The daily sentinel., 1906-07-28
THE RACES YESTERDAY.
Attendance Again Disappointing
Program Lively One.-All
Events Were Good.

The attendance at the matinee
races at the fair grounds was light
again yesterday afternoon, the crowd
being only little larger than that
of the day defore- The gate receipts
amounted to about $50.
Many considered yesterdays pro-
gram superior to that of the day be-
fore; the events moved along faster
and the races were all highly inter
esting. There was no room for com
plant.
The first event was a free for all.
trot or pace. mile heats, best two out
of three.
Rox, brown mare, owned by Mr.
Ramsey; Jimmie Hards. black stall
! lion. owned by James Hards; Little
1 Girl, sorrel mare, owned by William
Silsby. were the entries. Juliet. T.
ID. Reams' popular little gray mare
was down as one of the horses to en-
ter the race but did not show up.
The first heat was won by Jimmie
Hards who came under the wire about
length in advance of Little Girl.
Rox lost out by a pretty long dis
tance.
Little Girl won the second and
third heats without much effort, cas-
lily out CHASING her two opponents
Jimmie Hards came in second in each
of these heats.
The time of the first heat was given
unoficially at 2:21. and the second as
2.22, time in which the third was
made is not known. MANY thought
that it was Little Girls race right
from the start but Jimmie Hards sur
prised them in the first heat.
The second event was free for
all trot, mile heats, two best out of
three. The horses were Saxby, black
stallion, owned by l.. NJ. Miller; Belle
Thorne, black mare, owned by ]. o.
Kinney. Amaral, the big brown stall
lion, owned by the French Coach
Horse association Lady Dewey en-
tered for this race but did not show
up.
Belle Thorne won the first and sec
ond heats, Saxby was second in both
heats. Amaral, the big stallion.
showed that he had the speed all
right but kept breaking and the time
required to pull him down into a trot
again would cause him to fall away
behind the other horses. At one time
he was far in advance of Belle
Thorne when suddenly he broke and
the other horses took the lead. Had
Amaral kept up the trot in each heat
the result would probably have been
different. 1t was a pretty race how
ever
The exhibition race given by Re.
ward s., the famous sire owned by
William Silsby was considered by
many the best event of the afternoon.
The fine animal ran against his own
record. he paced one-eighth of mile
and the time by several watches was
just little under fifteen seconds.
Reward s., and his fine exhibition
pace created as great. II not greater,
enthusiasm than any other event on
the program.
1t might be said that Reward S.
is the sire of nearly every fast horse
that was on the track yesterday and
the day before and he has many other
colts in this section, ]. NJ Graham
made this announcement. when he
introduced the famous stallion. No
horse in western Colorado is better
known among the horsemen than Re
ward S. He is a beauty to look at
and certainly has the speed, finer
animal has never been seen on the
local track and in the opinion of many
he is the finest sire ever brought to
Colorado.
There was half-mile running race
which proved exciting and one of the
cleverest events of the matinee.
Meadow Flower, Blue Sash and Way
Back, were the horses. Meadow
Flower won first and Blue Sash came
in as second. 1t was fast race and
certainly did please the crowd.
1t is to be regretted that more in
terest was not taken in the matinee
races. the executive board of the fair
association Is to be congratulated up
on arranging two such good programs
of clean racing sport. There was
very little complaint to be heard on
the grounds yesterday or the day be-
fore. The races were good, there
were no fakes" and from the stand
point of quality of races the matinee
was success, it was the best race
matinee ever given in the city is the
opinion of many of the horsemen and
local race enthusiasts.