Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
FAIR SOCIETY HAS
GREAT RACE PLANS
Secures Columbia Fire and Hal No
Kinney and Announces Large
Entry List.
TWO PAGERS IN FAST CONTESTS

ny q. n. MURRAY,
Announcement that Columbia Fire,
s:Ot&, and Hal Mckinney. 2OeN. had been
secured for another match race for the
county fair associations race meeting
next week, rivalled in interest to local
horsemen during the last few days the
publication Of the splendid entry list So
cured by the association
These two horses which for half q
dozen races this season have been fight
ing desperately to secure a settlement OF
their respective claims to mastership,
will contest In Omaha for a purse OF
t1.l0o. OF which 5000 will be provided by
! the fair society. The winner is TO take
| the whole purse. The race win be held
one week from next Wednesday,
AT the August meeting OF the Omaha
Driving club Columbia Fire beat Hal Nc
Kinney in five-heat race over soft
| track, winning the last three heats But
College Gent was at the throatlatch of
the winning horse in every heat ana Yves
considerable factor in determining the
result In addition Hal Mckinney does
better on hard track.
In the match race at the State fair
last week Hal Mckinney beat Columbia
Fire, pacing the last heat OF the race In
s:0TN and tying the three-heat record for
Nebraska made by himself when be beat
Columbia Fire at wahoo the last week In
July.
The Dispute at Lincotn.
The judges thought that Bob Sebastian
was not trying with Hal the first heat
and they put up Allen who drove the re-
mainder Of the race. The judges called
off the first heat, which was won by
Columbia Fire. making the race in S:lb, In
| ffaiT SAhaafinn
| no had a hopple strap down and a boot
off and didn't want to take chances OF
lniurinR the horse or breaking his own
neck
! Omaha horsemen who raw the race
thought the first heat was honest Be
that as Il may. the horses went on and
nut I'M a terrific race. AT any rate ID. q.
| Bohanon Is not generally believed TO De
n fellow who would pay another horse
anything to let Columbia Fire win when
That redoubtable steed is in form to drive
his opponent out in s2:0S1A 209 and
sO7x az he did ut Lincoln
II has been the history OF all racing
that n slow heat In a widely advertised
match race causes charges OF fixing'
even Tn ugh the men accused are the
moat reputable In the business. Yet slow
heats are often seen in purse and stake
utes when there are several horses
which fail TO get squared away instead
OF only two. In the case OF Hal NC
Kinney Il would be poor policy for him
To force the race, since his game Is TO
come from behind and outbrush his OPP
ponent In the stretch.
IT'S an Even Break
The best tip on this race TO date Is
,hat a. a az near nm even break as n
horse race ever gets TO be, unless track
conditions or loss OF form on the part or
one of the horses should alter the sit
uation.
The fair association received 10 en-
tries for the harness races. The s;os
pace which failed TO FIJI. has been re-
opened to close again next Saturday
The entries are divided as follows; ESQ
trct, sixteen; 2:25 pace, thirteen; 2;ll
i pace. eleven: 2:17 pace, eight; 2;i4 trot,
nine 2:ls trot. fifteen; 2:22 trot thirteens
2:2O pace, fifteen; 2:27 trot, fourteeni asa
pace. fifteen.
Announcement has been made that
Sweet Aubrey. the bay filly by Captain
Aubrey, owned by Dr. G. c. Hall OF
omahn and driven by shockley, viii start
against time in an endeavor 10 set new
mark for s-year-oid trotters In Nebraska
! Directors OF the Omaha Driving club
when the proposal TO lease the fair as
ISOLATION track at Benson and effect a
consolidation Of horse interests IN Omaha,
! vas laid before them by Secretary Smith.
/ decided that they would postpone con-
alteration OF the plan. Consequently the
situation remains In statu quo.