The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-09
SECOND DAYS RACES
CROWDS is EXPECTED AT FAIR
GROUNDS THIS AFTERNOON.
RACES ARE THE FEATURE.
People WILL SWARM TO SEE THE
FAST HORSES MOVE.

HorSes VIII BE Called on the Track
Mt 1880 o'cIock-Those who Visit
the Races To-day Will Get n
Great Deal for Their Money, as
There VIII he at Least Fifteen
Heats-Card Consists of the 2;24
Trot, the 2,3O Pace and the 2;16
Entered-Race Days Seem Des-
tined to Be the Most Largely At
tended of the Fair.
The sport of kings will be seen again
at the Fair grounds to-day. The race
DAYS are regarded as by long odds the
best of the Fair, and a large crowd
may always be counted on. Particu-
larly is this the case after the excel
lent races seen Thursday, the first
race day. ~
A fine card of harness events is ar
ranged, and in each of the
three races there are horses that will
insure good sport. Two trotting and
one pacing race make up the card, and
that means that there will be many
heats.
Running races are more popular
than harness races, but a card or run
ming events does not offer nearly the
quantity of sport that is derived from
the same number of harness events. In
each harness event there are at least
three heats, as the best three in five
must be won to decide the race. In
a running race there is but one dash,
and not as much for their money is re-
ceived by the crowd.
Possibly two out of three lovers of
racing will say that they prefer run
ming to harness races. 1t is usually
the case, however, that those who pre-
fer running races have never owned
or driven fast harness horses. A love
of harness events is borne through as
ISOLATION with good trotters or PAGERS,
and one becomes appreciative of speed,
endurance and good driving when those
qualities are shown on the track.
It is safe to say that there will be
large crowd out to witness the races,
which will be called at 1870 o'clock to
insure all the heats being pulled off.
1t is not likely that there will be less
than fifteen heats, and it is possible
be several more. 1t is sometimes the
case that eight or ten are required
to decide a race where there is a large
field.
Betting will probably be sharper than
on the first day, as the sporting ele-
ment will feel that it has a sort of line
on the events. This will be secured
through drivers and owners, rather
than the performances of the horses,
for all of the latter will make their
first appearance on the track. When
one stable wins, though, it is likely to
create the impression that it owns good
ones, and betting is affected a little
by It.
Touting, it is hoped, will be stopped
A member of the Racing Committee
said that it would be. He said that
the exhibition of Thursday had dis
gusted him, and that he would see to
it that every tout he caught at the
game would be pinched.
The loosening up of the sports will
be welcomed by the bookies, VINO didn't
do very much business on the harness
events of the opening day. Most Of the
sports were holding off until the sole
running event of the day, dEo when
that got on the boards they ouldnt
give up their money fast enough. They
fell over one another to get to the man
who was taking the bets. The BOOBIES
handled more money on the running
race than on all heats of the harness
events.
To-day's first event is the 2:24 class
trotting. purse $500, which will be di-
vided among the first four. Official
progra MINES, sold on the grounds, will
give all the entries and the numbers
on the drivers arms, so that a horse
may be distinguished without trouble.
The entries in the first race are Scape
Goat. George Castle; Narcissa, o.
Mowers: Proxy, Wilcox and Luxon;
Matte Lyn Holt, j. Henry Ewalt; Ma
mic S, E. Coycault; Big Dutch, w. S.
Taylor.
The second event will be the 2:30
pace, purse $500, to be divided the same
way, as are the purses of all the har-
ness events during the meeting. The
entries are Robert F., Henry Garwes;
Diploma, H. N. Reaves; Maud Mills,
j. NJ Mills; Linnet, G. +. Johnson;
Pauline H.. H. f. Kuck.
Fast trotting may be looked for In
the third event, which is the 2:16 class.
purse $500. Entered in it are DR.. Price.
George Castle; Musquetoon. H. N.
George Condit, c. F. Johnson; Corina-
ton, S. L. Taylor: Huxham, w. j.
Creasey; Charley Stiles. Ed. Sherman;
Ned II. Woodruff. Harlem Valley
Stock Farm; Willard Saunders, A Mer-
rifield: Aristol, w. ]. Hunt, Chicago,
and Joan of Arc, A. M. Watson.
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