Evening journal., 1908-07-23
RAIN HALTS The
RACING AT PARK
One Event Finished in YeSter-
days Programme Won by
Florence Stanton


Because Of the electrical storm that
broke over the city Yesterday after
noon. two of the events in the second
days programme of the annual thres
DAYS meet of The Delaware Horse
Show Association at the Gentlemen's
Driving Park viii be trotted to-day.
-Four heats were trotted yesterday af-
ternoon in each of these the 2.19 pacing
and the 2.21 trotting. In the third heal
OF the third race. the 2.21 class trot-
ting. an accident happened at the first
turn of the first hale. that threw John
j. Mckinley. Of Philadelphia, who was
driving his bay gelding, Donovan Boy
Mr.. Mckinley escaped uninjured ex-
cept for slight bruises Donovan Roy
followed the rest of the horses round
the track on the dead run and
caused good deal of excitement
among the spectators
The accident was caused when Queen
Mercy. the bay mare owned by w. +.
Brophy. Of Freehold. N. J., broke, and
as she swerved out to the far side Of
the track Donovan Boy came I'D be-
hind and the two sullSies struck Nc
kinley Was thrown. The drivers be-
hind saw the accident and guided their
horses by the Frustrated form of the
thrown driver without touching him
Mr. Mckinley picked himself up and
walked TO the stand The tire of one
wheel was torn off the sull<y. but
Donovan Boy kept right on with tha
rest of the horses He came in under
I1a ell
it was feared that serious accident
might result as the rest of the horses
were pulled up. but Donovan Boy
seemed to know that the heat was
finished. and as soon as the drivers Of
the other horses had slowed down, he,
too. settled down into a trot and soon
came to a stop.
The first race was won in three
straight heats by Florence Stanton, the
pretty and game black mare owned by
H. j. StoeclSle Of this city. This event
was the only one of the card that was
finished. In the third heat spectators
in the grand stand alleged that Mr.
Quinten was holding down Lady
Cherry. the chestnut mare owned by
p. Mullen. of Germantown, Pa Cries
Mr. Quinten. growing angry, hurled a
remark at the grand stand. He die
not drive the horse. however. in the
final heat.
The last heat yesterday was Just
called when the storm broke, but 1t
was finished in the midst of the vivid
flashes Of lightning and the peals OF
thunder. At the close OF the heat the
rain came down. This put an end to
the final heats in the last two races.
In the second heat of the 219 class
pacing, five spolSes were broken out of
the sullSy in which was being driven
Sidney b.. when the black mare Lady
G. Dut her foot through the wheel and
delay was caused until another sulxy
could be brought up. This second race
was a hair raiser for narrow escapes
There were sixteen entries and on the
narrow track it looked more than once
that someone would be badly hurt.
n Some Of the drivers wanted to split
\ the card so that the event could be
run in two races and were willing to
split the purse also. but the association
would not permit of this and the race
had to start as il was arranged.
1t was a difficult thing under the cir
cumstances to score the horses. Starter.
Hare yelled his lungs out at drivers,
who persisted in turning before reach
ing the 150-yard line
Willie Wise and Deerfleld Bell in
scoring down in the second heat struck
the fence on the first turn and new
sullSies had to be put in commission.
In the second heat of the third race,
Kelly. the bay gelding owned by Frank
Barnes. Of Baltimore. was distanced be-
cause of an accident in rounding the
last turn on the first nan. when an
other sullSy struck his. forcing him into
the ditch.
The summary was as follows:
Event No. 1-2.18 Glass, Trotting.
Florence Stanton. blk m, II. j.
Stoeckle. Wilmington ..1 1
Lady Cherry, ch m P. Mullin.
Germantown, Pa .......2 2 3
Ben D., b. g., B. L. Dickey Stan
ton. Del ....................6 2
Mabel NJ, b. m, John j. McKin-
ley, Philadelphia ........5 3 s
Ella c.. b. m, William T. Stet-
ser, Riverside, n. J...3 8 8
King Redwood br. g.. r. Hent-
schel, Arlington, Nd. 8 4
Bala, ro. g.. ]. ID. Hagy, Rox-
borough. Pa. ................4 z
ST. Patrick, blk h., r. w. Smith,
Brooklyn. n. Y...............7 z s
Time-22O "a. 2.22 IA, 2.21 IA
Event No. 2-2. 10 Class, Pacing.
Deerfeld Bell. b. m, +. J.
Kelly. Salem. n. J........5 IL 10 z
Willie Wise, b. g., Henry
Lucking. York Pa.......14 IA 13 .
Linden Wheeler, b. E., Frank
b. Shreve, Lancaster, Pa. s 3 5
Moss Rose &. m. Militia Hill
/ Stock Farm, Philadelphia 9 10 10
Rex b. b. e., T. Gabrielwitz,
/ Philadelphia ............. dis.
Vet. b. g.. George ]. Young,
Coatesville, Pa. ..........1 13 9 IL
Sidney b., b. g., Hugh Moore,