The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-20
DAY OF GOOD RACES
THOUSANDS CHEERED THE MANY EX-
CITING FINISHES.
Accident i'm the First Heat of the 2:14
Pace i'm Which Two Drivers
Were Thrown.
TRACK IN BEST CONDITION
HORsEMEN SAY COURsE WAS GOOD
O FAST TINE.
Gavatta. Col. Dick Thompson and
GARLIC VI. the Days Winners
Free-for-AII Unfinished.

The combination of attractions at the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon caused
more people TO witness the races than
ever surrounded the mile track with the
possible exception of the immense crowd
that saw the match race between Joe
Patchen and Star Pointer in 1897. There
were more people in the grounds yesterday
than at any time in the history OF the
fair, but part of them left their places near
the track after the Sousa Band concert
There was more interest taken in the races,
however, than on Wednesday, and for two
hours after the close of the concert the
spectators filled the amphitheater, the pad
dock, the oval and stood five and six deep
next to both fences on the finish stretch.
The last heat of the free-for-all pace, which
race was unfinished, was not paced until
dusk and the finish of the race was post
poned till to-day, when the racing will be-
gin at 1870.
Horsemen said that the track was in the
best possible condition-better in fact than
it has ever been in its history. The time
made in the three heats of the free-for-all
demonstrate the quality of the track. The
chief interest was in the free-for-an and In
the last heat of that race the finish was so
exciting the spectators cheered the horses
and drivers as they came down the stretch
using all reserve speed In the race for the
wire. There were other finishes that were
also very exciting during the AFTERNOONS
events.
An accident occurred in the first heat Of
the PA pace that caused a thrill to pass
over the thousands of spectators and a
cheer when it was learned that no one was
-. lo-1. .@aa~- t,,r,ol into tho
home stretch in the first heat of the 2:14
pace. Hal Foster, Yves Stout's grey geld
ing, broke and dashed into milne, driven
by Hazleton. The sulkies were demolished
and the two horses dashed on toward the
wire, milne finishing without his driver.
A cloud of dust obscured the view of the
spectators, but when 1t cleared away 1T
was found that both drivers were on their
feet and walking toward the judges stand.
The accident was unavoidable, and as
neither horses nor drivers were injured
both horses started in the next heat, Hal
Foster improving his position and finishing
second in the last heat.
Col. Dick Thompson, a brown gelding, by
Delineator, captured the race in three
straight heats without much competition.
The principal struggle in the event was
for second money with Tertimin showing
the best speed. Tertimin won two seconds,
and in the last heat came in a close third,
while Hal Foster went under the wire sec
ond to Col. Dick Thompson.
II eQulTeu TWO MEATS 10 determine the
winner of the 2:17 pace, unfinished from
Wednesday. In the three heats paced
Wednesday, Roy Day, Garlic NJ. and Earl
Park each won a heat. Under the rules of
the Fair Association all races must be de-
cided in five heats, and if no horse won
as many as three heats the first money
was TO be determined by positions. Donald
Sphinx won the first heat in the postponed
event yesterday and this made it impossi-
bic for a horse TO win three heats.
Garlic NJ. took the second heat and cap
tured first money!. Donald SnhinX with a
first and second, took second money, Roy
Day third and Earl Park fourth.
THE 2:25 TROT.
Gavatta, c. N. Dickerson's bay mare, by
Milroy, had an easy time winning the 2:25
trot in three straight heats. In the first
two heats Dickerson did not nave to drive
Gavatta her best until the stretch was
reached, when he called upon her for a lit
tie reserve speed. The last heat was prac-
tically a w~alkaway for the speedy little
mare. Jessie c.. trailed Gavatta In each of
the heats and won second, being hard
pressed in the first two heats by Black
heart and in the last heat by Billy B., a
bay gelding that came down the stretch in
rapid time and was nose and nose with
Jessie G.. as the wire was reached. Fleming
was not on the track with Glad Axe when
the second heat was started and did not
finish the race.
Each of the three heats in the free-for-all
pace. the last race on the programme for
the day, provided exciting finishes and
placed the crowd on it's mettle. There were
five starters in the event, Edith w. taking
the first heat and Harry o.. winning the
second and third. Neither of the winners
had easy sailing, as they both had strug-
giles in the fight for the wire. The finish
for second place in the second heat between
Edith w. and The Bishop was very inter-
esting, while the finish In the last heat was
also very exciting. The event will be fin
ished to-day.
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