The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-07
DECISION PROTESTED
CHARGES AGAINST JUDGES IN THUN-
DERBOLT RACES.
STAKE MONEY HELD UP.
QUARTER AND HALF MILE FIN
ISHES. IN QUESTION.

Manager Doyle Holding over $1,000
in Bcts-TnttnaII County Horses
Won Two Events-Hand's Colt Cap
tured the rs Dash--The Half and
Quarter Dashes the Exciting
Events of the Day-The Quarter
Twice Run and the Judges De-
cisiOn Then Protested.
The Thunderbolt Driving Park was A
lively place yesterday afternoon. Fully
FIVE hundred spectators witnessed the
Cracker match races between J. H. Dur
renee and J. c. Smiley of Tattnall county,
and J. r. Hand, from St. Paul, who is
wintering his stable at the track.
The Tattnall county delegation was very
much in evidence and bet freely on the
country favorites. When the first race
was called, there was over $500 on the
events
Manager A. p Doyle, who was the
stakeholder for the three races, had
something over $1,000 in his hands when
the horses appeared on the track for the
3s's-mile dash. The horses were not to
be named until the event was called
by the judge, but it was pretty well UNI
derstood that the Hand colt would make
the race for the Hand stable and the
brown runner Saticoy would be the crack
er entry.
At $3.50 O'Clock the judges tapped the
bell for the three-eighths dash. and
Hands colt and Saticoy were led down TO
the post.
The betting was lively on this event.
Saticoy was played heavily to win by the
Tattnal county horsemen. In assigning
positions, Saticoy was given the pole, and
the Hand colt the outside After a few
breaks the pair was given a splendid start
by Starter Furlong, and moved down the
back stretch at a flying clip. The pace
proved too hot for the cracker entry
when the pair had gone a little over a
quarter of a mile. From this point
Hands colt moved to the front
and won the event easily from Saticoy
by over length The time announced
from the judges stand was 40 seconds,
but several horsemen made it 80 seconds
The Hand entry was a prime favorite
for the second race, which was a half
mile dash A good many bets were made
that the Hand stable would capture two
out of the three races The same horses
ran the half mile dash and the race was
exciting from the time the flag fell from
the hand of Starter Furlong until the two
horses swept under the wire neck and
neck. The time was Sly seconds.
The judges gave the race to Saticoy
the cracker entry, which did not meet
with the approval of large part of the
spectators The Tattnall county horse
men were highly pleased with the decision
but the hackers of the Hand colt claimed
the tilly was not given a square deal, as
she won the event by a head from
Saticoy.
The quarter dash, which closed the af-
| ternoon's card, was another hard fought
battle from start to finish. Trouble was
! the entry of the Hand stable. and Smi-
| ley's colt took care of the interests of
| the Tattnall county horsemen. The
horses were given a superb start by
starter Furlong. and ran like a double
team the entire distance, finishing head to
| head.
The judges could not agree on win
ner and decided that it was dead heat.
This decision gave satisfaction to all par
ties concerned. and the horses
were called on the track after n
| rest of twenty minutes to run the event
over The entries again put up magnif-
! cent race the entire distance, finishing
| very close together. The judges gave the
| race to Smiley'S colt and the decision met
| with a protest from the hackers of ,Trou-
| bic, the entry of the Hand stable. 1t was
| a very close finish in both heats and the
| time made was 29la seconds for the dead
| heat and "a seconds for the deciding heat
! ]. r. Hand is not pleased with the result
| of the races. He claims he was not fair.
| ly located by the urges and that he
should have gotten the decision in two
of the events. The st. Paul horseman has
| filed a protest with Manager Doyle, the
! stakeholder and has put him on notice
that he must not pay the purse to the
| Tattnall county horsemen until the mat
ter is investigated. Hand says
he is prepared 90 furnish ties
timony from prominent citizens
who saw the events and who will beal
him out in his claim that the horses wor
two of the events and that the judges
| We're wrong in their decisions. He alsC
charges that one of the judges was dis
qualified through having money on the
races against his horses.
The Tattnall county horsemen claim
that the races should be governed by thu
decision announced by the judges from
the stand and that they are entitled t.
the 500 won by Saticoy and the Smiley!
colt.
his position at this moment is not very
pleasant one. Mr.. Doyle has decided t
hold the money until the matter is in
vestigated.