The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-18
GREAT SPEED TEST
Five Heats Necessary to Settle
2:14 Pace-Admyra Won.
Miss Omar, Double-Gaited Vet
eran, Takes Trotting Event.

be desired for speed and before q crowd
damned tight in the grandstand and |
stretch and around the fence, a rae
ing card which for excitement has rare ,
ly or never been equale0 on the local
track was carried out at the Kansas
state fair Thursday afternoon.
The program this afternoon is equal
ly good. 1t includes 200 pace, a 2:25
trot, a 2:22 pace and two running races.
The management has decided to extend
the racing program to include Saturday
afternoon at which time the entire
speed program will be filled by run
ming events. There will be other enter
tanning features in front of the grand
stand.
The 2:14 pace was an open question
until the last Of the five heats. There
were six horses in this race and each Of
the first four heats was taken by a diff
ferent horse. This event was stated on
the racing programs to be under the
old system wherein a race Is continued
until one lorse has won three heats.
but when Admyra. owned by E. w.
Miller of Springfield. Mo-. went under
the wire ahead of the others a second
time in the fifth heat. the race was
concluded.
In the two-year-old trot honors were
divided between Lieutenant Aubrey
first heat and Lieutenant Aubrey the
second. AS it was a colt" race 1t
went only the two heats.
Miss Omar, owned by c. D. Bell of
Bell. took the 2:1s trot in straight
heats. This is her fourth season on
the track. the first half of which she
was a PAGER. She has won $1,000 in
four years.
In the three-year-old trot Baroness
Parmelia had an easy victory. Royal
Hall. who finished second. was the
only serious contender.
The six-furlong running race went
to All Moon and the five and one-half
The track was fast and more ''long
shots" than favorites won. but none of
the Tong shots were allowed very
wide margins by the bookmakers who
3-Year-Old Trot.
Lieut. Aubrey, b. c.. A. L. Thorn
as, st. Jos. (Thomas) .....
Toddling, b. c.. J.. p. Fleming.
Dallas. Tex. (F1eming) $1,000. 1 3
Forest Binger b. h.. w. D. For
rest, Shenandoah. Ia. (For-
Busy 1 Todd, c. D. BEN. Council
Grove, Kan. (BeD ......-.. dist.
| wenatoma, Al Alexander. To-
peka. dist.
King Pinkerton. blk. h.. DR.. J.'P.
Raster. Topeka DUNN 49,. dist.
Time 2:35 n.
Z.10 lfOt.
Miss Omar, b. m, c. D. Bell,
Council Grove. .s.......
Counts, b. g., E. H. Haley,
Memphis, Tenn. ..i...... z
Manor Girl. br. M. ". b.
Taylor. Sedalia. Mo. ...... 3 3
| Halle McGre or, b. m, J. B.
Reynolds, Seda1fa,s Mo. -. 4
| Corporal Hunter b. g., D. W.
Dehoney, Kansas City. Mo. dis
Time-2:14A, 2:16K, 2:15A.
| se.t 2:14 Pace.
Admyra, b. m, E. w. Mil
| Ter. Springfield. Mo-.
Kid Riley. CHI. g.. TEos-
| White, Lawrence. ...... 2 S
Roscoe Medium, b. h., Cy
| Fourdyce, Fayette. MO-. 4 4
R. w. E.. CHI. g., r. w. FL
| lington, Kansas City, Mo. 2
C. D. NJ, CHI. g., c. B. Num-
( ford. Beatrice. Mo. 800.
Doc Gentry, Oh. h., Or. j.
D. Smith, Nelson. Mo-. 2 dis
Tfme-2:1O!4, 2:11%. 2:13h,
ATTN, 2:19A.
3-Year-Old Trot.
Baroness Parmelia. b. m. B. w.
| Bliss, Agt., Muskogee. I
Royal Hall. blk. h.. ]. p. F1em-
ming. Dallas. Tex: :
Symbol R~ss. b. g., Tom Erwin,
| !. Springfield. Mo. ............
Linwood Mack. CHI. h.. George G.
| Smith, Logan. Utah. ......... )
! Mudjekeewis, br. T., Nethaway,
Abilene .
Newt Carter, blk. h.. ]. T. Sell
lards, Solomon, Kan. ........ dist.
n jor Stanley, blk. h., o. r.
| Morrison, Anthony. Kan. dist.
Time-2:1sA. 2:1sA.
J Furlong Running Race.
| All Moon, b. m. first; Pretty Dale,
b. m, second; Freeze, CHI. g.. third:
Blue Point. br. m, fourth. Time
| 1:171k.
Five and One-Half Furlongs.
Stalbia, b. M, first; Gold Dust, Sec
ond; Topland, b. g., third; Bob Kirk,
br. g., fourth; Lady Tuck. CHI. m,
fifth. Time-1:10A.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.