The age-herald., 1901-07-22
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Riley B. sailed Into her with all the vim and speed that Erwin could invest him
 with, but the best he could make the
 favorfte do was 2:06A.
 M. and M., S1o,ooo.
 "Detroit. July 16.--Judge A. c. Caffee
 Asheville, N. c. The classis 5000 M S
 M. stake for 2:24 class, trotting. was
 won by Eletea, whose third heat in
 2.0S% is the fastest heat ever trotted in
 this race. Campau, President
 Fifteen of the twenty entries went to the post and the eastern talent backed
 Eleata so fiercely that she sold in the
 auctions for $100 against s160 for this won derfully fast field of tested trotters In
 the early betting when the various own CTS wanted to get their money on the adds were more liberal as Eleata brought s4Oo, Neva Simmons s2OO, Ted s1OO, Ixa Dee $100, Quoddy Girl $75, Country Jay s45
 etc. The New Haven owner and plung- CT. Nick Hubinger, bet E. D. Smathers, the New York broker $5,O00 against $10,- OOO that Eleata would down the field Over S200,000 changed ownership on this famous race, and 'tis said that the in- terest was enthralling. Driver Tom Marsh. who piloted Eleata to victory and fortune, must have been a greatly pleas ed citizen, as he doubtless remembered
 his hard struggle with Kinkmond in this same race two years ago, in which he
 had won two heats, and was second In
 five other heartbreaking heats Eleata
 was equal to any task asked of her for
 fastest heat ever trotted in the M. & M
 prior to this year was Kingmond's 21Oh The result was never questioned for from the moment the word was given in each heat Marsh took Eleata out to the front and never allowed a nose or an eye l lash to get in front of her. Neva Sim
 mons was played heavily by the knowing l ones for second. but failed to reach In the l first heat while Country Jay was after the good mares scalp in second and l third. but met the same fate. However. | Country Jay put up hot. fierce chase in | the last heat, forcing the favorite mare to
 step to the half in 1:04 and to the three
 quarters in :35: around the turn and down the stretch the grandson of Jay Bird hung to her steaming Hanks like the traditional grimness of death; striving to the utmost, flying at dizzy speed. his great heart burning within him like live coal he charged along after the fleeing daughter of Dexter Prince. and | no gambler ever hankered for the fever | ish delight of the gaming table as Gus | Macy did for the exquisite sensations | that would have swept through his soul | If he could have taken the measure or | resolute Tom Marsh and his peerless | mare, the exponent, the living incarna- | tion of an hundred years or blood ana | breeding: but this phantom of speed-a
 shadow along the landscape of lovely | Crosse Pont-fed along the level stretch
 swifter than an eagles flight nearer and | nearer to home but the hot breath of | the stallion was smoking dangerously | near as she bounded across the score | winner in the prenominal time of 2:OS2. | A princely fortune was won and lost, and | a poetic loser remarked: Alas. 1t was | but a golden dream the vapors of an idle | midsummer madness Another Quixotic | delver in vain dreams sang pathetically: l "I once had bank-whereon the wild | thyme grows"
 Time of third heat by quarters: .32h, | 1:01A. 1:S53t 2.0sA.
 | Boralmo won the 2:0S trot but The | Monk forced the unbeaten horse of 1900 | to lower his record in order to win, which | he did. seemingly with little effort. This
 race may give the public line on Boral- l mas ability to contend with The Abbott
 and Cresceus in their coming contests. | Time 2:09 2:07h | Roy Miller who owns the Selma track and winters his horses at that track, won | the 2:1e pace with Braden. throwing down | the heavily played favorite. Winfield | Stratton, along with a splendid field Of
 high class pacers. Time. 2:101h, 2:12. | Nick Hubinger purchased from John
 Benstead the fast trotting stallion Metal l lis. 212*, for S16.00O.