New-York tribune., 1910-09-07
DARKNESS ENDS RACING
FractiouS Horse and BaIky Aero
plane Keep Crowd Amused.
FIVE HEATS At PACING
Fixture Goes Over at Inter
borough Fair, on
Staten Island.

Two races kept the spectators waiting
8 -he Interborough Fair. et Dongan Hills,
staten Island. until long past sundoVn
az night. and even Their the Judges were
,~or,neIled 70 hold over the go pace. At
the end Of the fifth heat the score stood
-vo heats for Peerless Pete. one for Tim
Newman. one for Lila r and one for Earl
wilson and rhe race threatened. like Ten
-vso--S brock TO so on forever The
storm. which had been brewing for IN
mr.. suddenly brought on the darkness Of
Fht and u was Impossible 70 see the
horses as they swept past the Judges
stand III the fnaI heat
The aeroplare flight was scheduled TO
IKE nlace between the races. or. at least.
= was announced that II would take place,
Tor this particular aeroplsne does not run
~ scheduled time IT was evident that
RE crowd was skeptics1 and few followed
me nvinc machine into the irfeld as it
vas wheeled into place. the majority re
naming m the sr5ndstand, where they
would he shIe 70 see IN case II did consent
L rise above the earth
The fight V-gs short and ~ no time did
RE machine reach q height that might by
-a-v- stretch IF Imagination he called
Szfzzr one bu- T. did clear the fence and
2zaa. with rhumn near The tent for
which = started The general Impression,
after II was ali ever. seemed - he that
Tie fight was all ont Of proportion TO the
noise II made
The rs7f-raile TE=nniug race vas much
more exciting. and II certainly required
more courage To ulo1ut q brown gelding
.esIIed Dark Lantern thsn 70 steer the bi-
plane The ce1ding was 30 frsctious that
rs deNDed three men ~ once His own
-o-kev rs unable TO get him CcrraIied in
ire general reur .o-up for the getaway. and
vasn hEsts-.der attempted 80 take him
bv r-e head he func himself across the
track. holr45 lnto another horse. unsesred
A[4 of -ce Jockeys and turned the man
No was Al his brioie head over heels.
Fias oEv. rider quickly remounted. hut Il
was some moments before the Jockey who
had teeu pitched off Jurnaza could take
his. mount again.
T1e urrulT beast finished last and vas
ETav-n before the next heat. Jurnzga Won
-he second heat, bat the first and third
vent 10 William An6erzon-s ST Witchal-
Miss Mary Garden had an entry. called
Etching. but he failed 20 DO ANYTHING re-
--arkahIe in the first heat and was drawn.
As II was ehildren'S day. the Judges de-
ClCed 70 have the pony class in the horse
show judged for their benefit All sorts Of
animals answered the bugle caIl-nIump
5o77es and thin ones. piebalds and roans-
l-zl banded 6r their youthful owners. !.
tPl@~eil had g tiny eeldi1E barely SIX hands
81 entered He s. q feet little horse
bat a@ Is 50 small that his present owner
brought MIN from New York recently un-
der his arm on passenger train. He
mas vil OF his own. however. aud-can
beat q tattoo wiJI his little hoofs on the
dashboard 81 LIS wagon al the slightest
rrovocaIion.
The prize VIII be awarded to-day. hut
49, e-lLi FtlfoT was presented with q box
G cRnlT before leaving the show ring
The summaries follow
PACING CLAss-PURsE- $500.
FS5r-ess Pete Er z. hy Ashanta