The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-15
FIRST DAY OF RACES
Crowd Witnesses Starting o
Races in Corn Belt Racing Assoc
ciation-Races Close.

} afternoon were given a good start
) The large g%randstand was filed com
pletely and the track was lined OF
| both sides of the course with car
riages and automobiles filled will
people. Old Sol was on the Job witt
plenty of sunshine so that the horse:
fell like going and the people fel,
like seeing them.
In the judges stand were DIR. w. A
--athews of Flandreau, starter, A. c
Berry, G. F. Raymond, and M. HI
Gosche, judges, and j. G. Mccartney
Ray Srsith and H. P. Beckwith. tim.
ers. Secretary Nichols acted as clerk
of the course. The races were con
Quoted under the official rules of the
American Trotting Association, which
e that all records made at this
meeting will stand as official.
! The first event run was the first
heat of the 2:17 pace. In this race
there were seven entries: Red Hill.
owned by Thos. Kindred, Flandreau;
Moak G., owned by j. w. Jackson;
Emmetsburg, Iowa; Swedish Boy,
owned by Tom Mernaugh, Letcher;
Bess, owned by Chas. Corcoran, Mil
Ter; Buster Lockheart, owned by Jas.
Faris, Jr., %Flandreau; Wiltomont,
owned by A. d. Mcclellan, Clark; and
Midget, owned by P. j. Cruise, Mt.
Vernon. The heats were won as fol-
lows; first, Red Hill, Bess, second;
Wiltomont, third; time 2:16A. Sec
ond heat, Wiltomont, Red Hill, Bess
in the order named. Time 2:17h.
Third heat, Wiltomont, Buster Lock-
heart, Midget. Time, 2:19. Fourth
heat Red Hill, Midget, Bess. Time
2:17A. Fifth heat, Red Hill, Wilto-
mont, Bess. Time, 2:22. Places were
awarded as follows, Red Hill, list;
Wiltomont, I'd; Bess, 3rd; Midget,
4th.
Considerable delay and annoyance
were caused in this race after the
fourth heat when Jas. Faris, driver of
Buster Lockheart, complained to the
judges that he had been fouled and
his horse forced to break by the driy-
er of Wiltomont. The judges had seen
the foul and set Wiltomont back to
sixth place although he had finished
first. Miller, the driver of Wiltomont.
put in a protest after the decision.
The judges stood by their decision.
declared he would carry his
protest up after Faris had remodeled
his complaint declaring that he had
been interferred with by Red Hill in
stead of Wiltomont. This was the on.
ly disagreeable feature of the day and
one which the management tried to
avoid as far as possible.
The $500 trot passed off without a
of any sort. Eight horses.start-
ed in the first heat. They were: Lou
owned by D. Mathews, Elan
dreau, Harley, owned by Pat Jack
man, Waterloo, Iowa; Ettolor, owned
by DR.. Shipley, Emmetsburg, Iowa;
Rex, owned by Hugh Smith,
Howard: Felix, owned by Frank Don
nelly, Fort Dodge, Iowa; Boy Jay,
owned by ]. S. Lockwoods Lower
Monte Allerton, owned by J.I
A. Faris, Flandreau; Dan Sprague,
owned by w. H. McMillen, Alpena. In
the first heat places were won as fol-
lows, Felix, Harley, Ettolor, Time
Time 2:26A. Boy Jay and Monte AL
Ierton were distanced. Second heat,
Felix, Harley, Dan sprague. Time,
2:2Sh. Third heat, Felix, Ettolor,
Lou Burton, time 2:25k. Final mon
eys were given to Felix, Harley, Ell
.olor, and Lou Burton, in the order
In the three heats of this race
there was a pretty contest for second
place, Felix winning first handily
every time, with the other entries
lighting to get inside the money.
The running race, five-eights mile
and repeat, was a pretty one that
brought the crowd to its feet. All of
he horses were ridden to win and It
vas any ones money until the bunch
vas under the wire. Up to the finish
IN each heat a blanket could have
thrown over the leaders. The
were Montauk Neil owned by
Miss Dorothy Kinsel, of Letcher, and
ode by her; Alsona, owned by j. W.
Johnson; Irish swede, owned by
John Hudleson; Bed Rock, owned by
[ohn Tyson; Canaan, owned by Jas.
Marthac, owned by j. A.