Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-09-05

A large crowd, excellent time and
exciting finishes marked the initial
race meet of the Auburndale Driving
Club at Auburndale Monday after.
noon. Faster time would have been
made had the track been in better
condition, but as il was not finished
until Saturday. it had not been thor
oughly worked, thus barring the
horses from showing their real speed
However, under ell conditions, the
time was beyond the expectations OF
the club officials, and the finishes
We're so exciting that the crowd cheer
ed each winner to the echo.
In all there were two harness, two
running two mule and two pony races
The harness race were slosely con
tested, and two of them went extra
heats. And it was not until the wire
was reached in the concluding heats
that the winner was known. There
was no laying up" of heats. Every
driver was out to win, and all the
speed his horse commanded was call
ed into service, and in many instances
the whip was used unsparinely
For this initial meet more than one
thousand people gathered at the
grounds. All kinds of conveyances
were used in carrying the people and
there were no inconvenienees exper-
fenced in reaching or leaving the
grounds.
Throughout the afternoon there was
the best of feeling among the people,
everybody being anxious to witness
the trials of speed and all enjoyed
them to the extreme. Another pleas
ing feature of the entertainment was
that no accidents occurred to mar the
event, and every precaution was TAX
en- against S CHI .t.s
The judges for the meet were II. l..
Snapp. John Ellis and Porter Linton.
John w. Dodd was the starter and his
work was splendid. In every instance
he gave the drivers a square dear
ana insisted on them not delaying the
races with dilitary tactics, The mar
shals were Jerry Triggs, William Lew
is. Harry Bryarly and John Lewis.
The first race only brought two
horses to the wire, but they came to
race, and before the result was deter
mined five heats were necessary. For
this race Billy w, with Ways up, and
M. d. was driven by Cushwa. After
the preliminary warming up they
were given the word. M d. took the
lead at the beginning and was never
oyertaken. finishing the half in LIZA
In the second heat M. D, went into
a bad break on the first turn, Here
Billy w went to the front and lead
home after hard drive in 1:20. Prior
10 this heat NJ. w. was the favorite
but here the wise ones began chang
ing their opinions and Billy w ap
peared as having the most friends
He proved his worth by showing his
staying qualities and was never head
ed during the third heat.
1t now looked like the old campaign
er was sure thing when the horses
were called for the fourth heat. Billy
w. with the pole in his favor, looked
like the favorite Both horses were
sent out to do their best, and the heal
developed into a real race. NJ. d. made
a bad break on the turn but he soon
recovered and by degrees gained oil
his opponent. At the quarter but lltti'
distance separated them. and as they
turned into the stretch they were
neck and neck Nearing the wire boti
drivers applied the whip. The GROVE
was on its toes calling for the favor
ties. As the horses reached the wire
an opinion prevailed among the crowt
that Billy W had won as the fnisl
was close but the judges gave tbs
heat to NJ. d.
The fifth and final heat proved
more exciting than any preceding
Friends gathered around their favor
ties and urged the divers to put fortf
every effort 10 win. On the third tria