The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-06
LAWSON NOT IN LUCK
HIS GEEDING BORALnEA FINISHES
$ SECOND AT CHARTER OAK
PARK
IS BEATEN BY LORD DERBY
BOralma Took Two Heats, Due to
Lord Derby Breaking - Many
Thousands of Dollars
EBef%On Result.

HARTFORD, 1Conn.. Sept. 5-A big
crowd at Charter Oak park this after
noon witnessedsthe defeat of Thomas
Lawson's celebrated gelding Boralma by
c. ]. Hamlin's Lord Derby. The race
between these two was one of the finest
OF the yearssapd it was only after five
heats had been trotted that the Boston
faVorlteS colOrS were lowered. The bet
ting on the race 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 IA
Vorfte before the start at odds of 3 to l
for the other two His hackers seemed
think he could not lose. Geers was up
behind Lord Derby, James G. Gatcomo
drove Boralma and NJ. e. McHenry held
the lines over The Monk. In the first
heat Boralma led to the quarter by a
length, with Lord Derby second and the
Monk third. These positions were MAIN
tanned into the stretch, when ,Geers shook
out Lord Derby and the race to the WIRE.
was a heart breaker. Lord Derby nailed
Boralma at the eighty-yard distance and
passed the wire nose ahead. The last
quarter was trotted in 301A seconds.
+ The betting then turned to $40 on Lord
Derby to ST 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 back Boralma took the
heat easily from The Monk and Lord
Derby was just inside the distance
Boralma was made the pool favorite at
500 to $40 for the field. AT the quarter
Boralma led Lord; Derby by length
and retained this to the half. On the
lower turn Lord Derby made an irresisti-
BILE burst of speed, passed Boralma, and,
going strongly. won the heat by length.
Lord Derby was again made a favorlte
at 40 to l. AS in the second heat, he
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. keeping his feet all the way, had lit
tie difficulty in taking the last heat and
the race.
In the 2:06 pace there were six start
ers, and the sbetters had hard work in
selecting a sfayprite. Dumont w and
Edith w were equal first choices, with
Mazette and Riley 3 well thought Of
There was considerable 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 inside the flag. The third went TO
Riley B, but, he. was distanced in the
fourth, which went TO Edith w. Dumont
w appeared in the fifth and took the
heat.
Before the start in the sixth the judges
took Turner from behind Edith w and
substituted Ed Geers. Edith w won the
sixth and decisive heat handily, After
the races the judges announced that they
had fined Turner the driver of Edith
w, $780, Ernest, the driver of Dumont w,
500, and McHenry, the driver Of Hetty q,
$1O0 for laying. up heats. In addition,
Geers was awarded $1e0 for driving Edith
w in the final heat
Onward Silver, although to 1 IA
vorite in the 2:1O trot, could do nothing
with Toggles, whas won the race in
straight heats Dan Patch, proh1bltlv
favorite, in the 2:14 pace, added another
TO his unbroken string OF victories.
The summaries:
2:O6 pace. purse $1,000, best three in