The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-18

the exhibition as it was but they would
have run wild If Cresceus had beaten
his record. The next trial is going to
be more exciting because the people who
witnessed the great race yesterday now
believe that II conditions are favorable
Monday that he will beat the record and
that the Wichita track will hold the
worlds two mile record
WThe two twenty-seven trot and the two
twenty-five pace caused a good deal of
interest and some of the horsemen said
they never had so much fun at a race.
There was just monkey business enough
to put the people in a good humor and
when the judges would call some OF the
drivers into the grand stand 20 read them
d lecture the people laughed
The two tweuty-seven trot was
scorcher as the time will show. The first
heat, Zach Chandler, who was driving
Arthur Wright. went under the wire
when the go was given with loose lines.
Arthur on the back stretch was gaining
so fast that some of the judges said
If he kept up that lick he would beat
the other horses. Sun Rise and Lee, a
quarter Of a mile Arthur Wright went
round without a skip and came under
the wire in two twenty-four and QUAR-
ter and won the heat. The other horses
were not tagged. There wasn't any flag.
When the word was given for the sec
ond heat Holdridge forged Sun Rise to
the front and Bill King slipped Lee in
ahead OF Arthur Wright and Arthur went
round to the first quarter pole gallop-
ing like COW pony. He got about two
hundred yards behind but on the back
stretch Chandler let him trot and he
gradually closed up the space between
himself and Sun Rise and Lee, but COM
ing down the last half he went into
the air and galloped and played like a
colt in the barn yard, but finally con-
cluded to trot some more. He passed
Lee, and came under the wire in 2:4i IA.
When the third heat was called the
judges called Chandler into the stand.
lie was like the traditional lamb before
the shearer and reckoned he had bad
luck i'm the other heat. He said Arthur
Wright was a bad hos when he took
a notion Mr. Able said "Zacll! you let
Arthur tot this time. Do you under |
thur Wright did not do much breaking !
in this heat and was coming down the
home stretch in the lead but when he
got in about one hundred feet Of the Wa
one Of the swipes stepped out and swung
a blanket at him and Arthur went under /
the wire on gallop in 2:29. but the judges !
said that didn't count and they gave !
Arthur the heat and the race.
The two twenty-five pace was a good !
race Talk about fun. The man who
likes TO laugh and missed this race lost |
the opportunity Of his life. The /
horses in this race were: Dolly Gray. Tom
twist, Hair Spring. Louise Middleton and |
Golden Bow Louise Middleton won the |
first heat in two twenty and a quarter. |
The fun in this race was the work OF |
Dolly Gray. Fred Farmer was driving |
in the fourth and fifth place in the two |
first heats but Steadman drove Dolly the |
third and fourth heats. The third she /
came in second and the fourth. which was /
the fastest heat of The race. Dolly came /
home second. when President Irwin made I
a kick and told the judges that he wanted I
this monkey business stopped; that Stead /
man had pulled the head off Dolly to
keep her from winning the race. Stead
man was called on the carpet Anybody /
could tell from his honest look that he .
would not do a thing like that and the /
judges held that Dolly was only entitled I
to second place.
The judges were E e Able. ]. T. Millen \
and f. A. Mason. They are old in the +
business and their management yesterday I
gave general satisfaction. They allowed
d good deal &C latitude and under the (
conditions that was just wherein they 4
showed their fitness. Colonel \. c. Jor- /
dan was starter, and he and ". V. Church /
were the timers and they did their work .
in fine shape
The automobile test was not very salts
factory for the reason that the large auto I
was so much faster than the small one
that the speed could not be regulated &c
suit the latter TIE test. however. satisfied /
every body that the small machine could /
so one mile IN two to three seconds less /