The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-30
FINE SPORT AT TRACK
INTERESTING TROTTING. RUNNING
AND EXHIBITION RACES.
"KINGFULL" WAS PULLED.
AND SO JUDGES DECLARED THE
RUNNING RACE mo RACE"

The Day a Good One for the Sport
but the Track a Trihe Heavy-Lit-
tie Dick Did an Exhibition Half
Mile in 1.O9-First Two Harness
Events Close and Exciting-RObert
F. Winner of First, and Robert
West winner of SccOnd-Bet1veen
Four Hundred and Five Hundred
Spectators Present.
Between four and five hundred peo-
pie watched with interest the races
at the State Fair track yesterday
There were three one-mile trotting
events. best two out of three heats,
one exhibition trotting race, and a run
ming race, half mile. The races bad
been arranged by Mr.. George 1. Pal
mer. James F. Furlong was starter
and Alex Doyle and H. H. Hull and
DR.. A. G. Bouton, judges.
The weather was perfect for racing,
but the track was heavy because too
dry. This, however. did not prevent
fairly fast time in two of the events.
In fact the first two events were as
pretty races as have ever been seen
on the track
The first event on the card was the
sending of Little Dick over half
mile in an effort to make it in 1:12 or
better. Despite the sandiness of the
track 1t was made in 1903 Little
Dick is owned by E. Muhlberg and
was driven by G, 1. Palmer.
"RObert f." Won Harness Race.
In the next event, a harness race of
one mile, best two out of three heats,
the entries were Helen Blazes.
Palmer; Gambert, Halligan; Robert
r., kuck; and Sparkle, O'Den. The
first heat was won in an exciting fin
lsh by Robert F., with Helen Blazes
second, Gambert third, and Sparkle
last In the first half Sparkle had
all the best of it, though it was gen
orally understood before the start that
he couldn't go the distance and win in
the company with which he was trav-
cling. Gambert had been picked by
many as the winner and he really
made fine finish, but he failed to
make his squirt in time. The time of
this heat was 2:35.
In the second heat, in which the time
was even better than the first, 2:32
Robert F. again came in first, with
Gambert close second and Helen
Blazes third. The race went to Robert
F. Gambert was given second prize
and Helen Blazes third.
In the race that followed, also a mile
event, best two out of three heats, there
were five entries: Maud S., Mccartney:
Hustler, Halligan Gambetta Wilkes
Palmer; Robert West, O'Dell, and Rob
ert H., Hunt This heat was a little
harder to get started than had been
those of the other race, but finally they
got away together. Robert West i'm
mcdiatelY went to the front and was
never overtaken, winning easily with
Gambetta Wilkes second, Hustler third
Robert H, fourth and Maud S. fifth
The time was PAP.
Gambetta Wilkes Behavior.
One of the disappointing things about
this heat as well as the one that fol-
lowed, and the only disappointing
thing, was the behavior of Gambetta
Wilkes. This horse is big bay, with
good stride and in splendid shape
and when in his stride, showed his
ability simply to walk away from any
of his companions, but his splendid
powers were rendered of no avail be-
cause of his frequent breaks" The
second heat of this race of which also
the finish was a pretty one, was won
by Robert West, with Gambetta Wilkes
second, and Maud s., Robert H. and
IAuStiSI III the OTQer mentioned. lime
$50.
Another exhibition race was driven
between Annie s., F. Schroeder: and
Apollo, Jr., Palmer. Two-mile heats
were driven of which the first was won
by Apollo, Jr., and the second by An
ME S. Between these heats the only
running race on the card took place.
This was a half-mile dash, in which
the entries were Kingfull Brewer;
Whitestocking, Wilson, and Lady
Burns, Bingham
mo Race" Declared.
Lady Burns, which was entered at
the last minute and ridden bareback.
was never in the race after the start
kingfull should have won handily, but
as it was he and Whitestocking came
down the stretch together Kingfull be-
ing held back so that it was evident
to both spectators as we'll as judges
that he was being pulled. The judges
declared it mo race" and so all bets
were off
The days sport, everything consid-
cred, was very good, indeed. 1t is
probable that a much larger audience
would have been had but for the fact
that the offer of Mr.. Palmer of a days
sport without any cost to the specta-
tor, except car fare, looked too good to
be true. If the offer is ever repeated,
however, it is a safe statement to say
that yesterdays attendance will be
more than doubled.