The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
CLOSING DAY OF HARNESS MEET
A BRILLIANT ONE

INTO second place, and again fought II
out with Mack for first honors. losing
Dy bare length. Effie Powers was
1nree lengths behind. This heat gave
Mack hrst money; Harry o.. second
money Ii' EIle Powers, third money, and
Indiana, fourth money.
The 2;2O Pace.
2;2O Pacing-Third Heat: One each
OF the first two heats run Wednesday
having been won by School Girl and
Little Belle. Little Belle. , to 5, won;
Geers' Z to l, second; Outline, to l,
thlrd; Star Patchen, to /. fourth:
Hulda, to l, fifth; Irene S., u to I.
sixth; Diploma, to l, seventh, and
school Girl, 2 to l, eighth. Time
lisa. Little Bell had the pole but
lost 1t to Geers at the quarter, but at
the half the little favorite had drawn
up on even terms, and they were go
ing fast. Little Belle led at the three
quarters and in splendid drive home,
won out by length. Geers and Outline
lighting it out for second place, the
former winning by a neck.
The quarter-mile-dash was then run,
White Foot winning as stated above,
the time being 24l seconds.
2:2O Pacing, Fourth Heat and Race
Little Belle, to Is, won: Geers, 5 to 1,
second; Outline, to 1, third; Diploma,
to 1, fourth; Hulda, to 1, fifth; Star
Patchen. 6 to 1, sixth; School Girl, 6
to l, seventh, and Irene S, Is to l,
eighth. Time 2:14k. Even money was
bet. on Little Belle against the field.
Little Belle led as usual and was never
headed, she winning from Geers by
two lengths. The first money went to
Little Belle; second to School Girl;
third to Gcers. and fourth to Outline.
The 2,20 Trot.
2:20 Trotting, First Heat-Marlin-
spike, to 5, won; Lady Thelma even
money, second; Baron Vincent, to 1,
third; Joan of Arc, to 2, fourth; Trib
Gentry, to 1, fifth, and Thelka. to 1,
sixth. Time PIG. Joan of Arc
broke at the eighth and at
the quarter the field punched with
Marlinspike leadingsand Thelka second.
The position was unchanged at the
half, except that Joan of Arc made a
beautiful drive, but was too far in the
rear after gaining her feet to catch the
leaders. The third horse and the field
were fifty yards behind when the first
horses crossed the wire.
Second Heat-Joan of Arc 2 to g.
won; Marlinspike even money, second; ;
! Lady Thelman, 8 to 1, third; Baron
! Vincent, 3 to l. fourth; Trib Gentry
to 1, fifth, and Thelka, to 1, sixth
Time 2:15A. Marlinspike led at the
| quarter with Lady TheIma second
joan of Arc was last and at the half
| the positions of the leaders was the
same with Joan coming up fast At the
| three-quarters Joan had moved up to
! third place and on the home stretch
passed~the leaders and won out by a
length with the Spike second. 1t was
a pretty finish.
Third Hoo t-T0orov,
won; Lady Thelma, to 1, second;
Joan of Arc, to 3, third; Thelka, to
l, fourth; Marlinspike, 3 to l., fifth, and
Trib Gentry, distanced. Time 2:17. Two
to L was offered in this heat on the
field against Joan. Baron Vincent
| broke just after scoring and Marlin
spike moved up to the lead with Thel-
ma in second place. At the three quar-
ters the field was well punched with
Baron Vincent coming around the out
side of the leaders, and fifty yards
/ from the finish passed all and won by
q length.
2:20, Fourth Heat and Race-Joan of
Arc. 2 to 10, won; Thelka, to /, sec
ond; Marlinspike, to /, third: Lady
Thelma, 5 to /, fourth, and Baron Vim
cent, to 1, fifth. Time 2:1S%. Trih
Gentry was scratched o in
this heat as he had failed
to score in the previous heats. Mar
linspike led at the quarter, with
Thelma second and Joan of Arc, third
AT the three-quarters the positions
We're the same, with Joan forcing tt
the front. On the home stretch anc
twenty-five yards from the wire, she
took the lead and won out in a close
and exciting race. But four heats were
run owing to darkness, the money be.
ing given to the greatest point scorer
up to this time, and went as follows
Joan of Arc, first; Marlinspike second
Baron Vincent, third, and Lady
Thelma, fourth.
This concluded the days events anC
the meet, and although the attendance
has not been what the races deserved
| the meet was success, and both pro.
moters and participants are satisfied
The poor showing made by Indiana
| the National Circuit horse, with 6
| mark of 2:04, in the free-for-all race
| was surprise to the spectators. i
was fully expected that he would ge
| place, but lin neither of the heats rur
| did he qualify.
Ii Trib Gentry, owned and driven by
! Mr.. Dyer the owner and driver OF
| Little Belle, was as good a horse il
| his class as the latter, he would have
a pair hard to beat. Trib, however
| has failed to show to the front ir
elIner OF the TWO races he has entered
Petronelle, Lady Thelma, Thelka
Baron Vincent and Frank Hunter are
among the most reliable horses at the
track, and can always be relied upon
| to give a good account of themselves.
All of the horsemen are highly pleas
ed with the track and the fair manner
in which they have been used by the
managers of the races and the public
and the majority of them can be relied
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of another race meet.
Nearly all of the horses that have
entered for the meet to be held in
Jacksonville next week will leave to-
day and tonight for that city to begin
their preparatory training.