The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-08
GOOD RACES
At Matinee
Fast Time Is Made and
Exciting Conte SITS
Results.

A fair sized crowd attended the sec,
cond matinee meeting at the Canton
fair grounds Friday afternoon. There
was counter attraction at Mahaffey
park, which took large number of
the sports away from the race track
1t was the ball game between tho
Eagles and the Knights OF Pythias.
There was quite a delegation up
from Sparta, as local horse, Butcher
Dick, was entered in the race. He
made an excellent showing. The
horse is green one, having been
driven in butchers wagon, and was
used to haul ice from Canton to Sparta
last winter. He showed lot Of speed
and with a little training will make
the same crowd hustle. The started in
the 2:40 class and compelled Pauline
to trot in 1:14 to beat him in the Sec
ond heat.
The first race was the 500 mixed
class. There were six entries. The
mare Queen, driven by young Lemeo,
won with ease. This horse had not
seen the track until two or three weeks
ago, having been brought in from the
farm. She was steady and had speed
beyond what was shown in this race
Gray George, owned by John Hossler
Jr., was second. Billy G., who won the
race at the first matinee, had to go to
q heavy road wagon and the handi-
cap was too much for the little sorrel
although in the second heat he was up
close, finishing third. The summary
Of the race follows:
Queen CLemeo) ................1 /
Gray George (Hossler) .......,...3 2
Sally (Evans) ..................2 6
Billy G. (Grether) ...............6 3
Harry B. (Seeton) ................4 3
George Walker (Nixon). ..........5 4
Time-1:23, 1:21.
2:4O PACE OR TROT.
When the 2:4O class was called, Glen
Halliwell appeared behind Pauline in
q road wagon. In the first heat she
could not keep up with the bunch, fin
ishing last The heat was won by
Tommy b., owned by Harvey Delama-
ter, with Butcher Dick chasing him
hard down the home stretch. The rush
was exciting and the crowd was en-
thused. In the second heat Dick Wal.
ters appeared behind Pauline, riding
in the regulation bike sulky. He sent
the mare away on the trot, instead of
the pace, and she won in the next two
heats handily, although Butcher Dick
and Blanche were in the fight to some
extent The winner Is handy mare
being able to trot or pace full mile
better than 2:30.
The summary:
Pauline (HalliwelD ............4 /
Tommy B. (Delamater) ......1 3 4
Butcher Dick (Fahler) ........2 2 8
Blanche (Hossler) ............3 4
Time-1:17. Liza, liza.
THE 2:30 PACE.
Will Go was the only thing In the
2:30 pace, although Harry Ccrl's Lady
compelled him to go two very fast
halves. In both heats Lady dropped
back at the start, but after she got to
going she paced as fast as the winner
gaining on the home stretch when the
pace was close to IA gait. The win
ner is an old campaigner, with mark
OF 2:17, and Lady is a green mare by
Patron, that has been used on the
roads. The summary follows:
Will Go Cook ..................1
Lady (COrl) .............,......
Time-1:11, 1:0SA.
Another matinee will be given Fri.
day of next week, when Butcher Dicl
from Sparta and a number of Massil'
lon horses will be in the races. Some
of the matinee horses will take part II