The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-08-25
zOMIDOTTE
wins AGAIN
At The County Fair Races
Thursday
Making Third Victory This
Season For Her
6,l27 People Of The County
Watch The Heats
2.23 TrOt A Close Race Be-
tween The Two Winners
While The County TfOt Goes
Well Until Third Heat

Thursdays racing card was vastly
superior to that of Wednesday and,
despite the threatening weather and
even some rain, drew an immense
crowd, 6,127 people passing through
the gates as paid admissions. The
entire reserved section on the bank
by the theatre was filled, while on
the opposite side of the race
track, automobiles were lined up
four-deep and it was pretty much
of a struggle to obtain place where
even fair glimpse Of the heats
could be got without tortuous twist
ing and the like.
The race around which local inter-
est centered was the 2:27 trot, in
which John Taintor Foote'S three year
old filly, Zomidotte, was entered. Mr..
Foote is the author of BLISTER Jones"
under which title a number of race
track stories are grouped. Thursday
was the second appearance OF his
mare on a local track, she having
finished third in last years races. AT
two other fairs this season, Athens
and GAINESVILLE, this filly has captured
first money.
There was little doubt after the
first heat of the trot that Zomidotte
would have her own way and this she
did, under the efficient guidance OF
her trainer, Rody Patterson, of Col
umbus. Not even Billy Stergeon,
driven by Billy" Mayors could make
her step and it was noticeable that
the little mare was held in all three
heats. She took three straight heats,
her best time being 1920 IA.
At the conclusion of the race, Zomi-
dotte was led out by "swipe" and
her sireing and record given by the
starter, together with the information
that she has been entered in the
$1,000 Governors Cup race which
will take place during the Ohio State
Fair at Columbus.
The 1928 trot went into four heats,
owing to tight racing done by Major
Stout and W. A. Snyder. The former
horse, having second money cinched,
was allowed to drop into fourth place
in the final heat.
The biggest walkaway of the after
noon was in the 1928 race, in which
the Marion horse, Hackney Lee, lead
bn cfo nj in oil
heats. His fine performance made
the race the least bit uninteresting
and speculations were as to which
horse would finish third, Silver Brush
holding down second place all along
without difficulty
The 2:3O county pace provided ex-
citement the first two heats and then
became more or less cut and dried
In the second of these, Billy H had
first all to himself at the passage OF
the hundred-yard line on the final
stretch and his driver started to
slow down. Dickie C took a decided
squirt and without warning shot up
to his rival and both passed under
the wire neck and neck. After con-
siderable debate, the judges announc-
ed the heat dead.
Summary:
2:30 County Pace
Baby Mine, b m (Williams) g 8
Dickie c., ch (CarrolD IA dh 2 2
Billy H, 6 (Wilson) ......1 oh ] /
Grace Lyon, ch m (Carr) % 4
Time-2:2 IA; 2;SO; 1929 IA.
2:2e Pace
Hackney Lee, (Harrison) L 1 l
Coca Cola, bl m Montgomery ..dis
Athens Girl. b m (Roush) ....4 5 4
Silver Brush, (Stout) .....2 2 8
Black Jack, bl g (Rowe) ......3 A 8
Jimmie Valentine, b (Randolph) dis
Juanita, m (podson) ,.....5 dis
Hal D., b (Burnham) )...,....6 2
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