Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-26
MARKSNEWERA
IN HARNESS
RACING
ALLEN WINTER CAPTURES
GREAT AMERICAN DERBY
Novel Conditions Inaugurated
on ReadviIIe Track Prove
Complete Success 10000
Witness Inspiring Spectacle,

Witness Inspiring Spectacle,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wirel
Readville Mass, Aug. 25-The well
earned victory Of NJ II. Reardon's In
dianapolis stallion, Allen Winter, at
the Readville track today, thereby
capturing the largest share of the
$500 American trotting handicap
purse from the field of thirty-three
starters. is believed by many of the
10000 followers of harness racing who
saw the contest to establish new
era in the history of the sport and in
sure its regeneration in this country.
The race was novel in its conditions,
which placed the horses at marks
from one-quarter TO three-eighths of
a mile behind the usual starting point,
on a handicap based on their previous
performances, and at the conclusion
it appeared to be the general opinion
of all who saw the two preliminary
heats and the grand finale that this
system of racing would be popular in
the future.
1t was the first race 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 1920 to
l1,72O feet behind the usual starting
line. sweep once and a quarter round
the track to a grand finish with Bas-
Waldo in the lead. In the second heat,
with his own horse 1870 feet from
the wire and $50 feet to. travel he
pushed Allen Winter carefully but
surely past three other horses and
kept ahead of the others, finishing a
good third
! The first heat had been run off at
| a 500 gait for the mile, but the Sec
end was few seconds slower.
Then came the battle for final hon
ors and the money. with sixteen well
known trotters in the field, the fastest
being Sweet Marie, 2:05.
Through a system of electric but
tons which ran from each starti1g
Judge to a big bell It was possible for
each judge to signal when his own
horses werc on the marks and facing
the right direction. When all the
judges were unanimous, these bells
rang out automatically and the held
was away. As they turned into the
stretch and raced under the wire for
the first time it looked like a long pro-
cesslon and there was very little
change in position.
At the quarter pole Kim drew out
trihe, 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 tn
| last bunch.
The slow horses up ahead we're tir-
ing fast and the fast horses were COM
| ing up strong. The field swept arou j
the turn into the stretch like a Roman
chariot race, with three teams abreast
and twelve horses lined up for a
grand dash of an eighth of mile t0
the wire. At that point it seemed any
bodys race, but 200 yards from the
finish Mcdonald shot Allen Winter
out 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 in a bunch and the
judges were nearly ten minutes in ar
irving at the conclusions.
There had been no question. how
ever. as to Allen Winter. and as Nc.
Donald came back he was lifted from
the sulky and carried up the track on
the shoulders of his shouting admir-
crs.
Ii was found that Prince c. had
captured second money and San Fran.
cisco third money. Geers, who drove
fcascl. and Andrews, behind Swee
Marie. were beaten about fifty feet by
the place winner summary;
American trotting Derby handicap
purse S5O,O00-Frst preliminary heat
Bcrvaldo won in 1884 "a Jack Kay
Teasel Composer, Dewitt. Locus
Jack Ralph Wick, Daniel. DononIa
suzette. Baron, Kinstress. Invade
I3udd. uhlan. Gentel and Margaret q
also started
;',Cond preliminary heat: PfmCa g
won in 2;32. The Huntsman, AlleT
Winter, Peter Delta, San Francisco
Kim. Del Coronano. Sweet Marie. Re
becca G., Baron Alcyona. Wllkerson
Vendetta, Munc. Beatrice Belllno
Fred c. and wilkes Heart also started
Final heat; Allen Winter won II
2:43 Prince c., San Francisco. Ralpl
Wick. The Huntsman, Peter Delta alsI
started.
Allen Winter won $4,000.
Prince c., $4,000.
> san Francisco. $1,000.
Ralph Wick, s2,50O.
The Huntsman. $500.
r Peter Delta, $1,000.
2:04 class. pacing; purse $1,000
/, three, --'Hedgowood Boy VOL
. three straight heats and the race II
20s ii: 2;04 3-l; 2:O3 "a Blacl
Lock, Baron Grattan and Gallaghe
also started.
!. 2:i2 class, trotting; purse $1,000
+ three heats Marvellcuta won thlr
/ heat in 2:Os 49, Loyal won first hea
0 in gil ~: Tho Alamo won secon
1 heat in 2:iO IA. Seaxa, Nancy Boyc
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