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the average race.goer think he's guilty
of anything reprehensible when he
picks the favorite and IL sore when
that horse loses? Not SO you can no
he has fixed that race, quite as much
as the crookedest horseman or race
track tout would have done. But that
is another story
While Dardanella undeniably was
the favorite, big bunch Of people
was pulling just as Loyalty for the
Fredericktown horse. Loyal W. The
cheers that would have gone up had
Loyal w. won the race and the purse
were silenced when Baroness Edge.
wood finished the fourth heat out ia
front, thereby taking the heat, race
and purse.
Presiding Judge S. G.. Phillips of
Piqua handled the race exceedingly
well. He realized that with two Knox
county horses, each having the fol,
lowing they did, he had before him
difficult task satisfying the thousands
in the crowd gathered about the
track.
The temper of the crowd was twice
shown. When the first heat was run,
cries of Rotten, rotten" were raised
repeatedly when Driver McMillen
with Baroness Edgewood fouled Loyal
w. and Peter Maurer. Again in the
fourth heat, when the word "Go" was
given, Loyal w. got away to rather
poor start The FredericktOwn crowd
began to raise a roar of protest and
were silenced only when Judge Phil
lips told them through the megaphone
that Driver Wilson had given him the
nod to let the horses go.
Three of the four horses in the race
are notoriously bad actors on the
track, Dardanella, Loyal w. and Bar.
oness Edgewood. Judge Phillips is
familiar with all of them and he ex-
pected to be called upon to exercise
his best skill in starting this race.
The first heat run was declared mo
heat" because of foul driving by
McMillen with Baroness Edgewood
At the first turn he attempted to take
the pole from fourth position and in
SO doing caused Loyal w. and, Peter
Maurer to collide. Peter Maurer ran
away and was caught near the track
gate. Baroness Edgewood and Dard-
fense of Driver McMillen was so fla
grant that the judges declared 1t mo
heat" and ordered it run again.
The first heat was taken by Darda-
nella. In the second and third heats
lshe got away badly. In the second
she finished fourth, and in the third
she was distanced.
The second heat was won by Loyal
! w., a most pleasing performance and
result to the Fredericktown continA
gent. Baroness Edgewood took the
third heat, Loyal w. being second and
Peter Maurer third. In this heat the
flag fell in the face of Dardanella,
and she retired from the race.
The final heat was run between the
two heat winners left in the race, 10y
al w. and Baroness Edgewood When
Driver Wilson gave the starting judge
the nod to let them go, the word CO.
was spoken. Loyal w. seemed to be
taking 1t easy in the first half, his
driver seemingly confident of what
his horse could do when called upon
in the last half. But the Baroness
had reserve of her own and held a
safe lead all the way down to the
wire.
The time is held to be very good
for half-mile track.
The other races were interesting
brushes. These were the 2:13 pace
and 2:15 trot.
The 2:13 pace was taken in three
straight heats by Lacy A., bay mare
|owned by T.. ]. Case of Granville and
driven by Webb. T. N. T., a bay geld
ing owned by A. P. Topper of Bucy
rus and driven by Topper, also was
second in all three heats of this race
Alhambra Duke, a bay gelding own
ed and driven by w. o. Korn of Mt
Vernon after taking third place In the
first heat, was distanced in the sec
ond The second and third heats
were taken by G. c. W., a brown
gelding owned and driven by o. e