Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-10
DECXHAND'S Squirt WINS
SURPRISES FAIR CROWDS
BY OVERCOMING LEADERS
Military Races VIII BE Chief Feature
of Saturday Afternoon
Card.

DeoEraad. . .Rieha,onr: owned horse
belonging % J.. :. Finnegan. moved
into ;ha class OF winners yesterday IN
the S-lo mile handicap a the state
rai- tack. ovtclasslnE .S5andon and
Early SicAt. w.23svs'in Aai races Tues
:ay. ana >cyla winner Of the fourth
The Qusrts:,e completed the entries
n ne n':.e hancic27 and Peek hand 5
ds>2ss IGN ax 'A5a 3:a'G % Ms se. Is,
Yesterday il the mile affair created no
little surprise 20 enthusiasts and
watchers OF the sport
nearly three quarters OF a mile. when
peckhand shot forward and outstri7ped
third and AShandon was last, several
lengths behind.
Plnnteredc Is Victor.
The second race on reste2daE,,s card
the, total five. This Was = race of six
:m-lonEs for three yea7-olds with 1--WE
TPsE Esed 6ot, s i the h3sS a anS
! trying their best % get the lead. but
70 no avail. The latter crossed the
and Prnos EaH : ast u ssoon nf Plaee Sd
, scarcely 4 neck.
/ Mallowmot won easil" in the first
the lead 20 the end Bacarat, a favor
/ lite and winner At Saratoga and Laurel
! within the last few weeks came in
ssecSnd. with Homeward Bound trailing
in third.
Tranby. who as third in the third
race anesday, wa another winner yes
crown for full hvc-cgh,s Of mile.
White Crown shot forward for the lead
and II seemed as If the black would
win when Tranby overlook and passed
Aim.
stceplcchnsc Proves Duh.
Il inc steeplechase proved OF little in
.Hrest, because Of the lack of compe-
htion. Botton became wild and was
un;no naGeable refusing to take a sim
,s Jump she raced on, into the cen
ser OF the iiSll and was out of the
kee repeated the stunts Of Tuesdays
Stseriecnasc when they entered, throw
ne their riders for the second time.
at the sixth jumn, S. Turner. riding
on to the end. finishing second. There
"as no third award
Inc crowd witnessing the third da V
o. racing at the Fair Grounds rivaled
mat OF "Wednesday, when more than
1000 people were in attendance. II
Eas estimated that a least As 600 were
! present yesterday.
n"nnced late in The afternoon follow
IhE conference with fair officials.
maj Two military races would consti-
'ute tomorrow's race card. II was
originally planned to eliminate horse
+ Iacins entirely on that day, but IL was
4ec!aed that at least two races could
oc arranged.
The hrst race tomorrow will star,
Iznpwn as the Jefferson purse OF so00
ms VIII be mile fiat race. and only
ofhcers Of tho army viii be pcr,ni,,.S
20 ride the entries The SECOND race
VIII be FOR Hve-eights Of milo fo-
ree.n!ehpFedS, and Will be known as
also for armT officers 0'
Inc extra military races put on for
iyncfroW are intended 20 be started
!" ample t!Ine 20 allow those who Al,
IrhH me stone wall Jackson urr.iIirr
exercises 10 get 70 the grounds az
DE- a5ie 70 witness them II 80
,hougr, l!Fa'sly By state Fair omc;ais
, ,., ,.oEe'nor Davis would Do present
ana present th@ winners o: rbn T.c:
Son purse "itA an appropriate ,ronhv
EFT, fiTs; ! Tsr~-s!I tu-'onrs. ,or naid.ns. all
u LIE. ~ Smith o@ae- Is Moi.5y l net
Won s: u. ;, Elnrl: owner. .i-s J.
Ce 9a5 ena Wafaae pfes.as also ran noses
II ,,ae; -. lime. III; -Pisrteres,ey Il, =
~, ~ - '"j. owner ". Hickman. .-si
yeo -.e Eas@. NJ 2i%hcc a. u; ), M ,@2so
fa..tI - g.. nesan: third. I'!urerzi and
ys.r. ~ rs a .o,s nile har:eao for three.
2oYre,. = Sire sesodsd raTN,v a lnibPhy n:
81 p also -ar va '''''F'' tAirf.
ib-2 2Gr -aG - nile and 4 turlonr ,or
,,. s- Iraaoy. 10 ii collins: own@ ~ u ing
. IL - no." M hTs' White Crown. III ~:
RGs j., q %a9 5;sNt@H o,va 5sgoo z;
'F' ,,h race 't'. h sS, King aiso :sn "
nine in'Yrs :o- snaidens: uurse 49, . oves
6,yot = N'1; M.G-EsIe ~ a. U,;crbacI5 :
- !Grh,r3 oNncr. r & winston: seSoo,''t'
.aco,J-' ie.' W ~. ~, %is made Robbie Etan.