The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-10
LAST WEEKS BIG RACE
GOSSIP ABOUT THE GREAT BoRALMA'S DEFEAT.
The Terrific Speed with Which Ed Geers Drove the Son of Mam- primo King - The Monk
 Worried Lawson Gelding.

The real form of Boralma has been puzzling the experts all the season, ,. pu. now the question has Deen nrrtsord rfssG.dioniSt iast Thursday in which after a terrinc struggle, of five of the fastest heats ever trotted in a race, the Futurity winner 9i 1899 and the Massachusetts and Transyl- yania winner of 1900 we'll toward ms third seasons career as unbeaten. went down to defeat before Lord Derby, says When the proposed and practically as- sured meeting between Cresceus and The Abbot at Hartford fell through at the
 last minute it caused der great td uI,oG stop the gan the free-for-all trot, which 1t was known would be virtually match pc tween Boralma and Lord Derdpy,t ov,oe | moved forward to Thursday. ana al once became the subject of as much ana as intense interest as any race or the sea sea | son. not even excepting that betewen us | Abbott and Cresceus at Brighton Deaoh ! last month.
 II Tact year Boralma had met Lord Der by several times and coufo iS,s,ss a,Wass had started twice but had not met. Boraima had won both of his races with what seemed the most ridiculous ease, trot, ting in 2:O7 IA in each. Lord Derby won | the si0,OOO free-for-all at Brighton Beach. but the track was slow, and 2:O' was not beaten in the event. At Readville he was started against Cresceus It was not for a moment sup 1 posed that he had any chance to peat tne | king of the turf-and he hadn't. But ne | made him trot a heat in 2;o6 l-4' ana the | last quarter of 1t In 20 3-4-a 1:5s galt- | to beat him. This exhibition caused Iii1 nm | to be held in increased respect, Suit | the general opinion was that BordhHla should beat him Lord Derby has as much speed as any horse living, but Is apt to be unsteady. s | Roralma's gameness has been proved, | and speed was. until last Inursuay, eol,r nr | CreSCeuS \ The Abbott. both of which ne IS matSneu | to meet later this fall. His form. hlgn as 1t was, seemed still thing . O, WSs 1Sst | nothing slower than 2:05 could beat him. | and before the first heat last Inursoay | the pools sold s10O for Boralma ana $SV | for the field, for there was tniro start er The Monk. 2:O8 1-4
 | The summary of the race shows that | Lord Derby ran the first, third ana nltn
 heats in POS 1-2, 2:m IA ana s. l;lo ,ssts ana | in POT and 2:09 This would seem to | dem monstrate that Lord Derby's victory was hardly and honestly won ana tnat | BoraImas defeat was true bill. But there were features of the contest that make this doubtful. The first heat was | A duel to the death between the two II rivals Roralma led to the half in 1:Q S-4
 then the silent Geers brought up Lord | Derby and the pace become someth'ng | friahtful The last half was trotted in
 1:M D. and the last one-f9urtn a.o9 in a5S i-
 and Boralma was beaten out heSd on
 Almost at the word in the second heat
 Lord Derby made wild break, fell Tar ! to the rear and just saved his distance. ! The Monk had been consi cred as iay l figure, but McHenry brought hiln for .
 beat him out. In the third heat Lord Derby trotted all the way ano won by an open length in POT 1-4.
 In the fourth heat he again broke and | ina
 The Monk came forward and forced
 Baralma to step in 2:o9 to head him. He did 1t, but was all out at the end. In the
 to go level, and he did so .tnd won tie
 heat and race at his ease In zIO
 A telegram from Boston says new
 nrospect of a race between the 1nde-
 pendence and the Shamrock II. was
 raised today when Thomas ". Lawson
 made a reply to a proposition for con
 test which Sir Thomas Lipton Is said tc | favor.
 MT. Lawson says:
 ) of Sir Thomas will now agree 10 eitnei | of the following races I will at once pu'
 the Independence back into racing conol
 tion and keep her there until races have been held. Al
 cup, the Shamrock II. to race lndepen'
 dence in Massachusetts waters after th'
 cup contest for my new cup.
 , 'iIf owing to fog. accident or other Gn
 avoidable happenings the race canno' ' take place in Massachusetts waters, In
 dependence to proceed to England witf Shamrock IL, and upon arrival race | series under conditions to be agreed upor
 by Royal Ulster and ull-Massachusetts
 cub for S1Oo,OOO side, winner to donate inc entire amount won to public charity.
 "If on arrival 1t is decided impossible
 to race this season, the race to take place as early as possible next season. in whicf event I will allow Sir Thomas to ract
 both the first and second Shamrock against the Independence.
 3'I will hold this offer open until we heal from Sir Thomas; in the meantime I will
 suspend breaking up the Independence. The work of breaking up the Inde
 pendence was stopped today by Lawson'i
 orders. She could easily be reftted. What Kept Him Back. Atlanta Constitution.