New-York tribune., 1901-08-14
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HARNESS RACING.
LORD DERBY'S $4,000 RACE-BURsTs OF
SPEED BY THE HAMLIN TROTTER
AT BRIGHTON BEACH-JOE
PATCHEN BEATEN

IN 23lt.

Five thousand spectators saw the opening of the
New-York Trotting Associations first meeting at
the Brighton Beach racetrack yesterday afternoon.
Horsemen Of prominence from Maine to California
were in the crowd. and all were delighted with
what they at the finely appointed Brooklyn
course Better transportation facilities. better
cOmmodaions the track. better horses and better
sport have not been enjoyed by the followers OF
harness racing any track this year. Mondays
heavy rain left the footing quite heavy for the
ness horses early I'm the afternoon, and extreme
speed Of the question. Some stirring I'm
ishes were seen. however. and the heats followed
each other in such rapid succession that the spec
tators were well entertained from first to last.
Although a great many spectators were more in
terested in the special pacing race between Joe
Patchen. 2:0ll. and Anaconda 2:02l9 than in any
other race Of the day. the most important feature
OF the long programme was the $1,000 free for all
trotting race which brought together the famous
horses Lord Derby. 2:o7 and Charley Herr 2.o7.
Old Joe Patchen. the conqueror of Star Pointer.
I:5sh John R. Gentry 2:OO1A and Robert J., 2:o112
proved be match for his younger rival He
acted sore and tied up in his warming exercise
and looked fifty pounds too heavy for heat racing
Anaconda acted like a PAGER fed on dynamite. He
was fairly boiling over with ambition 10 go. and
his gray haired driver. Jack" Trout, had 10 lie
almost fat back in his suky hold the racy bay
gelding all The betting was 500 to $50 that
Anaconda would be the winner. When Frank
Walker the starter. gave them the word. Ana
black gaining a lead of three lengths he paced
the FIRST quarter in OSO with his head pulled around
10 one side. The bay at the half in 1:o1 in
creasing his lead every stride. until Trout got
a grip on the reins and succeeded in bring
ing him back 10 a clip which would not distance
his rival He finished the mile in 2:o7, pulled up
jog.
Distance waived by mutual consent before
the second heat and Trout let his horse go a fast
mile without being driven at any stage of the
he first In 0.30
rhe half i'm O:59s the three-quarters in 1907 and
the mile in 2:03A To the surprise Of the horse
men. Joe Patchen made better showing in this
heat than in the first. finishing the mile in 200,
separately timed. II the opinion of many turf
men that Anaconda could have turned the track
IN 2:G2 or better if he had been driven out with
runner spur him on at the end f. b. Rice the
twenty-one-year-old Boston college student who
owns Anaconda. present TO see lis horse per-
zorm.
Betting men pinned their faith to Lord Derby
2NT through thick and thin in the $4,000 free for
all trotting race. and he justified the commence
of his backers after losing the first heat In the
auction pools sold before the start the HamIln
horse brought 500. while Charley Herr. 2o7;
Georgena 2OTb and The Monk, 2:0S24, brought
$50 in the field. The first heat developed one Of
the closest finishes ever seen in trotting race
Charley Herr broke wildly before reaching the
first turn and was never in the hunt Geers made
no move with the favorite until well past the half
mile post Cieorgena and The Monk racing of in
the lead a 2;1O clip. When Lord Derby moved
up TO Try for the lead he found The Monk fun of
trot and though Geers drove him as hard as he
ever drives a horse Fred" Gerken's good Speed
way trotter stalled him of until the wire
passed, winning by 4 NOSE amid cheers from the
crowd. The time 2:09. a track that was
very heavy from the half mile pole TO the wire
There was little change in the betting after this
heat Lord Derbys hackers remaining confident in
spite OF his defeat Geers made hts drive a trihe
earlier in the succeeding heats, and easily
with a most impressive show of speed on the upper
turn. In each heat the other horses took the