The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-18
They are Finished With
Little Friction.
CHAT OF HORSEM EN-
Men With Stock Farms, and Nearing
Diamonds, Who Drive Their Own
Horses. Something About Ma
chinery and Fertilizers. A
Civil War Congressman.

The first races of the week We're
not as interested as had been expect
ed, as there We're too few starters.
Everything was in readiness at half
past one o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when the first race was called, bat
only three horses showed Up. Various
excuses were given, but the principal
one was that of hard shipment, ana
the horses had not had sufficient
time to timber up from the effects
OF their severe trips. Those horses
that arrived several days ago Wefe
ali right; it was the late-comerS th&J
We're not in proper condition.
The 2:2z lrOt for a purse of $50
was the first on the program. The
horses Bette Jones and The General,
which had been entered by Silas M.
Wilcox of Greensboro, N. c., for this
race, were Withdrawn. The Baltimore
horse. Jim Bayard, had an easy time
of il III this race, and won in straight
heats, with Billy Dey second and Mol
ly~ Woodnut third.
The 2:17 pace, which was the next
race, also had only three starters.
George f.. Dyer of Roanoke. Va,
who had entered Maud Adams aud
Pharos. with the privilege of starting
either one, withdrew both f. W.
Powell, who had NOMINATED stone
Walker for this race. was compelled
also to Withdraw his horse, the ahi-
NAL having lost q shoe, and coald
not be shod in time.
Minnie Thompson, the little bay
mare from Roanoke, Va. where she
is q great favorlte, had q complete
walk-over, winning the three heats
with no effort whatever. The best
time chat she made in this race was
2:23 IA, where as she has a record
of 2:17 Ii.
Her rival. Sadie Temple, also OF
Roanoke burst a brood vessel in the
nose before the first heat was COM
peted, and had a severe hemorrhase,
which made it impossible to start her
in the second heat. She was exam
ined by a veterinarian, who decided
that it would be unsafe to permit her
to proceed any further in the race,
and she was withdrawn. A subse-
quent examination showed that her
injury was not serious and it VIII
not interfere from her participating
in the great 2:13 pace tomorrow, Tor
which she has been entered.
1t was 3:15 o'clock when this races
was ended, and there was but one
more on the card for the day, half
mile running race, heats, best two iii
three, for a purse of 500. 1t was
supposed that there would be SIX
starters in this race, but Mr.. Smooth
and Sylvan Dell were withdrawn. The
drivers of Laird Branch paid the en-
trance fee, but upon learning that
the owner of the horse could not be
present, having been detained, aud
could not arrive in Raleigh before
night withdrew the horse.
This left but three contestant
Cabin Boy, Marseilles and The
Phelps. Through a mistake in weign-
ing in. the horse The Phelps. had
been given too little weight to carry.
and the horse was sent to the stahe
to take on twelve more pounds. While
the morse away the race was started,
with but two horses in it. The Phelps
appeared on the track before the first
heat was finished but was not allow
ed to enter into the second heat so
the race was run with but two oppo-
nents, and Cabin Boy won in
canter.
Following are the summaries:
2:22 Tfot: Purse, $3.50.
Jim Bayard, b. g., VIM. Nichol-
son, Baltimore, Md. ......... /
Billy Dey, b. g, M. H. White,
Hertford, n. C.............. z
Molly Woodruff, b. m, G. w.
Haight, White Plains, n. Y.
Time: 2.31, 2.26R, 2.27.