The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-08-28
ALLEN WINTER
WINS $4,000
Unique Handicap TTOiiing Race
al ReadVIIIG, Mass.
THE PURSE WAS $4,000

Horses Were Placed at Marks Behind
Usual Starting Point On a Handi.
cap Based On Their Reoords-2o,ooo
People Were Present and Approved
the New system-sweet Marie, 2.o5.
Ran Unplaoed. But Gets a Share Of
the Money
Roadvlle Mass.Aug. 26.-The well
earned victory won by ~ X. Rear
don's indianapolis stallion. Allen Win
ter at the Readylle track. thereby
capturing tho largest share of the $50,
GOO American tr0tting handicap from
the field of thlrty-thrcc starters. is be-
lieycd by many of the 10000 followers
of harness racing who saw the con
test 70 establish new era in the his
tory of the sport and ensure lbs rojn
venatI0n in this country
The race was novel in its conditions
which placed the horses at marks
from onequarter TO threeeights of q
mile boh.nd the usual starting point
on p handicap based on their previous
performances. and at the conclusion IL
appeared 90 Dee the general opinion Of
all who saw the two preliminary heats
and the grand final that this system
OF racing viii Dee popular in the future
II was the first race in which Allen
Winter had troitod this year. and Lon
Mcdonald his driver. sized up the
field ln the two preliminary heats ln
the FIRST Doe watched sixteen horses
placed at marks from 1920 90 1920 feet
behind Tho usual starting line. sweep
once aud a quarter round the track
to grand finish with Bervalco IN the
lead. ln the second heat with his
own horse 1870 feet from the wire
and $3.50 feet 90 travel De pushed Al
lcn Winter carefully hut surely past
three other horses and kept ahead Of
thc others. finishing good third.
The FIRST heat had been run of al
2Os gait for The mile. but the see
ond was O. few minutes slower
Then came the battle for final hon
ors and the money with sixteen we'll
known trotfers in the field the fastest
being Sweet Marie. 205
AS they turned into the stretch and
raced under the wire for the first
time. 90 looked like O. long procession
and there was very little change 10
positions
Al fhe quarter pole Kim drew out
tu1e while the entire field stlll
seemed well strung ont At the three
clehths Che horses began to bunch up,
and there seemed 20 Dee four divisions.
with Kim ont ahead and Sweet Marie
coming up fast ON the outside of The
last bunch The pace 20 the three
quarter pole never siackenod.
The slow horses mp ahead were tir-
ing fast. and the fast horses behind
were coming mp strong The field
came around the turn into the stretch
like o. Roman chariot race. with three
teams abreast and twelve horses lined
up for "a grand dash of an eighth of a
mile TO the wire At that point il
seemed auyhodys race but 200 yards
from the finish Mcdonald shot Allen
Winter ont OF the bunch. and. urging
the big stallion along at the top of his
speed. drew away rapidly and won by
five lengths. The next ten horses
came under the wire On bunch and
the Judges were nearly ten minutes 10
arriving at the conclusion
It was found that Prince C. had cap
turoi second money San Francisco
third money Geers who drove Tea
sell and Andrews. behind Sweet Marie,
were beaten about fifty feet by The
place winners.
The purse of $4,000 was split up.
$4,000 going TO the winner $1,000
20 the second horse. $4,000 20 the third
S2500 20 the fourth $500 20 the NTH
and $1,000 TO the sixth.