The Washington herald., 1907-05-29
GOOD START AT BRIGHTWOOD
Good Sport and Large Crowd Fea-
ture of the Opening Day.
Two of the Drivers Summoned to
stand by starter and Given
Call-dawn-Summa

The Brightwood harness horse meeting
opened yesterday afternoon
The day was a trine cold for fast time.
a strong wind faced the horses on the
back stretch. and the track was a trife
heavy early in the afternoon. but rapidly
improved
The first event on the card was a 2le
pace, iu which four horses accepted the
issue. Henry Copperthite's Ada b. J. j.
O'Keefe's l. J. X. Peter Taylor's Direct
Mack, and Il. A. Swartzs Miss Clean.
With Ada d. az the pole they were of on
the second score. with Direct Mack hav-
ing a triie the worst Of il. Ada d. lei
the entire mile, Cannon not being able
20 get the little bay mare. Miss Clean.
t0 going right I'm the second heat Can
non began his drive a few rods inside
the distance. but he could not quite reach
and Ada D. took the heat by a fun
length. In the third heat they were away
% a good start
Coming into the home stretch first tim1
round. Miss Clean oyeThauled Ada and
passed her winning the heat by q full
length. Direct Mack was fairly good
tfird. IN the fourth heat an three horses
scored fast, and We're AZ the quarter pole
in 90 seconds, with Miss CLEAN well ia the
lead and Direct Mack pacing as if for his
existence.
Around the upper turn Mack drew mp
0D Ada y and soon C0llared her. When
the home stretch was reached the little
black gcld.ng was leading her but BE-
could not catch the flying daughter of
Amicus. and she easily won the heat.
with Ada u. third. l. j. Is. had in the
meantime been dist8nced I'm the first heat.
having. il was claimed. broken his h0p-
pies. After the fourth heat there was
nothing 20 If but Miss Clean. she winning
about as sHe pleased. with Direct Mack
a very good second and Ada D. last.
A field of four also faced the starter fin
the 2.so Jrot and pace-Fred $ Hal r. +.
s., Bar0n's Whip. and Myron c. The lat
Ter drew the pole and led iearly 20 the
threc-quarters. when he resigned it 20
Fred S. Hal, and. a second or two later.
second place 20 Baron Whips Il was a
horse race between the Hal horse and
Baron Whips. but the best he could do
was second while MyT0n G.. finished third
and r. +. $. got the banner. Fred 5. Hal
took command early in the second heat.
closely pursued by Baron Whips The
Hal horse won the heat easy enough, but
later on the drivers Of Fred : Hal and
Baron Whips We're summoned 20 the
stand by Starter Walker, and We're told
by him "a few things that quiCkened their
actions in the third and last heat. the
mile being paced i'm 2:224. the fastest Of
the race. with Fred 5. Hal in the lead
again the entire mile.
Thirteen horses responded to the bell
in the running race OF half mile heats.
with John T. Hoge handling the flag.
Hazel Baker proved to be the best Of the
bunch.
In the three-quarters Of a mile dash
Twister was first. COhasset second and
Sandwich third. Time l.l9lz. In the sec
ond heat Jimini was I'm first. Cohasset
was second, and Tom Dawson third.
Time. l-l9. In the run-off. between Twist
or and Jimini. Twister had the best Of it.
Time. 1.1912.
The light harness events for to-day are
PIG pace. In which are entered Red
Rock. Bob Irgerson. Jock Starts. Jubl-
lanta. and Edna G.. 4 2.2i trOt and pace.
I'm which are entered Gentry's Star. Ed
die 3. Florence Wilkes. Maid Marion.
Little TUFTS, Pee Wee. Donna Hal and
Hal Direct The entries are overnight
ones. but promise to he well filled The
summaries in the harness events are:
2I6 pace; purse 500:
Mss Clean, b. m. by Anxious. dam by
Alcantan ....................l Cannon ? !