Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-16
RACE Meeting CONTINUED
win Not I,nd Vntii Thursday; To-
day l. ladies Day ana iiig
Crowd L. Expected.

lhtt pay tIh WIZ run on
Zim. the Derby winner, was max
ing his initial appearance on IA half
mile track and had received spe-
cial morning preparation for this
event, lie was coupled In the bet
ting with Upright. tho other entry
from the stable Of r, $. Parker. and
was held at the short odds OF 10
for that reason, Otherwise he
would have been much longer price.
Nine horses answered the call Of
the hugle for the Derby. Starter
Mcknight kept the horse az the post
for about ten minutes before he gave
the signal that the greatest speed
contest between thoroughbred run
ming horses ever held in Oklahoma
had begun
The start was perfect one as
there was not the length Of a horses
meet between the first ana last horse
when the barrier was released Xim
shot TO the front almost immediate
y ana ran hinder slight restraint for
the first lap, closely pressed hy Eva
Tanguay who was only a half n
length in front Of the great March
monet Calcthumpian, an extreme
outsider in the betting, was foudth,
Upright was trailing far I'm the rear,
ready to lend assistance TO his sta
hlcmate If necessary by the time
the horses had gone seven furlongs,
the two leaders, Zlm and Eva Tan
quay running almos tas a team, had
opened up a gap Of two lengths on
Furlong who was next nearest In
pursuit, Marchmonet having dropped
into fourth position, making "A game
effort TO keep up, but apparently
overcome by the cuppy condition OF
the track.
Calethumpian by this time had
fallen back, hopelessly beaten. Up
right, too, had given up the struggle
and the bright prospects he had
shown in the early part of the race
had vanished As the horses entered
the stretch for the final struggle, it
could be plainly seen the two pace
makers would have the race between
them the remainder Of the journey,
as the real contenders were now
hopelessly beaten.
Just as the horses were straight
Stanley Martin showed n grand piece
Of horsemanship by bringing his
mount to the inside, thereby saving
much ground, while Jockey Mats
aboard Eva Tanguay took his mount
to the middle Of the track where he
thought the going was best, but by
the time he had his mount straight
ened out, Zim had stolen a lead of
a length.
On the game horses struggled. both
under whip and spur, until they had
crossed the wire with Zim "A scant
neck in front of Eva Tanguay. Fur
long wa sthird, two lengths away,
and this was the result of the great
est contest of speed and endurance of
thoroughbred horses ever held in the
state of oklahoma.
Four faVOrites, two second chocies
and an outsider furnished the six
winners.
Six well balanced fields are down
for decision this afternoon and
large crowd is sure to be on hand by
the time the bugle calls the horses to
the post for the first race. Owing to
the demand of many race fans in
Tulsa for more high class racing AS
the present management has been
furnishing, Manager II. j, Allison
has decided to continue the meeting
for more days after the scheduled
closing and instead of next Saturday,
May II, being the last day the meet
ing will continue until Thusrday,
May 20.
Today is ladies day and the fair
sex will be admitted to the grounds
and grand stand free.
The first event Of the day was won
by Bob f., after an early stretch
drive In which Mamie Mckinney
forced him to do his best Mamie
Mckinney had little contention for
second honors. Prospero Lad, who
lost ground by going wide no the
turns. but for which he might have
been little closer. finished third.
Carondolet rushed to the front as
the horses rounded the first turn in
the second race and was never in
trouble thereafter, winning easily at
the end. Doll Boy, who was none
to well favored by the cuppy going
that prevailed, came strong In the
stretch racing and caught the fast
tiring Ben Sand about 100 yards from
the wire and easily held him safe
for second money. Ben Sand held on
long enough u secure the show hon
ors
Mark Kennedy. under a perfect
ride by Jockey Pendergast. saved
ground turning into the stretch and
Just got up In time to nose out Billy
Leach at the wire In the third race.
Billy Leach was second only n nose
in front Of Tom Chapman. who was
third.
Zim and Eva Tanguay fought It
out all the way In the fourth race,
the feature event of the day, the for |
ture event OF the day. the former
was third. two lengths away !
John Patterson raced Clysmic into |
defeat IN the early running OF the |
nth race and won easily at the end |
Clysmic held on gamely and secured |
the place In hard drive from Wings |
Of the Morning. the third horse.
Lew Hin had no trouble dlsposlng |
Df his field I'm the sixth race. Regards, |
IA N I'd ridden a n thu way waa sncond |