Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-27
SPLIT HEATS
feature RACES
AT DES MONIES
Grandstand and BIeachers
Packed to See Great West.
ern Trot; Time Slower
Than Monday.
BY HARRY X. Whitfield

Des MONIES, Ia, Aug. 2o.-(Spe-
cial Telegram Extra heats were
necessary to decide each Of the three
harness events on the program Of
the Iowa State fair Tuesday. The
largest crowd that has ever been
packed into the grandstand, bleach
ers and paddock was on hand, and
the overflow formed living wall al
most around the track.
Charles Valentine won the 2:l4
Great Western trot, which carried
purse OF ST, 500 added money, with
Peter Coley, bay gelding by Peter
the Great, after finishing in seventh
position the first heat. Sunny Smiles,
driven by Fred Eagan, won the first
heat and second money, while Alta
Donovan, by Justice Brook. owned
by Otis Smith of Omaha, was third,
and Dan Swift fourth. Excessive
scoring in the third heat made the
race drag, and the start was twice
held up by some trouble near the
head of the stretch.
Eight starters lined up for the
word in the 2:l4 pace for 5000 added
money. Russell Deforest, a nice
going bay gelding, by Symbol Nc
Phee, won the first two heats, but
w. G. H., BY Constenaro, driven by
Charlie Hardie, overlook him in the
stretch in the third heat, winning by
a neck in a gruelling drive from the
three-quarters pole. The son of De-
forest came back strong in the last
heat, however, winning easily.
AS in the pace, the winner of the
2:25 trot won the first two heats,
but dropped the third, then came
back strong in the fourth. Riley
McGregor took the first two heats of
the second trot on the program in
easy fashion. In the third heat,
Shawnee, a sweet-gaited bay geld
ing, by Azoff, driven by Hammie Al
len, got to Riley on the back stretch
and was able to stave off his rush
frome the seven-eights hole, winning
by not much more than nose, but
was unable to repeat in the fourth
and the race went to the son of
McGregor, with Shawnee taking sec
ond, Spike Tolus third, and Sorren-
to Bell fourth.
Tiresome scoring in all heats was
the regular rule, rather than the ex-
ception, and number of times the
fields were sent away with from
three to six horses ahead of the
pole horse. Outside of this one OBJ
jectionable feature the racing was
perfect, as not an accident n,arred
the afternoons sport and each fin
ish was close and hard t 'ught.
The summaries are as follows:
2:14 trot. Great Western; $1,000 added
Peter coley. b. g., by Peter
the Great (Valentine) 49,.
Sunny Smiles, b. m, by Peter
Giltner (Eagan) ..........
Alta Donovan, b. m, by JUS
tice Brooke (Owen) 80. 10
Dean Swift, b. g., by Almaden
(Domphies) .............. : .
Handsome Bingen ........... 10
D. J. Burke ............... 10 70.
Baby Lally ..........'....... . TO-
Bobby Prlgg ................ TO
Allcola ....'......''' = ~
T%s: 3 3li$ T.: si iiss ; .dssS slia
w. =. Ut" race, SoVu duoeu.
Russell DeForest, b. e.. by De-
Forest (Brown) .......... 1 !
w. G. H.. b. g., by conster-
naro (Hardie) ............
Bessie Lynn. b. m, by Bora
Lynn (Weldy) ...........:
Little Ben, b. g., by Symbol
McPhee (BernalD .........
Vivian Diere ,,.,......... 8 6 70.
Jimmie L. Patchen ,..,.. 6 8 no.
Big Star NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8 70.
Daisy Grundy ........... 8 dis.
Time: 2:11A, 2:12. 2:11A.
2:25 trot, $500 added
Riley McGregor b. g.. by Nc
Gregor (Dennis) .......... / /
Shawnee. b. g.. by Azofr CAL
len) ..:................. 2 3 Q
Apike Tolus blk. h., by Arch
dale (BesD ...............
Sorrento Bell, b. m. by Sor-
rento Todd (Swain) ,......
Willow Brook (Todd) ....... 70.
Grace Huse ............... 8 8 TO.
Major Look Sir .....4 q TO.
Time: 2:14h, 2:13 2I4A, 2:15.