Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
BEST OF SERIES.
The Third Days Racing at
PittsfeId Was Good.
Lou Wins 2.23 and State Of Maine
the 3-Minute Class.
Mountain Boy Captures 2.29-Best
Time, 2.22 12.

Pittsfield, Me-, Aug. 14.-(SpeciaD.- -
There was another large crowd on the
third afternoon of the meeting here and
the racing was first-class, all the class
good time being made. There was not
so much wind as OH Thursday, and
the track was good. There was some
great fighting at times, as several
horses were plainly after the money
1t was hard telling, which horse would
take any heat and sometimes one with
no apparent show came out of the
bunch suddenly and captured first po-
sltlon. only one race was completed
before $50 and it took about all the
daylight to finish the program.
There were three races on the card
and the first one started was the 2.23,
six horses going after the money. The
firSt heat was hot one, all the horses
going the mile in q bunch and shifting
their positions frequently. 1t was
close finish after a good mile in
2.21 1-2.
There were five starters in the g.
minute class, and they got away after
a little scoring.1 Harolds and Nestela
did the fighting all through the mile.
Nestella took the lead on the turn of
the second half and managed to keep
it on the home stretch. She was COM
i ing well and would have won, but for
| a bad break. State of Maine was COM
! ing we'll and finished a close second.
| Nancy ]. was not feeling like racing
and acted badly in scoring. on the
first turlf she made a break and had to
| be brought to a walk, so was out of
| the race at the start.
TheMfirst heat of the 2.29 class was
! staEted next, so all three classes were
bgOiIig at the same time. Ned w. start
led Dut after the heat from the word
/ ROBERT Y. and Howard keeping close
fand pushing him hard through the
| first half. Howard was holding third
| place in the last half, when a break
set him back. Joe Patchen, Jr., jump
cd out of the bunch on the stretch, and
| went to the front with Il burst of speed
| finishing third with Robert Y. fourth.
| Nelsie and Ruby had lots of trouble
| with their feet and kept each other
| company in the rear most of the time.
t The former managed to steady toward
the last enough to get in, but Ruby got
the flag.
The second heat of the 2.23 looked a
| good deal as if the race would be split
| for Lou, the winner of the first heat,
was third at the wire on the first half,
while Nettie W. was first and going
| finely. She kept the lead all through
| the second half but Lou swung out
| around the bunch on the stretch, and
| got under the wire first. Laura B..
| went good mile, landing third, instead
| of fifth. as in the first heat. Cycle
| dropped back to fourth from second in
| the first heat.
| In the second of the 3-minute class,
| Harolds started we'll but broke his
| hobbies and could not keep his feet
| without them, running for nearly the
| whole of the second half. This left the
| fight to Nestella and State of Maine,
| the former taking the heat.
The second heat of tho 2.29 class
| was slower than the first, and was won
| by Mountain Boy, although he was
third through the first half. Ned w.
| made Il good showing in the first half,
| but lost the heat in the last quarter.
Nettie w. put in a big bid for the
! heat in the third of the 2.23 class, and
| won it, Lou, the winner of two, COM
l ng to the wire last. Laura +. was
i ncond through the first half, but fell
,ack badly on the back stretch OF the
| .ccond and fell from second to fifth
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