The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-14
FIRST DAY OF FALL MEET
A BAD ONE FOR THE BOOKIES

i Fourth Heat-Joan Of Arc, 20 to l,
won; Thelka, 4 to 3, second; Lady Thel-
ma. to l. third; Marlinspike, 2 to l,
fourth; Summer Fern. to 1, fifth:
/ Baron Vincent, to 1, sixth, and
/ wayne Chief. to l, seventh. Time,
2:l'. This was the first sensational
| heat of the afternoon, as Joan of
Arc. who had not placed in the pre-
| Vlous heats, took the lead at the start
| and maintained it throughout, dis
tancing at the finish the three pre-
vious heat winners and winning cas-
| lily
Fifth Heat-Joan of Arc, even
T money, first; Thelka, to /. second:
Baron Vincent 2 to l. third. Marlin
spike, to 5, fourth; Lady TheIma, s
TO l. NTH; Wayne Chief, 10 to 1, sixth.
ana Summer Fern, 10 to /, seventh.
| Time, 2:19
In this heat Joan of Arc repeated
his trick of the previous race, and won
out by three lengths. 1t was the gen
eral opinion that had another heat
| been driven he would have captured
| 1t and won the race.
Summary of heats, first place: Sum
mer Fern, one; Marlinspike, one;
| Thelka, one; Joan of Arc, two. This
race will be finished first thing this af-
ternoon upon the beginning of the
races.
| racing Races.
| First Race-First heat, 21s pacing,
one mile. McCleary, to 1, first; John
w. Patterson, even money, second:
| Outline, to 1, third Mississippi King,
| to 2 fourth, and j. P, to 1, fifth
Time 2:16A. McCreary took the lead
at the start and was never passed,
though John w. Patterson was tackled
| on all the way around and was a good
second. The third horse and field were
several lengths behind
| Second Heat--McCreary to TO-
won; John w. Patterson, to 2, sec
ond; Outline, to l. third; Mississippi
King, 3 to 1, fourth, and ]. P. fifth.
| Time 2:14h. This race was run prac-
tically the same as the first, McCrea-
| ry leading and closely followed by
Patterson, with the field in the rear.
Third Heat-Mississippi King, to 1,
won; McCreary, 2 to 10, second; ]. w.
Patterson, to 1, third Outline, s to 1,
fourth, and ]. p, 10 to 1, fifth. Time
2:161a. Mississippi King took the lead
at the quarter and was never headed.
the second placer.
Fourth Heat-Mississippi King, to
5, first; McCleary, even money, sec
ond; Outline, 4 to 1, third; ]. w. Pat
terson, to l, fourth, and ]. P, Is to
! l, fifth. Time 2:171a. The King had
| everything his own way in this heat
and won out by five lengths. This
race will also be finished this after
| noon
Summary of Heats-First place, Nc
| Cleary, two; Mississippi King, two.
Either of these horses winning first
place this afternoon in the first heat
| VIII be the winner of first money.
These heats were not run successive
ly but alternated from trotting to
pacing, thus doing away with the mo-
notony Of witnessing one straight race
without a break.
Attractive Programme To-day. e.
The events this afternoon will prove
more attractive than those of Yester-
day and a good crowd should be in at
| tendance as it is not often the public
has an opportunity of witnessing such
animals in a contest of speed. The
races will start promptly at 2 o'clock.
Hereafter the admission to the grand
stand will be 25 cents instead of 80
| cents.
The purse offered in each race is $500,
to be divided into four moneys, so.
g. Is and 10 per cent. of the amount.
The winning horse must take three out
of five heats, the same rule applying
| to,the others. =
John w. Patterson was without
doubt, the prettiest horse on the track.
He had an easy, graceful swing and
locked fast. His driver, very young
man, did not appear heavy enough to
handle him properly, though he got
great speed out of the animal
Wayne Chief and J. P. were failures.
They were apparently fast animals,
and it may be probable that they were
not driven to their best. Horse racing,
like every other business, has it's tricks
and 1t may be they will be heard from
later on in the. meet.
George w. Haight, the track mas
ter, and superintendent of the
grounds, was enthusiastic over the con-
dition of the course, and was compli-
mented by many on its perfect condi-
ton.
Starter Newton made his word law.
When he had jockeyed for start as
long as he thought necessary, the
threat of a fine always brought the
drivers to his way of thinking, and a
start always followed. Mr. Newton
says the track is fast, and he was sur
prised that more people did not turn
out
A band of music or some means of
enlivening the intermissions between
races would prove valuable to the
spectators. The monotony of sitting for
hours with nothing but horseracing is
very trying.
TO-day's Events.
The following are the races sched-
uled for to-day, with the entries in
each:
Third Race-Pacing, 2:22 class. Pat
tie Ledyard, English Walnut, Hulda
Espanita, Star Patchen. Black Bird,
Little Belle and June Bug.
Fourth Race-Trotting, 2:24 class.
Katie Frank Hunter, Morning Star.
Patronelle, Sam Patch. r. W., Harry
| Woodford and Henry L.
Fifth Race-Pacing, PIP class.
| Gypsy Red, Major Hal, DR.. Porter,
Mama Pierce and Joe Rhea.