Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-11


Rathburn of New York state, Mr..
Coakley, a gentleman who is driving
the horses owned by the w. r. Cox CO.
of Dover, n. H., Ramey Macy, 4
clean cut, boyish looking, but very
clever reinsman; Vance Nuckles, 4
driver of the winner of the $4,000 trot
ut Lewiston, and sent to the barn
without dollar of the same rich purse
in Bangor And there are 20 other
great drivers here beside these men
toned
To see one of these men at the fin
ish of a hard heat, look across at MS
friend. who "nosed him out" see hiia
smile good naturedly and remark:
You trimmed me that trip and IN 1de
me like it," These are the kind of men
that you can see drive some wonder
fu, races, the coming week.
Last year, at this Hanks meeting .
the city was full of crooks, many peo-
pie saw things at the track that were
Objectionable, some of them were the
rawest kind of skin games. Mr.. Hanks
saw at once that the horsemen and
the public were not pleased with tha'
part of his show. | will pledge my
word that nothing of the kind has
been seen at either Bangor or Lewis.
tor, and will not be seen at Augusta
unless some crook sneaks in with his
game" under his coat, and gets L
work without being discovered by
the men in the several departments
You need not be afraid to come u
the races, bringing with YOU your lad
friends. your children, or your mother.
They will see nothing that will shock,
or disturb, but they cannot help see
ing a great deal of interest, enjoy,
apd remember
Let us all put ourselves out to help
the eamiest man on earth, by going
as often as our means will permit and
eur business allow, tell our friends
about it, influence them to come, in
fact get busy and work to help good
fellow, who lis doing much more for
his own State, his own town, and the
other cities mentioned than any CT
yoE are aware.
At Bangor the races We're very sur
prising. Mt Lewiston the week before
some of the races were decided i'll three
straight heats, and il looked as though
the winners of those races would go on
in each city and repeat the performance.
Many of the sports felt that way. Aft
watching the races at Bangor where
out of Is races three horses, and only
three won, that looked to be reasonably
sure of winning. III the other 10 races
had "open selling been allowed, the
hackers of favorites would have dropped
lot of money.
Split heats, fast time no man able te
pick winner" We're the features. Take
the $4,000 217 trot At Lewiston the big
chestnut stallion Peter Bllillen, 2.13 Ii
raced in such impressive style. coming
from behind" in each heat, beating then
at the wire by scant margins to be sure
but beating them. it looked as though he
was having a sure thing of it,
In Bangor he goes four heart breaking
heats, is set back in one heat. breaks II
the fourth--his last chance-just at the
word" and he, the winner the week be
fore. goes to the barn without a dollar.
Take the IA trot. Last week, it looked
as though the roam gelding James w.
10 Ia, by the stallion Sommore, 2.f7 la
owned in Monmouth, standing at th'
Tappan Farm, was by far the best of tn,
LA trotters What happened at Bangor
The sweet little mare whose pictur
! appears iii connection with this article
i beat them and beat 'em good and plen
| ty." Malta Prince went to the barn a
Lewiston without nickIe of the 500
she was racing for, landing 5-4-3-2 AM
| beaten only by the roam horse, VIII
fortunately "stuck his tongle out" as h
| ~
! judges are on the Job a tongle is as goo,
as fun length at the finish
Nataprime is by John Bascomb, dan
by oxford Chief. Traces to Hambeto
Man 10 on both sides, is driven by a maj
| who is whole show in himself shoy
never equalled at any race we ever sa,
or expect to see. Mrs. Wright tn
drivers and owners wife, takes care o
the mare, appears on the stretch In
neat khaki suit, leads the mare to tn
stall, in face is a great help to "Prim
Wright" the odd appearing and exceed
ingly peculiar driver of this great lttl
trotting mare.
His style of driving is something tina
you will all be interested in, his train
ing methods. are wondered at by all O
the skillful men in that line-and the
are the best in the land-he has bee
asked repeatedly to price her to the rich
| est race horse men of the country, bu
she is still his property, and will doubt
less die his. Do not fail to see the four
teen trot, you cannot say but that 20
have got your moneys worth" afte
you witness that contest
! There are but two races that ar
scheduled for this week. in which horse
are TO start. where any one man Twin
! can safely say such and such a hors
will win "he has soft thing in thi
race, will win hands down" They ar
| STAFFORD, In the 2. 25 trot and Earl, Jr,. il
the free-for- all pace
STAFFORD, 2.l4 Ia, beautiful brow