The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-06
SADIE MAC DROPS DEAD
 AT CHARTER OAK PARK
TRAGIC AFFAIR OCCURS IT THE FOURTH HEAT or CLASSIC
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Ocspe10tc 14nOEl tO 1eEAln A&L
 Lead-veterinary Surgeon Claims
 End Due to RreaIxing of Blood Vessel
 First Tinted That Great Mare Was
 Drugged-DilIon's Silence Second in
 2s19 Trot.
 Hartford, Sept. 5.-The opening Gay of the grand circuit races at Charter Oak park ended in a tragedy when Sadie Mac, the Canadian queen. drop ped dead in the fourth heat of the $10,000 Charter Oak trot, the classic event of the meet. She fell about 200 yards from the finish when making a desperate effort to regain lead which she gallantly held until rounding the last turn. Sadie Mac seemed to have lost her strength Just at the period when her driver was urging her to do her best, but she was exhausted and dropped to the track, rolled over and died instantly. A veterinary surgeon attributed death to a broken blood ves- sel and horsemen who had been watch- ing her declare that she acted strange ly all the afternoon. The gallant mare had met her Waterloo. failing to take a single heat of the four that were Yun off 1t was apparent from the outset that she was in the fastest company of her brilliant turf career, and she died trying to save her laurels. Angiola. Zephyr and Glenwood M, all proved too fast for her to-day. Sadie Mac was a big favorite in the first heat but ran only third, and it was then that the big following of horsemen scented something arniss At the end of the first heat she broke badly and appear ed logy. Eight times the field had to score in this heat and Driver Stinson attributed Sadie Macs defeat to the fact that she was tired out by the time the word to go was given.
 When the tragic climax came hun dreds of men thronged on the track and when it was announced that the great mare was dead all sorts Of rumors spread through the crowd It was first hinted that she had been drugged but these wild rumors were finally discred- | tied and the word of the veterinary was accepted. Scores of hardened old horsemen actually weeped as ttitiieSJ saw the great mare lying dead on the frSrf and when her owner, Miss Katherine | Wilkes, who, was in a private box. heard of her death, she was deeply af- Efected and left the grounds immediate ! " All the finishes in the Charter Oak event were heartbreaking. and the heavy condition Of the track made 1t hard work for the horses Darkness prevented the finish of the big event after Angiola and Zephyr had each won two heats. The big crowd of 5000 was keyed up to a high pitch when the fourth heat was finished Zephyr was in great form in the first two heats, which were won in whipping finishes. but tired under the strain and Angiola finished in front in the third and fourth in dashing style. Kid Shay was with drawn at the close of the third heat
 Seven heats were required to settle the 2:13 pace. Jubilee carrying away the honors. In the 2:19 trot Leonardo finished first in straight heats closely pressed by Silence, owned by John H. Dillon of New Haven.
 Summaries:
 The Charter Oak,' 2:O9 Class Trot-
 iipggd ifibg s in 6o-Purse sio,oOo (unfiIi- Angiola, b m (Anaes) . n Zephyr, D m (Geers) 7 Norman B. pr g Mecarttyl GlnfnMoNa nonaSS N, pr 5 A: Me Lisonjero D g (IIIowardl ii ii $ Masefto Roeeft MSI Six 3b3aRsrsor, SI9l1RSs S John Caldwell,b g (Thomp-
 sadie sHe Mac. , lstinsoa5 lstiiiiis sia saisa Kid Shay, b (Rosemire).. 4 10dis
 Time-2;Os, 2:O9As. 2:1oM. 2:Osa 2:1s class-rrotting 6 in 5)--Purss
 Holly 1Dickerson] ..,..-... - - Lady tad!is MoWrs, w 2 pl 5 ii ececii-snow) 2 s Deima GregoT, ] m lDemeresf) s 6 Nordico, b m (Loomis) - 6 5 Martha B, b m (I4aird) ...... 4 6 Belladi, b m (Rutherford) g 9 Lucretia, br m (Thompson) ~ 5 & $ Fest, b (Trout) ........... 10 10dis Ward, b s (Rennick) dis
 Tin1e-2:16N, 2:16A. 2:i6A.
 $1sO00.
 Jubilee, sit ss+ b1k Is,,gg, s, 6g
 Lady Gseeaiiisskin,bik m GA .McDonald) 1 2 2 Phalla, D m (An-
 Queen of Spades, ' xs!!s;3 s!E 2 E !sRSss 3ssss5: g ssss InterOcean, br g lThom{5ss5 ro
 Cook .', .:.... 5 ' dis Ersl5tne Reed, zb (Humphresyvil1e1. 8 8 dis
 Time-2:11A, 2:07&, 2:09k, 2:10, 2:13, 2:14A, 2:20.
 j.. Shipping News.
 Antwerp, Sept. 5.--Arrived: Steamer Zealand, New York via Dover Boulogne, Sept 4.--Sailed: Steamer Pretoria, New York
 Bremen, Sept. 5.--Arrived: Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm, New York via Piy- mouth and Cherbourg.
 Queenstown,S 5.--Arrived: Steamx CT Ivernia. Boston for Liverpool.
 New York Sept 5.---Arrived: Steam- CTS Prinz Adalbert. Genoa and Naples. Sailed: Steamers Caronia. Liverpool; Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, Bremen.
 Genoa, Aug. 31.-AArrived: Steamer Liguria. New York.