Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
RACING
BIGGEST EVENT IN
 RACING HISTORY
A Horse Without Mark Goes Under tbe Wire For First
 Money.


 s50,000 handicap for trotters was raced yesterday afternoon in the presence of 35,000 people. The unique event on the harness turs was a grand success in every re, spect. There were exactly 35 start CTS and the. field was divided into two sections.
 The eight first two horses in eaeh division competed in the final and the third heat, with 16 starters, de- cided winners of six moneys.
 The biggest end of the purse went to Allen Winter, 5-year-old trotter with no mark, owned in Indianapo- lis, Ind, while Prince C., owned by James Farley of New York and driy> en by Myron M, Henry, captured second money.
 The result of the big event show ed that horses placed in the slow CT classes not only had the best in the two preliminaries, but were among the winners in the final. Trotters with fast records were not in the race at any time.
 -s At the start for the first division il took just eight minutes for the field to be in position, and the big. gong rang for the word. Under the wire the scratch" horses were lead ing, with the entire field strong most of the distance, with slower start. CTS in the lead and the faster ones nowhere.
 Down the last stretch they were we'll punched and the following horses finished as per summary, the record after each horse indicating the class in which he was handi- capped:
 Bervado (2:1O), b. g., by The
 Tramp (Rhodes) ..... ..... | Jay Kay t2:15) br g (Brusie) 2 Teasel t2:11l, ch m (Geers) ... 5 Composer t2:1D, b g CLaSelle) 4 Dewitt t2:09) b g (McDowell) 5 Locust Jack (2:0s. gr (Mc- Ralph Wick (2:14), b (Dore) z. Daniel (2:10) b (Ernst) .... SI
 Margaret O.. Genteel H., Uhlan, Budd. Invader, Kinstress, Suzette Baron and Benonia also started.
 Time for mile and a quarter, 2:46A.
 wilkerson, g. shifted to the sec ond division. and the withdrawal Of Sonoma Girl because of lameness left IS starters in the second diyis- ion. The horses were at the post five minutes when the gong rang.
 Under the wire they were we'll punched, but before making the turn Peter Balta took the lead, with Prince c. and. Baron Alcryon close by and the field in fast clip. This position was kept to the head or the stretch. where McHenry pushed Prince C. to the front and won by three lengths, the summary being as follows:
 Prince 0. (2:12), b h, by Martyr
 (McHenryD ..... ... ... 1 The Huntsman (2:1D b bh (Hus- Alien Winter Cs:Io). D h tMeDOn- Peter ter Balta ia:1a, isnoxj .... " { San Francisco (2:11l (Hodges) 5 Kim (2:13) (ShankD ... .... @ Del Coronado t2:09l fDurfee) 2 Sweet Marie (2:05) (Andrewsl 8
 Rsbecea. Baron Alcryon, Betty Brook. wilkerson. Vendetta, Beat rice Belina. Gold Burr. Fred c. ana I Wilkes Heart also started.
 Time for the distance. 2:52.
 After finishing a heat of each of the other races on the card. the 16 placed horses were called for the Anal struggle. Excitement was in tense all over the track as the time had come when the winner of the biggest trotting purse ever given in this country would be decided.
 1t took exactly three minutes for the gong to ring after the horses had taken their position as in the first preliminaries. Before reaching the wire at least a dozen were go punched that positions could not De dotted down. after the first quarter vas made. The leaders were Kim. Jsy Kay. Ralph Wick, Peter Baita. Prince C. and the Huntsman, the others well strung up.
 Allen Winter did not appear in front until the last quarter was reached, where Mcdonald brought him out al a fast clip. Down the stretch half a dozen horses were fighting ss no trotters ever did in a race.
 The thought of winning ss0,oee could be seen on the faces of each sriver and t is certain that none sTer used better judgment in any race during his career.
 Allen Winter vas gaining nicely l