The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-16
SMASHING OF sULKIEs.
Thursdays Racing Brought Some Mar
row Escapes.

Thursdays Racing Brought Some Mar
row Escapes.
Thursday was an unlucky day at the
Topeka fair grounds track for the Ram
DO family of drivers, for two of them,
George Rambo the father. and William
Rambo. the 1S-year-old son, both from
Emporia, had narrow escapes in two
heats of the 2-2S pace. Their sulkieS
were completely wrecked, William
Rambo'S horse ran away and smashed
up two other sulxieS in the first heat
and ran away again in the second heat.
In the first heat Coinetta. owned by
Thomas O'COnner, of EmpOria. and
driven by William Rambo, collided with
College Boy, owned by J. L. Fuller, of
Paola, and driven by Williams Ships.
College Boy broke on the first turn and
IN pulling him down the driver slack
ened his speed and Coinetta ran into
him. wrecked the College Boy Sulky
and spilled Driver Rambo and Coinetta,
free of a driver aud with the sulky
Dumping at her heels started on a wild
race around the track On the back
stretch she collided with Minnie Winn,
owned by l. D. Fossett. of Guthrie,
Oklahoma, and wrecked the sulky and
around the track for the full mile of the
race and then kept on for another lap.
making a mile and a half before she
was stopped
The judges decided that as the acct
dent was unavoidable that all the horses
should return for the second heat. In
the 0rSt neat Rachael Heir, owned by
James Claybourn of Topeka and driven
by George Parish. was struck in the
series of smashups and was drawn on
account of a badly famed leg.
The seven horses in the unlucky 2:
pace had hardly gotten the word for
the second heat when the accidents of
the first heat were repeated The
horses were sent away in two tiers
Just after leaving the wire Ella G.
broke. William Rambo. with Coinetta
was directly behind When the driver
pulled Ella u down sne slackened ner
pace so that Coinetta coming behind
was in a dangerous position William
Rambo turned Coinetta to the outside
and nearly got around Ella G. in safety,
but the inside wheel of Coinetta's sulky
crashed into Ella G.s sully. The col
1ision broke both of the shafts of
COinettaS Sull1y square on, the wheels
Of the sullxy were smashed, Tor the sec
ond time William Rambo was spilled
onto the track and Coinetta began her
second wild race around the track. The
crowd expected the sharp shafts to ser
fously injure her but she ran half mile
and was stopped and was in condition
10 enter the third heat.
In the second heat Allegheny Myrtle
owned by Ike Lambert. of Emporia and
driven by George Rambo, got mixed up
in the hobbies and fell down. Shipp
driving College Boy was directly be-
hind and he crashed over the fallen
horse. When Allegheny Myrtle fell
Rambo was thrown over her and fell
on the track in front and as College
Boy crashed over the heap Rambo was
injured by the horses hoofs. He was
carried from the track to a nearby sta
bic.
After the second heat Starter Upde-
graff announced that as William Ram
DO could not manage Coinetta she could
not come back for the third heat unless
a new driver was substituted. She was
given a new driver and finished last in
the third heat, the only one in which she
finished.
The Race Summaries
The summaries of Thursdays races
were as follows:
First race-2:4O trot-stake 81 900:
T. Sunny Jim, s. g., Ashbrook.
Ct. s Brown, Winfield,
Kan-) -----.--------.------. 2
2. Silver Star. TO. g-.Silverthorne.
tx Macdermaid, Colorado
Springs. Col-) ------.....---
O. Axcyell. b. h., by Axcyone.
F. E Powell, Red Oak, Ia.) 2 3
6. Aaron McGregor, CHI. s. F.
McGregor. SHERMAN Bros,
Monticello, Kan-) ----..-....[
T. Babrook By Casbrook. CIV.
A Coulter, Chanute. Kan.).. 3
0. Egypta. br. m. STEAMBOAT
ALBERT Parker, Topeka,
kan-) --.--- ---------=---------
70. Amarea. b. m. Jackdaw.
CWalnut Grove Stock Farm,
Horton. Ran.) .--.-.-..-...-. 5
Famine. Royal Highlander, MolIie Nc. |
and Lillian McHenry drawn.
First money to Babrook. second to Sum |
NY Jim. third to Silver Star, fourth to |