The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-09-27

/
that the track itself was in excellent
condition the record of I'll a made last
year by Advaneer was not approached,
and in only a small majority of the
! heats were the finishes Of the hair'rals'
ing type. Tuesdays card was the best
of the three, the 2.l9 stake furnishing
a horse race of the very best kind.
! Wednesdays 2.30 stake was also a
| fair race but not as exciting as 1t
might have been had more than two
horses stood a show of winning. Yes
terday Is events were Disappointing,
Straight heats prevailed and the fast
est time made in the free'for-all was
214.
Everything considered the racing of
Tuesday afternoon was very good
The small crowd on the grandstand
made the events seem less exciting
than on previous occasions, but IN
reality there were many close finishes
and few that could be described in
even stronger terms. The track was
in good condition, particularly on the
outside, and the time as a rule was
fast. Every heat winner during the
afternoon received a new mark, two
heats of the 10 stake going in .15A.
Five horses took the word in the
2.34 pace.2.30 trot event which was
won handily by Black Preceps. The
Newport entry was forced to extend
himself. however, particularly in the
third heat when Sir Alexander came up
strong ON the outside and rushed for
the wire so fast that the black geld
ing was forced to break within a
few feet of the finish. 1t was only a
skip, and Preceps caught himself in
time to make it a straight heat race.
In the second heat of this race Maud
w. went too close to Billy Baggs's
sulky and her own was overturned,
throwing Driver Fred Bushy of Keene,
N. H., to the ground and spraining
his ankle.
Prettier races than the 219 stake
pace, which brought six side-wheelers
to the word, are seldom seen on half
mile rings. In the first heat Outcast
led to the third quarter where Com
mon Voter went to the van only to
give up the position of honor to Our
King, which made game drive from
the last turn to the wire. Sam Lee
finished Just ahead of Outcast for
third place. My Favorite was dis
tanced and although his driver pro-
tested on the grounds that he had
been crowded out by the driver of
Edith NJ, no action was taken by the
Judges. Common Voter jumped to the
fore at the start of the second heat
and remained in that position the full
distance although pressed hard by Our
King. The third was a grand race
between these two horses, Voter max
ing an outside rush at the stretch that
almost landed him ahead of the Salem
horse. The finish of this heat was so
close that many of the spectators
thought it a dead heat, but the judges
from their position Of vantage were
unanimous in favor of placing Our
King first. Common Voters driver
tried his best to land the bay gelding
on top in the fourth heat, urging the
horse down the stretch with foot and
whip. Within a few feet of the wire,
however, Voter let up just enough to
allow Our King to win first money
with Edith M. third and Sam Lee
fourth As the first two passed the
stand it was seen that the whip
which Voters driver had been using
/. without stint was dragging from the
sulky frame. This may have had
something to do with the result of the
heat.
Eight straight gated horses were
harnessed when the first call for the
2.35 trot was given. The big field
had some trouble in getting away at
first but after the word was given
= Nav Jingles climbed into first posi-
ton and refused to give up the berth
. until three heats had been trotted.
| In the second and third heats Princess
, tried very hard to win but was un-
. able to get her nose ahead of the
Rutland mare After driving to sec
/ ond and third positions in the first
, two heats the driver of Electric came
under the suspicion of the Judges who
substituted L. E. Fletcher. The change
of drivers did not work to the advan-
tage of the Palmer entry, which fin
ished in sixth position in this heat.
The summaries:
Pa Pace 80 Trot Purse 5000.
Black Preceps, Newport Stock .,
Farm, Newport, Vt......,.,..
Sir Alexander, Whitcomb Brothers,
Essex Junction ............,.
Billy Baggs, George @. Flynt Mon
SON. Mass. ........;......
Floradora, F. L. Chickering, West
moreland, N, H. o
Maud F., Nap. Fortier, Keene, ,
RI Time IT, 2.244, 2.;24h, 22aA.
21o stake; Pace; Purse $500
Our King, Woody Hill Stock =,
Farm, Salem, Mass. ....,;. 1 /
Common Voter, II. c. Wells,
Laconia N. H. ..........
Sam Lee, f, Bouchard, Coat
cook, P. Q..........a,... 3
Edith NJ, J. H. Potter, Salem, =
outcast, A. g. Forbush West
Time, 2.15A, 2.15A 2.17h, 2.16A.
2.85 Trot Purse 5000.
May Jingles, F. I. Dudley, Rut- i,
Princess inee i. n. Chase, brandon 9 2
Electric, G. johnson, Palmer
Joe e Dillon, Webster Tyler, St.
Bc sGhnsP F. D. whitcomb, Spring,
BetterOne, T. L. Swan. Orange
Electriole. Barney Fralick, Hat
:. vile hs'o Bells Is'0 G. G. Fiynt, Monson,
y Mass. ...,.,.....,..,'. .'''''''
t Time 2.241a, 2.26, 2.2S
!. The 2.17 pace-2.14 trot went to
Blue Ribbon in straight heats, al
Y though Allinetta made game at
e tempt to win every time around. In
e the first heat Blue Ribbon went to
i the head of the bunch at the half
}, and was not headed again, and the