The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-12
RACES FOR RUNNERS.
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thus getting two heats and tying DR..
Price. HuXham and Charley stiles
each had a heat.
Everybody on the track was talking
about a combination that had been
formed by the drivers of DR.. Price
Huxham and Charley Stiles for Price
10 win by the others pocketing Condit
and keeping him from passing The
game black got off first in the SIXTH
though, and led the bunch all the way
In the seventh HuXham took the
heat putting him even with DR.. Price
and Condit, each of whom had two.
Then Mr.. ]. F. Furlong, a member of
the Racing Committee, went to Presi-
dent George w owens and told him he
knew man who would drive Stiles to
win. The judges thought Stiles had
been pulled, so they agreed that there
should be a change of drivers. G. W..
Haight, at Mr.. Furlong's suggestion,
was accordingly put in, and the combi-
nation was broken. Stiles won the
next two heats and the race, though
it is claimed it was never intended he
should. Gypsy Haight had never
driven him before and he was compli-
mented on his work.
Elite Got Three Straight.
The second race was simple prop
osition for Elite. She won the first,
second and third heats. c. F., owned
and driven by o.. Mowers, won. the
first heat in reality, but the judges
made a mistake, giving it to Elite.
The error will be adjusted satisfactor-
lily for Mr.. Mowers. His-horse started
in the lead and led all the way in an
even trot, and it was to the astonish-
ment of the crowd that Elite was
announced the winner. Announcements
stand, however, and those who put
their money on c. F. lost it, though
he won the heat.
In the third heat, as she had won
two, or was understood to have won
both the first and second, Elite was a
favorite at prohibitory odds. Nothing
better than to Is would be given by
the bookmakers. Their faith in her
was justified, for she took the lead
from the start and won in jog.
New Horses Started.
The 1922 class, pacing, offered seven
new ones from which the sports might
pick the winner None of the horses
had started at the Savannah track be-
fore. This race showed good sport and
very close finishes. In the third heat
Kitty r. won out, but the judges put
her back because she had been allowed
to run.
Yarrow won one of the five heats,
one and Green Maid, looked upon at
first as an outsider, got two, winning
the forth and fifth. The fourth and
fifth heats were paced while 1t was
growing dark. 1t would have been i'm
possible for the judges to see the
horses if they had run sixth heat,
so it was announced that the sixth heat
would be the first of the card for to-
day, beginning promptly at l o'clock.
Then came the runners. The crowd
had been waiting for their. Interest IN
the running events seems more gem
eral than that in the harness.
Full Dress, a beautiful brown mare,
was the favorite in the fourth race,
which was five and a half furlongs.
Though there were seven in the field,
she commanded even money, and there
were bets made upon her in hundreds.
She took the lead from the jump, after
several efforts of the field to get off,
and won handily, having never been
passed.
Merry Merrick was to have started
in that race. She is owned by ]. L.
Booker. So, too, was Bette B., owned
! by w F. Welter. 1t was discovered
however, that both horses had beer
outlawed, and they. were scratched.
A protest had been made against
the winning of the, running race by
Merry Merrick last Thursday, as it
was claimed she had been outlawed.
Frank B., owned by Charles Houck,
won second money in that race, but
he. too, was protested against on the
same grounds, and both protests were
allowed. The decision of that race,
therefore, was changed. and first mon
. ~ will go to Two Armies, second to
Miss Barney and third to Mollie
Brooks.
started From the stand.
The second of the running events
was the prettiest of all. 1t was an
wen mile, and the horses lined up in
ront of the grand stand for the start.
they made a pretty picture as they
paraded past the grand stand and as
they fretted in their places, eager to
GO A near view of a start of a large
field of runners affords one of the pref
lest sights in the world, and the spec
tators were duly appreciative. They
enjoyed the novelty of the thing, and
the eager, intent work of the jockeys
was appreciated to the utmost. The
Efforts to get them off in a fair start
created some little amusement, too, for
the jockeying offered sport. Fun was
reated by the troubles that were ex-
perienced with the rubber barrier.
More than once horse jumped against
it, releasing the rubber and causing 1t
to fly in the faces of the men who
were "rubbering' over the fence. AT
last they were off. however, and the
crowd had nothing to do but follow
with the eye the colors of y favorite.
Again favorite in the betting proved
the winner, Spindle, at even money.
having been thought the best thing
starting.
A field of twelve started in the last
race. also five and a half furlongs
They got away in fine shape, and
trouble at the start was looked out
for by one of the judges, who went
to the post for the especial PURPOSE
of overlooking the work of the starters.
This was the only one of the running
races in which the favoPite failed to
win. Virginia Wilcox was selling al
& to 5. but she didn't even show.
Jessie Y. was started in the bet
ting at 10 to 1, but the way the wise
| ones got on to her soon ran the odds
down and she closed at only to l.
|. Running Entries for To-day.
The following are the entries FOR the
events to-day:
First Race-Purse $3.50. all ages, SIX
| furlongs. Queen L., 49, Like Fonso
| 11s: Katie Gibbons. 113; Katie Ruther-
| ford. 113: Gladhapd, ITO; Lizzie Tello,
| 100. Leo Noster, 1909; Loyalty, 1903;
| Virginia Wilcox, 10S Imperator, 1O1;
Miss Harvey, 81; Tommy Foster,
Of: Swan Dance, 81, and Molly Brooks,
| 81.
Second Race-Purse, 5000; all ages
| Half-mile Heats-B. o. Reed 119; De-
NAL 49, Duplicate, /, 1l9; Grace, III;
| Troubaline. ia; Troublesome, ia;
| Figurenta, ia; Dyke, ia Kingful, Ill;
t.. Il.