The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-17
.HO FOR THE RACES
Fall Meet Opens Monday
With Bright Prospects
MANY HORSES AT THE TRACK
Opening Race Will Be Two-Year-Old
Pace With Fast Ones
Entered.
MANY HORSES AT THE TRACK

i Walla Walla's race meet and count
fair opens Monday and an excellen
program has been prepared by tn
management for the first day. TIL
racing card will consist Of a two
year-old pace; three-eights mile run
ming race; a fve-eighths running
race and seven-eighths running race
with big string of fast ones entered
in every event.
| The two-year old pace Is attracting
much attention from horsemen, al
most of the horses entered are Walla
Walla bred and will include Bessie R
Lynn, Luciel, Dandy Frisco and Nettie
S, all fast youngsters The best rec
ord for the two-year-olds made on the
Northwest circuit this season is
2:371a, but several horsemen watch
ing the youngsters work out at the
track this morning offered to wager
money that this mark would be low
cred several seconds if weather con-
ditions are favorable.
The gates to the fair grounds will
be thrown open at l o'clock Monday
afternoon and the racing will COM
mence promptly at l.: 80 with the two
year-old pace. President Brents of
the association has been prevailed
upon to open the grounds with an ad-
dress of welcome from the judges
stand, and the Walla Walla Military
band, which has been engaged for the
week, will render a specially prepar-
ed program.
Busy scenes are being enacted at
the grounds to get everything in read
mess for the opening day. A force OF
carpenters at work on the new pad
dock will finish their work some time
tomorrow, and the finishing touches
are being put onto the new grand
stand, which is conceded to be one of
the finest on any track in the state.
The judges stand will be completed
this evening and tomorrow will be
taken up in cleaning up and scatter
ing straw around the grounds. The
new grandstand offers every conven-
fence to the public and an unobstruct-
ed view of every part Of the new mile
track can be obtained The bar, res
taurant and pool rooms are located
beneath the grand stand where nice
quarters are being fitted up.
A big string of runners and several
harness horses entered IN the fast
events arrived yesterday and a big
crowd was out to the track this morn
ing watching them being worked out.
The Colfax fair and Boise races close
today and nearly a train load OF
horses, which have been participating
in the races at those two places, will
arrive at the track tomorrow. About
one-half the number of horses expect
ed to be raced the coming week are
already on the grounds including
some So or 40 runners. The list OF
runners with the names Of owners al.
ready On the grounds follow:
portland, Lexington Pirate, SPIN
del-Cooper, owner.
Clauditor-H. S. Blackburn
Hub Prather-W. E. circuit.
Sally Goodwin-Peter LeFrancis.
Baby acc. Brisbois.
Baby Mace Brisbois.
Queen Y, Gladys Belle-A w. COT
fey.
Danlame-J. T. Dundas.
Walter H-W. Feary.
Ring Herald-F. Grossheimer.
| Old Man, Scorcher-McGuire & De
Forrest.
Goldfinder, Ellis Glenn. Krause.
| John H. Carr, Hutch Miller. F
Mccarthy.
Pat Tucker, Jim Boyeman, Allies
sand, Virgil D, McAbert, AVIATOR, Mas
ter-A. Neil
| Vassals, Hilary-Piedmont stables
| Modder. Towust II-Petron & Buck
ley.
Burdock, Vince, John Boggs-H. F
Parks.
Pocatempo-D. c. Russell.
Windward-R. Simpson.
Fondo-George Small.
/ Barney Owens III. S. Thurman.
DR.. Sherman-M. L. White.
Starter Robert Leighton has arrlv
ed and is spending his time getting
acquainted with the horsemen ant
jockeys and arranging the runninl
races. Mr.. Leighton has followed tn
race course in one capacity or anoth
er for years and is considered one o
the best starters on the circuit. Thi
morning he said there would be NJ
delay in starting the races On adve1
tised time.
Nothing is so exasperating to
crowd as to have to wait for a rae
to start" he declared this morning
The new paddock will be finished
and we propose to see that every rae
is run on advertised time. From tn,
present outlook there Is every indica
ton Of the coming meet and fair be