The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10


 mount on Billy. When the word to go Wa given ill rhc first heat Mon tana left Billy al the post and cir cled the track. This was declared no heat ani in d second trial Billy won by d couple uf lengths n 4U i-5 sec nGs
 | Tn, second heat was won by Mon
 ana IT. II l-t seconds.
 | Much trouble was experienced in getting he horses away for the final heat and Billy went around the track on what his jockey thought had be- Il the order to Go" Heath had been left al the post. however and this was called no start. Again the hoses were brought to the mark on sanding start. but the starter for some reason had planted him self Ill the middle of the track and Heath. on getting the word. found that he could moi move his horse |wlthou- knocking down the starter | The Mrntana horse, in the meantime, had t.cled the track and claimed the race. The judges announces that Harp Nould have to run his horse again or first money would go to 1 this lhr WaeChttr entry was given the purse
 Thee were six entries for the pony rae: Babe. owned by Jack Cur. ry all ridden by Robinson, Baldy. Ed l.oyett owner, and Jack Ross rid. CT; Pete. owned by Jimmy Cain and ridden by Harry Waite; Sassafras, lowned by Henry leonardy and rid. den by Fred Pauli; Toklat. owned by A. (. Tonstrh, with Jack Heath up; thatanlka Billy. owned by Willis and Wolch and ridden by Al Cos lett.
 In he first heat all got away 10 q good start but Baldy. who was left al he post. Pete easily won the heal and was followed home by To lklat with Babe third.
 l In the second heat Pete had the Pole, but on the word 10 go he was bored Il the track before his horse had made jump. He and another oi the ponies cut the first corner, Knocking down Calvin. the quartz man and Pendergraft. and Pete dumped his rider before coming home T"klat won with Babe sec ond. an,! Baldy third
 Pete. excited by his experience in the second heat, also made bo, of il in the third heat. but inter fered with none of the other horses. This heat WAS won by Babe with Toklat second.
 Pete, Toklat and Babe having each won heat the public expected d good finish, and there was much I dlsSa iS1aCtiOn expressed when it was announced that Pete was ruled out because he had bolted in he second and third heats To most of the spectators il appeared that Pete was entitled to q foul in the second heat as he was enthusiastically crowd. ed of the track withou; a possible chance to start without taking 10 the turf, and they could hardly under. stand the judges ruling him off af- ter letting Badly start in the second heat aiter he had made no attempt 10 start ill the first and had not even ciicled the track.
 l There were but two entries in the ladies race, Billy, ridden by Mrs. Bond, and Tony by Mrs. Fred Martin Cf Fox. Billy had the speed Of Tony and won two straight heats. The final sports of the celebration were held on Wednesday evening on Front street. in the presence of d very large crowd. The principal event was the rock drilling contest and it was all over this that the most dissatisfaction was expressed. 1 The fist team to drill was compos- ed of George Keys and Joe Beall, and they went through 235s inches of rock in fifteen minutes.
 They were followed by F. Me Gillvray and Monohan. who, after drilling about l3 inches. wedged their steel by driving into an old hole which had been drilled along side of the che they had started. How long they had been drilling is a matter of uncertainty as the of hcials seemed at loss what to do when it was seen the men We're in trouble. IL was only after about ten minutes that the drill was with drawn with outside help.
 A considerable amount of money had b, en bet on this event. the creek men backing their repi esenta tives very freely, and much indig- nali,n was aroused when the judges, although awarding the prize to the Chatanika men and thereby admit ting that they had won fairly. an nounced that all bets were off. Piac- tically without exception the quartz men whp were in town admitted that the Cha,anika team had fairly won and that there was no excuse for calling the bets off The hole that the Fairbanks team had struck was in plain sight and could very easily have been examined by it before starting to drill. As it was it was found that the hole drilled by the Fairbanks team was started at such an angle that it was sure to strike the old hole before twenty-three !, inches had been reached even if the old hole had been. perfectly straight. . A third team composed of Gus Erling and Elmer Nelson then went . after the prize. but as all the ham, mer work had to be done by Erling , they managed to get through but 2l inches. wonderful showing on , Erling's part.
 - In the single handed drilling con test Erling easily won. drilling , through 135s inches against 9A l inches by Dave Sorret.
 : After this event two mile relay race was held. and this proved to r be one of the best events on the { program. It was won by the team ' ;ul D1I