The evening world., 1903-08-18
FRANK YOAKUM
WINS BRIGHTON
Seats Good Field Of Trotters for
the $4,000 Stake at the
Beach with the Favorite Back
In the Ruok.
u,.c,,, TO The EVENING World

(rDeCiAl 10 les fNVnihs "'''N'
BRIGHTON BEACH PACE ThASN'
n. Y, Aug. lS.-fhere wee no Lou D,I-
Ions advertised to break worlds recoFus
to-day. Accordingly there was no crow"
m this the second days meeting OF '"e
Grand Circuit. The regulars constitutes
NJ. ma iority of the 400 people at the
rack. They were live ones WIN DARK
oils. as one Rookie put 1t. ana 'nere
vas much doing in tho betting Fi"S.
Auction pools on the various meats so'u
ske tickets TO a championship P'i@'
,1ht The bookmakers took In what was
eft. .,,
,oce for n $40 100 prize is a pretty
,~ tbinr In the r%lnning-horse world
rhera was a stake OF Just sncn 49,
IN IL Laws card. 1t was known as the
Brighton. In It were the stars :" ~
80 class racers. In comparison 10 Wv
trottIng-hcrse men they were as irlSh
Lao, Waterboy, Hermis and Atr!chnue'
10 the thoroughbred world. Ihere was
but one thing which dctracted from the
interest In the event. That was making
Il a 3 in 8 heat AFFAIR. Light harness
race followers have grown to like the
to 3 plan, because 1t makes every heat
a race and bettors know where they are
ut when they lay Town their money.
Fast time to-day was something un-
looked for. 50 far as the condition was
concerned all was fine, but from the
southeAst blew a wind that made the
Stars and Stripes on the grand stand
snap before It. From a spectators
point Of view the day was fine.
eleven In the First.
The DAYS sport logan with the irst
lleat of the race for 2.l5 class trotters'
EIoven good mes were carded n all
took the word "go." Then followed the
first neat In the rich Brighton Stakes
TWO other races made UP the card-one
for 2.24 class trotters and the other fo'
.'green" PAGERS, three-year-olds. TIT
purse OF loo was known as the Ken
tucky stock farm prize.
The bettors could see nothing hut
Nasetto in the first heat Of the 81;
uot He opened at . to ! and at post
time the best TO be mad was { to 10
Midnight was second chogce in the be
ting and Admiral Dewey and Tt
Ouestor shared in the third cal.
Talent Starts Right.
The talent was right, After a pretty
race to the stretch tLrn between Nd
setto, Midnight and The Questor thu
drive for home against the wind Gegan
Ae-etto pulled away and won by 1--WE
lengths. A blanket would have covered
the next four. The judges awarded tn
place to Midnight. the second choice
and Ben Hal. quoted AT 10 to J. wa!
and Admiral Dewey nth. That wa
boxing them a bit. Tlme-2.12 IA. ,
After laying in second to the ~s.retcf
In the first heat for the rich Brighton
Stake. Frank Yoakum, brother to c. p.
Won the first heat in a drive from A
Book. who came down the stretch at {
two-minute clip. Yoakum just won By
. head Al Book was a length in from
Of Elastic Pointer, which led all thu
way until caught by Yoakum.
Ynakum was second choice In the bet
fling. being quoted at 2 to I. Al Boo,
was a 10 10 I shot and Elastic Pointer
odds were 6 to l. The Time OF the hea
Waa 200 II. Toin Keene. the red-ho
lnYo-ite, on whom thousands were wa
gered at odds ranging from even none
- 3 to 5, finished sixth.
Masetto Wina 2.1B.
.asettos~ the winner OF the first hea
me race for Ais trotters, was 2 to
the betting for the second heat. Sh
F0n lust al her odds indlcated and In
=|1fniallv N4nE the race. Millard Sander
Nak z TO !. finished second,
I1H h0hGad aud hall lehgth ~ froE