Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-09
FIRST RACING EVENTS
] PROVIDE DANDY SPORT
State Fair Meet Opens With Excel
lent Card, and Contests
Are Close.
PAGERS MAKE GOOD TIME
Crystal Lewis Goes First Heat in
2i111S-Lcoma, Money and Net
tie Walnut Take Flat Raccs-Start
To-Day mt 1880 O'Clock.

IS an excellent caro- WAS pTeseh'e" a. '''~
W State Fair, and resulted in the closest
h event was closely contested in each OF
H. it's three heats. while in the first TWO
Il of; the three running events. inc nara
est kind of riding was necessary be
& fore the winners beat out the run
Is hers UP.
s;s%It was excellent sport throughout,
Il and the several hundred fans who gath
cred for the opening days events were
s8 well rewarded. From the indications
| given yesterday, Secretary Horace +.
\ Murphy has been successful in gath
!; ering some unusually speedy animais
Il for, the present meet and the racing
istIEoughout the week should be OF u
i sonr that the fastest heat Of the 2:li
pace Was completes ~ m 'uT Io ~ nsn;
i covered the distance in 2:l3 -.
The track yesterday; while consid-
erably ic'proTed oyer tnmt Ti ias' w ySr
late in getting to work and there was
& some little dus: that drifted in over
Before the final heat OF the. pacing
4 event, however, couple of water
IS wagons appeared and, while they were
sorry fair-time sights for most of those
s following the ponies. they contributed
considerably to making the races more
1. @eiiioyable.
4 along briskly, according to Secretary
Murphy. The track will be watcred
several times during the morning and
packed we'll before the horses are called
for the opening harness race, and ad-
{ ditional water will be used as requirSu
4 during the afternoon The horses Will
I be called promptly at l O'Clock, and
thenfirst race will be started at 1880
I O'Clock sharp.
Each of the three heats in the 2:1T
4 pace was closely contested. and pro-
vided excellent sport for those inter
j estcd in the harness events. During
frs no
8 punched, NJ no time did either of them
4 have a lead by ANY means safe: Crys-
/ into the stretch neck and neck, and
fought desperately until the finish.
\ Crystal Lewis taking the heat by
\ head.
i IN the second heat, the real race de-
/ We}oped between Juno Hall and Luz
celia for third and fourth places. Crys-
! driving from Twinkle March. and Juno
!. Hall nosed out Lucella The third
heat was the easiest of AL for Crystal
Lewis, who got away cXcelently ana
mas never headed. leading Twinkle
yhiarch BY nearly n length al the finish.
,N.'The first fiat race brought ten start
,srs. to the barrier and resulted in
/; ihHrd.fouEht contest. The animals We're
well punched until they reached til"
! pturn where they Strengthened out 70:
,,a...brief SPELL. only TO bunch again on
Y tile stretch. There the 'idiME became
rough and several horses We're boxed.
sI4ooma dashed on; ahead when ONO
! ssite the scvcn-cishths post. with Dig
Z nifty close at his heels. and tn" two
YrAhla pretty race 20 the tape without
ecaancc OF position. while Gordon Rus
ssel, fought away sufficiently from the
Hercwd to anrrS third money.
81 3Scmcwha. III" same state Of affairs
resulted in I'll" second fiat event. All
81 of the eight entrants kept well
u IOunChed until the turn, where il was
{ 5'Eaic later there was some crowdinE
= md m bit of fighting among the Jockeys
TI9n entering the stretch, though
nj, ND
/ headed, although Littlcst Rebel pulled
4 uSsomewhat and pushed him 20 close
! finIsh: Thrill also finished close, to the
= leaders. while the rema inder of The field
u swept across the line in crowd.
Another dandy start was secured for
the; flnal event. Billie i. taking the
+ lead and remaining well out in from;
until entering the stretch. Then Net
Ie Walnut began drawing M. and
finish winning by half a length, Ann,
& Elsie crossed the line at Billie n :,
hne CO., and annexed third money.
Fv-.. Inc summary
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Log Gn T R;shr,an s, James c. smith <
y. Timennc:Im1' nGh" Observation-Disclosures.
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jItncr l2s. 80 '"' AMI
az Fourth racs-rnilc and on..six,een,bus,
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: ILL.,; painiatia, lis' cariavarock i22 Grand
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sSdlescant. lEi: Chanccy Fellow lac: SsI
gewett; la$; McI9s, ~ Eusen!a McCice. i4
3jsl-ove. lis: Galsr. li5
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.t1NDIANs HAVE CHANCE
kR TO ANNEX OHIO TIT.
stS f3v Associated Prcssl
~ CLEVELAND, October S-Clcvelan
( rE!by defeating the Cincinnati Reds ne,