New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
ALLEN WINTERS DERBY
WINS 4 $4,000 PURSE.
Stallion Beats Field IN NOUeI Race
for Rich TrOtting Stake.

Readvilie Mass. Aug. 25.-The well earned vic
tory of NJ. H. Reardons indianapolis stallion Allen
Winter at the ReadviIIe track to-day. in captur-
ing the largest share the $4,000 American Trot-
ting Derby Handicap from the field of thirty-three
starters. is believed by many of the twenty thou
sand followers of harness racing who the con-
test to establish the history of the
sport and insure its rejuvenation in this country.
The novel in its conditions, which placed
the horses at marks from one-quarter to three
eighths of a mile. behind the usual starting point,
handicap based their previous perform
:.nces and at the end il appeared to be the gen
eral opinion of all who the two preliminary
heats and the grand final that this system of rae
ing will be popular in the future
1t the first in which Allen Winter had
trotted this year and Lon Mcdonald, his driver,
sized up the field in the two preliminary heats In
the first he watched sixteen horses placed at
marks from 1.S3e Ito feet behind the usual
starting line. sweep and a quarter round the
track TO a grand finish with Bervaldo in the lead.
In the second heat, with his own horse 1.57o feet
from the wire with $3.50 feet to travel, he pushed
Allen Winter carefully but surely past three horses
and kept ahead of the rest. finishing good third
to Prince c. and The Huntsman, which had started
80 feet ahead of him.
Then came the battle for final honors and the
money, with sixteen well known trotters in the
field the fastest being Sweet Marie, 2aS- There
had been trouble in starting the first heat.
owing to horse running away. but in the sec
ond the officials had learned their lesson and they
ready for business when the horses lined up
for the final.
Through system of electric buttons which ran
from each starting Judge to a big bell, it pos
sibe for each Judge TO signal when his own horses
the marks and facing the right direction.
When the judges were unanimous the bell rang
automatically, ard the field away.
AS they turned into the stretch and raced under
the the first time it looked like long
procession. and there very little change in
position. At this point Kim was leading, with
Jay Kay second and Ralph Wick third while close
behind came Peter Balta. Prince C.. The Hunts
man, Daniel and TeaseI Going to the quarter
pole Kim drew trihe. while the field still
seemed well strung out At the three-eighths the
horses began to bunch up. and there seemed to be
four divisions. with Kim out ahead and Sweet
Marie coming up fast the outside of the last
bunch Going by the half-mile pole Kim still
making the pace. but the four bunches had be
two, with several stragglers- The pace to the
three-quarter pole never sIackened.
The slow horses up ahead firing fast and
the fast horses behind coming up strong. At
the three-quarter Kim passed by a dozen
horses, and from that point 10 the finish endur-
reached premium. The field came around
the turn into the stretch like a Roman chariot
race. with three teams abreast and twelve horses
lined no for a grand dash OF eighth of d
mile TO wire. At that point it seemed any one :
race but two hundred yards from the finish Nc
Donald shot Allen Winter out OF the bunch and
urging the big stallion along the top of his speed
drew away rapidly and won by FIVE lengths.
The next ten horses under the wire in q
bunch and it was almost impossible for novice
TO pick the place winners. The judges were nearly
ten minutes in arriving at decision.
There had been question, however. as to
Allen Winter and as Mcdonald came back he was
lifted the sulky and carried up the track on
the shoulders of his shouting admirers. Ii was
found that Prince c. had captured second money.
San francisco third money, Ralph Wick fourth,
The Huntsnlan NTH and Peter Balta sixth. Geers,
who drove Teasel and Andrews, behind Sweet
Marie were beaten about fifty feet by the place
winners
The day was an ideal one and crowd saw
some excellent supplementary races of the regular
Grand Circuit meet the 2:04 pace and the 2l2 trot.
The frs: was won by Hedgewood Boy In straight
heats while Marvelleta captured the greater num-
her OF i-sts in the second