Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-05
IN Squirt
Local Talent Furnished One OF Cards
at Ninth Street Track
Saturday
NOBLE L. AN EASY WINNER
Bamboo Tree Finishes First in the
HaIf-Mile Dash, Which is
Holly Contested.

After postponement OF one day
On account of a heavy track caused oy
the rain of Thursday night, the Rock
Island Jockey club gave four races at
Ninth street track Saturday afternoon
with a small crowd present. phe track
was slow. but safe. The pole was in
bad condition. the dirt having broken
up into small chunks that covered 1t
for four feet from the inside all the
way around.
The first race run was for ponies,
catch weights, with three best in five,
Quarter-mile dashes. All of the ponies
were locals. Those entered in the race
were Sir HattOn, Nellie, Spike. Mabel
L., Dase, and Lille Fox. The first
heat started off with all of the horses
we'll punched. Sir Hatton in the lead.
Half way home the horses scattered,
ingly crowdng Sir HattOn for the first
place The judges noticed at this
juncture that Mabel L. was being pull
ed by her rider, and the heat was de-
clared off. The manner in which Ma
bel l.. followed Sir HattOn proved her
To be the better horse. which she could
have proven easily had she been given
chance. The other heats in this
race were run by Mabel l.. and Sir
Hatton, the other horses having been
drawn. as they We're seen to be out
classed. Mabel l.. won the race with
ease. \ purse of $50 was offered in
this race. The heats were run in 81,
:2S and :2S12. respectively.
Mccarthy Rides Another Winner.
The second race, a half-mile dash.
for 3-yearolds and under, with a purse
Of S10U. was interesting and hOtly con-
tested. Bamboo Tree. a chestnut mare.
ridden by Mccarthy, took first place,
the time being 81 seconds. The horses
entered in the race were Polly Mack
lin, Miss Messenger. RussOna. and
Bamboo Tree. The horses were start
ed beautifully. RussOna pushed past
into the lead from the wire, and held
first place until at the second turn,
with Jockey Berry pushing her for all
she was worth, but she began.5o tire,
when Bamboo Tree. making the ground
siZzle. passed the second horse. and
kept on forging her way. and at
short way past the second turn she
took the lead and came under the wire
a neck ahead of Polly Macklin. The
race was exciting. Whips were freely
applied and the horses played for all
that was in them. Polly Macklin
crowded Bamboo Tree in one of the
fastest performances seen on this
track. Russona had dropped some
what, but at the turn leading to the
home stretch she was nosing Polly
Macklins heels. Miss Messenger was
Il short way back of Polly Macklin, but
was somewhat weak. Bamboo Tree
was the favOrite at l to ,, with Polly
Macklin next in demand at > to l, while
the others were equal favorites at /
to /.
The Indian Gets ScaIpS.
Those in the next race, a six-furlong
dash. for nOn-winncrs at this meeting,
the purse being 800, were Lille Long,
Mona b.. Tinloch, Cora Weed and The
Indian. The Indian won. with Mona
b. finishing second, a half-iength be-
hind the leader After some dicker-
ing at the quarter pOle-caused by
Tinloch. an uncomfortable and rattle
headed brown gelding-the quintet
was started off, well punched. TinlOch