Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-22
Takes Mass. Stakes In
! Three Straight Heats.
Sonoma Girl Finishes Ninth,
Second and Fifth.
Both Very Lame..Iaces Now Even
Between Them.

Readville, Mass, Aug. 21.-Hlgh
Ball. with the master reinsman ED
Geers in the sulky evened the score
with Sonoma Girl today at the Grand
Circuit meeting by taking the honors
quite handily in the classic Mas-'a-
chuSetts stake valued at $4,000. Both
Of the stars, High Ball and SonOmd
Girl, entered the fray very lame. the
former limping painfully when jogging
slowly. The mare warmed out of all
ment almost entirely after couple of
preparatory miles. but her fault Of
breaking in the first turn was her I'M
doing as in each heat she made disa&-
trnua breaks at that point, falling to
the rear.
High Pail il the property Of Frank
Jones, Cleveland. Ohio, who bought
him last May for sl7.500. lie defeated
S"noma Girl July 4 at Libertyviile,
but she turned the tables on him at
the same place two weeks later ana
again in Detroit in the NJ. and NJ.
stake. today being their fourth en-
counter. 1t was the third time Ed
G.ers has driven tho winner of the
Massac hus-tts--OnWard Silver in 1901
and Billy Buck in 1893
Long Shot" Cox turned a surprise
on the talent by taking the Rcadville
stake with ThornWaE. Hi1also in each
heat held the heat to the home stretch
when Cof would take his gclding wide
and outpace the leader To the wire.
The official time Of the final heat of
the second heat was 2i0 and Thorn
way did II in just a minute fiat. Gccrs
made Il hard attempt for the last heat
but William .. had not the required
speed Thornway is owned by owen
Carney, Lowell. Mass.
The 212 trnt went 10 the credit of
Wilkes Heart, owned by T. Maybaun.
Newark. y. j. jack Loyhurn. Mle
Heart and the The pacolct took turns
in going after him. but each time lie
had sufficient brush at the end 10 stall
them off
From 10000 to 1900 people witness
sod t"dal'a races.
THE rSSACIU'SETTS- TROT-
II'ESE $wrt-TIlIiFE HEATS
High BAH. Z, by Or. Hooker
Th"rrf"la. b h Observation-Disclosures i ;
S"n",na Girl. br II CMcIienry,........o : ,
ANt"llny. III rThomHsl. s
Marched. T. h ,CoXb..................:' ) 3
ciaty I,atrs. Oh n u.aSeIh. ........4 g
t;"ntcel H.. Lr II wv McDnnAldD....6
inc" c.. TOR h jMck"nnrv). .......2 g
kIs: "na. m tSned"ll"rD. 8 .
fine 2.loii. 20S, 2oo.
THE EEADIIrLI:-2.2 PACF,-PURSE
SMG-TIIREE HEATS.
"ThnrnwaY, !, h, by St"inwav CoX)1
llidalgn. h q a.. McDnnaldh .........2 : 4
William O.. bik z (tiC"rSb. ............1 >
Major NARROW. b Z Marlov). ...4 3 i
R"pr"achlcss. blk III CStarrD. ;
Alice Pointer h M CMcDevitt. 8 ;
-Iohnnv Smoker. hr & Dorel .
ShauEran, hr h DrItyderD 6 :
linianZa. b z Thonasl.. 5 Dir
Fine-2h7H. 2.05H. 2"54
u TIOT- PURSE Sl2oO-TnREE HEATS
Wilkes III art. b Z. by Great Heart
'tStiPll"' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Jack l.cyh,rn oh = tM"Cartiy). 3 4
The Pacoiet, nix NcDevittJ. ...6 .
Mae Heart. oh M McHenryp....S2 q
Wild Bel. br DcRvdcrl. ..5 3
silver, oh Z n.oomisl. .............3 g
Imperial Allclton. br h Snow 10 I
sarah Ilamlin. hr m PackeD ....7 :
Alice Edgar. b M Tnnyont . 6
Chime Bells. br m Crittcr) .9 4 DIS
l'aul Kruger. b e (CoXD.........11ds
Ann Direct. blk m UradvD.
Time-2.OG%. 2.GgK. 2mat
Raced in hopples