The daily sentinel., 1903-09-10
The Sportsnen
Well Pleased.

least twenty tve hundred people were
| there to witness the sport and if there
| was any evidence needed that there
were whole lot of people in the city
all that was needful to do to convince
the skeptical was to glance at the
great number of people in the grand
stand and those who were present in
carriages. wagons of every description
and on horseback Notwithstanding
the immense crowd at the Fair
grounds. there seemed to be no dim
inuation of the crowd in the city. in
fact from early morning it had been
adding numbers to itself and by night
fall it was simply compact mass.
The races were not called as prompt
ly as they might have been and there
was considerable waiting. The first
race was the best two in three, half
mile pace or trot For this race there
were four entries, all home horses,
save one, Little Girl, of Delta.
The horses were Urba, owned by
W. G. Longshore. Hastings Girl. Guy
Bedwell; Lady Anon. Sheriff Will
liam G.. Struthers. Little Girl William
Silsby, Delta.
Hastings Girl drew the pole. There
was long delay in getting started.
Harry Malcolm. who was riding for
Long shore could not get Urba into
the pole race. The fact was that
Urba was being driven without the
hobbies and it was not SO much the
fault of the driver as it was the man.
ner in which the horse was hitched.
After scoring a number of times
the word was given and the horses
got away, Urba considerably in the
rear. Hastings Boy. Little Girl and
Lady Anon, kept close around the
first turn, but here Little Girl pulled
away. In the first eighth of mile
Hastings Boy broke badly, sending
her way back This was due to the
breaking of one of the wheels of
Bedwell's bike. 1t was very pretty
race nevertheless, although Little Girl
was not pushed at any point of the
game.
They finished in the following
manner: Little Girl first. Lady
Anon second. Hastings Boy third
and Urba fourth. Time, Lax. In
the second heat of this race, Little
Girl was again the winner. Urba
was driven by her owner. William G.
Loneshore. and well hobbled she
trotted very pretty race. Mr.. Long
shore handled the ribbons over his
animal in spendid style and brought
pushing her to the limit. This finish
was a surprise to the crowd. as it
was anticipated that Lady Anon or
Hastings Boy would finish next to
Little Girl. The time of this heat
was 1.121a.
The second race was the ladies run
ming race. Before the start an acci-
dent occurred which put damper on
the crowd for awhile. Miss Flo
Reddin was to have ridden a horse.
She was at the starting post getting
ready for the run, a quarter of a
mile dash, when the horse she was
riding began bucking. She main
tanned her seat splendidly until the
bride came-off and then having no
hold. she was thrown violently to the
ground and sustained fracture of the
collar bone.
Another bad feature of the race wa
when Miss Anita O'Neil's horse
which she was riding. broke the
track. and ran into the city. Several
people who were near Miss O'Niel
when the horse started to run away.
realized the danger the girl was in
and attempted to stop the horse. but
could not. The animal ran into town
end turned down Main street.
Here the crowd was so great that it
could not get through, and it made a
break for the sidewalk. In front of
the Valley Feed store it ran into a
wagon, and reared The sudden
plunge unseated Miss O'Neill. who
had ali the time been perfectly COM
posed, and trying to quiet the fright
ened horse. The moment she started
to fall, she clasped the horse around
the neck, and let herself to the
ground, unhurt. but at once tainted
from the excitement and nervous
strain.