Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-14
WITH THE HORSES.
Good Racing on Many Tracks Attract
Big Crowds.

New York, Aug l4.-The attendance
was large on the fourth day of the EN-
pire city grand circuit meeting, the
ewatehr fine and the track fast. The
$1,000 Mount Vernon stake brought u
small field and Billy Buck was the IA
vorite at 500 to $12 for the field. In
the first heat the finish was very close.
Billy Buck, Promise and Hawthrone
finishing in that order heads apart. In
/, the second heat the favorite won by
only neck from Tiverton, with Fran
ces B. at the latter's wheel. ~
The 2:0S pace brought out a fast field
in which Joe Pointer sold for 5000 and
the field $120, the strong tip in the field
being Nervolo of the Scott Hudson
stable. Nervolo won the first heat in a
close finish by a head from the favor
lite. In the second heat when the
starter said Go" the recall bell also
rang. Hudson pulled up a, little and
then went on an easy mile, Sufreet
beating Joe Pointer out. In the decid-
ing heat Sufreet led to the three-quar
ter pole when Nervolo came up and in
q close finish won by a neck. Judge
Greene in the 2:23 trot. reeled it off In
straight heats with quite a little to
spare. Major Delmar did not trot to
beat the worlds record. but went
against his own record. He made the
mile in 2:O4. No
Rochester n. H, Aug lathe races
at the closing day Of the Rochester fair
meeting at Cold Spring park yesterday
were well contested. Favorites won in
two events. In the 2:35 class, pacing.
Deerfoot, owned by e. F. Fox of
Franklin Park, dropped dead after fin
ishing fourth In the laaE heat The
horse fell against the fence about 100
feet on the finishing side of the wire.
The summarizes
4 Free for ALL purse $780, Princess
Moquette won second. third and fourth
heats and race; time 2:121s. 2s12s4,
Oil. Louis G. won first heat time
2:121s. iDemont W, and John 7. also
started.
2:18. trotting. purse ssoo-Ralph
Wilkes won in straight heats: time.
2:15A, 2:16A. 2:20h Bene D, and
Alkalone also started.
2:35 pace. purse S30O--Wilkes Brine
won in straight heats; time. 2:20, 2:2a
2:21A Deerfoot, Ephraim, Lady Duf'
FERN Alsephone also. started.
Lexington, Ky, Aug 14.--Horsemen
witnessed the sensational performance
of the year in Kentucky at the Elks
fair here yesterday, when the 4-year-
old FLY Angle, By Axtelle, PIP, driven
by W.. F. Freeman, trotted mile in
30 fat. This Is the fastest mile ever
trotted over the Kentucky Breeders
association track this early in the sea
son. and few 4-ysar-old FLIES have ever
beaten it in trotting racing history.
Worcester. Mass, Aug 14.--Three of
the four favorites landed their races at
yesterdays meeting at Greendale track
and Vance Nuckols was behind the
winner in two of them. The General
won the 2:24 trotting stake in straight
heats in fairly fast time while in the
free for all Major Muscovite got the
front in the third heat and then wen
on and won. Ladonda broke the track
record the first mile, pacing the heat
in Pill.
In the 2:15 class pace. the judges
derricked John Rombaugh behind La
Pointe the favorite. after the second
heat, and put up Payne, who went OF
and won. Payne was awarded $75 and
Rombaugh and La Pointe were sus-
pended for thirdly days.