Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13
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three heats, was trotted nc Vienna on
June II. Lord Revestoke. which, by
the way. is by Bingen, won in straight
heats, Neereta was second. Contrato
third and Wig Wag forth, The other
starters We're Arguenot. Wainscott and
Loano. The time In both heats, g:l2
40 and 2l2 $40, was faster than Lord
Revestokes record in the United states,
which is 2:l2&, Wig Wag was the
favoTite, with Contrato, which had been
winning consistently IN ltay, second
choice. Lord Reyestoke won each heat
handy.
The handicap races at Baden on
Aug. 10 and IS attracted much interest,
as most Of the horses which started In
the Championship OF Europe took part
In the race on Aug. 10 q the horses IN
the championship except kirkW0od Jrr
started. At aAxworthy was handi-
capped SO meters, Contrato 80 meters
and Freund Fritz 10 meters The other
horses started from scratch. The I'M
posts were too heavy for the first, Sec
ond and third horses of the champion
ship, and they were defeated
Wig Wag was disqualified IN the nrst
heat for running. but won the next two
heats and the race The times were
2.l8S-l0, 2:l2 $40 and 2:ll 9-l0. Lord Re-
yestoke, which won the first heat, nm
ished second; Wainscott, third, and
Contrato, fourth. Alta Axworthy was
Contralto fourth. Alta AXworthy was
fifth. Katherine A. ran away ana tel
when trying to jump ditch, but was
not seriously hurt. Wig Was Is SIX
year-old horse by Virgins.
on Aug. 10 the Matador Handicap
was won by Kirkwood Jr, IN straight
heats Lord Revelstoke. kirkwood Jr,
and Wainscott got the best OF the start
in the first heat, and fought 1t out To
the home stretch. Here Wainscott
nude n bad break. and Klrkwood Jr,
declslVely defeated Lord Revelstoke
Contralto. despite bad start, finished
third Wanscott led at the start OF
the second heat. but had TO reinquish
to Kirkwood Jr. which had a hard
struggle TO defeat Wig Wag. con-
tralto was third again. The times
were 2:l6, l:l0 and 2:l4 G-l0.
During the season Prince Alert was
sent against the watch. His appear
ance created much excitement. He is
the first PAGER to appear on Austrian
tracks, and his performance may en-
courage Europeans to take up the side
whselers. Prince Alert's wonderful
flight of speed astonlshed the specta-
tors, particularly when, on Sept ~
he paced full mile in 2:O1 5-l0 II
was difficult to secure pacemaker FOR
Prince Alert, and he was greatly han
dicapped in his speed trials. Finally
Prince Ypslanti came TO the rescue
with what he desired.
RECORD FOR WIG WAC.
Wig Wag aud Klrkwood Jr., were
fighting for supremacy throughout the
season. Wig Ways time In the lmpost
Handicap Of Aug. 20 was at the rate
OF 1920 $40 to the 1000 meters, which
constitutes a European race record. he
could have gone faster, az the horse
was winning easily, when Keefe, who
was standing on the stretch, saw that
there was a chance to beat the record,
and yelled to Mitchell to drive on.
After making this record Der Sport
of Vienna said wig Wag Is the
best horse now racing In the world. IL
IS safe to say that few American
horses could trot IN a race one and
three-ffths miles, from a standing
start, on what is practically half-mile
track, ut the rate OF 210 TO the miles.
Wig Wag trotted the first 6l0 meters.
from standing start IN 1921, the next
1000 meters in 1881 40 Cat the rate of
2:OGja to the mlle) and the final 1000
meters in l22 G-i0.
The final important event Of the Vi
emma season was the twO-mile race OF
oct, g, This was won by KlrkWood Jr.
the champion of Italy. His time was
4:2G 7-l0, reducing Cald's European rec
ord OF 4;2I 3-l0 made in 1900. Cors
tralto was second Wig Wag third. The
judges thought that Wig Wag could
have made a better showing and ex-
PEELED his driver Eddie Mitchell, for
pulling.