The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-17
FASTEST Event
At FAIR Prize
OF WALLACEL.,
Takes Six.Furlong Feature After
Spirited Dash Of Jim Byng on
Davenport Card.

ReJuvenating the racing game AZ
ter years of lassitude, the first card
OF the weeks program OF turf
events at the Mississippi Valley
Fair and Exposition grounds was
run off yesterday afternoon with o
quartet Of races which were a Joy
to followers of the sport
In the last and best race Of the
day, Wallace L.. from the stables Of
F. Barton, Springfield, ILL.,, stepped
out in the lead at the getaway for
a six-furlong running race and, al
though hard pressed both on the
back stretch Of the last lap and
down the straightaway, took the
race in 1:17A by half a length from
Jim Byng, and led Gordon Roberts,
who took third, by less than q
length.
Byng Gets Poor Start.
Jim Byng, who took second, and
who h from the stables of Ed Nc
Cuon Of Paducah, KY, owner of
one OF the fastest strings Of horses
CHARTERED in the speed barns, got
away with bad start and was led
By = good margin by Wallace L.
and Gordon Roberts past the judges
stand at the end of the second fur
long. Gradually eating up the dis
lance on the back stretch, the Ken
lucky horse evened up with Roberts
and set out after Wallace l..
Around the corner, the leader
maintained his advantage, although
hard pressed by the brown. Coming
down the stretch, neck to rump.
Byng ran a pretty finish and nosed
out to half a length when the horses
flashed under the wire, giving Wal
lace L. the money.
PluAgef Wins Event.
McCuon's horse, Plunger. took
the furlong running event ia 5S,A
seconds, leading Lola, Curlicue and
Sidney Love to the finish.
By winning the first and third
heats Of the first race Of the day,
a 3-year pacing event for a purse
Of $500 and making a good third in
the second, Almore. owned by Fred
Morris, Of Viola, with Thomas up,
took the opening race Of the card.
ExmOre, owned by Ira Colbert Of
Alexis, and sired by Dromore I,
mother of Almore, managed to get
. third with a return of 2-4-2 in the
three heats. Richard Anderson, In
dianapolis horse, paced his way to
the front in the second heat and,
BY a third and fourth in the first
and last heats. gained second hon
ors. In the third heat. Almore
took his race in the fastest timS,
winning in 2:16A; Anderson, sec
ond heat winner. being clicked al
z:26A.
Captain Eugene had little diff
Guilty in winning the three-year
trotting event, taking two straight
heats in 2:14A and 2:15A. He Is
from the o, NJ. Smith stables Of
Omaha.
Summary.
First Race-3-year pace. First
heat won by Almore; Richard An
derson. second; Exmore, third
Time: 2:19A. Second heat won
by Richard Anderson; Lady Heir
second; Almore, third. Time
2:25A. Third heat won by Almore;
Exmore, second; Lady Heir. third
Time: 2:16H. Summary won by
Almore; Richard Anderson, second
Exmore, third. -
Second race, 3-year trot-Ffrst
heat won by Captain Eugene; Marie
Cecil Watts, second; Maxey Beau
third. Time: 2:14A. Second
heat won by Captain Eugene; Marie
Cecil Watts, second; Maxey Beau
third. Time: 2:15A. Summary
won by Captain Eugene; Marie Co
Gil Watts. second: Maxey Beau
third.
Third race, 4-furlong running
Won BY Plunger; Lola. second;
Cuflicue, third; Sidney Love
fourth. Time: ssh seconds.
Fourth race, six-furlong running
won by Wallace l.; Jim Byng
second; Gordon Roberts. third;
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