The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-05
'PADUCAH HORSES
LEAVE MAYFlELD
Owners Declare They Did Not
Receive Square Deal
Charge Made Against Harris In First
Race Led Almost to Riot in
Paddock.
RESULTS OF DAYS RACING.

Mayfeld. Ky. July 5-(Special) -
There was an incipient riot here af-
ter the first race yesterday, but moth
Ing came of it,. Declaring that c.
ii. Harris, driver OF "Blackwood".
had fouled Charles Boswell. driving
Mary Key" in the one mile heat
trotting event, the first race on the
program a crowd started for the sta
bies to do violence to Harris, ana but
for the GOODNESS and presence of mind
of Mr. Gus Thompson, of Paducah.
with others, Harris might have been
severely dealt with yesterday after
noon.
The first event on the opening day
of the Graves county meet was trot.
one mile heats. In the race two Pa
ducah horses were entered. They
were Ella Mack owned and driven
by Ben t. Frank, and ''Blackwood".
owned by the West Kentucky Stock
Farm. and driven by C. II. Harris.
The first two heats were won with
ease by "Blackwood" and when the
third heat was run tho horse came In
first again. Harris finished fev1
yards in the lead, and Driver Charles
Boswell asserted that by waving his5
whip in front Of Mary Key, Harrin1
fouled him. Immediately there was ~
cry from the grand stand, and whe1I
the crowd fully understood IT,
charges made against Harris. pau<>I
of about so started in a run-tfor. r.
stables. Realizing that Harris me- :
protection, many Paducahans
grand stand to offer assistancdt5
the stables the mob demandedIl
ris. but Gus Thompson gave f
talk, and the party returped 1
grand stand. There was no III u
the charge tha44Mr Harris fik
tentionally.
withdrsw aos,e<
= last night all Paducah 'horsemen
withdrew their entries. virgil sher-
rill. of the West Kentucky stock
Farm; Gus Thompson, Hen Frank
and Zach Bryant withdrew and start
ed to ship their horses home, but
representatives OF the fair associa-
waited on them.
j. Il. Morgan. owner OF J. T., stat
ed this morning regarding the with
drawal: eve thought the Judges
were unjust in giving Mary Key first
money, and withdrew. We packed up
and left. In the early evening COM
mittee came to us and conferred as
late as o'clock this morning. May
field sportsmen acted well and Of
fered to pay our hotel and every 9TH
er expense IL we remained, but we
refused
Following are the horses shipped
back, being all Paducah horses there
except Clarence Dickerson's Bal Pa
DIRE and Lady Foster: Harry A and
Ella Mack. owned by Ben T. Frank:
Billy Buck, owned by Gus Thomp-
son; Blackwood, Utah and Directly
Boy, of the West KenY Stock
Farm, and j. T.
Yesterdays Results.
Fully 5000 paid admissions were
taken in at the fair grounds yester-
day. and the crowd was we'll satisfied
with the sport. DIR. Ed Farley, of Pa
ducah is judge. ~
The results of the races were:
Trotting race, 1 mile heats, best
3 in 8. Purse $50:
Lakewood won three heats, but
was disqualified for foul in the third
heat and the race went to Mary Key.
Time 2:25.
Running race, furIong dash,
Purse $10O.,
Wyoming won. Lady Foster baked
at the barrier. Time 80.
Pacing race. Four entries. Purse
$3.50:
Reelfoot. first; Rexie W. second.
Time, 2:2s.
Ostrich against pacing horse for
500 purse: Won by ostrich In half
mile dash.
Running race. 5 furlongs. Purse
$3.50. Fairwalker first.
Running race. mile. Purse $3.50.
Miss McKinnie winner. Time, :47.
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