The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-06
LORD DERBY WON PRIZE
BORALMA DEFEATED IN THE GRAND
CIRCUIT FREE-FOR-ALL.
Ninety Thousand Dollars i'm the Pool
Ia Race Holly COntested-2;O 6
Pace Won by Edith w.

HARTFORD. Conn, Sept. 5.-A big crowd
at Charter Oak Park this afternoon wit
messed the defeat of Thomas Lawson's
celebrated gelding, Boralma, by c. j. Ham
Inns Lord Derby. The race between these
two was one of the finest of the year, and
it was only after five heats had been trot-
ted that the Boston favorite's colors were
lowered. The betting on the race. the
free-fOr-alI trot, was very heavy. The
starters were Boralma, Lord Derby and
The Monk. AS much as $4,000 went into
the pool. BOralma was a tremendous favor
tie before the start at odds of 3 to L for
the other two. His hackers seemed to
think he could not loose. Ed Geers was up
behind Lord Derby, James G. Gatcomb
drove Boralma and NJ. f. McHenry held
the lines over The Monk.
In the first heat Boralma led at the
quarter by a length, with Lord Derby sec
ond and The Monk third. These positions
were maintained into the stretch. when
Geers shook out Lord Derby and the race
TO the wire was a heartbreaker. Lord
Derby nailed Boralma at the eighty-yards
distance and passed the wire a nose ahead.
The last quarter was trotted in S215 seconds.
The betting then turned TO 10 on Lord
Derby and Z on the field, and the money
was put down very fast.
The word for the second heat was given
to an even start. but fifty yards from the
wire Lord Derby made a disastrous break
and fell away back. Boralma took the heat
easily from The Monk, and Lord Derby was
just inside the distance. BOralma was made
the pool favOrite at 100 TO 40 for the field. At
the quater, BOralma led Lord Derby by a
length and retained this to the half. On
the lower turn Lord Derby made an irresis-
tible burst of speed, passing BOralma and
going strongly, won the heat by an open
length. Lord Derby was again made a IA
vOrite at 4 TO /. As in the second heat Lord
Derby broke at the turn and was simply
driven to save his distance. BOralma was
Tapped all the way in this heat by The
Monk. and won by a short length. Lord
Derby still remained the favOrite and keep
ing his feet all the way had little difficulty
in taking the last heat and the race.
In the 2O6 pace there were six starters
and the bettors had hard work i'm selecting
a favorite. DumonJ w. and Edith w. were
equal first choices with Mazette and Riley
Is. well thought Of. There were consider
able laying up of heats in this race. Edith
w. took the first heat with Billy Andrews
second and the rest apparently laying back.
All OF the drivers were cautioned by the
judges. Mazette took the second heat with
Riley b. a bad second and the rest just in
side the flag. The third went to Riley b,
but he was distanced i'm the fourth. which
went 10 Edith w. DumOnt w. appeared
I'm the fifth and took the heat. Before the
from behind Edith w. and substituted Ed.
Geers. Edith w. won the sixth and decid-
ing heat haEdily.
After the races the judges announced that
they had fined Turner, the driver of Edith
w. 500: Ernest, the driver of Dumont w.
500. and McHenry, the driver of Hetty e.,
500. for laying up heats. In addition Geers
was awarded 500 for driving Edith w. in
the final heat.
onward Silver, although a 5-to-1 favorite
in the 2:10 trOt, could do nothing with Tog-
giles. which won the race in straight heats.
Dan Patch a prOhihitive faVOrite in the
PA pace, added another TO his unbroken
string Of victories. His field was at no
time dangerous and he won almost as he
pleased. Summarizes: