quarter
he, with Alpha w, fell back a short dis
lance, leaving Lou Vaughan and Mark
Derby In the lead This order was main
tanned until shortly before the three
quarters was reached, when an extra
ordinary miX-up occurred. Lou Vaughan
Alpha w and Kassell We're seen to come
almost to complete standstill and
shortly afterward Lou Vaughan did stop
Alpha w paced in without a driver and
finished we'll up III the bunch, Major Mus
cov1te winning. AS soon as the drivers
dlsmounted they were called up to the
judges stand, where a long wrangle took
place. All the drivers implicated were
heard and the judges reserved their dis.
eusston for some time. The Impotence
of the crowd was made evident by the
frequent shouts for information, but the
officials were mum.
Lou Vaughans driver, Bane gave his
version of the trouble as follows: az
was In third place behind Major Musco-
Vite and Alpha W. The latter suddenly
broke and came to a stop quicker than
have ever seen horse stop and before
1 could turn out my sulky had struck
that Of Alpha w and the shock threw
Smith out of the sulky. That is all there
is to 1t. The accident, was unavoidable,
so far as I was concerned, and 1t cost
me a good position in the race"
Tremain, who drove Kassen, claimed
that the mdx-up forced him to pull UP
when he had sure grip on third place.
The Judges finally announced that they
had reached the conclusion that the lit
tie melee was unavoidable and gave every
horse in the race a place. MAJOR. Mus
covite was given first Mark Derby
second, Lou Vaughan third, and lone
fourth. The luckless Alpha w was
placed fifth, just outside the moneys.
ZIG TRoTTING, PURSE s., Ooo
Five Of the six entries tried for tho
purse, Buttonwood being drawn The
drivers acted badly in the the first heat,
and the start was not made until after
a horses had
Chain Shot had the pole, but Cornelia
Belle shot out into the lead and stayed
there until within q few feet of the fin
tsh. Phebe Onward and Spice were new
CT prominent factors. The leaders kept.
well together until rounding the last turn
where Cornelia Belle was first, Aggie Me-
dunn second and Chain Shot third. The
latter made a spectacular squirt coming
down the stretch, and Cornelia Belle, un-
der the whip, was unable to stave off the
rush. Chain Shot flashed under the wire
three-Quarters Of length ahead, in PIP
fiat, Cornelia Belle second and Aggie Me-
dunn third.
The second heat was also won by Chain
Shot, after the most exciting finish of the
week. Cornella Belle was in the lead for
almost the entire circuit, and Ageie Me-
dunn was right behind her. In this or
der they came into the stretch, and until
two seconds before the finish the bay
mare seemed to be a certain winner
Chain Shot on the outside, was in good
trim, however, and inch by inch, wore
down the two leaders, nipping Cornelia
Belle by short neck at the wire This
was finish of the heart disease order,
and ELECTED great applause from the
grand stand, which was crowded from
top to bottom, even the steps being util-
lied as seats.
Chain Shot made 1t three straight In
the last heat, and Corneia Belle was
again second. Aggie Medium was beaten
by Phebe Onward, but captured third
money just the same. Spice, by finish
ing last, lost fourth money. The time Of
the heat was 2:14A.
The runners only appeared twice, and
Myrtle Van captured the purse, with
Cousin Lefty second. Summary:
Eugene Sullivan's br h, Major
Muscov1te, by Muscov1te
c. P. Johnson's b g, Mark