CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-09-17
A SPLENDID PROGRAM
O Sport Carried Out BY the
Driving Association Last
Week. The Patronage
Not As Generous
A. Il Should
Have Been.


City Driving Association last week was
fully up TO the standard advertised by
Its promoters, and. from the Viewpoint
Of the turfman and the lover OF horses,
realized the most ssnguine expecta-
tions, although financially IL was not
the success that il should have been
and was hoped Il would be. -
Some Of the best horses In the state
were present and competed for the
purses, which were OF liberal charsc-
ter. aggregating nearly 5000. Alto
gether there were between seventy and
eighty racers entered upon the books
Of the secretary. . larger number per-
haps, than wss ever listed for similar
event at any point in the Arkansas
valley west Of Pueblo.
IL was conceded that the program OF
entsrtainments~ss the best OF its kind
witnessed In Colorado this season, one
gentleman remarking In the hearing
OF the writer that 1t surpassed In in
terest the Denver Derby. which is pop
ularly supposed to outclass all other
racing events 1t the state. 1t 10 true
that no records for speed were broken,
but that was not to be expected on .
half mile track that 10 not regarded ~
particularly fast one.
There was . very small attendance
OF fspectators the Hrat day and only \
nominal number Of admissions to the
grounds on Thursday, but IL ~as a
manifest increase. although the sddi-
tion Was not n great as the occasion
justified. The high water mark, both
in visitors to the track and In the
racing events. took place on Friday
and had the revenues of the two pre-
ceding days from the gate receipts
been on the same scale the manage
nent would have had no cause to COM
plain Of a financial deficit.
The program was so arranged that
the spectators were afforded some fine
racing each day, and II would have
been a capiious man indeed that would
have raised kick that he did not get
his moneys worth. IL would be in
vidious TO specialize where the entire
scheme Of entertainment was 80 good
and we shall not attempt Il. although
some Of the events naturally attracted
more interest than Others. notably was
this the case in the relay race-, which
were the most thrilling ever seen by a
Canon City audience.
There is such long roster of horses
In the various events that we canno;
give their names and will have tn con-
fine ourselves to the winners, their
owners and the time they made.
In Wednesdays racing the s;45 trot
for purse Of $3.50. was won by Edna
NJ" owned by W. s. Merle, of Pueblo.
Time, 2:e7l. The 2:ie trot FOR purse
OF $500, was won BY Jim Dixon. Is
owned by d. b. Sullivan, Of Leadville.
Time, 2:lat. The fve-eigbts mile dash
for purse OF s75.00. was won by
"Honest John.'' owned by +. R. Irwin,
OF Cheyenne. Time, | "a. The one
fourth mile dash for purse OF 800.
was won By ',Biliy Mason" owned by
+. X. Irwin. OF Cheyenne, Time 242
seconds. The two-snd-s-half mile re-
lay race for purse VI Sio0. was won
by Palmer & Webster.
In Thursdays racing the 2:45 pace
for purse OF $3.50. was won by Pay
Day." owned by kobt. Rapaje, of
Pueblo. Time, 2:24. The half-miie
road wagon race for a purse of $3.50,
was won by Belle Star" owned by 4.
A. Beecher, Of Colorado Springs. Time,
1:is. The half-mile dash for a purse
oft75, was won by Dan Collins, -
owned by Grant Adams. Time, 5Is
seconds. The three-quarters of mile
dash for purse OF sio0. was won by
"Honest John" owned by +. r. Irwin,
ofColorado Springs. Time, leo.
In Fridays racing the 2:35 pacing
for purse OF 1850, was won by Lady
Elsin," owned by Farley 4 johnson,
Of Colorado Springs. Tins, 2:c<. The
free-for-all pace for . purse Of $500,
was won By Laura Spur owned BY
B. y. Fleming, OF Denver. Time,
9:i7a. The novelty race for purse Of
500, was won BY "'Biily Mason" and
Den CoIIina." the quarter and half
mile By The former. and the three quar-
tsrs and mile, By the latter. The
quarter was made In = seconds, the
half In 81 seeonds. the thrse Quartsrs
II l.i7a. and the mile in l.ss. The
hvs-nils cowboy relay rose for pusss
Of el60. va won By Wstsoa 4 Pratt.
n 49,