The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-23
Stark County FairCIoses 8
= In q Blaze of
Glory.
LITTLE FRANK wins 2:1S Pace
!, : after FOUR Contested Heats
Exhibitors Start to Leave Dur.
2 ing Day--Many Thousands b
Attend Notwithsta ndins "
Unfavora bile Weather.


tory of the Stark county agricultural
society closed Friday evening, after
another good days attendance. Those
who were at the fair grounds Friday
Afternoon saw the three hottest heats
ever paced in Stark county, when Lit
tie Frank and Silk Line nosed 1t from
wire to wire in fast time.
y Before the race started, it was
Thought that Raymond Russell would
win out, because of his recent per-
,formances in other races. But the
best he could do was to get third place
In the summary. In the first heat Silk
Line and Raymond Russell did the
fighting, Silk Line winning with some
TO spare.
4, In the second heat Little Frank,
driven by Garfield Walters, a younger
brother of Allie Walters, took up the
lighting and the two leaders, running
of from the field, went like team
from wire to wire. The crowd got up
on it's toes to see the fight and every
thing was as still as church. Head
Ing into the stretch it was anybody's
heat till the wire was reached. Both
horses were going 2:10 clip. with
Little Frank a neck ahead within ten
feet of the end, when the driver of
Silk Line let go of his head and his
neck stretched out and the horse al
most tumbled under the wire.
EXCITING FINISH.
Many thought the heat a dead one.
Others thought that Silk Line was in
the lead but the judges and the ma
jority of the spectators saw Little
Franks nose few inches to the good
and he got the decision. The time
was given as 2:19 IA, at which the
crowd laughed.
It was thought that such a corkinG
heat would take the race out of the
horses, but both were game. SILK
Line was prancing and anxious for the
word, and when Emory Miller gave
the go" he started out after the win
ner of the second heat with a rush. !
Little Frank was just as game and
met every rush with a counter rush, |
and another mile as fast and sensa
tional was paced. A blanket would |
have covered, both horses almost at
any point in the mile and again they
came down the stretch as though
hitched to the same double-tree The
nearer they came to the wire the fast
er they went, until the pace became !
too hot for Silk Line and he went up
in the air and Walters horse again
won. This heat was the fastest Of the
meeting, although given out at 2:18 Ii.
MORE HOT FINISHES.
The fourth heat was repitition OF
the other two. Silk Line being in sec
ond position had to go long mile. !.
Several times in the rounds he was
a half length ahead and when the
distance stand was reached he looked |
hike a sure winner. Walters then |
gave Little Frank the whip, and the |
driver OF Silk Line became excited
and commenced pouring the lash into
his horse. He would not stand 1t and
ran last hundred feet, finishing |
several feet in front Of Little Frank
but as he had gained by the run he
was set back to second place. |
= Outsideswatches caught all the miles |
{.
and "a.
DR.. Brant's horse, Will Go. which !
had been used on the roads until few
weeks ago, was in the race, and while /
he could not keep up with the leaders,
he was a factor in the second division
and showed good speed and staying
qualities. He was driven by, Scott
Croy. rf'
Five horses started in the race, as
shown by the summary:
HOW THEY FINISHED. 4
Little Frank &c. Walters). ...3 1
Silk Line (Armstrong). .....,1 222
Raymond Russell (Kelley) .....2 s45
Nellie "a. Walters) ..........5 5 8 8
Will Go (Croy) ...............4 454
Time-2:20 1-2, 2:19 IA, 2:18 IA,
ais IA
or the fourteen entries in the 2:3
trot, but four qualified by paying their
entrance fees. The others had started
in one or two other races and their
drivers decided 1t would not be wis
dom to start again.
This race was a good one, but tame
compared with the hairraising finishes
OF the pacing race. Harvey Close was
driving Charley Atwood and Allie
walters was holding the lines over
Chippewa Il. II. Castle. OF Munroe
ralisa furnished about the only excite
mont In the race. In the first heat
when ne got up alongside Of Charley
,Atuao1. he commenced yelling like a
E1tIt6 lndiAn and time after time he
oonsed .,ths Atwood horse 70 20 up IN |
~ ar. He was fighting for second |
0Iocs and was anxious to rattle the