The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-14

Six events-three harness and three
running-are on the racing program
today at the Kansas Free Fair.
A hot sun, persistent dragging and
a moderate breeze combined to dry up
the track this morning and Tuesday
afternoon, and as a result much bet
ter time can be made today without
the necessity of pIowing thru the mud,
it was predicted this morning.
A large number of entries in each
event assures a good field of starters.
Virginia Dare, T. B. ]. and Minnie
Pinkerton are among last years
favorites scheduled to compete with
new horses today.
For Purse of $1,000.
The feature event of this afternoon
was to be the 22O trot for the bank
ers' stake of $1,000. There are ten
entries in this event. among them T
b J., bay gelding owned by Max J.
Kennedy. Fredonia, and who has been
trotting the mile in 2:12h during the
last two weeks There is also Prince
Bondsman, an old winner. and Dar-
deneIIa, a Kansas horse who trots in
2:14 Virginia Dare is another factor
in this event.
There are eighteen entries in the
An assurance of fourteen starters
means that this race will probao ply
have to be divided.
Many fresh horses and some of the
latest winners in the slow classes
entered in the 2:25 trot will make this
event one Of the best races of the sea-
son, many experts claim. There are
ten starters in this event. The purse
is $500 and added money.
In the four and one-half furlons
race there are seven starters for
purse of 800. In the five-eighths of
a mile dash, barring Tuesday winners.
there are six starters for purse of
500, while in the seven furlongs
event there are seven starters who
will compete for a purse of 800.
"Chesty'' Wins Kansas Derby.
"Chesty." the chestnut gelding
owned by F. H. Bechtelheimer of
Topeka, won the Kansas Derby at the
Kansas Free Fair Tuesday afternoon,
running the one and one-eighth mile
in 2:O7. He was ridden by ed Car
ter. The record time for this event
is 141, made by Jack Witt in 1911.
Tuesdays purse was $500.
The Derby was the best race of the
afternoon. There were four starters.
Leap Frog. bay mare owned by +.
Griffin, Barnard, Kan. Lowe up, fin
ished second and Dragon Rock. bay
horse owned by Bechtelheimer was
third It was neck and neck with
Chesty and Leap Frog until the finish.
The track was heavy and the time
slow.
Hester H, sorrel mare owned by
Hoover & Duncan, Fredonia. Smith
up, won first in the four furlongs in
SIS seconds. Brown Dick. owned by
F. H. Stills, of Parnell, Mo, and rid
den by Carter, was second and Ant
worth owned by L. Erwin, Nebraska
City, Reese up, was third.
Nonsuit Won in 1.24.
In the six furlongs. Nonsuit. owned
by F. H. Bechtelheimer. Carter up,
won in 1924. Swing Loose owned by
J. A. Dennis, Ottawa, was second and
Striker, owned by Bechtelheimer, was
third. Bethel Hill, owned by Mrs. L.
A. Scott, Tiwyanna. Mex. was also a
starter in this event and pressed Nom
suit in the second quarter
Watch Your Step, owned by A. p.
Mcdonald, Crescent, Ia, won first in
1:O15k in the four and one-half fur
long event Wanita Parks Carter UP.
was second. and Jack The Sailor, An
derson up, was third. Determine. also
owned by A P. Mcdonald. was an
other starter in this event, but was
ruled out before the race started as a
result of his determination to go in
the opposite direction and the jockeys S
inability to hold him.
The jockeys came in covered with
mud after each event.