The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-07-09

for the fund and the afternoon proved
as neat and as pretty a celebration, OF
quiet nature, as the city has ever
had.
The driving matinee in itself was a
splendid entertainment. The heats
in the several classes excepting the
special 2;19 trot were all half mile
heats.
Class A, t:2o Glass.
This is supposed to be the highest
class and contains some of the very
best steppers to be found in she city
Hugh WClgamood won the race after
very pretty contest Hugh has a
splendid animal Rex" that Is show
ing some extraordinary qualities The
summaryNis
Rex Wolganood .....,.... LII
Delmore, Carl Howerton .......2 q
Barney Boy, ], e. Pugh ,......,..3 4
Blondy, Dick Boyer Sr........a 8
Time-1;19, LIZ.
Glass 3, 1928.
1t required three heats to decide
this contest and the outcome was in
doubt until the wire had been crossed
DR.. Parker's Thistle Crew. won the
race after a very pretty contest
Thistle Grew, DR.. F. F. Parker. 2 /
Mac R., D. Robinson ....,...1 8 2
Silk Twister, Ed Hill. ....,...3 3
Time-1:35, 1928, 1871.
Class C, 1880.
In this contest DR.. Ellsworth again
exhibited and demonstrated the super
iority Of his admiral Schley," for he
pulled down the persimmons without
any great effort The boys tried toI
push the doctor out of the class but
they couldn't come close enough toI
make the faithful old mover exert
himself.
Admiral Schley, Ellsworth. ......1 II
Colo, ]. M. Pugh. a
Little Mike, Harrison. ........,..d y
Cheerful, DR.. F. F. Parker. .......d 81
Time-1:331s, 1872.
Glass D, 1:4o.
This class showed some new entries
and Pete McCosh WITH his Harold F.
won the honors. Oliver Hollis Silver
Tail pushed Pete pretty close for first
place and it looked for a time as
though the winner would get set over
into the next class.
Harold F.. Pete NcCcsh. .........1 u
Silver Tail, oliver Holt. ......,..2 u
Sporty Bill, James Neagle. .....3 81
Time-1:46h, 1:421A.
One Mile 2:19 Trot..
This was a special race that was
made for the occasion by Chas .McCul.
loch, who entered his three racing an
finals and by fourth stopper from
Pella that has been in training on the
track for some little time. The exhi-
hilton was as neat a piece Of work as
one would care to see and was in fact
quite exciting at the finishes. This
is the first performance that the pub
lie has seen Of the horse RED Green
lander" an animal that is somewhat
of wonder. This horse was driven
by Red" Miller, "Bodega Girl" was
driven by J. v. Miller, and Chas. Nc
Culloch himself held the lines over
Miss I. w. Harper and pushed her into
the clear in the last heat Of the race.
Red Greenlander ..............2 2
Bodega Girl .......... 2 A
Miss I. w. Harper ............4 /
Chilly Clipper -................3 3 3
Novelty Race.
1t was Jack Harrison who was re-
sponsible for the placing Of novelty
race upon the afternoons program
and this made bushel Of fun for the
entire crowd. The race was for a half
mile and the conditions were as fol-
laws: Back your buggy up to the am
phitheater, unhitch your horse and tie
him to the fence near the judges
stand, then get in your buggy and sit
there until the judge says Go" then
hitch your horse up without assist
ance and let. him walk the first quar-
ter of mile then trot or pace the last
quarter, unhitch and tie horse tol
fence near judges stand, then back
your hubby up to amphitheatre. then
salute the Judge. The one conform
ing to the above rules frs gets a
beautiful pair Of horse blankets.
Three entries in the race made 1t
interesting and full Of fun, c. N. Coop
er, Billy Gochee and John Pugh.
Pugh came in first, Gochee second and
Cooper last, but taking all points into
consideration the Judges awarded the
prize to Mr.. Gochee. The decision
was satisfactory to the crowd, for it,
was generally agreed that BILLY" had
given the best performance.
The Ball Game.
The people who took away their at
tention from the races and watched
the ball game between the Beacon and
Oskaloosa teams Witnessed good,
lively game and had the satisfaction
of seeing the home team win by
score of to 8,
Beacon led of at the bat but we're,
unable to score during the FRI in1'1