The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-13
the .AleE MEET.
Inc Large Crowd os Hosscmcn and
ouhsrs WIN Witnessed the Races,
Coz Their Aso~ey's Worth y


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of the events were won by head,
ne hor,es running neck, and neck
from start 10 nnish.
ns feature Of the day was the
half mile race In which Amy werth.
Kathsrf,e Kennsr. Little Belle and
Felix Moses were entered. The
ho5ps+ entered In this race have
mads records on some OF tks larger
tracks cf the South and naturally this
race sncited considerable interest.
The start was sood and the track fne
and whsn the Sensational time OF ~
sseonds was hung out. the srandstand
cave = ehser to Felix Noses. he
having beat Amy werth BY nose
eer nvst place. IN
ne rssuass Of the racss were AZ
1o1lovss i,ltS
4 y1sss race-s.se trct or pace; one
eile; bsst In ;. Roy wilks. nrst.
otasl BY Chas. W. Smith. sumter:
lay Dgmonts second. owned by llr.
Arnold. Charleston: Ned. third. own
- ~ VIM King. Darlington. Time.
3.sa.
seeond race one-half mile dash.
Fsliz Moses. arst. owned BY W.. d.
wklGAt = Co.. Augusta. d.: Amy
l Wsrth. second. owned BY w. r. Bur-
~ ssmter; Little, Belle. third.
eyned ~ d. A., Dasis. Sumter.
11m>4 ).Is-
TNfs4 Taes-yIvs-Sighths mile dash.
TIA Raqa. nrst. owned By, w. D,
vS1c4s = Co. Aygssta. Ca; Henry
voleqI sscoud.' owned BY WIN. Built
pnsn, eumtsr: 0st Away. third. Swp-
- Nd y. Davss Sumter. Time.
~ rs. n. VI,
IsstsA saes- rnr.e-euars.rs mile,
fIco,fer~ell tsot or pace. Alfonso.
nrsk evnsl ~ ". ID. Drake. Benz
ne>,gsd1e; hpl Jsekson. sscSnd. own
- - WI. Drake. DsnnsttsviIle: Nell
~ g. tAird. owns< b. ,. D. shaw.
D>rhsDv11>As rns, LA i-s.
Pm sass---ous mile dash. Lady
csst Asse swasd, ~ WIN. huffman.
oun&ss;, IIlus Buck. second. owned
~ =. + yeshssn, Sumter: Harpoon.
niFA swus4 ~ ". y. wright q Co..
Aaossaa. o. rin~ i:>s i-s. As
- usch DorUsp crowd y Isxr sctsd,
q - eEpen 1ov soshrsov s3d the f,et
go - aesssiatSon has arranssd s6r
froo BasspersAtSou TO and from tho
tFssn for Ne sntirs meeting makes
= 9onypnssnt for III to go the racos.
cppG Jss n. Hsnnsgan OF q Mat
osss. Dr. =. b. Brssden and DR.. \.
= Dosth OF sumter acted a. judges
- NJ. W., L. saunders OF stateburs
800 - starter. assisted by Mr.. r. A.
ppltnan Of Sumter. Ae,
Z 1hs programme for tomorrow. the
0lrd and last day or the meet. Ia an
1slcws: Et
4. Ia, mile dash. for all asss-
10 Ibs- below the scale. son-winners
q shs meeting.
>. Free for all trot and pace, best
SIMS. Fft ft n
.. 81 mile dash. for all ages
|, eell1~g. al to be sold for $500.
.. ! mile dash. for all ases-io
NJ below the scale. the winner of the
nils dssh the nrst day. to carry s
ibs. penalty.
8. IS mile dash. for all ages-io
Iba below the scale for horses that
have not run "a or ID at the meeting.
The second days racing was all
that could be expected. The grand
stasd was well nlled and by the time
of starting the crowd was eager and
ANXIOUS for the announcement 'They
are on,'' k
Starter w. l. Saunders II q horse
man Of some 20 years experience and
understands his business.
the results. Of the races were as
foIiows;
First race. mile trot or pace. 2.so
ciass-Guy. nrst. owned by w. r.
Drake. Bennetsvilie; Patty Nix. Sec
ond. owned by Geo. T. Little. Cam
den: virginia Deer. third. owned by
,. n Mccall. Florence. Time. 2.s4.
Second race. half mile dash-Away.
nrst. owned by Geo. T. Little. Cam
den; Amelia B.. second. owned by w.
c. Wise. Sumter; Felix Morten. third.
owned by w. ID. Wright & Co., Au-
gusta. Time. 80 seconds.
Third race. three-fourths mile dash
The Widow. FIRST. owned by A. X.
Sanders, Hagood; Little Belle. Sec
ond. owned by ID. NJ. Davis. Sumter;