The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-25
QUEER DRIVING AT DETROIT
TWo DRYERS SUsPESDhD BoR
 SUSPICIOUS WORE.

One or Them Fined S200-All Rets In fhc
 s:ls Pace Declared on-Theros Power.
 Take. the Event After Four He.ss-
 Had Not Been Driven to Win ia the
 First Two Fisk.'s gmsrry m.stsr,,
 Distanced.
 Detroit. July 24--As the result of very queer driving in the 2:1s pace. the last event on to-day's card at the Blue Ribbon meeting Of the Detroit Driving cub at Crosse Pointe track, Driver Al Proctor of Aurora, Ont, who was be- hind Darky. was fined s200 and sus- pended for thirty days. Driver Vance Nickols. woh was behind Theron Pow CTS. was fined $200 and all bets and pools on the race were declared off. Darky onened favorite for the race at sir with the field at S25. The Canadian horse. won this heat with ease, finishing under a pull. For the second heat. the betting changed. Joe Rhea opened at 6 to and was backed off the boards. Joe Rhea trailed after Darky to the up- per turn where he came away and won by more than length. The time was ? 1-2 seconds slower than the first heat, but Darky did not seem to have the speed that was his the first time around. When the horses appeared for the third heat, Driver Ben Walker had superseded Proctor in Darlxy's saddle, but this did not suit the judges who had o1 1roo dxr daI +r q have Driver Jack Curry behind Darky. Curry worked Darky up and down the stretch once, but the horse acting queerly then disnounted and shaking his head went up for consultation with the judges. He finally came down to the track again and mounted the sul- ky and the horses logged back for the start. Joe Rhea was then ruling fa- vorite at $26 with the field $20. Theron Powers, who had finished fifth in the preceding heat, which was won in 2:14 1-2 trailed along third until tho stretch. where he took the lead and won by a comfortable margin in. 2:12 1-4. This made Theron Powers fa- yorite and the gelding took the fourth heat from Darky and Joe Rhea, the others having gone to the barn Ina result Of this heat was never in dotibt, Cries of "all bets off' went up from the crowd immediately after the race was finished and the knoll back of the judges stand was crowded when the announcer announced that bets were off and that Proctor had been fined and suspended and Nickols fined. The lat ter, he said. was fined for not trying to win with Theron Powers in the first two heats.
 James Rutler had two winners in to-S day in Monroe in the 2:26 trot and Tril- by Direct in the Chamber of Commerce consolation stake. Tom Keene opened favorite for the consolation but broke badly in the first heat as did Page Hal, the latter being distanced and the heat going to the Direct mare. Trilby Direct was in front all the way in the second heat. Kingmore challenged the mare in the stretch but failed by a head El- len Wood was favorite for the 2:26 trot and won the first heat but Monroe had the speed in the second and won after "a splendid drive down the stretch. El- len Wood broke in the third heat and Monroe was never in danger. In the POS pacing event Carthage Girl ana Nonanie paced the first dead heat and here in years. Nonanie had no trouble dsposing Of the black mare in the next two heats. Bill Buck was an alnlost prohbitive favorite sor the 2:16 trot. which he took in straight heats with case.
 2:25 Trotting Purse $1,ooo-Two in
 Three Heats.