The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-25

handsome scion OF the McGregor fam
iiy got OF well in front and as II. turn
60 out, mnde a procession of IL during
his McCurdy's Hambletonian horse,
The Governor. drew second place, and
Mr.. Woods with Homer r. got the out
side. They went in this order good
bit around the FIRST turn. all OF them
going pretty steadily. Just before the
half was reached--l:17 l-2--Homer P.
went in the air and was out of Il for
keeps. From then to the wire IL was
two-horse race. the McGregor horse
winning by not more than half
length, in 2;37, twelve seconds faster
than the first race of The Governor on
May 2Sth. which was in 2:49.
The second heat was like the first In
that the McGregor horse made a pro-
cession out of 1t with The Governor
second and Homer p. breaking badly.
faster than the first one, being done In
2:s4 FIAT.
Then came the real event OF the
day. the race that majority of the
crowd had gone out to see--the match
pacing and trotting race.
Riverside had won both of his other
races. the last heat of the IL st race In
2;23 H.. Cybert C. had won the last
though he was not urged and II look
ed as If he had lots of reser.s sneed
slowed az ay In his handsome legs.
As the two champions left the barn
general "rubbering." for everybody
looked for a horse race. And they un-
doubtedly saw one Off together nicely
the two drivers seemed to be taking
each others measure, wondering what
the other fellow was going to do, and
this jockeying continued until nearly
at the half. both going in a jog.
In workout last week Cybert c
went to the half in 1903 fiat and the
fact that they went to the half yester-
day in 1;16 IL shows the caution of the
two drivers Riverside he'd the pole
and was leading to the half but sAen
there was a metamorphosis.
Like an electric current had been
turned into them the two horses DART
ed forward. The tiotter was slowly
forging his way to the nose of the
Messrs. Palmer and Weber driving
out for all they knew. The trotter
had his muzzle an inch or so in front
rounding the second turn, but, with
all the gameness and speed of his sire,
Riverside settled down to fight 1t out.
Rounding into the stretch they flew
down it like team but the steady
pacing and big heart of the pacer-and
bons--told. and Riverside flashed un-
der the wire winner in 1927 fiat, that
last half In 1:10, six seconds faster
than the first half.
down to business from the start--no
loafing in this, the first half being
done In 1:t2 1-2. Riverside held the
pole advantage all the way round. and
while Cybert c swung little wide
around The second turn still 1t was
finish 1 to the wire. The heat was
reeled { : IN 2:24. the last half in I'LL
and the last quartei in 0:34.
1t was getting late and the judges
announced that only ore heat would
be paced in the pacing race. Jim VIII
son, Copeland driving, drew the pole,
DR. CASTOR. Griel driving. second and
Stella ], Trimble driving third They
finished this way, both the latter
horses breaking, Jim Wilson winning
in 2:40 fiat.
The next matinee of the club will
be on July 4. when extensive arrange
ments will be made, six entries from
Macon. Ga. having already been Sc
cured. The Creole brass band of Pen
sacola, Fla. has been engaged and the
club is working to make 1t the racing
event of the season in this section.