Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-27
THIRD DAYS RACING.
Another Bad Day for Favorite-siI.
yer Dick Left at the Post.

| az i"'Sest tIoWu Ol tne race meet
was at the fair ground yesterday af.
ternoon. 1t was good natured as.
semblage. too. Also n patient
one, as there were very few murmur-
'nes because of the delay in getting
the racers OFF. Every Durangoite.
and as for this. every man and WON.
an in the southwest. has heard of Sill
yer Dick. and most every one knows
some thing about Dutch 1t was
known the two were to meet in the
quarter stretch during the afternoon
and it proved a drawing card Then
there was an unknown quantity. Joe
d.. the horse that won the three
eighths of mile the day before over
Dutch. Many thought Joe d. might
be ringer and were afraid to bet
while others really believed so and
placed their money on him. Wheth-
er ringer or not, there are no flies on
Joe d., or Joe Dandy as he was fire.
quently called by admiring ladies'.
The first event was the q mile with
July Gyp. r. O. Ban and Rhoda L.
starters. The night before X. O.
Ban sold a hot favorite in the pools.
there being little Gyp money At
the race track yesterday afternoon
betting changed and there was oodles
of Gyp coin against the field. finally
running as high as two to one on
| Gyp against the field. This caused
many to take tumble-that some.
thing was up. because the talent"
seemed to he the hackers of Gyp, and
made some think it was intended for
the latter to win. Be this as it may.
n suspicion we are not prepared to
back up. at the same time one that
became well grounded as the race
drew near and the betting was some
what tame towards the last. r. Q.
Ban took the lead at the start and
kept it until the curve on the last
stretch, when it is said the rider pull
ed out and allowed Gyp to have the
pole. At any rate Gyp had the pole
| lown the home stretch and won by n
length with Rhoda e. some distance
| behind. This status was not gen
orally known by those occupying the
| grand stand who at the time consid
| ared the race for blood. 1t may have
|
about it believe II, especially the con
| tiugent that lost the Doodle.
| Then followed the event of the day
the quarter spurt, with three entries
mentioned above The scoring be
came very tircsome, lasting nearly an
hour For long time the three
| ~iders tried to get their horses to
he starting point but could not make
t. Joe d. seemed to he tagging most
| VI the time. After scoring for half
| IN hour a few minutes rest were ta-
| zen and then an attempt was made
o get the horses off in bunch by
| nen at the bride. This caused more
clay. finally the starters gave 1t out
| hat the men must get the horses to
he scratch and let them go. Ac-
ordingly when they were about even
| he drum tapped. leaving Silver Dick
landing still at the post. Dutch
ook the lead but was Tapped by Joe
}. as tie stretch was reached and 1t
vas pretty race the last half of the
| 'uarter, Dutch leading under the wire
" about length. Time. 241a sec
,nds.
| Silver Dick was the favorite, al
hought there was much even money
'etween individual horses. very few
ieing willing to pick Dick or one OF
he others against the field. 1t was
disappointing, even to those who had
heir wealth on one of the others, that
lick did not get off with the bunch
vi lovers of sport like to win theiI
money fairly, and while they had tc
i've up, they lost without a turn OF the
ice. After the announcement OF the
esult Curg Williams authorized one
# the judges to announce that he
would match Silver Dick against any
orse on the grounds for any sum OF
loney between $500 and $4,000. This
ras greeted with much cheering, the
ame as Silver Dick received when he
irst appeared before the grand stand
Later a session of the fair direct
,ry was held in the grand stand whert
was decided and later announced
hat the association would give ?
purse of $500. $3.50 to first and $50
o second. for quarter mile dasl
providing the three horses would en-
l el hnOlntl 'hiH "i'''
oon, it being stipulated that all three
nust enter and compete.
The trotting and pacing event was
tame affair, 1t being hard to secure
hree starters. Mr.. Morgan finally en-
ering his driving horse. 1t was stip
lated that 2:35 or better had to be
nade. In the first heat Mr.. Morgan
ook the lead but his horse broke ant
Settie G. took the lead. keeping It cas-
ly, but failed to make better time
han 2.37. In the second heat th'
title mare warmed up and made i
2;3l. winning first money Will
Eagle second.
The five mile relay race WAS some
What of a surprise and case of wher'
he favorites lost again. There wer'
,nly two strings of horses. the Nick
ols bunch having the edge. In far
! | the pools we're entirely. one.sided, a