The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
RUSSELL BOY
AND LANCELOT
ARE TRIMMED
Favorites Outclassed on Final Dav
OF Mississippi Valley
Meet,
By RAILBIRD,


By RAILBIRD,
Getaway day for the horsemen
at the Mississippi Valley Fair and
Exposition was made up of very
uncertain weather After the first
heat in each of the first two races
had been run" off and before the
first heat of the free-for-all pace
was called, the sun had disappeared
and heavy rain was falling, which
/ lasted long enough to make the
track slippery and the going quite
! heavy, but not enough to spoil the
afternoons program
The last days racing was a Door
! day for the highly footed favorites.
| not enc of them winning first mon
ey. Russell Boy went to the wire,
odds on favorite against the field.
! In many places bets OF 10 to l were
/ offered, and 1t was thought Red
/ Lancelot was the only horse he had
| to beat. Kid Hal was considered a
rank outsider, but took the lead at
| the word and led the field home in
all three heats. Red LancelOt tried
hard in the final heat, but blew up
a. the three-quarterS post and fin
ished poor third.
Mrs. DaOust was given a rouSing
/ send-off when she scored down with
her horse, Bonnie Hal, the fayorice
in the Is pace. Banner M, the
only free-legged PAGER in the field,
took an early lead III the first heat
and won handlly, although Bonnie
Hal was right at his neck all the
time and forced him to race every
step in each heat.
Another shower of rain caused
the track to be very slippery when
the horses in the SIX furIong dash
were called Out of six starters,
two finished without going down.
Trieste went down on the second
turn, but his jockey was able to
catch him, remount and finish
third.
First Race-2:1S Pace.
Total Purse, 1920.
Worthy Boy, b. G., by Worthy
Mckinney (ErlcksOn) ......111
zilda May, b. NJ, by Searcher
(McVay) .................2 2 2
Miss Willie, b. m, by Tele-
graph tHaIeyD .............3
Ora Belle, b. M, by Copo de
Ora (Gamble) .........4 4 1
Henry Almo, 3 dr.; Miss Chitlaw,
dis.
fime-2:12A, 2:151a, 2:151z.
Second Race-2:l3 Pace.
Hotel Davenport" Stake.
l Purse, $1,000; added money, $3.50
! Total purse, $3.50.
Bonnie M, br. g., by Banner
Bonnie Hal, .br. G., by Bonda
Simmons tMrs. DaousD ID ?
Red Heart B., S. m, by Red
Heart CSchroeder) ........2
Broncho Queen, ch. m, by En-
pire Direct tSpencerJ 80
Sempro, 4-5-5; Barlight, 1853;
Bingenwood, Jr., dr.; Lady Full
Ter, SIS; Walter H. 9-S-7.
Time-2:104. 2:1014. 2:I1A.
Third -Free-fOr-All Pace.
Mississippi Valley Fair and Expo
sition" Stake.
Purse, $1,000; added money, $50.
Total purse, $1,000.
Kid Hal. b. G., by Search Me
(Miller) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Red Lancelot. b. g, by Con
stantine (WilsOnl -.-.....-2 .
Russell Boy. b. h. tHarris) a
| Belle Alcantara, b. III. NC
Mahonl OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5
Time-1:33. los. 1882, 2:l012;
1:34, 1905. 1:39, 2:1014; 1874
i1:O3A, 1877. 2:l0H.
Fourth Race-One and One-Eighth
Mile Dash.
Mississippi Valley Fair Derby,
Purse $500.
Flash of Steel. Oh &, by
Unknown .-..... ....--.'1
Tyranny. b gy by Star Shoot 2
SanbOurne, bf g. by Radford
Donovan, Adeline l., and Beth
any Hill also ran.
Time 90 minutes fat.
Fifth Race: Six Furl0ngs.
Purse. $3.50
Jimmy Dewire. b S, by Setover.I
Mary Lyons, BIN, by Johnny
Lyons ..-.... -.---..-.--
Teiste SO. bv unknown .....3
Rex Pool, Big Cedar and Neces-
sity also ran.
Time "a
Sixth Race, Az FurlOngs.
Purse. Sl25.
May Barber, Oh m, by IN
known ....-. ..-..--'-1
Cherry Gold, b m, by
Glencoe. b 2. by Woodson 3
Tobasco Sauce, Crane Creek LILY
Singleton. Katherine A, JACK Lu,
cas-, Shanty Irish and Ho"atu
Bland also ran.
Time-.57