The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-19
The FAIR is over
This Afternoons Race Pro-
gramme Closing Event.
Friday the Most Exciting Day
of Meeting.
MANY CLOSE RACES.
Jim Underwood an Easy Win
ner in 2:16 TrOt.
Excitement Caused by Trickery
in Three Year-Old TrOt.
LINN COUNTY FIRST.
Awarded Prize for Best Agri-
cultural Display.
Usage Is Marked Up a Close
Second.
Jim Underwood an Easy Win
ner in 2:16 TrOt.
Excitement Caused by Trickery
in Three Year-Old TrOt.
LINN COUNTY FIRST.
Awarded Prize for Best Agri-
cultural Display.
Usage Is Marked Up a Close
Second.

Today ends the fall race meet and
state fair. In spite of the bad start
which the weather gave to the enter
prise. there have been four good DAYS.
and the large crowds have had an op-
portunity to see good show.
Especially is to be commended the
strong racing attractions which have
been offered. Each day had been better
than the one before, and the extremely
liberal purses hung up have brought
together one Of the greatest meeting of
race horses ever held in the state. 1t
is to be hoped that the meeting will be
nnanclal as well as an artistic sue
cess.
The work of o. P Updegran as
starter of the races and announcer of
the results has been one of the thor
oughly enjoyable features of the entire
race meet. Cool. impartial and shrewd.
and possessed of ii happy faculty of
getting along" with the racing men.
ne mas this fail fully sustained his rep
utation as one of the most successful
race-starters in the country
Fridays attendance at the far ard
race meet Disappointing to The
management. There were probably not
over 1000 people at the race track with
q rev thousand more scattered out
over the grounds.
BY not turning out en- masse. Topeka
missed one of the best racing cards
ever presented. There were some blis-
tering finishes, number of fast heats
and general lively interest on the
part Of the spectators.
The sensation of the day was the
charge of a fixed" race involving a
Topeka horse. and resulting IN the can
collation. Of the third heat of the three
year-old trOt
he o. ru,o ,.-ti.t, fe -
one of the best races of the meeting,
was not finished on account of the late
ness Of the hour, and is the first thing
on the card today. Owing to the long
programme of races, the matinee to-
day commenced at 1880 O'Clock.
pOday's offering is the best of the
week. II is as follows:
2:2O trutting. $500.
2:l3 pacing. 81 900. This is the fastest
race of the week.
2:22 pacing. $500 Unfinished from
Friday)
Mile dash. running. $3.50.
Seven -eighths mile, running. S100
Five-eighths mile, running S10O
In addition TO this splendid bill. Red
BIRD VIII go against the track record
Of 2:11l4. held by Riley Medium, an
nounced in fridays State Journal.
Today is the closing day of the races.
From Topeka most of the horses go
south to take in the southern circuit.
Some of them will jump back to Ill
RACE WAS FIXED.
Crooked work was detected by the
Judges in the third heat of the 3-year
old trot Friday afternoon. and the heat
was declared void, bets were called off.
and the biggest sensation of the meet I
ing created.
1t was claimed that George Burghart,
Of Topeka. owner of Glory Quayle, and
J. T. Wickersham. owner and driver of
Watson. were in collusiOn to throw the
heat and race to Burghart's horse. when
the victory really belonged to Watson.
Watson allowed Glory Quayle to take
the pole from him at the three-quarters
and very evidently pulled in the
stretch. to allow Glory Quayle to get
under the wire a nose ahead.
Just before the race started, Burghart
appeared in the betting ring in person
and laid down five double eagles on
Bookmaker McKinne's desk. "One
hundred on Glory Quayle," he said.
Mckinnie seemed in considerable doubt
j. as to whether he should take the
money, but he finally issued the ticket
1T even money, which was Cilory's price.
Glory Quayle was Immediately elimi-
mated from the betting by the bookes.
in spite of the fact that half a dozen
people who had seen Burghart's move,
and interpreted it to mean that some
thing was in the wind, were showing
punches of greenbacks into the book
makers faces and demanding Glory
Quayle tickets.
the illegal heat was UP on Watson at
odds Of to 1. Glory Quayle's price was
even money. The tip had gone out
pretty straight that Watson was GER
tain to win and only a few of Burg
hart's intimate friends were playing
the Topeka horse. Most of the bets on
Glory We're of considerable size. how
ever. and it would have cost the book
makers a neat sum to pay out had
Glory been declared the winner
Watson was the pole horse, and the
first evidence of a deal was when Wick
ersham. his owner allowed Glory Quayle
10 cut in and get the inside track. when
there was no apparent reason for such
move. The horses came down the
home stretch neck and neck. Glory
Ouayle was leading by half length
Slowly Wickersham's horse was over
coming this small lead, in spite of the
fact that Wickersham seemed to be
holding back on the reins. hundred
feet from the wire the horses were so
close together that only those close to
the wire could pick the winner. John
Iehr. of FL Dorado, driver of Glory
Quayle. was slashing Glory right and
left. and the little mare was responding
frantically to the whipping 1t looked
momentarily as though she would go
into break. but under the wire the
two racers went. Glory leading by her
bride bits and that was all.
Then there was a long consultation
among the judges Wickersham and