The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-02
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RACES ARE CLOSE
Good Time Marks Opening Day Of
Harness Meeting.
To-DAY's EVENTS ARE POSTPONED
Exhibition Classes Attract Much At
tenfions and Some High Glass
Animals Are Shown.

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tenfion> and Some High Glass .>
Animals Are shown.
Two extremely spirited pacing races,
and one rather tame affair in the two
mile derby, marked the opening day of
the Minneapolis race and horse show
meeting. ...-.-
Although the weather man did his best
TO spoil the attendance on the first day,
calling out clouds which threatened at
every moment to turn loose a deluge of
rain, the attendance proved that the twin
city public does not care for weather
symptoms when good horse races or horse
shows are involved. Fully fifteen hun
dred people We're present, and all took
hearty interest in both the record and
the exhibition part of the program.
The races. with the sole exception OF
the derby, were. we'll contested, and the
Hhlshes We're close enough to satisfy the
most cold Hooded. The equnes shown
In the exhibition classes were uniformly
high class and the only fault that could
De found with the program was that it
was trifle long, in spite of the fact that
the events were run off with the greatest
possible dispatch In other words, the
management gave the public too much for
their money-a condition of affairs which
is not often witnessed.
derby. for a special course, was heralded
as the special event Of the meet, but only
four horses started, Early Girl, Black
Lady, Bird L., and Ilo Ito. In spite of
the length Of the race, and the small en-
try list, the contest was most exciting,
the four horses being punched all the way
down. the stretch and almost to the wire,
when Early Girl finally took the lead,
Black Lady nosing Bird L. out for sec
ond, and Ito Ilo. the California horse,
who had set the pace all the way around,
breaking just before the finish and get
ting only last place.
There was little excitement in the trot
until the last quarter was reached. lilo
lilo held the lead all the way around, with
Bird L. treading in his tracks, and Early
Girl close behind. Black Lady fell to the
rear in the first mile, but On the back
stretch of the second she made it up, and
entered the stretch on even terms.
1t was pretty race to the wire, Early
Girl forging ahead about a hundred yards
from the finish, with Black Lady hanging
upon her heels. lilo Ito broke and lost
her chance for second or third money.
International Queen a Winner.
The 1922 pace was a walkaway for In
ternational Queen, the feet mare entered
by M. w. Savage. That is, it seemed so
to the spectators, but in reality the
Queen was very nearly all in in the first
heat. She got a poor start, and was in
ninth position roaund the upper turn and
down the back stretch. Through the low
er turn the horses continued, with Uncle
John, the bay gelding from California,
setting the pace all the way. But the
Queen was coming as fast as whip and
VI word would drive her She wore down the
field one by one, and finally passed Uncle
John barely hundred yards from the
wire, managing to keep her lead to the
finish, although Hersey himself confessed
that the mare was, all but driven out.
In the second heat, however, the Queen
had things all her own. way. Alice Gray
was sent to the fore on the first quarter
and set a hot pace for half a mile. But
the heat was repetition of the first. In
ternational Queen came strong on the
stretch and finished winner by two
lengths, taking first money for the race.
She looked to have a couple OF seconds
left in her at the finish. Uncle John again
got second, and Grasshopper and Bessie
Rose, the Nebraska bred mare, divided
third and fourth money.
Three Heats Needed.
The 2:27 pace, although the field of
starters was smaller than in the 2:22
proved close and exciting, taking three
heats to decide. McKellip drove pretty
heat with Burtwood, winning the first by
lust a. nose from Ned Medium. Buster,
who got the worst Of poor start, came
strong in the stretch, and looked to nave
considerably more speed than the neio,
if he could have been induced to exhibit
It a little earlier in the game. He I'm
ished third.
Elsie Oh So gave surprise in the sec
end heat, finishing an easy winner. Burt
wood broke on the first quarter and never
made up his distance. In the third, now
=. ever, Elsie suffered a like misfortune,
~eoins into the air on the first turn, and
: finishing in the ruck, while Burtwood
fought it out with Laura Bell, finally WIN
ming the heat and race by a narrow
margin.
Il, The driving of Higbee in the derby and
Hersey in the 222 pace was feature OF
the day. The admirable manner IN
which the latter. piloted international
Queen to victory was favorably com
nented upon by almost every one OF the
experts on the grounds Summaries OF
race events:
:Trotting Derby, Two-mile DASH Special
Early Girl, b. NJ, w. 6, CARING, St. Paul
Bi Sa1so Iady, b. M, W. G. wilson, Min.
Bird hsaP I b. ." M. 4. Lindsay, Minneapolis
1lo oAK fo J. h, j: NJ Carr, San francisco
SAsO cnses Pace. Purse 81 900
1nternatonal Queen ch MI ,n 1nte noIs
Uncle John, b. g., Bennett & Goodall,
u San Francisco (Welch) ..........:.....
Grasshopper. b. g., l. D. Ewert. Pierre,
S. D. Cooper ....:..:..:;...:. s.:....a
Bessie Rose, gr: nj; o. Clarity, Ham
Ai fpe cray Gray ): M, j. D: Gray, Des
vyzole ch. m, M F. Coonan, Emmets-
1urg. Iowa. Coonan) ...................
SSBly, b. m; R. E.. Salter, Mime
Ebh So, b, g, j. F: Paisley St.
BIZ kHPaisley) ..:..... ....:.............
O., ii. Woods. Eldon, Iowa
-#fs# ls)
A48Glen, b. m, William Allendorf,
Rapolis (AllendorD ..............
YPace, Purse $500
wood, b. g., ]. W. McKellip,
leldon, Iowa (MeKellip) ........... 2
lie Oh So, b. M, William Allendorf,
Minnea polls (Allendorf .....,.......
Laura Bell. b. m, F. F. Rogers, To-
* ledo tRogers) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
81 Ned Medium, b. h., W. G.. Wilson,
81 Minneapolis (Wilson( .............. 6 Il
z Buster. b. g, ]. E. Neff, Minneapolis
Charlie F., b. g., Fred J. Tufts, Min
5neapolis CTufts) .......-........-...5
93 Purdy b.. G. A. l.. Russell, Colum-
bus junction, Iowa (RusselD 800.
s.s Good as the races were, they did no
. eclipse in interest the exhibition classes
1T was hard to tell which class, tn