The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-04
ALLERCYoNE AN EASY WINNER
AN-oFF DAY ron THE FAvoRITEs
AT THUNDERBOLT TRACK.

DnId Face. the Tattnatl County
sprinters, Defeated I<inEsfui in the
Cracker Race-Jocks Mclean and
AIeck Doyle PiIoted the winners.
Taylor Won the Butchers Event
and smiIcy's Mule, the Male Race.
Fully one thousand spectators witness
81 Mandgcr Doylos cardsos events at the
Thundcrbolt Driving Park yesterday aft
ernoon. The weather was ali that could
be- desired FOR racing and the track was
IN fne condition. II was On off-day for
the favorites. as al Of them were beaten.
Alercyons surprised the talent in
the harness race. and the Ta,tnall county
delegation won all OF the running events
with their favorites Perry f. and Bald
Face
Tho features Of the card we're the driv-
ing Of A. r. Doyle behind Alercyone. aud
the riding OF the Taitnal county Spider.
VINO piloted Bald Face and Perry f. 10
victory. which made the admirers OF
Kingfull feel that they had dropped
their coin in well.
The judges were Edward Whalen, James
Rourke and II. V. Connerat. Promptly
at O'Clock. che bell tapped in the Judges
stand ana summoned the entries IN the
harness event az the post Aleck Doyle
was hrst to show up behind the sterling
lrcitcr Allercyone. George Palmer was
next on the track. driving MIR Kuck's
fnvorite PAGER Pauline Then came May
b.. with James Furlong in the suIky
Little sloats Bitters was with
drawn on account OF sickness
Nof hts owner. In assigning po-
siiions May b was given the pole. Pau
line second place and Allereyone had the
outside. Before the horses began to
score down for the word Pauline was a
no, favorite with Ailercyone second
choice. Very few thought that May y
had any chance OF winning
After . few attempts FOR a start. the
Myers were finally given a splendid send
on-with Pauline setting the pace for the
I party. The gray PAGER was In front az
the quarter ana was moving easy. "a
I the half Ailorcyone began 10 move up TO
her and the race for the las, half was
very pretty. George Palmer make a good
I drive behind Pauline down the home
stretch and landed the mare a winner by
a half length from Alercyone. Time 2.30
In the second heat Allercyone gave q
striking evidence Of the race horse he s.
/ The horses were given fine START for
/ the second heat Pauline. as usual. made
I her rush for the first turn and succeeded
/ In carrying the black horse of his feet
l When Doyle settled AIlercyone. Pauline
| had gained several lengths on him and
was moving fast down the back stretch
Alsrcyone presented a beautiful picture
OF the Perfect trotter a. he chased Pau
I line 20 the half-mlle pole. Al that point
l he CAPTURED the gray PAGER and made
short work OF her when the pair sailed
/ by the three-quarter pole The race home
I was an exciting one. Pauline gave one OF
| her rushes on the home stretch. but she
I failed 10 reach the speedy son OF Alierton
as he swept under the wire. a winner In
az
The third heat was another victory for
I Alercyone. When the word was given
I Doyle nj the black horse away at a iy-
I ing clip The pace was too fast and Aller-
cyone made his usual Jimmie" on the
7 first turn. Pauline al once passed him
and was several lengths In front before
Allercyone got on his stride again. The
black gave another splendid exhibition OF
trottng as he speeded down the back
stretch. when ne reached the quarter pole
he captured Pauline and went by her. as
II she were tied 20 the fence.
From this point Allercyone
had an easy time OF IL and won the heat
as he pleased IN 2:32. In the fourth heat
all OF the others seemed to have fallen
out OF a. except Allercyone. Pauline and
May were extremely tired and made
poor showing with the black horse driven
by Aleck Doyle. who won the heat in
2:f5is
ANercyone by his performance stamps
himself as one OF the best race horses
that has been seen here in years. He IL
highly bred and was sired by the great
trotter. Allerton Allercyone Is the proper
" OF DIR. r. J. Dukes o. this city. having
been presented 10 him by his uncle. Mr.
Jerry Aliis, a prominent merchant OF Min
nosOta who once owned the famous PAGER.
Tommie Britton and sold him for 10000.
The Cracker races" furnished a great
surprise for the hackers OF Kingful. There
were al least two hundred people IN the
I Tattnan county delegation and they hack
ed the favorites OF ]. II. Durrence heavily.
| Durrence matched Bad Face against
klngful for a half mile and Perry r
against the Son OF Kingston for three
eighths. When the horses appeared on the
track Kingful with his jockey up, pre-
scented a picture OF a thoroughbred that
ought to win both events IN a gallop. As
Jockey Logan Mclean walked Bald
Face. the Tattnai county entry
In front of the grandstand very few
thought che Durrence horse had a ghost
OF a chance OF winning from the savan-
nah favorite.
James Furlong acted as starter for the
running events and his work with the
flag gave perfect satisfaction. When
Kingful and Bold Face lined up for the
word before Starter Furlong. excitement
was running at fever heat in the grand
stand. All eyes were on the two run
ners After a few breaks the flag fell.
Starter Furlong gave the signal GO"
and the runners left the post AZ "A nying
clip Bald Face. with the Tattnail county
spider In the saddle was sono In front
Ry the time the quarter was reached
Kingfui gave II up and Jockey Mclean
won the evens easily. when Bald Face
passed under the wire a winner IN 81 sec
onds he was loudly cheered by tho spec
tators
In the three-eighths dash the Tattnaii
county entry Perry + had very little
trouble In defeating Kingful His time
was 3gis seconds. After this contest Jockey
Mclean was given a perfect ovation
when he returned 10 the Judges stand on
Perry =.
Taylor won the butchers event and j.
C. smiiey's mule captured che mule race
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