The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-07
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Four thousand people crowded and
tanned themselves along the railing
and filled the grand stand almost to
OVERLOOKING yesterday afternoon when
boots and saddles were sounded for
the commencement of the second days
programme of the Savannah race meet
ing.
From the grand stand up to the home
stretch turn people were banked up
against the fence five and six deep,
and the grand stand was comfortably
filled. In the boxes there were many
prominent people. Handsomely gown
ed women grew enthusiastic as the
sport warmed up, and many a fat COM
mission was sent into the betting ring,
and, an unusually large percentage of
these were cashed.
Enthusiasm reached the climax when
Harry Schultz's old campaigner Homo
lulu, victor of many hard-fought bat
ties on the turf. showed his heels to
the youngsters in the race with him,
and won as he pleased. Connolly, the
colored boy who had the leg on Homo
luiu, WAS dpDlduuGQ lduUly WITCH AAS AS-
turned to the grand stand.
A Perfect Afternoons Sport.
The perfect afternoon for the racing
game, the large, jolly crowds that
surged round, provoked the bookies to
unwonted liberality and they held out
good prices to prospective purchasers
of pasteboard. The track had dried out
considerably, and the ponies footed
some fast quarters.
Benny Falk and Bill Cannon waxed
gleeful when they saw how the crowds
were gathering, and how quickly the
local followers were catching on to the
horses and putting their money out on
their favorites. They. saw more read
lily, perhaps, than anyone else that the
race meeting here now was an as
sured success. The management was
delighted with the attendance, and ex-
pect to see even larger crowds to-
day.
Starter Gerhardy was highly COM
plimented on his excellent work. There
was no unusual delay in getting away
from the post, the longest wait of the
day being one of five minutes in the
fourth race.
That racing is popular in Savannah
manifested yesterday afternoon was,
perhaps, the greatest ever seen in Sa-
vannah on similar occasions. The card
was an excellent one, and no better
sport is offered at SheepShead Bright
on, Gravesend or any of the big tracks.
Fast Horses Running.
Handsome John Croker said that he
had never seen a better class of horses
at a small meeting, and that nothing
better in the way of horse racing could
be wished for Mr.. Croker has been
following the racing game for the past
thirty years, and has Travelled from
one end of the continent to the other,
and since he came to Savannah he has
fallen in love with the track and
grounds here, and says he is going to
bring his entire string of runners. in
Guiding a large number of yearlngs
now in the North, here for the winter.
II have paid 50 many a time to see
racing not bit better than that which
can be seen here for a half dollar"
said Mr. Croker, "and if Savannah peo-
pie wait a hundred years they will
never have a better meeting than this.
l believe they appreciate the game,
for the crowd this afternoon was much
larger than it was any day at Macon
or Atlanta
The card to-day is an excellent one,
and several horses that have already
been seen in races here are entered
again. The Morning News selections
Tor to-day are strictly according to
past performances and trials made
since the horses have been working out
mere. If the ponies run as close to form
Today as they did yesterday those who
follow the selections in this mornings
paper will come back to the city with
something to the good.