The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-07
FINE SPORT At THE FIR
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CONTRALTO WON o. THE 7a RIG
RACE FOR TRoTPING
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EARLY REAPER's HARD LUCK
Aimest Had the Race Wen when
He Went lame and Had to BE
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Present.
EARLY RFAPER's HARD LUCK

Large as was the attendance on We'd
nesday, and great as Mascthe enthusiasm
displayed by the spectators in the grand
stand over the afternoon races, yester-
days attendance and yesterdays enthu-
sasm was larger and more intense The
immense stand. built to- comfortably ac-
commodate 1900 people, was damned to
the roof with a crowd of VIII CHI a mod
crate estimate is $4,000. Every available
inch of space was occupied, and large
force OF police officers worked harder
than they We're paid to. in endeav0ring
to keep the people in their seats when the
horses came by on their way to the fin
ishing post.
The racing, was exceptional in that a
track record was broken. Early Reaper,
in the second heat of the S., 600 trotting
event, made the circuit liz 2:l0 fiat, break
ing the competition track record, This
5 race was sensational Inc another. respect,
for Early Reaper, after breaking. "a rec
ord as mentioned above.1eanG-iu at a
time when the big end. of the purse was
W thin easy grasp, struck himself went
lame, lost the race ard 1was drawn from
the subsequent heats. SO
Mr.. 1. NJ. New ten,s owner of the speedy
bay horse, was the almost certain winner
of $3.50. His entry had defeated the field
twice in easy style, and was well in the
lead. with the finishr, only four or
dollars would not have bought Mr.. New
tons chances at this moment, yet few
seconds later a nickel would have been
too great price to pay. for any chances
he had of getting any of the money. Early
Reaper struck himself when not hum
bred yards from the wire.5 and went lame
so suddenly that Contralto was enabled
TO pass him and win tthe, heat and sub
sequently the race. Horse racing is
proverbially an uncertain game, and of
this Mr. Newton is now unfortunately
better acquainted thanslhe could have
been before. tEi
After winning the third heat. Contralto
had no difficulty in winning two more
and taking down thes rich prize. The
other events pacing eana1 running, were
won in straight heatsta
2:21 TRoTTING, PURSE $4,000.
There were ten hogses carded in the
big event. the Poi tretting, and eight of
them came out whensEthe starters call
was sounded, Hippoiite and Extinct be-
ing the absentees.
Early Reaper and Contralto were pick
ed to win by the students of form, and
both got off we'll in the first heat after
some unnecessarily tedious scoring. Juno
had the pole. with Early Reaper next
and Contralto near the outer rail. The
Reaper soon took the lead and was never
quite an argument in the stretch. The
latter had lot of ground to make up in
getting around the field but accomplish
ed it handily Juno T dropped behind
from the start and barely managed to
beat the flag.
The fifth attempt saw them get away
in the second heat. and Early Reaper,
having the poll, took the lead without
delay. At the quarter 1.-THE horses We're
in the positions in which they finisheA,
Contralto being second and May Alcott
third. AT the half the field was strung
out, with Juno T and Gamin having a lit
tie race of their own far in. the rear. In
the stretch Early Reaper had three
lengths over Contralto, but did not slow
up. With magnificent burst of speed
the son of Highwood went past the
wire IN 2:le nat, the fastest heat ever
trotted over the track in race. Contralto
beat May Afcott by two lengths for sec
ond place. and the others were strung
out. The announcement by the judge
that track record had been. beaten was
received with cheers
The third heat was generally expected
to be the lest, as Early Reaper had clear
~ demonstrated his superiority, but
surprise came in the. shape Of a victory
for Contralto. Reaper took the lead at
the start followed by Contralto and at
the half, had lead of three lengths,
Clematls being behind Centralto. Com
ing into the stretch 1t looked easy for
Reaper, but he seemed to tire, and Con-
trslto coming fast. won easily. May AL
colt again being third = Gaplin finished
fifth and. was set back to last place for
running. The tine was 2:12A
Shortly before the fourth heat was
due to be called, Starter dcEroy called
through the magaphone for a veterinary
surgeon to attend Early Reaper, and
then it was known that5.so1nething was :
seriously wrong with the favorite The
request was repeated a, few minutes later
and thenit was announced that the horse
had been drawn with, the. consent of the
judges, lameness being the cause With