The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-25
TWO RACES WERE
SPLIT HEAT AFFAIRS
Larrow's Boggie Took Two Heats in
Second Race-Spill and Runaway
Opened the 228 Pace.

Two of the three races yesterday af
ternOon were split heat affairs and the
first heat of the 2.2S pace furnished
a bad spin on the back stretch for n
thriller. William Bowser of Burhng-
ton was thrown over 30 feet in the
air when his horse, The Rambler,
crashed into the sulky of Governor
Patchen, after that horse, which was in
third place, had fallen. L.M.N., owned
by c. H. Rowe of Athol, Mass, and
driven by L. c. Haskell of Green
field, ran over the PROSTATE Governor
Patchen and smashed sulky wheel,
but Haskell kept going and finished,
being placed fifth.
The Rambler ran away and, with
the wreck of the sulky swaying from
side to side, ran around the track af-
ter Doctor Billings and Faust Patchen
who had been in front at the time of
the accident Finally he cleared him
self from the sulky and Marshal
Louis l. Allen rode him down and
caught one rein, making a pretty
stop.
Governor Patchen, the cause of al
the trouble, was caught by bystander.
before he could run. The Rambler was
| placed fourth by the judges and, with
/ A. b. Martin up, finished fifth in the
next heat and second in the third
winning fourth money. The horses wer,
not injured seriously in the spill.
Mr.. Bowser had Il cut on his nose
a damaged right arm and right leg an,
| is lame and sore all over his body
/ but DR.. W. II. Lane, who attended hin
| in the hospital tent, could find nj
broken bones. Mr.. Rourke, who tool
all the blame for the accident, sale
that he jumped as his horse fell ano
! landed on his feet and that Mr.. Bowse
was hurled through the air over Mr.
| Rourke : head and Just missed strikin,
Il post when he landed. The race wa
won in straight heats by Doctor Bill
! ings.
The 2.25 stake trot for "a purse o
$500 was split heat affair, Franklin
winning the first heat, but Fayrc Rosa
I mond won the next three with Olyi
Billini in second place.
4 The 2.l9 pace-2.16 trot went fv
heats before The Comet managed t
beat F. \. Larrow 5 Boggie. Boggi
lwon the first two heats, but after tina
Phe Comet came strong and Boggi
, could not stave off the rushes in tn
home stretch. The summary;
2.25 Stake Trotting. Purse $500.
: Fayre Rosamond. b. M, c. G.
Peck, Arlington, Mass, 2l1
Franklin, Big, DIR. c. F. lie
Clair, Franklin, \. H., 1913
Olivia Billini, bm., A. B.
Martin, Dover, n. H., 322
Orivis, br.m., NJ. f. Lyons,
Hadley, Mass, 81 i
. Rex w, big, J. +. Water
man, Royalton, VT, 1857
I Boron, BIS, L. f. Fletcher,
: Fitchburg, Mass, cod
p Time, 2.I74, 2.lS12, 2171i, 2I71
2.l9 Paoe-2,16 Trot. Purse $500.
: The Comet, Derby Racing
: Boggie, b.g., 4. H. Martin,
S Dover, n. H., ,
5 Dom Paul, L. E. Fletcher,
a Fitchburg, Mass, 1913 2
l. Time, 2.lSh, 2.18H, 2.l8H, 2.l9*
y 2.2l12.
t; Fps Pace. Purse 5000,
4 Doctor Billings, Big, H. w.
= Carter, Holyoke, Mass,
} Faust Patchen, Big, l.. c.
e Lowell, Bellows Falls, VT, . 4
y Robert G., Big, l.. l.. tletch-
$ err, Fitchburg, Mass, =
e The Rambler, brig, River
If view Farm, Burlington, VT, 4
G Inv, big, C. II. Rowe,
n Athol, Mass, .
% Governor Patchen, b.h., Roger
S. Rourke, Greenfield, Mass,
If Brown johnson, br.h., l.. L.
- Sylvester, Greenfield Mass, q
limo o01I. p u ? 23lI