Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-09-03
Z" H Capitana Getting Purses.

on the tart at present, is FL Captains
owned by Mr.. j. ;. Carver of Mill
wood, and driven BY MIR. JOSEPH
Wright of Winchester. At Bright
wood Park, near Washington, ID. c.
last week, FL Cspitsns got secons
place in the three minute event, bu
the race furnished the spectators with
lots Of excitement. The Washington
Post of last week devotes CONSIDERABLE,
space to this one race alone, and says
eff the 800 event WAS interesting
to the spectators, the three minute
trot no less held their attention.
While IL was flushed in three straigh,
heats, there were periods during esc b
heat that the leading horse, Marjorie
>, might possibly be beaten by the
Winchester stallion, Ell Cspitana.
The pole was awarded TO Richard T..
with FL Capitana in second place.
At the word, Stubs went immediate
ly to the front with Marjorie 5, with
FL Capitana clinging to her wheel,
and the handsome and.gay bay stall
lion, Oak Wilkes, making strong Did
for the second place. On the upper
turn, first time around, the Wilkes
horse and the Winchester stallion
were going like u double team. AS
they rounded into the home stretch
the Wilkes horse made a bobble.
Corbin deflly pulled hin to his stride,
but not before he had lost considera-
ole ground. With the half reached
in l:lG. aud FL Cspitana we'll up.
they rounded into the back stretch.
Here llrrrlngtOn began to make one
of his famous drives with Fairfax
Belle and closed on the leaders. 1t
WAS the Virginia mares maiden race.
aud she performed with credit to her
sir, aud her owner. Rounding into
the home stretch, Marjorie :, FL Cap
ltana, and the Belle were punched.
With Maiorie :. slightly in the lead.
The finish WAS on the hair-standiug
order, but as they nesred the wire,
Stubs shook Marjorie S. up and won
the heat in 1921, FL Capitana second.
Fairfax Belle third, Oak Wilkes
fourth, while Dominion and Richard
T. got the banner.
"ln second heat Stubs at once
forged to tAe front with Marjorie ).
Wright laying two lengths back with
RI Capitunu. On the back stretch,
Wright closed with the leader with
the Winchester horse, while Harring.
ton let out link also with the Belle.
Stubs, however, kept Marjorie in q
comfortable lead, and passed under
the wire in 1921, the same notch as
In the previous heat.
"Before the horses received the
word in the third aud last heat, there
was considerable murmeriug among
the spectators, who fancied that
Wright was not driving FL Captains
to win. The judges, however, had
been closely observing the manner in
which the horse was being driven
but kept their counsel and decided to
await results. Wright collared Mar
jorie 5. with FL Capitana on the
upper turn and bid fair to take the
lead, when his horse went into the
air. Oak Wilkes being well up at
this point, Corbin challenged Har.
rington, who was behind Fairfax
Belle, aud shot into third place.
Fairly well punched, the four horses
came laundering down the stretch,
passing the half in LILO. But try as
they would. there was nothing. to il
the remainder of the mile but the
Baltimore mare, and she captured the
heat and race in 2:314. This hea,
Oak Wilkes was second, Ell Capitans
was third, and Fairfax Belle fourth. "