The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-08-24

terestng side arguments among drlv-
ers and bookmakers. The track rec.
ord was broken when mile was paced
in the free.for-all in PIG.
2:50 Trot or Pace.
Summary of $3.50 race:
Jimmy Booth QugenbelD 4 3 | /
Grace Marks (Moore) ....3 l 2 2
Dash On (Kay) ........2 2 3 3
Foxy (Nims) ..........ds
Buster Brown Douglas) .ds
DR.. Knott( Gibson) .....ds
Time: 2:23A; 2:31; 2:33H; 1882.
Six horses started in the 2:50 trot
or pace. but three of them were dis
tanced in the first heat. This left
Jimmy Booth, Dash On and Grace
Marks in the running. Buster Brown,
Foxy and DR.. Knott were all shut
out of the race. Fast speed was de-
veloped in the first heat of this race,
when the time made was 2:23A. A
peculiar feature of the race was the
fact that Douglas, driver of Buster
Brown, who was one of those dis
tanced, had been the man to ask for
badly in the scoring, broke two sui
kies and then had to be taken to the
barn. This left the six starters for
the first heat.
An argument by a .bookmaker and
the driver of Buster Brown was made
to the judges after the first heat to
the effect that the three distanced
horses could not be shut out because
the distancing was not announced sim
ultaneously with the announcement of
the result of the heat. The judges
decided that the distancing announce
ment was made soon enough, that the
races were being run for the benefit
of the people and not the bookmaker,
The bookmaker swore he would not
pay for his concession and the driver
of Buster Brown declared he would
get revenge on one of the race Off
cials.
In the second heat, with three hors-
es Dash On and Grace Marks led to
the stretch their heads even, when
Jimmy Booth plunged ahead, took the
lead, but broke fifty feet from the
wire. He was set back to third place
when Christ, one of the judges, made
a speech declaring himself in favor of
allowing Booth the heat and retired in
rage. 1t was thought that Christ
had personal interest in the horse
Booth, because in the first heat, when
the time was 2:17&, he tried to per-
suade the judges to give out the time
as 2;16 in order that it might get a
special prize offered by the associa-
ton for :16 time on this track. Mad
judge in place of Christ.
In the third heat of the 2:5O race
there was another pretty horse race.
Moore led with Grace Marks and Kay
was close second until the stretch
with Dash On. when Jimmy Booth
jumped into the lead and won. The
stretch was a beautiful finish. Moore
protested that Kay forced him to the
sod and made his horse lose her
stride, because Jimmy Booth closed in
and pocketed Kay. The judges did
not sustain the protest. Later Moore
declared that both other drivers ac-
knowledged the foul
Free-For-All Race.
Summary of free-for-all:
Fred II (Robare) ......3 / 2 l
Vyzant Star (McKillup) A . 2 2
Jessie A UugenbelD ....1 3 8 8
Captain Mack (Zulauf) 2 DIS.
Time: 2:17%; PIG; 2:17; 2:21;
2:22.
Four horses entered in the free-for-
all. They were Vyzant Star, Captain
Mack, Fred H, Jessie A. Captain
Mack is the Pierce horse which was
. trained in Norfolk last summer. This
was his first start and Zulauf had lit
tie hope of doing anything but work
ing him out in the race, when he start
ed in, but Captain Mack showed a
pretty race to Jessie A for the first
heat, making it neck and neck fin
ish, time 2:17&. McKillup, driver of
| Nyzant Star, had demanded a flag,
and singularly enough he just got in.
side the flag by neck.
Fred II won the second heat in the
free-for-all in one of the prettiest rae
INo rltu II DIOhe dl lle
start and lost several lengths of dis.
tance Vyzant Star ana Jessie A led
in fast time and it was apparent the
race would be between them. On the
last quarter mile, however, Fred II
was driven into a steady gain and
just before the wire was reached
dashed ahead of Vyzant Star. Captain
Mack was distanced in this heat. The
time was 2:l6-the fastest ever seen
on this track up to that heat,
Feat of Surena, ReinIess Wonder.
Surena, the reinless wonder from
ST. Edward, Neb trotted a beautiful
mile unguided and alone, in 2:2O fiat
She trotted every inch of the distance
too, without a break and with scarcely
a move of her pretty head After she
had finished the mile, she was turned
at the stable by swipe and trotted
back to the judges stand, as though
coming for the decision The time on
the mile was Caught bV all thraa Of tha