The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-02
FORTUNE SMILES ON
FIRST Day 5 RACES
SPLENDID GALLERY ENJOYS Elk.
cELLENT SPORT.
A FAST BUNCH OF HORSES
KING WooDFoRD AND BESSIE G.
WINNERS OF THE DAY.
A FAST BUNCH OF HORSES
EVERY HEAT WAS INTERESTING
All First Day Attendance Records
Were Smashed by the Throng Which
Greeted the Initial Speed Events In
Norfolk Wednesday.
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Norfolk Wednesday.
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Norfolk greeted the races with q
splendid first day crowd. And the
races were in every way worthy of the
crowd.
The first day of the Norfolk racing
meet, the first day of racing for the
North Nebraska Short Shipment rae
ing circuit, came to Norfolk Wednes-
day afternoon with a sunlit sky, sprin-
killed. with fluffy clouds and famed with
a gentle breeze from the west. The
weather man sent his best wishes for
the race and Norfolk with her races
proved that the good wishes were mer-
tied.
The first day crowd at the Norfolk
driving track Wednesday afternoon
set an encouraging record for the rae
dropped for the first race the grand
stand was filled with people out for
the old time sport of the kings" and
the paddock lined with a stretch of
carriages. The quarter-stretch enthu-
siasts held their own and the race
watchers formed a crowd that in size
and enthusiasm put to shame the rep
resentation at last years opening day
in IL md hn1I hi Nf
promise for the future Of racing in
the city.
The track was a trife heavy when
the horses entered on the initial heat
but the wind that famed across Mad
ison county fields hardened the track
as the afternoon wore on. Soft ground
next the pole from the rain of the
evening previous made long miles.
At 2:40 o'clock M. M. Sorenberger,
official starter, sounded the gong to
call forth the horses for the 1885 class
trotters, the first race of the 1907
North Nebraska racing season.
The Norfolk band was at the track
and strains of lively band music min.
gled with the usual joyful noises of the
race course.
Judges for the Wednesday races
were j. A. Weller, Hadar; ]. H. Stat
ford, Coleridge; e. B. Hanson, Tilden
The timers were D. d. Brunson, Nor
folk; M. H. Mccarthy, O'Neill; G. H.
Vail, Omaha.
The 2:35 Trot.
King Woodford William Zulauf's
fast brown from Pierce, won the first
race of the season. The Pierce horse
cleared the wire first in three straight
heats in the 1885 trot, making the best
mile in 2:30. Motley, Willis Beezley's
second, Jimmie third, Mitolus fourth.
These horses came to the wire for
the 2:35 trotters: Princess Lockheart,
Jimmie, Brilliant Arion, King Wood
ford, Mollie Ash, Miss Johnson, Mito-
lus Motley.
At the second attempt they were off
in bunch and the first race of the
North Nebraska circuit was "on."
King Woodford took the lead in the
first quarter and with a swift trot
kept it for the mile, winning the first
heat in 2:34A. Motley pushed the
brown horse for first place.
King Woodford added the second
heat to bis list, Mollie coming in Sec
ond and Mitolus making third place
again. King Woodford brought the
time for the heat down to 2:30.
King Woodford finished the race in
the third heat, taking the heat we'll
under control. Motley and Mitolus lost
place in this heat, foul drive by Beez-
ley on the last quarter putting Motley
out of second place for the heat and
repeated breaking taking Mitolus out
of fourth place by the decree of the
judges.
Summary of the 1885 trot:
Kink Woodford, br. st., (Zulauf) l l l
Motley, blk, m, (Beezley) .....2 6
Jimmie, S. 6, (Cushman) ......5
Mitolus, br. St, (Speer) .....3 3 z
Princess Lockheart, b. m. (Towle)
g 8
Brilliant Arion, b. st., (Stantz) e 5 s
Miss Johnson, b. m. (Roath) ...7S
Mollie Ash, b. M, (Young) ....4
Time, 2:34A; 2:3O; 2:31.
2:2o Trot or Pace.
81 Bessie G., a speedy brown mare
from Kansas, took the honors in the
second race for the day. The winner
of three straight heats was driven by
J. e. Young and entered by c. e. Gem
eny of Woodbine, Kan. Edith F., driv-
en- by j. H. Freund of Quincy, H.,
came in for second money, Carry Ma
ton finished third. Mesmerism fourth.
Five entries came up for the 2:20
trot or pace: Carrie Nation, Edith
F., Jim Booth, Bessie G., Mesmerism,
Bessie G. took the first heat In 1922.
Edith F. broke at the quarter first but