The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-06
EXCELLENT RACING
General Sherwood Bought the
Winner of the 2.22 Trot
--Favorites Were
Outclassed.

tlonS. People commenced thrOnSlnS
to the grounds early. Every train
brought delegations from all parts of
the country, and along toward noon
the street cars from Canton and Mas
sillon began rushing thousands TO the
grounds. The result was that by the
time the racing began, little after /
o'clock, the parties in charge of the
ticket selling stated that there was by
far the largest crowd that ever at
tended since the fair grounds had been
moved to the west end.
Il was estimated that day and night
fully fifteen thousand people passed
the gates. The grand stand was filled
to its utmost capacity and all around
the ring the fence was lined with peo.
pie, and there were others scattered
all over the grounds who had little
interest in racing.
The Mapleton band was in attend
ancc. This is an old organization
and II has recently bean under the
tutelage of Prof. Thayer. 1t makes
a nice appearance in its neat uniform
aud furnished excellent music. The
boys report that they havs had very
busy season.
Tie excellent race program was re-
sponsible for good part of the at
tendance. The large list of entries
and the character Of the horses tha.
were to go after the money led the
public to believe that there would be
some hot racing and no one was dis
appointed The horses, however, that
were expected to do the winning were
hardly in the contests, and it is good
thing for the talent that there were
no pools sold. for if there had been one
would have dropped lot Of cash,
There was some betting among in'.i.
vidpals, but not much.
The first race eal!ei was the 2.17
pace. John b, Princeton r and Lady
Barnes were drawn, leaving six start
crs. In the first heat Little Sphinx
set sail from the word go, and IN Il
hot firish won the heat in 2!tS, the
i"o''S. I'm. " sn 80. ,n"' '
sHe was unsteady anu Ahh'9 rue
came on ana won cieVerly IN three
heats. She had reserve Of speed
that could be called upon whenever
pressed by the others, Lite Snhiny
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2:l7 class, pacing--Purse $500.
Annie Rue, ch m, by Young
Jim (Burns) .............. l
Little Shpinx, b m, by Sphinx
NoteduHidh) '.............. L z
Be Sure, Jr., b g, by Zenelation
lballey) .................
Mollie G., r m, by Black Jim
laprdHsJ ..''...'........ 4 ]
He'll Whltworth, m, by Elyria
boy lNihseyJ '..'.........
Harry Woodbine, b g, Uan-
genbach) ................. 6 3
Time-2:1s, 2:1SA, 2:19, 2:20.
The 2:22 trot had four starters, and
1t was won by the veteran driver, John
Hines, Of Minerva, with j. X. j., a
horse that he raised from colt. After
the race, the winner was sold to General
!. r. Sherwood, who was in attendance
and saw the performance. The gen.
eral has mate for him that can &c
better than 2:2O and he expects to have
team that will go mile double very
fast. A money consideration and a
royalty bred flly by Charles Derby
dam by Simmons, was given Mr.. Hines
for j. X. j. There was nothing In the
race that gave Hines any trouble and
the contest was for second place. Sum.
mary:
2:22 class, trotting-Purse $3.50.
j. X. j., g, by Jim Riddle
tHines) .................. 1
Will Patch, br g, by Wilton
tKnowles) ............... 2
Miss Hopkins, m, by Elyria
(Ryan) ................. 2 3