South Bend news-times., 1918-09-15
RACE RECORDS
BROKEN At FAIR
Local Track Record Smashed
by BinIand Yesterday
Morning.
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! racing and now we are going 20 try
morning daylight event"
The driving started saturday
morning at $50 o'clock with three
/ events a 2:I2 pace. 2:Is trot, and a
2:24 trot
Five horses started in the 2:12
pace, John r Braden taking the
| first heat, but Highland LAssie got
settled down and took the next
! three. All heats maze better time
than their class. The race was FOR
the Studebaker corporation purse of
! $1,000.
Binland Wins News-Times Stake.
The second event on the morning
card was The News-Times purse Of
s. 600 for 2:12 trotters. This event
/ has attracted more attention than
any event Of the meet. Nine horses
started in this event. Binlaud
cos SD, and his full brother,
Rinville (2:0g 1-4). were the fav-
orites from the start and continued
so throughout the event Binland
taking first and Binville second. in
each Of the three heats. The state
record for trotters on hale mile
track was lowered by Binland IN the
last heat Of the event when he made
the mile in 2:OS Ii.
The 2:24 trot. Northern Indiana
Railway purse for $1,000. was the
third event with three horses en-
tered. Extra Bingen, owned by L.
Q. Turner OF Indianapolis; Is-
worthy Mckinney, owned by Deep
Run stock Farm Of Birmingham,
Mich, and Telford owned by John
H. Mccarthy OF Chicago. Telford
was drawn after the first heat on
account OF lameness. In the third
heat during the last eighth Extra
Bingen broke and IswOrthy Nc
Kinney took this heat. The fourth
heat and race was given to Extra
Bingen.
Grand Chimes Winner.
The first event I'm the afternoon
card starting at 1880 was the 2:1O
trot with a purse of $500. Grand
Chimes Tommy Todd and AXtiem
were the three entries in this event.
Grand Chimes took all three heats.
making the second heat in 2:09 81.
Axtiem couldn't keep his feet il
seemed and in the hrst and second
heats, while in second position.
would get to the seven-e eighths pole
and i'm coming down the home
stretch would break. In the last heat
both Axtiem and Tommy Todd went
of their feet and crossed under the
wire running.
The second event was the widely
talked of "F'ree-for-alP' with two
entries. Single G, the Indiana king
Of PAGERS, who holds the worlds
record for PAGERS at 1859 -, own
ed by w. b. Barefoot of Cambridge
City. Ind, and Russell Boy, 2:00 IA
owned by Ellis F'rangs of Liberty,
III. Single G has the reputation OF
being very tempermental. The least
thing that does not suit him will
keep him from going, but yesterday
seemed 10 meet with his entire ap-
proval. He made the first heat in
2:O5 IA, the second in 2:03 IA, and
broke the state record for PAGERS
on a half-mile track which was held
by Russell Boy at 2:05 IA, being
made on this track last year. The
last heat was driven in 2:O4 "a.
As they were coming down the
home stretch in the second heat
Russell Boy broke his hobbies and
came near 10 taking a tumble. The
quarters in this event We're driven
IN about 81 seconds. the fastest. and
several of them were made IN
80 IA.
Double q Take 2:24 Pace.
The 2:24 pace was the third event
in the afternoon and FIVE horses
started. Double G, owned by 5. II.
VanValkenberg Of south Bend, took
all three heats and won first money.
All five horses got away nicely at
the wire but il ended in a mix-up
before the eighth had been reached.
Double G was cutting over 10 the
pole, Early May, owned and driven
by J. NJ Quinn of LoganspOrt, Ind,
broke, stumbled and fell. Highland
Lassie. owned BY G. L. Davidson Of
Helen. Ark, and driven by Fred Ed
man Of Memphis, Tenn. was so
close behind IL was impossible to get
out of the way and crashed into the
pile Of horses, driver and sullIy Ed
man was threw several feet in the
air and turned over completely
landing on the Other side Of the
fallen horses. Quinn sustained a
broken angle which was set as soon
as a doctor could be summoned and
later was hobbling around the
stables on crutches. Early May was
not injured but was withdrawn from
the race. Highland Lassie did not
seem 10 be worried by the accident
as she finished third in the next two
heats This was Highland Lassie's
second race of the day. she having
taken first money in the 2:12 event
IN the morning
Yesterdays Results.
2.1o Pace. Purse $4,000
Highland Lassie (Edman) - /
John r. Braden CThomas) L . 8 4I
Dude J. (Elson) ..........3 3 . p
Don G (Liegen) ..........5 8 g
Cozy Durbin (Walters) ..44 81
Time: 2:11 IA. 2:I1 IA. e:11 II.
-:13 IL
2:1o Trot Purse $4,000.
Binlard (HeadricA) .-.....1 i ]
Binville tThomas) ..........3 . u
Doris Watts slaughter ...5 .