Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
ALLAN WINTER WINS
BIC TROTT|NG DERBY
Western Stallion Makes First
Start of the Season and.
Captures $4,000
Purse.

READVILLE, Mass, August ON. III.
Reardon's Indianapolis stallion. Allan
Winter, at the Readville track yesterday
captured the largest share of the fifty
thousand-dollar American trotting handi
cap from a field of thirty-three starters.
It Is believed by many of the 10000 fol-
lowers of harness racing who saw the
contest that a new era in the history of
the sport has been established and that
the country will see a rejuvenation of the
classic.
The race was novel in its conditions.
which placed the horses at marks from
one-quarter to three-eighths of a mile be-
hind the usual starting point on handi-
cap based on their previous performances.
At the conclusion it appeared to be the
general opinion of all who saw the two
preliminary heats and the grand final
that this system Of racing will be popular
in the future
1t was the first race in which Allan
Winter had trotted this year. Lon Nc
Donald. his driver. sized up the field I'm
the two preliminary heats. In the first
he watched sixteen horses. placed at
marks from 1920 to / TO feet behind the
usual starting line. sweep once and a
quarter round the track to grand finish.
with Bervaldo in the lead. In the second
heat. with his own horse 1.570 feet from
the wire and ESQ feet to travel. he
ly, past three other horses. and kept
ahead Of the others. finishing a good third
to Prince c. and The Huntsman, which
had started $50 feet. respectively. ahead
of him.
The first heat had been run off at
2:OS gait for the mile, but the second
was a few seconds slower. Then came
the battle for final hOnors and the money,
with sixteen we'll known trotters in the
field, the fastest being Sweet Marie, 2.02A
in ct RI
ing the first heat. owing to one horse
running away. but in the second the half
a dozen officials had learned their les
son and were ready for business when
the horses lined up for the final. Through
system of electric buttons. which ran
from each starting judge to big bell. 1T
was possible for each judge to signal
when his own horses were on the marks
and facing the right direction. When all
the judges were unanimous the bell rang
automatically, and the field was away.
Well Bunched at Finish.
AS they turned into the stretch and
raced under the wire for the first time
in the final heat it looked like a long pro-
cession. and there was very little change
In positions. At this point Kim was lead
ing. with Jay Kay second and Ralph Wick
third. while close behind came Peter Bal
ia, Prince c.. The Huntsman, Daniel and
TeaSel. Going to the quarter pole Kim
drew out a tri1e, while the entire 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 on the outside of the last bunch
Going by the half-mile pole Kim was still
making the pace. but the four punches
had become two, with several stragglers
The pace to the three-quarter pole never
Slackened.
The slow horses up ahead were firing
fast and the fast horses behind were COM
ing up strong. At the three-quarters Kim
was passed by a dozen horses. and from
that point to the finish endurance reached
premium. The field came around the
turn into the stretch like Roman chariot
race, with three teams abreast and twelve
horses lined up for grand dash of an
eighth of mile to the wire. At that
point 1t seemed anybody's race but 200
yards from the finish Mcdonald shot AL
Ian Winter out of the bunch and urging
the big stallion along at the top of his
speed. drew away rapidly and won by
hve lengths. laughing heartily as he
looked over his shoulder back at the
struggling field. The next ten horses came
under the wire in bunch: and it was
almost impossible for novice to pick the
place winners. The judges We're nearly
ten minutes in arriving at the conclusion
Buggy Ride for Mcdonald.
There had been no question, however. as
" AAdu w lHteT, ana as Mcdonald came
back he was lifted from the sulky and
carried up the track on the shoulders of
his shouting admirers. 1t was found that
Prince c. had captured second money,
San Francisco third money. Ralph Wicks
fourth, The Huntsman fifth and Peter
Balta sixth. Geers, who drove Teasel,
and Andrews, behind Sweet Marie, We're
beaten about fifty feet by the place win
ners.
In the first heat of the big race jay
Kay set the pace at the start and man.
aged to hold lead until just before the
finish, when Bervaldo came out in front
and won by a half length. with the bal
ance of the field well punched.
In the second heat Peter Balta made
the pace for the first half mile but was
passed at the turn into the stretch by
Prince c.. The Huntsman and Allan Win
ter. the four horses finishing in that order
The day was an ideal one and the crowd
saw some excellent supplementary races
of the regular Grand Circuit, the 2.04
race and the 212 trot. The first was
won by Hedgewood Boy in straight heats
while Marvelletta captured first money
in the second event, which was limited to
three heats. Summaries:
American trotting Derby handicap; purse.
$50. 900
First preliminary heat-Beryaltio bR,. by The