The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-09
first with ease, Beatrice III second,
and Cadcr third. n.

4 ard Cadcc third. q
|Gls NIist,npA IN stccpiechnsc.
The last race OF tile day. the steeple-
liclihsc about two and n half MIL Us. was
5|run over. soft. soEEy course, With
4 water standing in puddles i'll places
Ion the course and the footing trencher-
Gus enough for ta,c SIX dangerous
Jumps required. These consisted OF four
Regulation Jumps OF four and half feet.
the Liverpool. ditch FIVE feet wide
and two feet deep with a, guard rail
on the take-off side and q fence on
1.-THE landing side. and finally tile wa
tier lump. twelve feet wide and two
/ feet deep. Flying Virginia was the
pick. With Ida Woodlands. also owned
| BY Mr.. Hurkamp, as second choice. Tie
start was made lust south OF the old
Judges stand. and the race took the
runners thrice around the perilous cir
cult Mr.. X. NJ. Taylor. gentleman
Jockey, l,ud the mount on Flying Vir-
ginan. While u negro Jockey piloted
| the other Hurkamp entry. Wntercourse
Itell at the second Jump. but his rider
was uniniured and remountinE. nm
Iished the race, though badly handt-
capped by the delay Round and round
the i've horses went. taking the va
rious Jumps without difficulty until
the Liverpool was reached where sew
eral raped badly In taking II.
Water Course slowly closed up the
long gap caused by his fall and me
field were going vel strung out on the
last circuit until they came TO the
jump over the rail from the steepie-
chase course into the stretch for the
finish. There the ditch which sur
rounds the track Lad been badly f,lled
n, ana two of the horses sank into the
soft made earth and came down. l'ida
Woodlands was easily second ana
would have mnde n sprint down the
stretch but for the fall which urseate,i
her Jockey. John f. Owens also feii
headlong. but his rider remounted anu
finished Flying virginian won with
ease. with Wild Range second and Wa
ter Course third.
When the riders came to the stana
the Judges sharply criticized Mr.. Tay-
Tor. the rider of Flying Virginian. nc-
cusing him of pulling his horse at the
finish. Mr.. Taylor Indignantly denied
the allegation and informed the judges
with considerable spirit that he was a
gentleman and would not stand for any
such insinuation. MIR. Hurkamp. inc
owner OF the horse. came up at this
time and he and the judges discussed
the matter quietly and satisfactorily.
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The Judges announced that owing 10
the condition of the track, the harness
races on the card would go over to
to-day. being pulled off this morning.
The horses will be called at " ana
will be started at 1890. During the
morning Major Delmar. the worlds
greatest trotter, with record OF
1889 ga, will attempt to lower the
Virginia track record Of 200. and II
conditions are favorable 1t Is antici-
pated that he will trot very fast mile.
He will be driven by his owner. MIR.
Mcdonald. The great horse was pa
raded in front of the stand yesterday.
and was greatly admired by the spec
tators. The days summaries follow:
Running Summarized.
First race-running. five furlongs;
purse soO0-Silver Brook, b. (. (H. L.
Palmer). won: Dame Fortune. blk. +.
(W.tC. Saunders) second; Roly Poly,
b. nj. Oh. A. GriswolD, third. Time,
l:l0. Lucullus. Rebecca Cohn. Alegra,
Sir Pitchley, King of Spades. Tide,
Twister and Broaway also ran.
Second race-running, half mile;
purse s20O-Cousin Francis, CHI. f. Ca
l.. Darnaby). won; Ran After CHI. &.
IL. c. Shobe), second: Van Loan, CHI. r.
CIV. c. Saunders), third, Time. AS Ia.
Melting, Galobia, Rappree, Fl. l.. Frank
Retrospect, Mary Lassie and Jonah also
ran. Bulkhead, Roly Poly, Sir Pitchey.
King of Spades and Lamp Trimmer.
scratched.
Third race-running. one mile: purse
s300-Bell the Cat, b. g. O.. Z. Lane),
won: Beatrice H. b. m. OH. A. Girls
wold). second; Cadec, CHI. nj. II. o.
Lyne), third Time, l:4s. Knightiy
| Weston, Congress. Tom Lawson and
Man also ran.
Fourth race-open steeplechase.
about two and half miles: purse $500
Flying Virginian, CHI. g. tCharles H..
sIIurkamp. owner). won; Wild Range.
CHI. Z. CT. NJ. McCauey, owner). second;
Water Course, b. g. q. f. Lane, owner),
third Time. 6:23