The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-09-02
FAST FLIERS
ON The COURSE.
Grand Circuit Meeting Opens
at Aarragans0tt Park.
EVERY EVENT THRILLS CROWD
keaasy. Driver Of Prince Direct, Thrown
and Sustalns Severe laIurIss-6oed
Work Of Local Horse NavIdsd.

The opening OF the grand circuit races
at Narragansett Park, yesterday, was
such as TO I'LL the heart OF the average
horsman with Joy. The sun was bright,
the ar clear, the track had dried up and
there were 1900 enthusiastic followers OF
the sport
There were four events on the day's
: card With the exception OF one. thew
were run on with exciting finishes The
odd one was concluded early this after
noon.
The 2:0s pacing class was marred hv
serious accident. in which Ben Kenney.
the driver OF Prince Direct was so badly
injured, that he VIII be unable to handle
the ribbons again this season
Ihere were nine starters In this class
and all the horses were punched as they
were about 10 enter the stretch
fTince Direct put his foot into the
wheel OF Hudson's sulky and was tripped
AS ne fell, kenney was thrown and
| picked UP conscious. but helpless
Dr D. Munroe Lane found that Ken
ney collar bone was fractured. wrist
sprained and his left leg dislocated
AT the Claiming hospital. 7s Common
street last evening, kenney was declared
10 nave sustained even more serious In
/ jury than DR.. Lane had diagnosed when
he first saw the patient
There was broken collar bone. n dis
located hip, the muscles had been torn
| from the pelvis and one knee the left
! leg was badly confused and there were
internal injuries
Drs. Lane, Crocker and True etherized
the sufferer and reduced the fracture and
dslocation. They thought that Kenney
would recover
The unfortunate man is single. and has
a mother In Lexington, KY. who was
advised by wire that he was resting
comfortably
fr1nce Direct ran away. but taking a
course opposite that travelled by the
Held. did not spoil the heat and was cap
tured before sustaining any injuries.
Joe Pointer won this heat beating out
Nervolo the favorite but In the NEXT two
Pointer was In excellent form and carried
his hackers to an easy win
Prior to the calling OF the races the
stables were visited by crowds Almost
every stall was occupied. which fact bore
out the assertion made by President PER-
kins last week, that record as ~ The
entries filed, was to be made at tbs
meeting.
Promptly at 1:so o'clock the race Of
hcials entered the stand. Albert II. Mer-
rill was the starter. and with him were
Gen. Charles A. Wilson, Col Frank w
Tillinghast as Judges. In the timing
stand were Charles A. Perkins Col
Frank F. Olney and Walter NJ Dexter.
There were eight starters In the 2.1e
rotting class. Margaret Bathgate having
the pole. Considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced I'm getting the word. as the
driver Of Navidad. the Providence geld
ing owned by Slavin and McGuinness.
persisted In coming down ahead Of the
bunch.
When the word was given Navidad
was pushed to the fore and took the pole
before the quarter was reached with
Margaret second. The positions were un-
changed until the three quarter mark
was reached, when Guy Fortune cut out /
from the bunch and came up abreast of |
Navidad. The gelding had speed In re-
serve. however. and won easily Navi- !
dad led from wire 10 wire I'm the second \
heat with Kamares second: but in the /
third heat the geldings former work |
told upon him so hard that he could not |
finish better than seventh.
Kamares took the heat after hot
brush with Guy Fortune the winner of
the fourth heat and then the stallion
Cole Direct that had fiddled with the |
also" bunch. surprised the talent by |
taking two straight. with Navidad second |
In the fifth by a nose and third in the |
sixth heat. The judges here announced |
that the race would be finished at lao |
this afternoon.
The 220 pace was well spun out FIVE |
heats being required TO decide It, There !
were but four starters and IL looked like |
soft thing for Mary Anna. Page Hal |
had the pole in the first heat and broke |
badly. This give Diablito the advantage. |
but Mary Anna soon pushed the geding |
out and won the heat. In the second,
Mary and Diablito had an exciting race /
from the three quarter until nearly 10 the |
wire. when the handsome gelding went |
up in the air. The next three heats were |
Diablito's easy in 2:l0. 2:llh and 2:11. |
The star event Of the day was the 2.06 |
class for PAGERS with Joe Pointer and |
Nervolo the favorites. Roamer got the |
lead on the back stretch and held IL until |
at the three-quarter. when Hudson pulled |
Nervolo out Of the bunch and beat Roam
er al the wire. Terrace Queen was third /
Roamer broke badly at the turn In the |
next heat and held Hudson so that ne !
could not cut out Nerovlo's work as he
desired until on the back stretch. when |
he and McClary gave the dust to Terrace
Queen. who had been in the lead The |
finish was a grand one. Hudson and Nc /
Clary strove hard for the honors and by |
a very small margin they went TO the |
latter. who was up behind Joe Pointer.
The third and deciding heat was won
by Joe Pointer with Nervolo second The |
best time was in the first heat. 2:O6s
The 2l5 trot had a field of ten. Dillon
Boy was picked out by the talent as a
bay gelding. driven by Golden. had an
easy time In each Of the heats At no
period in tho race was there any i'm
mediate danger that any Of the field
would trouble Golden. The time was
2:l1. 2:09+
Summary.
2:is trot. best three in FIVE. purse 5000
(unf1nished):
Navadld. blk. e.. by Sable
Wilkes Nevada, by Sim
mons (Carpenter) ........ i 3
Cole Direct. blk. s.. by Di-
rect Miss Alcantara. BY
Alcantara (Geers) ........ l l
Kamares. h. T. "a. II. Nc
DonahD ....................
Guy Fortune. ch. a. Uiud-
SOM .................s......s I
Margaret Bathgate, b. q.
CTiterD ..............t...... Or
Prince eaton, h. h.
(E,ckers) ................. SIR
Free silver. b. n de-