The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-02
RACES All RIVERSIDE
SOME SURPRIsINGLY GOOD EVENTS
 ON THE TRACK
Six Contests Enjoyed by Friends oi Montgomery Driving Club-Ex.
 hibition by Mr. Fisk's Miss Willimont.

An afternoon of thoroughly delight ful sport was given the local public by matinee races at Riverside % yesterday. CT ": The horses with possibly one exception, seemed to be in their proper class. and the result was that the races were not only hotiy contested but were surpris-
 The magnet that drew a majority of the crowd out to brave the fierce rays of the September sun. was the an drive his speedy mare, Miss Willimont, against the track record, 2:os. The first trial was to lower the wagon rec ord. and as Mir. Fisk and his mare applause broke from the spectators: The mare was hooked to Faber road cart. and while she looked to be in Father Father disappointine. Hin ne The first auar Is ter was gone in .34, the half in 1:O7 and the mile in 2:1S. few moments after this she was brought out again hooked to a regulation sulky. The handsome animal not only reduced the lime of the first mile something over nine seconds. but came within frac- tion of a second of equalling the track record. going to the half in 1:o5. last quarter in a fraction over .29 and the full mile in 2:os and fraction of second.
 ever. in the first race, a race between Woods's stallion, Dick Clark. Both were steady as clocks during the first had been reached the pace became something warm, the last half in 1:l5. Down the stretch they came like a whirlwind and on nearly even terms. ly and surely forcing her muzzle in front. The pace was entirely too hot. though, and about fifty yards from the wire both horses went up in the air. hnf h dvt rutv hA h tvN HrA n,SA both coming under the wire in d dead run, the stallion getting the decision.
 The second heat of this race was the prettiest thing that has been seen at the track since Boam made that spec tacular drive with Butts Kohn against the Macon horses some years ago. The pace cut out at the start was pretty fierce. Dick Clark had the pole but the mare hung to him like a bulldog, and like a team they raced to the half in 1914. No signs of quitting were found in either of them and the second half was a bit faster than the first. They turned into the stretch on nearly even terms and like two pieces of ma chinery flew down the stretch side by side. flashing under the wire in 2:2s 4. It was veritable eyelash finish. So close together were they that the en- thusiastic spectators thought it was a dead neat the stallion getting his mug gle over the wire just a scant half head in front of the mare.
 The improvement shown by Stella J . in the past month has been something marvellous, and if she continues the im- proyement 1t will take pretty good
 Another marvellous improvement was shown by Mir. Webber's gelding, Riverside. He won both heats of his race with Ben Butterworth most decis- ively, taking the Burleigh gelding off his feet twice in the last heat which he did in 2:25 fiat.
 The first heat of the last race was another nerye-destroying affair and not only to be sprinter but to have an abundance of grit. With the pro- verbal blanket" covering them for most of the journey they went the first quarter in .36, half In 1:11 and mile Tn 2:25 1-2. Elected getting over the wire by head The second heat was slow er, and was easier, for Elected quarter In :S7 half fin 1T and mile in 2:29.
 The summaries are:
 Event No. l.:
 Dick Clark b st., by Sentinel
 Sentinel Wilkes (Wood) ..... l stella J; b. m.' by Blue Ridge :.
 Time, 2;sO; 2:aS i-l.
 tFisk). Time, 2:1S.
 Riversidss, D; g., by Brookside Ben .Butterworth. b. g., by Bur leigh (Waterman) .. ......2 2 Time. 2:2S 1-2; 2:25.
 HiN Hrsnt %l'f Ns sass: B. running. Time. :ss. Miss Wplimont, b. m, by Allmont
 ETent STisf;o Nc. Time [! s;o' 4-S
 Electsd pr. g., by Reelected
 Hal Allmont, b. h., by wilkes
 Tinoey .aI aaIrinole) .::o;.'..'.... 90 3