The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-22
Young Barre Racer Captured
2.l4 Class
in SENSATIONAL HEATS
CentIemen's Driving Club Finished One
of the Most Successful Meets Ever
Held on Barre Track-Attend-
ance 1900 Saturday.

The two days races held at the Gran.
ice City trotting park, Friday and Sat.
urday, under the auspices Of the Gentle.
mems Driving club, win go down as one
Of the most successful meets in the
history of the club The three races
pulled of Saturday afternoon, in the
opinion Of good horsemen, were among
the best races ever witnessed at the
park. There was an attendance of l,2OO
Saturday, and everyone was more than
pleased with the exhibition.
The races were split up 50 that more
than three heats were required in every
class, and the winners could by no means
be picked until the last heat had been
raced. Neck and neck finishes and beau
tiful spurts on the home stretch put
an unusual amount Of excitement and
interest into the sport. The Barre Citi-
gems band filled in the waits between
tine heats with an enjoyable concert.
VT. Champion, a., an eight-year-old
stallion, owned BY W. A. Lane Of this
city, was sold at auction on the track
in front Of the judges stand by G. +.
Smith, auetioneer. DIR. o. E. Barr Of
this city was the purchaser at $3.50.
The best race Of the day was the 2;l4
class, in which the wonderful little
horse, Al billiard, owned by Page Bros
of this city. was the winner. There
were three starters in this race, l. 0. b.,
owned at the Newport stock farm, and
Com, owned by W. W. Bowser Of Platts-
burg, n. Y Il became apparent in the
first heat that the race was to be
battle royal between al billiard and |.
o. B. The latter horse had the pole in
the first heat, with the Barre horse
next. without attempting 70 pass the
Newport horse, w. S. Page kept al Dill.
lard just half a length behind all the
way until the home stretch was reached,
and then with sensational squirt Dill
lard went half length ahead under
the wire.
In the next heat billiard had the pole,
but got bad start, being half length
behind T. 0. B. at the "go,n and in at.
tempting to hold his position around the
turn went off his feet He broke badly
and fell far behind and finished third.
In the third heat, billiard performed
exactly the same trick as in the first
heat, forging ahead on the stretch and
going under the wire half a neck ahead.
This heat was the fastest Of the race,
being made in 2:l4h. When the fourth
heat was called, there was general
disappointment when the starter an
nouneed that + o. B. had been taken
suddenly sick and had been withdrawn
from the race. billiard then took this
heat with ease, and the race i. 0. BIS
withdrawal shut him out Of the money,
and the second purse went to Com.
The 2:20 class had field Of nine
starters and Maggie Bogash, owned at
the Roaring Brook stables, Barton, was
the winner after five heats The scram-
BILE for first place in this race was be-
tween Maggie and Ben Hur, owned and
driven by F. a. Slayton. Ben Hur took
the first two heats, while Maggie came
in fifth and eighth, respectively. But I'M
the next three Maggie led, after forcing
Ben Hur to break and lose the lead each
time. After the third heat all but Mag
gle, Ben Hur, Green Mountain Boy and
Capt. Logan were withdrawn BY the
judges.
The 2:2s class also took five heats to
decide the winner. Aristides, Jr, owned
BY j. L. Porter of Middlebury, won,
taking the last three heats with case.
Frank G. Muzzey Of Pittsfeld, N. IT,,
was the starting judge and performed
The duties very acceptably. The judges
were John Trow, L. G. Hammett and
Charles Girdon The scores.-
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