The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-16
Six Heats Trotted in 2:35 Glass
Without a Decision.
Three Year-Old Pace Brings
Out Fast YOungster.
FAIR CROWD PRESENT.
Time Made in All Events Fine,
Considering Track.
Annie G. Ran Away With Bar
rier in Half Mile Dash.


part of the management it was put in
such a condition that five races were
placed on the card for the day and
they certainly furnished good sport
Tor the three or four thousand persons
who braved the threatening attitude
of the weather to attend them. AS a
matter of fact, this crowd saw one of
the best races of the entire meeting.
It was so evenly contested by the
eight horses which started that six
heats were run without any one of
them getting the necessary three to
win the race and as under the racing
rules heat cannot be trotted after
shutdown, the deciding heat or heats
of the race were postponed until to-
day.
This race was the 2:s5 trot for a
stake of $1,000. Eight of the nine
horses entered went to the post and
there was a good deal of trouble ex-
perienced by Starter Updegraff in get
ting them away to a fair start in each
of the heats. While the track had
dried out in good shape it was quite
muddy along the rail and none of the
horses in any of the races were placed
so that they would have to start in
because of the narrowness of the
track to start the field of eight in
double line. In jockeying for their
positions the drivers created all kinds
breaks in each heat before the word
"go" was given. Driver Michael,
handling P. V, offended a dozen times
IN beating the pole horse to the wire
on the start, and as he had continued
TO do so three or four times after
warning from Mr.. Updegran he Was
fined twenty-five dollars, which he had
to pay before he could continue in the
race. The first two of these six heats
were won handily by Swaneta A. In
the third Mamie H. went under the
wire first but a protest was filed on
this heat by Driver Harris, who
handled the reins over Rosalind and
brought her under the wire in second
place after hard drive in the stretch.
Harris claimed that Mamie H. had run
more than half the way on the back
stretch and as this fact had been seen
by the judges Mamie H. was placed
last and the heat was given to Rosa
and.
In the next heat P V, who had
been we'll up in the first and third
heats. made a bid for the race by TAX
ing the lead at the start and holding
It to the finish although she was hard
pressed by Mamie H A surprise was
furnished in the fifth heat by Vanity
o., who had not made better than
fourth position in the preceding heats.
She won the heat in a hard drive with
Mamie H. down the home stretch.
Under the rules the four winners in
the five heats were the only horses
allowed to start in the sixth heat and
trotter in beating to the wire Rosalind
and P. V. after they had turned into
the stretch a half dozen lengths ahead
of her. It was near dusk when this
heat had been decided and Starter
Updegraff announced that it was
against the rules to race after sun
down and that it would be necessary
to postpone the finish of the race until
today The time made in the race
was excellent considering the condi-
ton of the track.
But comparatively it was not as
good time as that made in the three
year-old pace by Napton Boy, the
winner of the two deciding heats. In
the 2:35 trot the best time made by
the seasoned racers was 1928 Il, while
the winner of the three-year-oId pace
covered his slowest mile in 2:27A
Napton Boy appeared to be in a class
by himself in this latter race for he
won both of the heats by a big margin.
A local interest was added to this
race by the entries of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Samson. Mr.. Samson had
his horse Lord Direction in it and
Mrs. Samson had entered Lady Direc-
ton These horses evidently raced for
the cellar championship" of the class
for Lady Direction was distanced in
the first heat and Lord Direction
finished sixth in each heat, beating his
family rival out for last place in the
@rst heat and finishing last in the sec
ond because Lady Direction was not
qualified for it, having been previously
distanced.
Bracket, a bay stallion, proved to
be a most superior horse in the two
year-old trot. which was the second
race on the programme. Driven by
Grant he went to the front at the
start in each of the two heats and
won each of them by fifty yards. His
time was fast considering the fact that
he was not pushed in either heat.
Thornfield won the fourth race the
2:20 trot, easily. after losing the first
heat to Happy Walnut Eight horses
started in this race and from a spec
tacular standpoint they made pretty
race in each heat, keeping well
punched all the way, but when they
came to the final drive in the stretch
Thornfield easily showed his superior
ity by winning the last three heats as
he pleased. He broke badly in the
first heat or else it would have been
a three heat race.
The running race, the last contest
on the programme, furnished some fun
at the start. There were six entries
and Dominick on Annie c. in his
anxiety to get good start got tangled
UP in a false break with the rubber
barrier He broke it and a loose end
caught on his saddle. He was unable
to control Annie c. and the horse at
tached to the rubber started around
the track. The horse went quite a
distance before the rubber reached
the breaking point, but when it did
break, it snapped back across the
track and caught the legs of a half
dozen men and boys who were stand
ing in the vicinity. When the horses
finally got away Ringer took the lead
and kept it to the finish, winning as
he pleased.
Officials in charge of the races were:
o. P. UDdegraff, starter; M. A Low
John Van Vechten and Gus Beau
champ of Holt0n. judges. and DR.
Pritchard J. E. Crockett and Dean
Low, timers
Summary of tine Races.
First race-2:35 trot; stake 81, 900.
SWaneta A. s.. m. (Baker) DR..
J. A. Axtell, Newton. .......1 1 5 4
Vanity o., br. m. (Miller) ].
4 Biggs. Garden City......5 s 6 All
P. v, CHI. M. (Michael) W. B.
Mccormack, Manhattan III