The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
CORN BELT
RACE MEET
A Bunch of Classy Horses Con-
test For the purSes

The initial meeting OF the Corn
Belt Racing Association opened in
this City Tuesday with nearly 100
horses on the ground, ready to be-
gin the seasons work. Two excep-
tIonally good harness events enter
tanned a small audience Tuesday
afternoon, when the program offer
ed a 2:20 trot and a 2:45 pace, with
a purse Of $500 each to tempt
the speeders.
FIRST DAY
The first race called up by starter
Colman brought out eleven starters.
for the 2:20 trot. and was won IN
straight heats by Hokala, who was
never seriously in danger. Bau-
mains, the big rangy stallion o wned
by o. H. Collins, of this city, was
second, Carrie S. B. third and c. f.
Ericksen's Swanee fourth. The
mare was expected to get a better
place than this, as she has been
known to turn this track several
seconds below the tin e recorded
BY heats it was 2:2I, 2:22I, 2:194.
The 2.45 pace brought out seven
starters, and produced a race that
set the fans up on their tip toes.
Little Joe. a handsome performer
in Harry Wilson's string, got away
cool and captured the pole, winning
the first and second heats handiIy in
2:23i and 2:23l. In this bunch was
PeggYs Pepper, a sEittish bay geld
ing. last year owned by c. F. Erick-
sen and O. II. Collins. He was wild
and fretfu! and they sold him for a
song. He went to Minneapolis, and
is owned there now. Peggy was in
7th. position to start and he got
away bad. Things did not look
right till the third neat. when Peggy
reached Little Joe's wheel on the
home stretch. Then his driver call
ei on nm and Peggy beat Little Joe
out right at the wire, by a head, in
2:22l, which was going some for a
d class. Peggy was generously
applaudei. He then won the next
two heats and race in slower time.
SECOND DAY
4 large audience enjoyed two *
ceedingly close AM speedy contests
Wednesday afternoon in the Com
merclal Club stake purse Of $500 for
2:2O PAGERS, and the 300 trot. for
$500.
Nine starters from Montana Iowa
Nebraska, Minnesota and South
Dakota, lined up for the "graen'
trot. By the way, that word is now
a mjsnomer. Years ago, a green
horse" meant an inexperienced one,
but today it merely means that
has never been driven out to win
first in a race on any public track.
And when Doc got that bunch away
there was some race. The first heat
was won by Louie Ross, Grand
Island, Ne0., a very green" per-
former in 2:291. In the second heat
Dick Dillon Of Huron, challenged
Louie Ross on the stretch and beat
him to the wire, in 2:25a-. atker
speedy, en-, for 500 trotters? And
so they fought it out, endingin Dick
Dilion's victory, Louie Ross second,
Bell Rex, OskaIoosa, Iowa, third,
Student King, Dillon, Mont, fourth.
The stake race included seven
SIDE wheelers, and all Of them ap-
reared to want the money, for they
put up a race worth locking at.
Adrian r, a bay gtldIng from Shell
don, Iowa, was teamed in the first
heat by Jason Henry in 2:l7t, push
ed hard by Billy Wide and Gray
EARLE. The next two went to the
Wilde gelding, but in the fourth
heat Adrian r came back and cap
tured the heat in 2:20, making alive
heat race necessary, and resulting
thus: Billy Wilde LIST, Adrain 2ad,
Gray Eagle 3rd, EIma, Iowa. Gam
betta, Tekama, Nebr, 4th. Peggy's
Pepper started in this race, but was
drawn after the second heat. Per-
haps his hard race the day before
did not leave him il first class con-
dition for such fast company.
THIRD DAY
A small crowd again witnessed
some good racing thursday. The
card gave the 2.l5 pace as the priH-
sipal event. Eight PAGERS thought
hey had a look in at the money
while scoring. But IL was easy