Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-25
oooD EVENTS AND LARGE
CROWD MARK FIRST OF SEA-
SONS HARNESS RACES.
M'IAUGHLIN HORSE TAKES
CLASS A EVENT IN 1907
Local Stopper Wins Out in Fastest
Fieid-Lovely Mary, Owned by Mel
vim Fisk, Of CurIew. Pulls Down
Money in Class 3 Event in 1:osHe-
c and . Entrants Merged.

Many Of the horse lovers Of the city.
augmented by a goodly number Of out
ot-town visitors who We're drawn 10
the city by the Wednesday bargain day
sales. enjoyed the first driving matinee
Of the season given by the Marshall
town Driving Club al the fair grounds
"Wednesday afternoon. The meeting
was. one Of the most successful ever
shetdt by the club in several respects.
the attendance being larger than az
most OF the previous matinees. TIE
track was in excellent condition, the
field Of entries of fair proportions. and
the class Of the entries of the highest
order. Especially in the latter instance
did the meeting. appeal 10 the horse
dover. The result of such combination
Of happy circumstances resulted IT
sharp, close contests, with fast time in
ell. Of the events.
-Four events were scheduled. but
owing to the fact that Glasses { and d
Odd not fiji the two races were COM
bined, and the horses Of the Two classes
allowed to compete against each other.
This CON o::as:;oE. did not prove unfair
as a horse Of the lower class Won the
race, splitting heats with class
horse.
Included In the field were several
circuit animals with very creditaole
znarks but nevertheless the county
products and the green colts were seen
70 advantage.
The Class A event was won IN
straight heats by Bert. bay gelding
owned by Joe Mclaughlin. Of this city.
Second money also went TO Mar
shalltown owner, E. ]. Robb's Captain
woodline finishing behind Bert in both
heats. The time for both heats was
1907.
The race by heats
Bert, Joe Mclaughlin, city. .......1 l
capta1n Woodline, E. j. Robh, city.2 2
Jim Fisk. Melvin Fisk, Curlew...
Judge Meickley, Joe Battles, city..4 4
Mares in Feature Race.
The 4prettiest race on the card was
the Glass B event. in which four we'll
matched mares were entered. While
the finish was the same in both heats
the driving was spirited for place.
Lovey Mary won fandtly with plenty
Of speed to spare. The result by
heats:
Lo<ey Mary, Melvin Fisk, Curlew.1
Novecia Red. Joe Mclaughlin, city,
Myrtle s.. Lee Sickman, Liscouab..a 8
Bonnie B., Ted Boyd. Lisconb ....4
Time-1:101t; 1904.
Green Animals Split Heats.
The combination event including en-
tries in Glasses c and D was full Of
excitement for the crowd from the fact
thai the old heads holding reins in the
race were inclined to do a'bit Of Jockey
ing This tendency led 10 repeated
false starts and finally resulted in the
principal offender getting away in poor
position to the delight Of the crowd.
With the fret two heats split King Cole.
a faprite with the spectators. overcome
a bad getaway and passed the field to
win the heat and race. The summary:
King Cole, Joe Specht Lisconrb- ? l !
Mabel B.. George L.. King, city..1 4
Joe Allerton. Joe Specht, Lis
comb .....-..-. -...'.....S
Can,anche, Ted Boyd. Lisconb..z 8 8
Allester, E. ]. Robb, city. )
Captain Aaganwood, I. F. Rick
art, City or
Time-t:2o: 1:1e+s; 1:2oA.
G. W. Darling acted as starter. The
Judges were Bert Thomas. c. 0. Rus
sie and NJ McNtchols, and the timers
were c. W. Nelson, Dr.. stull, and F.
E. o. Bailey.