The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-12
FAIR RACES CLOSE
WITH TWO ON CARD
One for OMcers Result in a Spill,
But No One Hurt-Othcr Had
Ten Entries Originally.
BY ARTHUR W. PERKINS

Subscribers: Boy, howdy. The
fair liz over at last, and now we
can settle down and take 1t easy
till the baseball season opens next
spring.
Owing to the unwilling of the
monument to "Stonewalr' Jackson,
the doings at the ground were de-
layed until late. but two races were
on the card, the first, the Jefferson
purse for 5000, and the second the
Stonewall jackson purse for $l75,
for army officers, catch weights,
were run OF. beginning at Ave bells
The mob was not as great as It
had been for the previous days. but
everything went off smoothly. even
one of the officers when he slid on
his horse 1t was a pretty fall.
The first race was one mile
ramble, with ten entries, the most
of any race here, but four OF them
were scratched before things go.
to going. No barrier was used, ana
one of the dogs, by name Boston,
took II into his head to try race
for himself He succeeded TO the
point of leaving the post and pnak-
ing it a one mile run with only one
entry, but maEaged to pull up to the
barrier and made a second start.
only to finish a nasty last a million
length behind. Jack Healy. w.
Himphy up, came IN first Home
ward Bound second and Prince
Bonero third. Rockaway and Bob
bic kean II were also on the track
in addition to the aforementioned
Boston. Time for the circuit was
1895.
The second scramble was for fye
furlongs. and we bet the officers
thought they were fur longs before
they got to the finish line, White
Crown, TO be ridden by Lieutenant
Kolo was sold before the race and
shipped away, thus depriving the
looey of chance TO show off his
Workmanship
The other FIVE entries came
around the track with much
prancing ard fancy stuff, but they
managed 10 get off In a good line,
Secretary Ross acting as starter IN
the absence of Frank McGinty.
Lieutenant Sanborn, aforementioned
splice, was the uniucky one to
lose his seat at the northern turn
his horse finishing under wraps IN
second place, and not content with
down the home stretch some brave
gent got in front of the horse and
did couple of Charley Chaplin
falls, making the horse laugh SO
hard as TO forget TO run, and another
brave gent grabbed the bride and
all was over.
Puck, ridden by Lieutenant Ogden
came in first, with Moniker, Lieu
tenant Robertson up. second, and
River King. Lieutenant Howard up
third Miss Genevieve. Captain
Rogers up. grabbed OF fourth
place.
81. Lieutenant Sanhorn came lirnpin4
down the stretch after his spill
thoroughly disguised with life He
was not hurt, except for a shaking
up. The judges got very negligent
during the race. for NOT a one. Of
them had a stop watch on them
and we are unable to give the time
for the race
The races al the fair during the
past week have been one OF the
drawing cards OF the event and /,
is 70 he hoped that more of them
will be furnished next year The
officers in charge OF them are
+, especially to be commended for the
rrosnptmasa with wtssch they weFe
gotten of. for no one likes TO wait
They even sat on Pop Driscou
the announcer, IL necessary, 70 ge.
the race in on time, even If one
OF the acts had to be late However
We suppose Pop" is used TO this
sort of thing. and will excuse the
cruel track manager for their
Atrocities