The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-15
OVERFLOW CROWD
GrandStand and BIeachers
Wouldn't Seat Race Spectators.
John s Smashing His Way to
Victory Thursdays Feature.

Smashing two sulkies, John S, a big
gray from Durango, Colo, paced to
victory Thursday in the 2:14 pace,
one of the best racing events on the
Topeka tracks this week. 1t took all
five heats to decide the contest
Not an empty seat could be found
in the grandstand and bleachers when
the races opened. Yet, the crowd kept
pouring to the gates demanding ad =
mittance- A few We're sold standing
room The remainder of the crowd
was placed in the quarter stretch and
as the races progressed the demand
on the quarter stretch for the results
became so insistent that man wit h
a megaphone walked around the
track after each heat announcing the
result.
Rain at First.
When the races first opened it was
raining. The sun soon came out, how
ever, and from then until nearly dusk
when the last heat was ended the
weather was ideal.
While the other four races on the
card were good, none excepting the
2:14 pace was close John S didn't
show much promise in the first heat,
coming under the wire sixth. In the
next heat he took first. In the third
heat he smashed his first sufky
Casey, the driver of Louis Mac, at
tempted to whip in ahead of him and
got within reach of the big grays
hoofs, which crashed into the sulky.
Louis Mac went under the wire
fourth, John S, first
John had been working on the
nerves of the other drivers and at the
beginning of the fourth heat, Starter
Updegraff informed the driver of
$50 fine if he continued pulling in at
the start and the others were prom
ised $25 fines for any tricks.
Smashes Another Sulky.
In the fourth heat with John S
with two heats to his credit, Dude
Highwood and John S were neck and
neck in the first lap. H. Netheway
driving Billhurst attempted to cut in
ahead of John S and again the big
grays hoofs came to his rescue. He
smashed into Netheway, unseating
him. Netheway suffered no injuries.
The horses started again and John
won with Dude Highwood a close
second and Billhurst, third.
2:22 Trot Good.
The 2:22 trot, enormously marked
the 1892 trot, was probably the next
with Col. Vidmer, a Missouri horse,
winning three heats out of five. Judge
Monte, a Kansas horse, won second
money. The summaries follow:
2:14 pace-John S Smith driving,
first. Dude Hughwood, Benefited
driving, second. Billhurst, Netheway
driving, third. Budweiser, Wagner
driving, fourth. Time of heats
2:13A. 2:11 4. 2:15A. 2:14, 2:15.
Purse, $500.
2:22 trot-CoIonel Vidmer, Ginger
driving, first. Judge Monte, Lundberg
driving, second. Lexel, Sebree driving,
third. Lady Paronhurst, fourth. Time
of heatS-2.21 - 2.2015 2.15A
2:1Sh, 2:15h Purse. $500.
2:15 trot-Willie Chimes, Harris
driving first. Murlow Mac, Ginger
driving, second. Jack Flash, Master
son driving, third. Miss Omar, Bagby
driving, fourth. Time of heats
2:151a. PIG Il. 2:16A. Purse, $500.
Three-year-old pace = Walter D.
Breitenfield driving. first. Snookum
Harrison driving. second. Prairie
Diamond, Netheway driving. third.
Hanley, Orr driving, fourth. Della V,
Morrison driving. fifth. Time of heats
-2:191a, 2:201A, 2:20A. Purse, $500.
Run, five-eighths mile, consolation
-Grays Favorite, Plunket up, first
Unconcerned, Mckenzie up, second; ;