The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-10-18
Races at the Fair.

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Owing to rainy weather on Friday
and Saturday, the races in connec.
ton with the inter- parochial fair
were necessarily pretermitted on
those days, but this feature of the
entertainment program was success
fully presented Sunday afternoon
before a crowd which filled the
eommodious A-muz-u Park grand
stand to its utmost capacity and over
flowed on to the grounds. Each OF
the events was won in straight
heats and there were no exciting
finishes, the time in all the rounds be
/ ing slower by. several seconds than
/ it perhaps would have been had
| the entries run closer together. The
1920 event, headlining the card, was
Icaptured handily by Grace Brooks,
/ while Sailor Boy and Lord Leroy
were easy winners in their respect.
! i've classes.
The program was as follows:
2:20 class, mile heats, best 3 in
5-Grace Brooks, George MalarcheI
owner, Milliman driver, i, /, /; Mel,
lie Co., Sidney Gomez owner, Herndon
driver, 2, 2, q; Frances T., Evan J.
Mccall owner and driver, 3, 3, 8.
Time: 2:24A, 2:241z, 2:24.
| 2:3O class, mile heats, best 3 in
Sailor Boy, Ed. Ryan owner, Mil
Imam driver, /, 1, 1; King H, HI
| Harris owner, Herndon driver, 2, 2,
8; Princess Ozma, J. Stone Ware own
Triu
w. G. Hayward owner and driver, 3,
4, 4: Time: 2:301s, 2:2sA, 2:29A.
3-year-oId class, mile heats, 2 in
3-Lord Leroy, G. A Staples owner
and driver, 1, /; Laddie DiEsct, J..
Stone Ware owner and driven 2, 2;
Olga Rex, John Kennedy owner, Geo.
Voeble driver, 8, 8. Time: 2:4813,
2:35.
gudges-W. C. Hanson, j. J. La
fargue and q. A. Rousseau Time
keeper, R. E. Noel, of Plaquemine.
Starter, John Carey, of New Or
leans.
Monday afternoon two spirited
races were run in the presence of a
small crowd, and the sport was far
and away better than that of the
preceding day. Each heat was hot
ly contested, particularly in the 2:20
event, wherein a pretty fight de-
#yeIoped between Frances T. and
Grace Brooks. The former, with
Herndon driving, retrieved the lau-
rels lost the day before by leading
her field in both heats, but the
Malarcher mare was good second
and at all times was a strong con-
tender for first honors. In the 2:30
Glass; Erastus, Jr., made things in
teresting for GamWorth, but the pow
erful Truxillo stallion, skillfully
piloted by Herndon, came through in
great shape and annexed both heats
by safe leads.
Summary:
2::20 class, mile heats, in 81
Frances T., Evan j. Mccall owner,
Herndon driver, 1, 1, Grace Brooks,
George Malarcher owner, Milliman
driver, 2, 2; Nellie G., Sidney Gomez
OWNER G.. A Staples driver. 3, 8.
Time: :24A, 2:267a.
2::30 class, mile heats, 2 in B.
GamWorth, John F. Truxillo owner,
Herndon driver, 1, 1; Erastus, Jr.,
Ed. Ryan owner. Mil1iman driV 2,
Q; Button Bright, j. Stone Ware own
er and driver, 3, 3. Time: 2:4O7s,
.2:381a.
The racing season closed Monday
with the termination of the inter-
parochial fair, and 4.smuz-u Park
will be dark until next spring,
when the Sunday matinees will be
resumed under the auspices of the
A-muz-u Company John Herndon,
the professional trainer who was in
charge of the track, (and who, it may
be remarked, is a first-c1ass man in
every respect), will again serve in
that capacity next year, and Man
ager John F. TruXi1lo will in all
probability likewise be on hand. The
stables erected for the fair will en-
able the racing association to take
care of many more horses next year
than they were able to handle this
season, and other Improvements will
be effected which will make the
track the best equipped half-mlle
country racing plant in the state.