The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-05
STARKE'S MARE
BROKE RECORD
Porto Rico Makes a Quarter
Against Time.
ALADDIN BEATS WYETH
Other Notable Races in indie
pendenCe Day Sports.

Denver. Colo, July AT Overland park
today Porto Rico. Thomas starke' s
mare. broke the worlds record for a
quarter Of a mile against time. going the
distance in % seconds. The weather was
showery, but the track was fast. Re
suits:
First race. pacing-Polar Wilkes won
first, second and fifth heats and race.
Time, 2:lI9<, z:lz5k, 2:171z- Jim Ferry took
third heat; time. 2l3A Daniel J. took
fourth heat; time. 2I714. Stark. Jess c.,
Helen Mar. John o., Blast, Fritz and
Glideaway also started.
Second race. trotting-Silver Sign won
second third and fourth heats and race;
time. PIPE, 2.151, 2:I61 Vendora took
first heat; time, 2:lAz. Dude EgmOnt
Ed Winship. Congressman Sibley, Nc
kenna, Viometa, George w. also started.
Boston, July 4.-The trotting card at
the Readvine track today was made up
OF seven events IN the PA pace Heloise.
after taking the second heat, had a brush
in the stretch with Deacon in the third
heat and bid fair to win until she col
hded with Deacon's suIky, throwing her
self and driver, Kane. For some time il
was feared Kane was seriously hurt, but
he is not. Summary:
PIG class, tr0tting two out of three
heats. purse s5OO-Promise won two
straight heats in 2:l2lt. 2I4%. Gold Burr,
Mary p. Leyburn and Gened also started.
PA class. pacing. two out Of three
,,.,--o e-aa Toooo,, NOR, fret
and third heats in 2l4ll. 2:1554. Heloise
won the second heat In 2:15 3-5. Rebe
Rex, Sultana and Diamond King also
started.
PA trot. two out Of three heats. purse
f5e0-Pug won the first and third heats in
2:141k PA. Ruth NJ. won the second heat
in 2:l215. Alkalone Hylie Bird and Ma
ron Wilkes also started.
PA class. pacing. two out Of three
heats. purse $500-Locanda won two
straight heats IN 2:l2l4 2:11%. Carl
Wilkes. Stormwood, Goze. Rex, Minnie B.
and Burnham also started.
PA class. trotting. two out Of three
heats. purse s50o-General johnson won
the third and fourth heats in 2:14@4. 2:151k.
Meadow Bell won the first heat in 2:14.
216 pace. two out Of three heats, purse
f5Oo-Jessie S. won the first and third
heats in 2:12lk 2:l1ll. Jesse H. won the
second heat in 2:i2lk Quarter Stake,
view-View, Clayseps AMI Baroness Eve
Iyn also started.
Chicago. July I'm the presence Of 20
90 people G. c. Benefits Aladdin this
afternoon won the Sheridan stakes at
Washington park defeating the American
derby winner. Wyeth. and the colt which
took second place in that race. Lucien
Appleby BY singular coincidence only
three colts which ran one, two, three in
the derby, started in todays race. which
had most of the western derby colts as
eligfhles and the result brought out as
victor the colt which had come in third
in the big event on June q.
Under the conditions Of the race Alad-
din had seven pounds the better Of the
weights as compared with NNyeth, and
five pounds as compared with Lucien APP
pleby. The distance of the race was
q mile and quarter a quarter of a mile
shorter than the derby.
Wyeth opened in the betting al to 5.
Aladdin at to / and Lucien Appleby at
Il to 5.
At post time Wyeth and Aladdin went
each . to ., while Lucien Appleby re
manned about stationary. Aladdin won by
two lengths while only a neck separated
Wyeth and Lucien Appleby.
The track was slow and the time was
AIS Is. The otal value Of the stake was
e4.475 and the winners share was SS16o.