Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-10
Great RacingSaturday,Aft
efnoon, on The River.
Winthrop Mare, Lady's Sister,
Wins The $500 Purse.
Mystic Maid Also a Winner, in the
Matched Race wita Marguerite.

When Charlie Towles handsome mare,
Lady's Sister won the fifth and decid-
ing heat of the race, last Saturday after
noon, the Winthrop sports were simply
wild.
The idea of racing this mare with some
thing really fast has been in the air for
( several weeks. An attempt was made
/ to match her against theFfast mare out
cast, 2.1S IL. owned in Poland, but the
Polanders were shy-with good reason
and nothing came of it.
w. :. Malcolm could not be made to
believe that the mare which he raced,
p. last summer, was of the unbeatable va
riety the owned Lady's Sisters, so he
imported the flyer from Brunswick with
the idea of relieving the Potato King"
tCharles Towle) of some of the stuff that
keeps the wolf from the door,
Some of his friends were of the same
opinion, and they invested little cash
with the ayowed intention of painting
a house with the proceeds. 1t is under
stood the house win go implanted.
Z. W. Hanks took hold, as is his GUS
tom, made the offer to pay to the win
ner $lo0. the side bet was 500 a side so
the winner earned 5000 for her owner,
very good afternoons sport for "a little
yeller mare
At least 1900 men, women and children
saw the sport. Cushnan Walker of Hal
lowell had the best track possible, and IN
spite of the storm of Thursday ii was
ready for use before the horses were.
Nearly every city and town in the
State was represented and some of them.
particularly Waterville, Lewiston, Au-
burn and Brunswick, sent large deegA-
tons.
From what we saw, we are of the opin-
ion that several of the visitors went
home on return tickets.'' and We're
lucky in tie purchase of these handy
little strips Of cardboard
Three of the five heats raced were in
teresting, for these heats showed which
horse was the fasteg In the first and
third heats, Mr. Towle's mare broke az
the start, Lady Elect winning in slow
time.
In the second with both mares stepping
for their very lives, SO fact in fact that
something had TO crack, just before
reaching the finish the Brunswick owned
flyer cracked, Lady's Sister winning.
In the fourth, Tom Holmes. the colored
| driver from WaterYilie. was asked to
try his hand with the Winthrop mare,
Mr.. Towle is practically new man
at the racing game He saw tnat7wnffe
Lady Elect could not outpace his mare
/ Ira Woodbury. acknowledged to be
Names best race driver, could assuredly
outdrive him. For this reason he en-
gagged the services of Mr.. Holmes.
Ihat fourth heat was a seofeher. The
Brunswick mare had a shade the best
of the start End held it well down the
stretch. Woodbury. was driving for all
he knew-he knows it all. in that line
Holmes wore a very cheerful grin, and
az the finish Just lifted his mare to a safe
win. a very close finish. but margin
enough so that there was no show for
argument Time of that fourth heat 81!
seconds.
Again in the fifth, Woodbury. tried his
level best, but< his mare went OFF,
about 100 yards from the finish. Lady's
Sister winning in 323 seconds.
Both of the mares are Western bred
animals. I4ady's Sister came from Lo-
gan. O., and was bred by the RoubIes of
that city. They sold her, last August,
Ia w $. Malcolm of this city. Who in
turn sold her TO her present owner,
Charles Towle of Winthrop.
This mare has won every start for the
winter, and it is no more than fair to
her to proclaim her the champion ice
mare of Maine for 1912-l3 If any man
disputes this he can be accommodate
with a race.
Lady Elect was purchased by her
present owner, |. r. Morrill, of Bruins
wick, at the Chicago sale. last year. She
won practically all of her starts in the
races of last year, closing the season
by winning three races in as many days
at the "Word's Far at Topsham. late in
October She earned record of 2.15 Ii
1t is only fair to her to state that she
has had but one race for the winter,
while the Winthrop mare has raced each
week for the season.
1t was a great afternoons sport, en-
ioyed by all who saw it.
Summaries:
MATCHED RACE-PURsE $780, WIN
NER TO TAKE ALL.
Lady's Sister, ell m ELECT,
Towe and Holmes .......,...2 /
Lady Elect >blk m. WOODBURY.,
brunswick .........,..........,I : : :
Times. -, "a, BIZ, ,52l.
MATCHED RACE.
Mystic Maid, br m tAlliewood,
Rowe Augusta 49,; ..........t .....l /
Marguerite, r@ m tMars), Jones.
Time@.34s, .85 8-l, 80 "a
Oficials-Timers and judges, w. ID. Ha-
ley, South Gardiner; James II. Pinl<ham.
Winthrop; n. I'll. Lee, Augusta. Starter,
T. n. Nining, st. Adams. Promoter, T..
w. Hanks.
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