The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-18

was won by James Malone, with
Lloyd Tanner second.
Then came the event of the day,
the exhibition pacing mile against
time by Prince Hal, record 1904
owned and driven by William Begs-
ley, and paced by two runners.
Prince Hal had previously been
given two warming-up miles and he
showed that he realized what was
expected of him and moved along in
perfect form.
1t was decided that George Coch-
ran, Jr., driving running horse,
hitched to sulkey, should pace Hal
around the first turn, when he was
to be taken up by the Wheelock
pony, ridden by Melvin Wright.
Prince Hal got away to splendid
start, but his pace-makers fuked and
be went around to the eighth. Mr..
Begsley being called back for a
better start. The second attempt
was very good, Cochran taking the
Prince around the turn in splendid
shape. The Wheelock pony was
started too soon, however, and the
pace-making by the pony was poor.
However, Prince moved steadily
and made the first half in 1:07.
Cochran picked up the Prince in
spleudid fashion and. the second
half of the mile was much better
performance than the first half,
Cochran keeping his runner up
close and still enough in the rear
to urge the big PAGER to do his best.
Rounding the upper turn into the
home stretch, it was seen that
Prince Hal was coming very strong
and true; and he finished the half
mile in 1864, completing the en-
tire mile in 2:13A, breaking the
track record of 2:14A by one second.
Both Prince Hal and Mr.. Begsley
were loudly cheered for their splen-
did mile.
The other races resulted as
follows:
Shetland pony-B ishop, first;
Kittleson, second; Moberg, third.
Girls foot race-Ruth Getchell,
first; Nellie Stepp, second.
Free-for-all foot race-Neuman,
first; Head, second.
Pony running race, best two out
of three-Cochran, first; Olson,
second; Wheelock, third. The
Wheelock pony was given a
handicap of 200 feet.
The five mile automobile race
had as entries A. A. Anderson of
Hatton, N. D.; Moberg and DR..
Tuomy. The race was rather dis
appointing because of the fact
that the machines belonging to
both Moberg and Tuomy "be-
haved" badly and Anderson gained
a lap on Moberg, Tuomy being
force to quit the race entirely.
The time for the five miles was
ten minutes and fifteen seconds,
Anderson winning.
Moberg and Anderson raced a
special two-mile race, Anderson
again winning. Moberg's machine
again behaved badly, after Moberg
had led by a comfortable margin
for the first mile. The time of
the two miles was 1855.
A feature of the afternoon was
an announcement made by the
management that, at enormous
expense, "Dan Patch" and "Heir
Minor" had been secured to race
against the worlds harness record.
The starter fired pistol, and
coming at snail's pace down the
home stretch was a genuine burro
(long-eared mule of a masculine gen.
der) hitched to an old sulkey, accom-
panied by bunch of bones," also
hitched to a sulkey. It took the
outfit about five minutes to come
down the stretch, and when the two
poked" along under the wire; there
was much laughing and shouting.
The races were again handled by
George Cochran, G. E. Kreatz, A. P.
White, George Kirk, Charles H.
Gardner and A. G.. Rutledge.
To Detroit and Return $780,,
Via the South Shore in connection
with steamers of the D. & c.. Line.