The Portland daily press., 1901-02-18
ON ICE TRACK.
Good Raclng ON shs Ice ss cisrh's rond
saturday.

After several days Of preparations the
track at Clark q ice pond over at Pleas
antdaIe was ansIy olsared by Saturday
afternoon 50 that some fine racing took
place. Notwithstanding the unusually
long spell Of cold weather that prevailed
all Of last week many Of the enthusiastic
horsemen OF the city were out at the
pond nearly every day In order TO speed
their horses just bit. Then with the
coming of Saturday better weather could
have hardly been chosen for the first
races OF the winter season in Portland
and vicinity. The Thermometer had ad-
vanced enough points so that the air was
balmy and s2rlnglke. In fact it was
sucn as to make all OF the two thousand
people who jcurneyed out to the pond feel
in excellent spirits.
Everything had been arranged In shape
for regulation race. Fred Lane had
charge Of affairs and in the two races
that had tean planned offered fifty bush
els OF cats 60 the winners This quantity
was TO be divided into 20, 10 and 10 bush
els In each class, line course lacked 400
feet OF half mile and had been made
wide enough SO that four or five sleighs
could pass abreast. A small judges stand
had been built at one end OF the course
and here presided Charles +. Aver, the
veteran starter, whose assistants were
Fred A Blbber OF Portland and Edgar
h. Jordan OF South Portland. These
three gentlemen are experts in judging
horse races and the afte rnoon passed by
without the least murmur being raised in
protert OF their decision The races be-
gan at few minutes after two ociock
and were finished In two hours time.
The first event OF the afternoon was .
trot between six evenly matched horses
Only two heats were required, Giiiy,
owned by ID. f. Murdoch and skilfully
handled by Ira Woodbury., doing very
steady work and coming to the end OF the
stretch in first place both times. She was
olossly pursued, however, by Lucy wilkes,
The next race was a pace in which
there were also six contestants. This
was also decided in two heats, Ned Roi-
Inns, also driven by Woodbury., snowing
up with Il flourish that showed him to bs
super ior to the field. The second heat
WAS closer than the first. L. 4. made 9
grand attempt to land second place b1t
she was pulled hack by the judges for
running. III this race there was some ex-
oitement caused for a few minutes, a
young lad running directly across the
track when the horses were coming down
the course at frightful speed. The lad
was Desmond Murphy, eight years OF
age, and before he was abls TO get ont OF
the way he was hit with sharp force by
one OF Sly's feet. The little fellow was
picked up and Officer Worcester OF the
Portland police force who was present
with his team, volunteered TO take the boy
to his home. DIR. Lombard made an ex-
animation and found an ugly wound in
one of the legs below the knee. Then the
boy was taken to the Maine General hos
uital. The physicians at the hospital
found that no bones had been broken
but that the leg had been badly bruised,
Young Murphy, who lives with his
mother at 225 Danforth street, will be
discharged from the hospital in a few
days.
The following are the summaries OF the
two races: