The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-04

had visions while Colonel LOOMS tore
the climate apart to reach that wire.
It was now his trick to keep Young Joe
from getting another heat He had 10
work to do il For in the third. with
all on, Young Joe stuck his nose in front
and nailed il there. with the bunch fol-
lowing CALAMITY. The group slid round
the ring, LOOMS considerably back, and
Young Joe at the head Of the grand
march. Over they all tumbled into the
stretch, and the cry went up from the
grand stand:
Watch Loomis fnish"'
And he did finish. out into the track
he spread again, his head high in the
air, and with the last dash OF daring in
his heart called out. he set out 10 do the
job. Young Joe was TO be reckoned with
in that finish. Give him another heat ard
he had the race. He was determined 10
get it. He was stretched out 10 his full
and calling on every force ne had. But
out IN the center Of the track still came
that fiend, Colonel Loomis. Down at the
end Of the grand stand the crowd roared
when LOOMS reached Joe's tail. a hun
dred feet further on he was near the
shoulder Then. with a vaulting lunge,
like bomb out OF a mortar. he slam
med himself in a neck ahead under the
wire and took the heat. The people were
on their feet cheering and the word went
abroad thatthe mile had been made il
2:151k.
In the fourth heat it was LOOMS job
to tie iron to Young Joe again. Again he
fingered behind around the track until
he reached his own territory. the
stretch. and then the two had it out. It
was the same death struggle, only il was
faster, for when LOOMS again threw
his wet name under the wire. the mile
had been made in 2:15iz, and the last
quarter was in :29lz, less than a 200 clip.
In the next heat Young Joe went wei
at first, but he was soon out Of It. and
Baby Boss and Tony Frost took up the
argument with LOOMS, and they made
it warm for him. for the three came
tearing down the track like triplets.
However, Loomis' speed was with him.
He was true as blue steel. He put out
all efforts, kept his gait and shining in
the setting sun. took the heat and the
race.
This is the summary:
Baby Boss CIV. o. James). .....2 8 8 2
Billy the Twister( Richardson) 5
Young Joe J. T. Biggam) ......1
Tony Frost on. z. Hugh ......4 5 3
Colonel LOOMS John Wlkin). g l L
Time-First heat, 30, 10, 1:46, PIG.
heat, :33, 1:05, $40, 2:15L. Fourth heat,
"a 1907. LAG. PISA. Fifth heat, 81. los,
la. PIT.
Now. in the 2:sO class trot. purse 800.
G. Z. Blackburn's T. A. Russell won and
he put some finishing touches on the
job that viii be remembered for many
years in Wichita.
His driver was George Gilman. 2 man
over seventy years old. spectacled and
gray-haired, a veteran in the business.
OF course the crowd was synpathetically
with him, and with his steed, a great fine
horse, with big, fine head and steady
gentle eye.
In the first heat Russell got quit
cdaim ded to the pole from ClaymOunt,
and kept it, holding it close to his bosom
in a last 4ond embrace.
In the second heat he developed the
same fondness for the place. but in the
finish Lady NJ made him rustic to keep
it. The judge then set Russell back to
fourth place. although he had finished
first, all the other drivers protesting
that Russell had made gaining breaks.
and the Judges confirming il. There was
a good deal of excitement and much dlf-
ference of opinion. To most people the
first horse under that wire wins and