The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-02
Twin CITY PEOPLE
ARE OUT IN FORCE
At THE RACE MEET
Horse Show at Hamline Track
Attracts a Representative
Gathering and Events of Derby
Day Are Successfully Given.


]. Pluvius, Esq. evidently repented
of his harshness towards the pro-
moters of the Minneapolis horse show
and race meet yesterday, and the post
poned Derby day attractions were
successfully pulled off before a COM
Portable audience of Twin City people
at Hamline.
A clear sky and jet breeze. enough
to make it comfortably cool offered
conditions which. coupled with the
rather more than passable state of
the track. aided in making the occa-
sion successful from every standpoint.
Prominent society people from both
cities filled the boxes. while the main
balcony of the grand stand was COM
fortably filed:
The events went off smoothly, and,
barring some small delay in the open
ing of the programme, the schedule
was followed to the letter.
Nonamie, owned by E. W. Backus,
of Minneapolis, and driven by LOOMS,
had things all its own way in the 2:10
pace, the first race of the horse show.
This horse was clearly far superior to
the others entered. and demonstrated
this by winning the race in three
straight heats.
Diedine, owned by Peter Truax, of
Eau Claire. was the only worthy COM
petitor that Nonamie had In the first
heat the difference between the two
animals at the tape was only half
length. Dodine also ran second in the
second heat, but was over a length in
the rear. In this and the third heat
the winning horse was not pushed,
victory coming easy.
Charles Dewey. entered by Anton
Miesen, made a poor showing. Time
First heat, 2:124a; second heat, 2:121a;
third heat, 2:14A.
The one and a quarter-mile dash, in
which four horses were entered, was
the least interesting event of the day,
since only Charles Elliott's Henry
Launt and Henry Gould's Jupiter
started. Henry Launt had an easy time
of it, taking the lead from the very
start. On the third quarter Jupiter
was urged forward some, but never
got within a length of his opponent.
On the stretch Henry Launt increased
his lead, crossing the tape six lengths
to the good. The time was 2:27A.
Peerless Was Clever Winner.
BY far the most interesting event Of
the day in any department was the
five-miIe Automobile Derby, in which
six machines were entered.
Through fear of accident 1t was de-
cided to run off. the race in two sec
lions, the three entries in the first d.
vision being a Peerless, entered by E.
H. Moulton Jr., Minneapolis Oh. D..
Savage, chaffeuer); A Winton, entered
and driven by j. B. Gilfllan Jr., and a
six-horse power Rambler, entered and
operated by Charles P. Joy, Of st. Paul.
The Peerless, a sixteen horse power
machine, pitted against a more power
full machine by four horse power, clear
ly demonstrated It's superiority, and
Savage won out cleverly through sheer
superiority of machine and chaffeur-
ship. -
Mr.. Joy, although he made a good
showing with his small machine, was
never in the race from the start.
The race between the other two big
machines was thrilling. Savage led
only by a few feet when the machines
flew over the tape on the first mile,
making it in 1872. The lead was main
tanned for another mile, but on the next
Gillllan overlook the Peerless and had
a small lead at the end of the third
mile. On the back stretch Savage cir
cled his competitor and after that was
not passed. He won the heat by 100
feet.
Although the official time of the race
was S:34. several reliable stop
watches held in the grand stand clip
ped that time by IL seconds.
The entries in the second division
were the Peerless. driven and entered
by E. H. Moulton Jr.; the Winton, en-
tered by George w. Peavy and driven
by A. B. Bennett, and the Cadillac.
entered by Harry Pence and driven by
N. E. Brown.
At the getaway Moulton took the
lead, and increased it steadily until, at
the mile and half, he was at least
an eighth in the lead and running
easy. The audience looked to see the
five miles completed in eight minutes
or under. In some unexplainable man
ner, however, one of the. important
mechanisms connected with the fuel
feed went wrong, and Moulton was
obliged to slow up and almost stop.
Bennett passed him and continued the
race. merely for the time. Moulton
driving his machine slowly from the
track. The Cadillac seemingly suffer-
ed from a defect in its machinery. and
indeed covered the course so slowly
that but four miles had been covered
by Brown when Bennett, in the Winton.
passed the tape on the last lap.
The judges awarded the prizes as
follows: e. H. Moulton CT. D. Saw
age), first; ]. B. Gilfllan. Winton (Gil-
filllan). second; G. w. Peavey, Winton
"a. c.. BennetD, third.
The Coaching Parade.
The first number on the show pro-
gramme was the coaching parade with
two entries. The prizes awarded for the
best appointed team shown before a
coach, drag or break were given to A. e.
Ashbrook. of Kansas City, for his team
and coach Good Cheer" and Mrs. Jack
Cudahy, Of Chicago. who exhibited a
handsome brake. Then followed the class
in high school horses. There were four
entries, and few people in the audience
envied the judge, their task of deciding
which of the four gave the best perform
ance. One after another the highly train
ed animals went through different maneu-
vers. The prizes We're awarded as fol-
lows: First. to Columbus. exhibited by
E. S. Simms, of ST Charles, H.; second,
to Dixie Girl, exhibited by Thomas Bass,
of Mexico, Mo-, and third, to American
Beauty, exhibited by A. E. Ashbrook, OF
Kansas City.
In the gig horse class, nine entries COM
peted for three prizes. which were award
cd as follows: First, to Creighton. ex-
hibited by George Pepper, OF Toronto,
Canada; second, to Mate. by the same
exhibitor, and third, to Mary Louise. ex-
hibited by Miss Mary Louise Ashbrook,
of Kansas City, Mo. In this event