Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-09-28
ON THE TRACK.
E. E. Knott a Winner
Close to Record.
One Dead Heat and Many Other Spir-
tied Finlshes-.- Calamity's Whirl.
wind Rush to the Front.

One Dead Heat ana many OtBer SplT-
tied Finishes. -Calamity's Whlrl-
wind Rush to the Front.
Hot, driving finishes were the rule In
Wednesdays races, every driver appearing
to be out to win. The track was in good
condition and every heat was made in fast
time considering the classes. The crowd
on the grand stand was record breaker
for first day and enthusiasm was ram
pant. There was especial interest In the
2 80 class owing to the fact that Lorna
Doone, a local horse, won second money.
The starters bell for the 2 II class brought
eight horses to the wire with Arius, win
ner of last years 2 10 class at the pole.
Green wood took the lead on the first turn
and was leading at the half hard pressed
by Ike Wilkes and Arius. At the finish
Ike Wilkes won drive from the field,
Greenwood taking second from Arius by
an eyelssh. The second heat also came
Ike Wilkes's way, Jim Mace winning a
strong second with Greenwood third.
Prince II was distanced in this heat. In
the deciding heat Ike was not headed and
won we'll within himself. Kittie Wilkes
spurted on the last quarter and beat out
Jim Mace for second place, thereby getting
a slice of the purse.
Ten starters reported for the 225 class.
Lorna Doone drew the pole and ran away
from the bunch on the start of the first heat
but she was overhauled on the last turn
by Nat G, who won in blanket finish with
Cobrino third and Battle AK, a poor fourth,
leading the remainder of the field. The
second heat of this race afforded the most
exciting finish of the day. Nat G lead to
the stretch, but was almost beaten out by
Bride Elect, that horse coming up on the
outside in ripping drive and taking sec
ond neatly away from Lorna Doene, only
a neck ahead of Battle AK. The third
heat was race between Lorna Doone and
Bride Elect until the finish, when Nat G
pulled up on the inside and won handily.
Sarah Jane won the first two heats of
the 2:35 class by fighting every inch of
the way with Dot and Joe W. She APP
parently had the third heat also, but
threw boot on the third quarter and fell
to sixth place. Dot won in a blanket
finish with Air Bon and Ed Gay, and also
captured the fourth heat from Sweet
Princess, closely followed by Edward M.
on the inside. The deciding heat was run
off Thursday and won by Dot with Joe
W, easily second, Sweet Princess third
and Air Bon fourth.
217 CLASS rRoT OR PAcE-PURsE 5000
Ike Wilkes, br G., R. l. Troombly. =,
Jim Mace b. e., W. R. Cox, Nashua, .
Greenwood, b; G., W. A. Frazer White . .
hall, N. Y, 5 9
East Westmoreland, N. H., 8 .
Mass, 4 4
Falcon Rf ta ]. Ii i: Story, 1,oopl., N rs
Prince H., b. G., c. A Leferre, 81. Remi, -,
Time, aI41As1s14 aI5sA
2.25 CLASS TRor OR PAcE-PURsE $500.
Nat c., br. e., W. r. Cox, Man
Lorna Doone, b m, Howard &
Yearly, Brattleboro, 2 8
Bride Elect b. m. T. II Raffer-
ty, Schenectady, n. Y, 6 :
Battle tea Ak \ , e. Dr. Wells La -,
Cobrino, b. e., GIasheen & Car
roll, Gardner. Mass, IS :
| Thelma, C. m, II. NJ. Doane,
Bakersfield Vt, IS
Frazer, whiteha !, n Y, 8 :
| Luuda b. M, Geo <. Winton,
Bridgeport, Conn,
Kittie Q. m, L. F. Tracey, -
tain, wlnooski, Vt, s o dr.
Time, 22s II, 2,2s1 4, 1884.
1885 CLAss-TRoT OR PACE. PURSE $500
Dot, b. M, Glasheen & Carroll
Gardner, Mass, ?
| Sarah ine, blk. IN. j. G. Devlin,
Sp inghed, Mas, 6
Joe W., b. g., o. II. Elis Brattle-
Sweet Princess. b. m. H. E.
Air B BCS slf RJ 5 Gs2y y kSsns
Edward NJ, b. &, $ F. Tracy,
GuO Fssnei b X. fl H., F. E. Bu'hy' 747s,
Ed. Gay, b. g., l.. T. Lowell, Bel
lows Falls, s 8 5
Blacksmith Maid b. m, W. L.
Swan, Athol, Mass, 8 dis
Time, 2.97 1-s 2.26 II, $50 2 90 1-2, 2s6 l-9.
Perfect racing weather and an excellent
track contributed largely to Thursday
good sport, which was witnessed by
grandstandfull of enthusiastic spectators
Although the fields were not as large al
Wednesday the finishes were much closer
the first of the 2 IL class being a deaC
heat. E. E. Knott repeated his last year
achievement in winning the 2. II class anC
stepped one mile in the remarkably gooC
time of 2.l3 IL. More than the usual en-
thusiasm was shown over all the events
and on several occasions the grandstanC
crowd went wild.
The PIP class was horse race al
through and George g., winner of the s C
ond money, proved himself one of tn,
gamiest finishing horses that have eve
stepped on this track. The first half o
the first heat found E, e. Knott leading
with Parkville Prince pushing him hard
On the stretch George G. came on like {
veritable cyclone and the result was deaf
heat. ParkvHle Prince was set back from
second to third place on a technically
Victor given second and Jacks Brothe
distanced. The second and third heat
were professions, with Knott in the val
from start to finish, though the grey geld
ing showed his strong finishing qualities Ii
both heats. The surprise came in tn
fourth, when George G. won in a hair
raiser of a finish after hanging severa
lengths back of Knott the greater part O
the mile The fifth heat might not hav
been the deciding one had not George G
broken on the back stretch. As it was, 4
K. Knott had only one length to the goo
over the grey. Victor took third none
and ParkYille Prince fourth,