Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06

lead TO the quarter. and Polly macklin
q half length behind, and followed
closely by Miss Messenger. the race
took on an exciting aspect. With
strong determination, and under the
whip, Polly Macklin was urged for her
best. She responded to her coaxing,
and with a strong dash she passed
Russona a short way past the quar-
ter pole, ard led the way TO and under
the wire Russona was an easy sec
ond The odds on this race stood
even for Miss Messenger: . to l for
Russona and to l for Polly Mack
lin.
Handicap is Exciting.
The third race, the Labor day handi-
cap. and the leading feature of the af-
ternOOn, was one of the best that was
ever run on this track. 1t was one that
made the specimens blood course
through his veins with tingling. The
entire course was a grand spectacular
sight, all of the racers being heaped
up in a bunch and being ridden hard
and for blood The Indian, a nose
ahead of Prince Reel made a sensa-
tiOnal run. and won the race. The
horses in the race were Tommy Eos
ter, The Indian. Cora Weed. Honda
and Prince Reel. The last named
horse won second place; Tommy Eos
ter won third. Honda took fourth place
and Cora Weed finished last. All were
we'll punched at the finish. Honda took
the lead at the start but she was soon
passed after being closely pressed by
The Indian and Prince Reel. Prince
Reel took first place at the pole on the
first round. The Indian was crowding
her strongly and at the home stretch
she nOsed past her almost unnotice-
ably. The two riders in the lead.
Hudlin. on Prince Reel, and Jackson.
on The Indian. dashed their Steeds
freely, and fought like trojans for first
place. The other three horses. Tommy
Foster, ridden by Mccarthy; Cora
Weed. with Jockey BrittOn up. and
Honda, with Berry in the saddle. strug-
gled less than half length apart with
the leaders. the riders hoping to push
into first place. Whips were raised
and brought down upon the horses :;
urgent calls for more speed were
made. No Jockey knew his fate until
he had drawn in under the wire. The
race was ono that was a feast for the
spOrt-loving eye. With the Swiftness
of a hurricane the bunch pressed in
under full speed past the wire. 1t
was all over in jiffy once the home
stretch was reached. The dash was
run in ISL. The purse was 5000 The
odds on this race were 10 to 2 for
Tommy Foster: even money on The
Indian; Cora Weed. ) to /; Honda
3 to =; Prince Reel. 5 to I.
The fourth and last race was a Ro-
man standing race between Mable l.
and Little Maud and William Dean and
Billion Prince, the same horses that
ran Saturday. The latter team. a pair
of blacks. won as they did Saturday.
The bays led the way to the home
stretch. but were passed at that point
by the blacks. The dash was for a
half-mile.
Summaries of Yesterdays Races.
First race. to harness: best two in
three; half-milc heats; purse. silver
Billy the Ghost. b. &. William Mum
Ma gde long %Snp' bi. m, Fred Long.
LcComp, b. m, NJ Lucas, Daven-
TTime.i:15. ia. =
Second race. for non winners at this
meeting; @ne-half mile; purse. 500:
Russona. oh. IN. CHudlin). second; Miss
Messenger. b. m Doremus), third.
Third race. Labor day handicap; all
ages; one mile and 100 yards; purse.
Prince Reel. ch. g. UHudlinl. second;
Tommy Foster, ch. n. tMcCarthyD,
cora Weed. b. IN. CBritton). NTH. Time
-l:5l.
Trouble was caused by what appear
ed to have been an attempt to shrink
weights by the owner of The Indian.
Before the hullabalo had blown over,
20 minutes or more had passed, and
pOStponement of the last race was nee
essary. This and the time taken to
start the third race caused the uproar
among the spectators. After the rider
had weighed in. preparatory to mount
ing for the third race, J. Strife, owner
-. Honda. one of the runners entered
in the race. appeared on the track. be
fore the judges stand, and demanded
that the judges compel Jockey Jack
son. rider of The Indian. to reweigh,
Strife charging that Jacskon had
weighed and then gone to the stable
and shrunk his weights which he was
compelled to carry on account of his
/ light weight After some hesitation
Jackson was called back and put on
the scales. Strites charges seemed to
have been well founded. After Jack,
son had weighed in again. one or two
other riders went through the same
course. 1t was at this jUnCture that
the crowd in a chorus raised strong
| objections to the way the judges were
| handling the races.
| What is Life?